RuneScape Forum Archive | youve made bossing way to hard

Oct

2021

ki erking

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so when you take how many people play the game and how many people are doing high end bossing its so little. the average player cant do high end bossing cos its just way to hard. i think this is a massive mistake. you are keeping like around 95% of your player base from doing content.

you take a look at how many new people play the game and how many of those new people continue to play and its very low and i reckon stuff like this really doesnt help. i want to be able to do bossing but its just so hard. thankfully i have billions in gold so im able to buy all the best equiptment to make it easier, but its still way to hard.

also i really think you should make zuk drop the thing u need to make the cape, even if u die. as long as you kill him i think you should still get it. evn if u die 100 times trying to kill him. the spell u get to you from the cape is so good and its really needed to make your rotation good. Also all the pvm rotation on pvm boss thing on discord use it. by not having it it just makes bossing even harder. it also makes learning to boss even harder cos all the rotations you read online have that spell in. ( i also know u can still use the spell but the cape reduces the adren cost ).

i just think you make the barriers to high to boss. i personally think its a complete failure on your end when you make content for everyone but only a very small amount of your player base do that content cos its way to hard.

and before you all cry and moan at me and say im wrong. well im not wrong, look at how many new players this came gets and managers to keep. its barely anything and its because of stuff like this and the game being to hard.

22-Aug-2023 09:18:51

Jan

2011

Roddy Piper

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You are right, but it seems like this battle was lost from the start. Zuk is a modern version of Jad. It makes some sense, but the fire cape was basically nothing while these capes are listed as a requirement on the PVME guide.

I'm sure data science is another part of it. Always looking for justification. I am seeing over time that the 'extreme' player base is larger than I had expected. For scientific purposes, they should be excluded from most data. Quality of content is not an issue for this group. It couldn't possibly be. They will do whatever they are told to do, and likely not enjoy any of it.

Zuk highlighted a problem I wasn't fully aware of. Because I had never been pressured so strongly to complete a difficult boss encounter. I have little interest in that style of gameplay but Zuk is an example of where the extreme and mid tier players are blended together.....

The game sound is horribly distracting and annoying. Especially when my character is taking excessive damage. At the core, the combat sound is dominated by vocal combat reactions. Either my dude screaming or the monster slobbering and coughing all over me. Whatever those sounds are supposed to be.

The sounds are 'good enough' for mindless combat, but less than good when I am expected to remember things and react quickly.

22-Aug-2023 12:33:32

Aug

2013

Jeremy Cheng

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Agreed. Look at the % who's done zuk. Less zuk type bosses and more gwd2 bosses for more community engagement with bosses.

22-Aug-2023 14:22:05

Jul

2022

ItsDaBaba

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Don't worry, a maxed account will soon comment in this thread and tout about how they're better than you soon enough and ignore all the examples and details you've given. I agree with you by the way, completely.

22-Aug-2023 14:42:08

Jan

2015

Tenebri

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ki erking said :
so when you take how many people play the game and how many people are doing high end bossing its so little. the average player cant do high end bossing cos its just way to hard. i think this is a massive mistake. you are keeping like around 95% of your player base from doing content.
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where did you get this data from?

from my experience and people ingame its majority are doing high end pvm. so im curious where you get 95% of player base

ive also seen many people say necromancy has got them into bossing. as necromancy is a lot easier to use in bossing. theyve been able to kill bosses they havent before.

and also from a j mod,

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22-Aug-2023 20:01:32 - Last edited on 22-Aug-2023 20:19:56 by Tenebri

Mar

2020

Pulseironic

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Tenebri said :
ki erking said :
so when you take how many people play the game and how many people are doing high end bossing its so little. the average player cant do high end bossing cos its just way to hard. i think this is a massive mistake. you are keeping like around 95% of your player base from doing content.
.

where did you get this data from?

from my experience and people ingame its majority are doing high end pvm. so im curious where you get 95% of player base

ive also seen many people say necromancy has got them into bossing. as necromancy is a lot easier to use in bossing. theyve been able to kill bosses they havent before.

and also from a j mod,

while i agree with content being too much for some, for awhile there it was literally NOTHING but cash dumps for less pvm focused players. its fine to make things for the people that enjoy it, but if you ONLY make that the people that dont wont. like quests, i love them and majority of the pvm community would rather they be removed for gating content.

24-Aug-2023 07:24:12

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