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Match Fire

Match Fire

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Unfortunately I was one of the unlucky applicants to the Combat Beta. I've watched numerous youtube videos and gathered opinions from Beta playing friends, I'm truely excited for weekends to access the Beta. Good job on an awesome update Jagex.
Cheers,
Ryan.

29-Jun-2012 04:20:34

Th3 Huntress
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Th3 Huntress

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i did not know where to put my feelings on the beta but this seems the best place. firstly il name the stuff i think is amazing, the dual wielding, the new looks of armour and the new pieces available, the stances, the ability to sheathe weapons, seems so simple yet it looks so good, the fingers thing is pretty cool to. the abilities (to a certain degree, will mention more in a minute) are a good idea i like them it makes for more diverse combat.
Now to the bad points.
il start with abilities bad points, firstly combat is to heavily focused on them, literally all you have to do is spam abilities, other than ultimate moves they ADD to the bar and cause massively more damage than normal attacks, there should be penalties for using any of them not just spam click the strongest u have available and just fire constant abilities out. its a good idea that needs refining to still keep normal combat something that is still effective, abilities are supposed to b every now and then special moves not every move is an ability.
secondly the constitution increase with armour is the stupidist worst thing iv ever seen, i can understand maybe a boost on a few hundred lifepoints for an armour set but not thousands of lifepoints per high level armour piece, it makes everything so much more complicated. brews have been made pretty useless and getting 99 constitution really has no tactical advantage anymore the old armour stats where it boosted defence and accuracy/ str bonus was so much better. keep the old system with the new looks and movements is the best advice i can give.
thirdly please please please keep the old cb level calculator. i mean honestly it makes no sense and its stupid, im higher level than most of the bosses for heavens sake how is that logical thers about as much challenge in a normal goblin as graardor now.
lastly ranged and magic. not a big user but the new mage layout is awefull. bring back the spellbook. and bolts, rune cbow should b able to atleast fire... tbc.

29-Jun-2012 04:57:50

Th3 Huntress
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Th3 Huntress

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...should at least be able to fire diamond bolts(e)
i mean fair enough make onyx and whatnot higher level to maybe a singlehand dragon crossbow or something. but not ccb. i mean some people might not want to train so much dungeoneering just to get a ccb. i wouldnt. sure make the ccb better stats than say a drag c'bow but atleast give the ability to use upto diamond(e) with rune c'bows not everyone has the resources or time to get the super-high-level equipment.
and finally the xp rates. yeh it makes combat harder to train plus more respectable to achieve maxed stats but alot of people have already got maxed cb stats and its not fair to those who havent, mayb decrease it by a small amount if the thing you are killing is 30 levels lower but dont make it such a massive penalty. save the massive penalties til like your maybe 50 or 60 levels above. that makes it fairer and will keep people having to start fighting more challengeing things but without making it to hard for those that havent already got to high levels - maxed in their combat stats.
overall id say visually and feature wise the new combat system is looking great. but the new system of fighting, xp rates, lifepoint/armour, and combat calculator need to seriously be fixed to similar to the old system or just left alone. put it this way if nothing is changed i can most likely guarantee that you will kill this game because 95% of people i talk to ingame and what iv read on the forums are asking the same things and are going to quit if things are not changed. i know you guys have worked hard on the new system but i think its one of those that still needs some serious amount of thought and re-thinks on how it works. i will play some more of the beta but for the moment its bugging me to much to play with the current system. the thing i do love the most and wish was in normal is dual wielding and the stances/ sheathing weapons. that is honestly beautiful work on those factors.

29-Jun-2012 05:10:15

MEGA TR0N
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MEGA TR0N

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i agree with most of it. especialy the armors having removed positive and negative offence bonus is stupid. however training i still didnt figure out. in gwd i killed some monsters and some gave 100 xp some 500 xp and some 7-8k xp even when they had low hp and all i had to do is 1 hit them. please please do something about this. balance it out

29-Jun-2012 05:23:53

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I have to say that the evolution is impressive but its is really different from the feel of runescape that so many people loved for years, including myself. I have been playing for a little more than 7 years and i played classic some also, and i think that this is so different that maybe this should be optional for awhile. Like Jagex did with Classic and Runescape2, where eventually you could make this the standard runescape but it should first be a choice. I think is should be like a 'Runescape3' and you should be able to chose between it and the Runescape we know now. I think alot of players that have been playing even longer than myself are going to not like such a drastic change and they will quit.
Also, so only 50,000 people were chosen out of how ever many and every time i login to the beta about 50% of those people are standing in 'hotspots' like Lumbridge & Falador and TRADING! They are not contributing to the feedback of the beta. They are trading when items dont even matter to the real game! And one of them i saw was even a Player MoD!! This really makes me mad because i see all the people on this forum who are legit players who would actually help and want to be in the beta helping Jagex and they arent in it? When these idoits make it laggy in Lumby and there seriously just standing there trying on armor and buying and selling stupid stuff ALL DAY LONG. WHAT A WASTE!
But at the end, the new combat system is fun but it is expensive. I dont like that you have to heal yourself when you put armor on that has a higher health bonus than the health you start with. Multi-target spells dont seem to target as good as they did before. You cant cast things as well in general. The for-arm on the body seems just a tad to long. But i love the Batwing armor!!& Bandos but i think the green should be silver maybe, Duel wielding& weapons on your back is AWESOME! And so far its been a fun experience, even if its not perfect, and i am grateful for being chosen, Thank You!

29-Jun-2012 05:34:21

Rassmus
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Rassmus

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Every one is upset that they didn't get beta? honestly, its not that much big of a deal. I really wanna play the beta myself, but i do know that my turn will come. :) 6th july the beta will be up for all members, every Friday-Sunday. So its just to wait and enjoy the game untill then. :)

29-Jun-2012 05:46:25

Rassmus
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Rassmus

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I think they are amazing. the new combat system will be alot more enjoyable, and it will actually take skill to play and PvP. Its alot more abilities to do and not just the same old smash each secound.

29-Jun-2012 05:48:16

Lugia

Lugia

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*sigh* what a boatload of ****. didnt get access..ok sure. i knew the conditions. 2 probs though. problem one: my wife got access to the beta and was one of the 50,000. np there except she plays half as much as i do! problem two u have any ******* idea how goddamn laggy its gonna be on the weekends? so im gonna say this once and only once:
u best blow me out of the water wit this update and make it so i can actually use the beta on weekends
OR UR DOWN 3 MEMBERSHIPS
hope i made that clear enough :@
p.s. and before anyone says anything im glad my wife got in just wish jagex had paid more attention to this before they ****** up.......again.....sarting to expect this from this company nowadays...pity

29-Jun-2012 06:03:56 - Last edited on 29-Jun-2012 06:13:18 by Lugia

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