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Ancient Drew

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Zulkir said :
Voraiya said :
Zaros godsword came into the game because dumbass Zarosian fan boys and girls. They don't care about the lore. They follow Zaros blindly like a bunch of dumbass Democrats.

Rofl, take it down a notch kiddo. We don't have any say in what goes in or out of the game, Try not to project your political views onto us as well, we're not interested. He probably gets off on Trumpadomin.

And as for lore, how else would we know about Zaros or show any interest in him? The entire Zarosian faction revolves around lore, and we owe everything to it. Ask any F2P player who never heard of the other gods, and they will say there are only Saradomin, Guthix and Zamorak, with the exception of Armadyl and Bandos of whom the Wise Old Man makes fleeting comments about. Apart from the emissaries (and they may or may not want to follow a god they never heard of), that's it. Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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21-Sep-2016 12:33:11

Aig123
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We might one day discover the Elder Halls entrance by peeking around Telos, in the same fashion that One of a Kind had us visit the Queen Black Dragon. Whether the content or its lore came first shouldn't really matter as they can both benefit one another, even years apart.

Knowing that there is a legendary weapon hiding behind a quest is a big incentive alone.
Items like Korasi's sword, the Sun Spear and bane ammunition felt like they were rightfully earned story wise. So having played a part in Luciens downfall, only for both artefacts to fall in the hands of an even more sadistic character is quite a slap in the face.

So when the story of the Wand of Resurrection and Guthix's portal sword finally end, do you think we will get them for keeps?

21-Sep-2016 16:17:58

Hguoh

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Aig123 said :
So when the story of the Wand of Resurrection and Guthix's portal sword finally end, do you think we will get them for keeps?

No and no.

The Wand gives too many, 'But why can't I do this with it moments?' It would also undermine any character deaths in the future besides gods and Mahjarrat, since we were actually deemed worthy enough to use it.

Guthix's sword was the elder blade, and therefore be the most powerful sword ever (especially since cutting things apart was what it was made to do (unlike the staff)). And i would be pretty poor form to release a definitive end point to all weapons.

21-Sep-2016 16:27:26

Aig123
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Hguoh said :
Aig123 said :
So when the story of the Wand of Resurrection and Guthix's portal sword finally end, do you think we will get them for keeps?

No and no.

The Wand gives too many, 'But why can't I do this with it moments?' It would also undermine any character deaths in the future besides gods and Mahjarrat, since we were actually deemed worthy enough to use it.

Guthix's sword was the elder blade, and therefore be the most powerful sword ever (especially since cutting things apart was what it was made to do (unlike the staff)). And i would be pretty poor form to release a definitive end point to all weapons.

Are the objects canonically destined for destruction then?
We confiscate them from one tyrant and another generic villain steps up.

There are also work-arounds. Using the same logic that applied to the Staff of Armadyl.
Oh no it broke, lets collect the shards and make our own lesser version.

And of course there's the easy route.
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21-Sep-2016 17:25:05

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Hguoh said :
b. Vindicta hears about the legend of the godsword. She commissions her best metalworkers to forge a blade to rival that legend. As Zaros has not yet returned before she enters the battle for the Heart, her 'godsword' is dormant as the hilt was not empowered by a god. At least part of her reason for seeking control of the Heart is so she can empower the godslaying weapon to help level the playing field against the factions with gods present.
I like the idea of this considering the Zaros Godsword does indeed give Ilujankan components upon dissasembly.
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21-Sep-2016 17:53:12 - Last edited on 21-Sep-2016 17:53:22 by Gylkra

Hguoh

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Aig123 said :
Hguoh said :
Aig123 said :
So when the story of the Wand of Resurrection and Guthix's portal sword finally end, do you think we will get them for keeps?

No and no.

The Wand gives too many, 'But why can't I do this with it moments?' It would also undermine any character deaths in the future besides gods and Mahjarrat, since we were actually deemed worthy enough to use it.

Guthix's sword was the elder blade, and therefore be the most powerful sword ever (especially since cutting things apart was what it was made to do (unlike the staff)). And i would be pretty poor form to release a definitive end point to all weapons.

Are the objects canonically destined for destruction then?
We confiscate them from one tyrant and another generic villain steps up.

There are also work-arounds. Using the same logic that applied to the Staff of Armadyl.
Oh no it broke, lets collect the shards and make our own lesser version.

And of course there's the easy route.
'What do you mean you drained the Catalyst and its useless? Can I put it in my garden now?'

Garden? I put mine in my Aquarium. Makes a good drain plug.

21-Sep-2016 18:11:01 - Last edited on 21-Sep-2016 18:11:10 by Hguoh

Maiden China

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Aig123 said :
There are also work-arounds. Using the same logic that applied to the Staff of Armadyl.
Oh no it broke, lets collect the shards and make our own lesser version.
the shards were from the orb armadyl added to the staff... to do who-knows-what but apparently sliske thought it would be a decent idea to make his own orb and add it, so it must do something and sliske probably knows what

the ivandis flail isn't exactly unique... there are instructions for making the rod and then you just added a flaily bit. Unique weapons, to me, would be weapons you can't easily replicate Carn

22-Sep-2016 00:14:26

NotFishing

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The Zaros Godsword exists for the same reason as the Queen Black Dragon and Kalphite King. They took a piece of content that most players had fond memories of, but was slowly losing relevance, and expanded on it by adding something that was similar but intended for higher leveled players.

It also exists with the added reason that there aren't very many Zaros-related weapons.

To everyone saying it's bad because there was no previous mention towards it in the lore... so what? If you don't like it, don't use it - it is never going to have any specific involvement in a quest, and I have seen more lorebreaking items in Solomon's Shop. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

22-Sep-2016 00:19:59 - Last edited on 22-Sep-2016 00:30:29 by NotFishing

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Maiden China said :
the ivandis flail isn't exactly unique... there are instructions for making the rod and then you just added a flaily bit. Unique weapons, to me, would be weapons you can't easily replicate

I would argue that we made it unique - how many weapons are designed like that? Sure, it can be replicated, but the player is the only one who knows how to make it, and since Blisterwood weapons are far superior there was never a need to make more than one.

Although I suppose that means the weapon is rather pointless. Which irked me the most about the Myreque questline. You spend all that time building up this weapon that can kill Vyres, and then Vanescula in Branches of Darkmeyer is just like: "lololol here's some Blisterwood." Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

22-Sep-2016 00:24:35 - Last edited on 22-Sep-2016 00:32:23 by NotFishing

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