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Is the way the Corporeal Beast drains prayer right now intentional? It's nearly impossible to solo which was not the case before. It seems like a flaw in the game. How are you supposed to stop him from doing this?
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- The corp beast should ideally not be solo'able, Of course there are those that will have the skill to do so but it shouldn't be something that just anybody can do. The prayer drain on initial beta release was pretty insane yea,w ehave since nerfed this to a level which we hope should stay challenging but not be so punishing that you feel it is impossible. We will, of course, monitor the situation so that by the time we do a full release of the evolution of combat, it is both callenging and fun
" Will onyx ring (i) be useless with no stats? "
- These should have crit on them as of last Wednesday I believe, if they don't then please let us know and we can fix this.
" As far as spirit shields go, is the current system in the beta (ely/div/arc being combat style-specific, all reducing damage 30% with prayer drain & spectral being a tier below to match bandos and arma) where you want to keep these shields? "
- The aim for these shields are that they will be seen as a boost for the same tier that godwars is in. I.E. divine is like a bandos shield but with a little bit more! We believe that the divines ability was the most popular so we chose that ability to be placed on the other shields, using prayer as damage soak also fits in nicely with the background of the shields too.
" Are you the developer that is working on the upcoming rumored Ariane Quest? Furthermore, how do you plan on fixing the currently broken Runecrafting lore, through the rework of Rune Mysteries (ie, accessable before it's 'discovered'), considering the Abyss miniquest has a lot of conspiracy behind it as well. Also, if you are indeed working on a Rune Mysteries rework... will it be voice acted? "
- No, i'm not, they are keeping me busy with Evolution of Combat, the developer that is doing however is very experienced and is great with quests and lore so I have no doubt that he'll do a good job!
" What sort of content are you working on for the Evolution of combat? I'm not sure what you're working on, since Rathe and Chris L are the only two with large track records "
- Haha, good question. I work on pretty much all of it
. Rathe and Chris are the main designers and developers and I came in late but they didn't waste much time in making me get my hands dirty. I've worked on reworks for poison,prayer, potions, converted minigames, helped with the core combat balancing.
" What sort of balances are you guys looking at to make Herblore, Prayer, and Constitution worth training still, considering the nerfs to the first two, and the fact that Constitution does very little for you now, other than increased healing, since armor is more of your health now. "
- With reguards to herblore and prayer, the current in game bonus' that the top tiers give you push the player so far above their tier that it was making balancing bosses to be challenging difficult. If you balanced for a player without these boosts, anyone with turm + ovl would find the fight a walk in the park. If you balanced for a player with these boosts then you pretty much made them a requirement. This was far from ideal as the buffs that prayer and potions give you should be seen as a boost along side what you had rather than as important as having the best weapon in game.
With their current strengths though, turmoil is capable of giving you the same boost as the difference between barrows and nex gear/choatics and overloads are capable of giving you the same boost as the difference between godwars gear and nex gear/chaotics. So they are far from tiny boosts.
I can understand that compared to the current values these seem like huge nerfs but the underlying problem is actually that turm/ovl is too powerful currently and has been left in that state for too long.
" Also, how do you plan on rebalancing quest bosses? Some of the abilities could very easily make them far too easy, such as Immortality... "
- Quest bosses will be made more beefy yes but they will not be made so beefy that they rival bosses like nex or Kree'ara since questers and PvM'ers are quite different.
" Do potions affect the strength/accuracy of abilities or do they just affect auto-attacking? (like void) "
- They affect both.
" Also, a bit of jewellery like Regen Brace and a few imbued rings have no stats, will this be changed? "
- These should have been changed by now but if they have not then let us know via the in game bug reporter and this will filter through to us.
" Is anything going to be done about weapons that had more unique special attacks, such as Korasi's sword? There is really no reason to use them right now... "
- Weapons with unique abilites will hopefully be given passive abilities or stats which make them desirable. Korasi is an interesting case as it's spec is a magic ability on a melee item which is a bit of a no no in the new combat system. Also, 100% hit chances do nasty things in PvP so we may need to think carefully about this one.
" Why was poison removed? Does it still exist in any capacity, such as in quests or certain areas? "
- Weapon poison has not been removed, it is now a potion that gives you a poison buff that effectively makes you `poisonous` for a while. When poison is applied you will hit 5% of your auto attack damage, 6 times, 10 seconds apart. If you re-apply poison it will restart this timer.
" Will we see the Dominion Tower before the end of beta...or is it something to be saved so as not to give away everything? "
- I hope so, it will make testing quest bosses far easier
" Are there plans to add more abilities during the beta? "
- I'm working on one right now that should make players who enjoy tactical mini-games such as castle wars and sould wars happier
" 'Shield fights' go on forever sometimes, how do you feel about this? Is there plans to make these fights go on for shorter amounts of time? "
- Tank vs Tank is expected to go on longer that DPS v DPS but yes, they have been going on for what seems like forever. We have made a few changes with recent patches to hopefully fix this but we will keep an eye on it. Ideally we don't want fights to go on so long that you get bored before it ends
" Will the chaotic staff be receiving a buff so that the inexpensive polypore staff is not as powerful as a 200,000 token dung reward? "
- Yes, I believe this will be restatted so that they attack bonus fits in the tier that gano is currently in. The spells damage will stay the same though.
" Is it intended that using Healing Aura scrolls (unicorn familiar) drains adrenaline? "
- Yes, initially this was not the case and it lead to the unicorn being rather OP when compared to food.
" Overloads - Will they deal damage when the update goes into the live game, much like how they do at the moment in the real game? "
- The plan is to not do this currently. The damage was really just there as a token gesture to show that the potion is overloading your body (which is why I left the animation in). The problem comes in when you try to decide how much damage to take/give back when the potion is drank/runs out. If the player is wearing decent gear, 500 is nothing. If the player is wearing no gear, 500 is a lot and more than they will pretty much kill you. In the end we decided to remove the damage to not over complicate matters.
" Could you look into introducing a level 70 mage armor as suggested by others as Saradomin Robes" being dropped by the Saradomin side of the God Wars Dungeon? We could really use a non-degrading armor. "
- Might be...watch this space
" What's the point/role of prayer armour now? Prayer bonuses don't seem to exist anyway. Is it expected to be able to do tasks like black demons without prayer (this is trivial in beta, especially using regenerate) now. What's the point of prayer generally in the game? "
- Prayer bonus' should be on armour as of Wednesday. It should do the same as it always did, reduce the rate of prayer drain.
" Is the (e) bolts finalised as is. It seems confusing and wrong. What was wrong with the old system, where rune crossbows fired rune bolts, rune (e) and below. "
- The damage of these bolts ramps up as they get tipped and enchanted, so the requirement ramps up a long side it. Currently we have no lvl 60 and lvl 70 crossbow capable of firing these bolts so it I can understand how it would feel odd having the requirements there. However, we fully intend on releasing crossbows in this tier so that those who do not have chaotics can use the bolts. Senior Gameplay Programmer
Combat Council Member
Check me out on twitter @JagexPi
- The corp beast should ideally not be solo'able, Of course there are those that will have the skill to do so but it shouldn't be something that just anybody can do. The prayer drain on initial beta release was pretty insane yea,w ehave since nerfed this to a level which we hope should stay challenging but not be so punishing that you feel it is impossible. We will, of course, monitor the situation so that by the time we do a full release of the evolution of combat, it is both callenging and fun
" Will onyx ring (i) be useless with no stats? "
- These should have crit on them as of last Wednesday I believe, if they don't then please let us know and we can fix this.
" As far as spirit shields go, is the current system in the beta (ely/div/arc being combat style-specific, all reducing damage 30% with prayer drain & spectral being a tier below to match bandos and arma) where you want to keep these shields? "
- The aim for these shields are that they will be seen as a boost for the same tier that godwars is in. I.E. divine is like a bandos shield but with a little bit more! We believe that the divines ability was the most popular so we chose that ability to be placed on the other shields, using prayer as damage soak also fits in nicely with the background of the shields too.
" Are you the developer that is working on the upcoming rumored Ariane Quest? Furthermore, how do you plan on fixing the currently broken Runecrafting lore, through the rework of Rune Mysteries (ie, accessable before it's 'discovered'), considering the Abyss miniquest has a lot of conspiracy behind it as well. Also, if you are indeed working on a Rune Mysteries rework... will it be voice acted? "
- No, i'm not, they are keeping me busy with Evolution of Combat, the developer that is doing however is very experienced and is great with quests and lore so I have no doubt that he'll do a good job!
" What sort of content are you working on for the Evolution of combat? I'm not sure what you're working on, since Rathe and Chris L are the only two with large track records "
- Haha, good question. I work on pretty much all of it
. Rathe and Chris are the main designers and developers and I came in late but they didn't waste much time in making me get my hands dirty. I've worked on reworks for poison,prayer, potions, converted minigames, helped with the core combat balancing.
" What sort of balances are you guys looking at to make Herblore, Prayer, and Constitution worth training still, considering the nerfs to the first two, and the fact that Constitution does very little for you now, other than increased healing, since armor is more of your health now. "
- With reguards to herblore and prayer, the current in game bonus' that the top tiers give you push the player so far above their tier that it was making balancing bosses to be challenging difficult. If you balanced for a player without these boosts, anyone with turm + ovl would find the fight a walk in the park. If you balanced for a player with these boosts then you pretty much made them a requirement. This was far from ideal as the buffs that prayer and potions give you should be seen as a boost along side what you had rather than as important as having the best weapon in game.
With their current strengths though, turmoil is capable of giving you the same boost as the difference between barrows and nex gear/choatics and overloads are capable of giving you the same boost as the difference between godwars gear and nex gear/chaotics. So they are far from tiny boosts.
I can understand that compared to the current values these seem like huge nerfs but the underlying problem is actually that turm/ovl is too powerful currently and has been left in that state for too long.
" Also, how do you plan on rebalancing quest bosses? Some of the abilities could very easily make them far too easy, such as Immortality... "
- Quest bosses will be made more beefy yes but they will not be made so beefy that they rival bosses like nex or Kree'ara since questers and PvM'ers are quite different.
" Do potions affect the strength/accuracy of abilities or do they just affect auto-attacking? (like void) "
- They affect both.
" Also, a bit of jewellery like Regen Brace and a few imbued rings have no stats, will this be changed? "
- These should have been changed by now but if they have not then let us know via the in game bug reporter and this will filter through to us.
" Is anything going to be done about weapons that had more unique special attacks, such as Korasi's sword? There is really no reason to use them right now... "
- Weapons with unique abilites will hopefully be given passive abilities or stats which make them desirable. Korasi is an interesting case as it's spec is a magic ability on a melee item which is a bit of a no no in the new combat system. Also, 100% hit chances do nasty things in PvP so we may need to think carefully about this one.
" Why was poison removed? Does it still exist in any capacity, such as in quests or certain areas? "
- Weapon poison has not been removed, it is now a potion that gives you a poison buff that effectively makes you `poisonous` for a while. When poison is applied you will hit 5% of your auto attack damage, 6 times, 10 seconds apart. If you re-apply poison it will restart this timer.
" Will we see the Dominion Tower before the end of beta...or is it something to be saved so as not to give away everything? "
- I hope so, it will make testing quest bosses far easier
" Are there plans to add more abilities during the beta? "
- I'm working on one right now that should make players who enjoy tactical mini-games such as castle wars and sould wars happier
" 'Shield fights' go on forever sometimes, how do you feel about this? Is there plans to make these fights go on for shorter amounts of time? "
- Tank vs Tank is expected to go on longer that DPS v DPS but yes, they have been going on for what seems like forever. We have made a few changes with recent patches to hopefully fix this but we will keep an eye on it. Ideally we don't want fights to go on so long that you get bored before it ends
" Will the chaotic staff be receiving a buff so that the inexpensive polypore staff is not as powerful as a 200,000 token dung reward? "
- Yes, I believe this will be restatted so that they attack bonus fits in the tier that gano is currently in. The spells damage will stay the same though.
" Is it intended that using Healing Aura scrolls (unicorn familiar) drains adrenaline? "
- Yes, initially this was not the case and it lead to the unicorn being rather OP when compared to food.
" Overloads - Will they deal damage when the update goes into the live game, much like how they do at the moment in the real game? "
- The plan is to not do this currently. The damage was really just there as a token gesture to show that the potion is overloading your body (which is why I left the animation in). The problem comes in when you try to decide how much damage to take/give back when the potion is drank/runs out. If the player is wearing decent gear, 500 is nothing. If the player is wearing no gear, 500 is a lot and more than they will pretty much kill you. In the end we decided to remove the damage to not over complicate matters.
" Could you look into introducing a level 70 mage armor as suggested by others as Saradomin Robes" being dropped by the Saradomin side of the God Wars Dungeon? We could really use a non-degrading armor. "
- Might be...watch this space
" What's the point/role of prayer armour now? Prayer bonuses don't seem to exist anyway. Is it expected to be able to do tasks like black demons without prayer (this is trivial in beta, especially using regenerate) now. What's the point of prayer generally in the game? "
- Prayer bonus' should be on armour as of Wednesday. It should do the same as it always did, reduce the rate of prayer drain.
" Is the (e) bolts finalised as is. It seems confusing and wrong. What was wrong with the old system, where rune crossbows fired rune bolts, rune (e) and below. "
- The damage of these bolts ramps up as they get tipped and enchanted, so the requirement ramps up a long side it. Currently we have no lvl 60 and lvl 70 crossbow capable of firing these bolts so it I can understand how it would feel odd having the requirements there. However, we fully intend on releasing crossbows in this tier so that those who do not have chaotics can use the bolts. Senior Gameplay Programmer
Combat Council Member
Check me out on twitter @JagexPi
09-Jul-2012 19:08:50
@Quest Addict:
Q1: Are there plans to add more abilities during the beta?
A1: If we feel that there are gaps in the combat system that would benefit from the introduction of a new ability then we may consider doing this. However, we don't have any current plans to add any new abilities before launch so far.
Q2: Do you feel that the Nex sets have been made less useful, due to the fact that they're lifepoint bonus has been made into a smaller difference from armadyl/bandos/ganodermic?
A2: The stats that we've given to the Nex gear still keeps it as the highest equipment available. The difference in stats between the Nex gear and the lower level God Wars gear should still be enough to make the jump clearly noticeable even though the difference is now smaller.
Q3: Are you working on lifepoints being boosted to full as soon as you equip a piece of armour, so people don't have to eat to full everytime they equip something?
A3: This is a tricky one. In short yes, we would love to get around this problem somehow. However, we have toyed with various different ways of addressing this and unfortunately none have been suitable solutions so far.
Q4: 'Shield fights' go on forever sometimes, how do you feel about this? Is there plans to make these fights go on for shorter amounts of time?
A4: Shields were intended to make people tanks. The fact that a tank v tank fight lasts so long is a good indication that it's worked
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Q5: Do you realize that some of the combat levels creatures have (example - jad 170) is a tad.. low? This limits the EXP gains quite a bit for higher level players, and that is a tad worrying to me.
A5: For bosses their combat level is purely representative of the level of skill and gear that we expect you to have. Bosses are not affected by the 30 level XP cutoff.
Q6: Do you plan to open up the Fight Kiln and Queen Black Dragon in the beta? I'd be very interested to attempt both the Fight Kiln and QBD in the beta.
A6: We would like to make both of these available during the beta.
Cheers,
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Q1: Are there plans to add more abilities during the beta?
A1: If we feel that there are gaps in the combat system that would benefit from the introduction of a new ability then we may consider doing this. However, we don't have any current plans to add any new abilities before launch so far.
Q2: Do you feel that the Nex sets have been made less useful, due to the fact that they're lifepoint bonus has been made into a smaller difference from armadyl/bandos/ganodermic?
A2: The stats that we've given to the Nex gear still keeps it as the highest equipment available. The difference in stats between the Nex gear and the lower level God Wars gear should still be enough to make the jump clearly noticeable even though the difference is now smaller.
Q3: Are you working on lifepoints being boosted to full as soon as you equip a piece of armour, so people don't have to eat to full everytime they equip something?
A3: This is a tricky one. In short yes, we would love to get around this problem somehow. However, we have toyed with various different ways of addressing this and unfortunately none have been suitable solutions so far.
Q4: 'Shield fights' go on forever sometimes, how do you feel about this? Is there plans to make these fights go on for shorter amounts of time?
A4: Shields were intended to make people tanks. The fact that a tank v tank fight lasts so long is a good indication that it's worked
.
Q5: Do you realize that some of the combat levels creatures have (example - jad 170) is a tad.. low? This limits the EXP gains quite a bit for higher level players, and that is a tad worrying to me.
A5: For bosses their combat level is purely representative of the level of skill and gear that we expect you to have. Bosses are not affected by the 30 level XP cutoff.
Q6: Do you plan to open up the Fight Kiln and Queen Black Dragon in the beta? I'd be very interested to attempt both the Fight Kiln and QBD in the beta.
A6: We would like to make both of these available during the beta.
Cheers,
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09-Jul-2012 19:09:20
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Also, Jane, snowballs still > chickens.
- Come at me bro
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09-Jul-2012 19:10:39
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Will the new armours; Imphide, Spider-silk, Carapace, Batwing be craftable from monster drops or will the pieces be dropped fully crafted?
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- Hopefully crafted to give skillers a bit more cash in their pocket
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" How will we get the new wands and staves brought into the game? "
- The initial view is to have these as drops.
" I hear that many people are just trading rares and were gambling etc, which is not what the beta was intended for. Its rather disheartening when legit testers such as myself and many others can only participate in the weekends when we would be more then happy to provide valuable feedback whenever, weekday and weekend alike. I do hope you can re consider this, or pass this on if you have no say in this issue. Thank you for taking the time to read this. "
- Yes, this is far from ideal. We have already taken lengths to minise this but players will always find a way. We are keeping an eye on players that are doing this and they are being removed from the beta and we are getting other players in, in their place.
" staves give no damage boost or different abilities so dual wield is best due to the same power but faster is this intended. "
- The overall DPS of staves and dual wield should be the same, however, the damage per spell of dual wield is half that of the staff. So you have a choice, either you go for constant, bursty damage or you go for those high hits! We do have plans to add more abilities in time that are locked to weapon type but don't count on it for initial release. Senior Gameplay Programmer
Combat Council Member
Check me out on twitter @JagexPi
- Hopefully crafted to give skillers a bit more cash in their pocket
.
" How will we get the new wands and staves brought into the game? "
- The initial view is to have these as drops.
" I hear that many people are just trading rares and were gambling etc, which is not what the beta was intended for. Its rather disheartening when legit testers such as myself and many others can only participate in the weekends when we would be more then happy to provide valuable feedback whenever, weekday and weekend alike. I do hope you can re consider this, or pass this on if you have no say in this issue. Thank you for taking the time to read this. "
- Yes, this is far from ideal. We have already taken lengths to minise this but players will always find a way. We are keeping an eye on players that are doing this and they are being removed from the beta and we are getting other players in, in their place.
" staves give no damage boost or different abilities so dual wield is best due to the same power but faster is this intended. "
- The overall DPS of staves and dual wield should be the same, however, the damage per spell of dual wield is half that of the staff. So you have a choice, either you go for constant, bursty damage or you go for those high hits! We do have plans to add more abilities in time that are locked to weapon type but don't count on it for initial release. Senior Gameplay Programmer
Combat Council Member
Check me out on twitter @JagexPi
09-Jul-2012 19:22:36
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