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Bring back slayer partner.

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JudgeSWolf00
Nov Member 2023

JudgeSWolf00

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Please just bring back slayer partner. Fix the abuse of course, but bring it back.. Its insane that its been years and it still hasnt come back .. Even more so when there is still an option like a chicken tease on the gem.. I wan't to slayer with my partner, I play exclusively with her except for boring tedious tasks and doing slayer together would be amazing. PLEASE.

It was a good mechanic and I understand people getting angry about level 3s running around with the 99 slayer cape (hell, im a vet, i'm almost at 20 years, only 1 and a half to go), but disabling it instead of fixing it was a poor decision.. The code is already there, just put some effort into fixing the abuse and relaunch it.

Possible fixes:

Combat level parity, maybe a 10 level difference in combat level

OR

Combat level scaling, if someone whos far higher than you is partnering (say a level 60 with a level 3) you get far less exp, considering how easy it is to kill the mob compared between the players..

To avoid spamming good tasks like crazy:

Add a partner block list (separate from the normal block list), everytime you partner up with someone you get a pop up in which they can choose which tasks to block, the amount that can be blocked is limited by the amount blocked by the player who has less blocks, for example if a player has only blocked 2 tasks while the other blocked 4, when partnering they can only block 2.. that way blocks dont stack and you cant abuse it.. Of course the normal blocks become unusable when partnering..

And that's it.. thats all that's required to fix slayer partners (I think)

PLEASE, bring it back, taking it off without even a poll was a dick move. Leaving the option in the gem as a reminder was even worse (queue the malicious compliance and them taking the option off instead of fixing the damn mechanic)

22-Jan-2023 16:42:49

Teruhan
Oct Member 2023

Teruhan

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For. Real. Theres almost nothing if anything at all to do with friends/groups that benefit you (xp wise) in Old School, I came back after years of not playing because some buddies started osrs after also not playing for years, its really disappointing not having much if anything to do at all with friends at 16GB low-mid levels, grinding alone isn't fun long term, having buddies with you to compete all the time will keep people playing this game for years to come.

03-Feb-2023 01:20:45

Teruhan
Oct Member 2023

Teruhan

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Teruhan said :
For. Real. Theres almost nothing if anything at all to do with friends/groups that benefit you (xp wise) in Old School, I came back after years of not playing because some buddies started osrs after also not playing for years, its really disappointing not having much if anything to do at all with friends at low-mid levels, grinding alone isn't fun long term, having buddies with you to compete all the time will keep people playing this game for years to come.

03-Feb-2023 01:40:00

Zeffirino
Jan Member 2023

Zeffirino

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Definitely support the idea. Although I remember tweeting Mod Ash a while back and I believe there were some objective reasons as to why it was taken away from us but I can't remember of the top of my head.

If those issues can be addressed like you've suggested then absolutely

03-Feb-2023 03:22:54

LogBlazer
Sep Member 2021

LogBlazer

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Support. If we had this I could get friends to play with me. But asking someone to level high enough to kill bosses or even do combat minigames together (without them getting casually deleted by barrages) is just too much of a grind to ask a new player to do before doing anything resembling group play.

03-Feb-2023 13:00:06

bippybabee

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+1 pls pls bring it back, i started a new HCIM with my s/o and it would be rly nice to be able to work on slayer tasks together :) :) right now we r forced to do them separately which is a rl bummer bc we need slayer v badly to progress our accounts.. please fix group slayer!!

12-Mar-2023 07:00:39

daedlus58

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They said they had looked at ever fix and none could be done at this time. As I understand it, they are still trying to find a work around that will work and will bring it back when it is possible.

I should also add that it was considered an integrity issue. They do not poll those. They left it on the gem because they are planning on returning it one day.

15-Mar-2023 02:13:03 - Last edited on 15-Mar-2023 02:23:58 by daedlus58

LargeSadge
Dec Member 2022

LargeSadge

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+1 Support. Please bring back slayer partners - I feel it's such a critical inclusion for pairs who wish to do combat-orientated skilling together, especially if you have a lower-levelled friend - it was one of the few 'co-op' features that wasn't PVM or a minigame.
I understand it had it's issues and I get that there were problems with integrity and/or exploitation, but with the same stroke what's wrong with wanting to help a friend in an MMORPG?
Obviously my understanding of the specifics is extremely limited, and it's entirely plausible that I 'don't know jack', but outside of problems with the implementation of the feature itself (which from what I can remember worked well?), I can't think of an issue that couldn't be solved with expectation management and compromise.
I would be happy to see partnered slayer gains take a significant hit if it meant I was able to train the skill socially - playing the game with another person should take priority for content like this anyway, no?
Either way, appreciation for Jagex and the work they put in.
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10-Jun-2023 09:38:36

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