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To elaborate further on some of the things in my previous post regarding armor:
It is very confusing to me what exactly armor does now. For example, prior to EoC, one could look at a piece of metal armor (say, Dragon Chainbody) and compare it to another piece (say, Black d'hide body), and determine exactly what the benefits of each are. Using the above example, one could look at these two pieces of armor and discover that the black d'hide gives a +30 ranged attack bonus over the dragon chain, making it better for using ranged. One could also gather that Black d'hide has a +50 magic defense, but Dragon Chain has -3, making you more vulnerable to magic.
On the other hand, in EoC, such a comparison is impossible. All you're told from the equipment bonus screen is that Dragon chainbodies have 864 "armor" (whose effect I can't ascertain), and gives 2160 life, while Black d'hide gives 960 armor and the same life.

17-Jul-2012 15:13:55

RD Lesane

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One suggestion
in rs every weapon were unique
had unique special to be suitable in different situations
choosing the right weapon made pvp or pvm more interesting
removing the specials of weapons just makes them all the same of the similar tier
solution:
keep the special each of the weapons have
but since its adrenaline now
you can have a ability which changes according to weapon equipped
now for example claws
when the adrenaline bar reaches 50% you can use the ability "slice and dice"
unlike other abilities this ability drains your adrenaline bar instead of filling it
so if you do the ability at 100%bar your bar will be drained by 50% like usual leaving you with 50% adrenaline
this is the only possible solution to keeping each weapons speciality that i can think
of.
this is just a suggestion which if considered can be adjusted to keep the game balanced
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17-Jul-2012 15:28:45

45foxfight

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I don't know if I'm repeating anything here, but my main problem with the beta - which I know is a shared opinion with many others I know or have spoken to - is the off hand weapons

. It's just too annoying to get two different weapons like that. I'm worried about drops from monsters, or even better, something like a prize from the squeal of fortune or an event of some sort. Let's say you win a weapon that you want to use, but it's offhand and you just want one and a shield. You might try to sell it and buy a regular one, but what if it won't sell or you can't afford the other because of varying prices in the GE or you didn't get enough from a shopkeeper, after going out of your way to get one of the exact same thing you had before, except that magically you can hold this one in the other hand. My thoughts are that these weapons might be removed completely, and instead upon the possession of two such weapons and the wielding of one, you might be offered a second option to "dual-wield" or to "off hand wield" or something like that. It also crossed my mind that dual-wield weapons might be sold as a single item, like two swords crossed or something, but that would require some new art as well and might be hard to display on the equipment screen (strong hand slot?, off hand slot?, split up for both?). Anyway, I better wrap this up since I've given my two cents worth, so once again I apologize if I am totally repeating stuff, - and if that is the case I am just agreeing with those before me on the subject - but I don't have a lot of experience on the forums and haven't read this entire section or any large portions of it. Thanks for listening, hope to see some updates, good job, it's sure to be a great addition to the game in the end.

*EDIT* I've been reading other posts on here and I've seen so many great ideas that I hadn't even thought about. You guys are smart.

17-Jul-2012 15:32:16 - Last edited on 17-Jul-2012 15:36:03 by 45foxfight

Tritanx

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Combat beta is looking more and more appealing. I am very happy that you addressed the pvp and xp issues. If you guys could make the mid level bosses a little harder like they are in the real game. Such as kq, chaos elemental, gwd and such. If the bosses are adjusted i would be very satisfied with beta. I look forward to testing it further.

17-Jul-2012 15:52:57

Ello Freak

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Evolution of Combat, More like "World of Runecraft". Why can't you keep the mechanics of the game the same?

17-Jul-2012 17:21:43

Thorry Guyth

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Completely changing runescape the way we know it seems a bit unfair to the plenty of people that do not want this update forced upon them. I know plenty of people that are going to quit if they have to re-learn how to play the game again, as well as me. Instead of completely changing the game, Jagex should make the beta into RS3, and keep RS2, or just put worlds were beta combat is used. A majority of the players in the pking community do not want this update so I think this would be a good resolution so that Jagex does not lose a lot of players and so everyone can get what they want.

17-Jul-2012 17:41:56

Bub Bear

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First of all, thank you Jagex for listening!
I'm really very happy to see that you guys are continuing to improve the beta according to the players views. I support beta and what you guys are doing good work guys.
All you need to do now is either change the beta combat level formula or keep the current in game one and the beta will be perfect!

17-Jul-2012 17:47:10 - Last edited on 17-Jul-2012 17:48:33 by Bub Bear

Sadistic

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I'm impressed. They're listening to feedback.
Great job. There is still a lot of work to be done on the beta but I am impressed with how much effort is being put into it.

17-Jul-2012 17:54:13

DetroitMade

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Ok here are my thoughts, i really do not like the new beta, its going to bring this game down in my opinion. Its too much like the bigger games out there like World of Warcraft, or League of legends. That is why i came to this game , something unique , not something just like the other games. Please don't change this game, it has been fine for years and will be fine for many years to come if this update dosen't happen . Thanks for reading.

17-Jul-2012 18:31:28

divinemystra

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i love beta. i'v been waiting forever to use duel wielding. im kind of disapointed that staves are 2 handed now. i love the dragonbreath. the only other thing i dont like is that when im in a beta world and im trying to get stuff like armour, food, or weapons, it takes FOREVER. i dont know if it can be fixed but if it can that would be great.

17-Jul-2012 19:22:42

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