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Zep

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Norne said :
ScapeRune said :
Blowpipe with dragon darts and odium ward
Ranged attack: +60
Ranged strength: +40

Magic shortbow with rune arrows
Ranged attack: +69
Ranged strength: +49

Unless this new venom is incredibly powerful that's really disappointing. I like the idea of a blowpipe to give darts a use, but it should remain at dart speed.

I wonder what it would be like if the blowpipe let us fire darts at 1 dart per tick but offered no stat boosts. It would be like a machine gun for darts.

1 tick attacks would be decimating to pures and useless to 40+

So can dark bow to granite maul or any other combination. If pures want to survive, guess they'll have to start praying against range or getting some defense.

25-Nov-2014 00:31:54

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CloudsOverRS

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Where do I start. It's going to fast now. This was something that wasn't supposed to happen. Wildy bosses were fine, and corp was spaced nicely from them. Now Zeah is announced, and sounds awesome, and considering development time for it, the boss or bosses associated with it would be spaced nicely from corp. But you JUST released corp and already plan another boss within a couple months. Things wrong with this are that combat updates are WAY to boss focused with not enough non-boss updates. Not to mention not enough non-combat updates. Also the bosses are starting to stack up too quickly. It is rushed, and no offense but it REALLY looks rushed at that. The new weapon upgrades look like trash-- honestly the most stupid and pathetic looking designs i've seen which is especialy sad considering they are supposed to be endgame. Soon you will be rushing too many major updates and it will end up where rs3 is now. tier 90+ gear right after 80 right after 75 and now all the other stuff is obsolete and any ideas they have left are garbage. slow it the hell down. It isn't even this update in particular that bothers me, but rather that it is too soon after similar updates and i worry about the future being flooded with bosses and newer better gear every month or two. Also, i want to stress again how TERRIBLE your designs look. Like a 6 year old doodles with some crayons. they are truly god awful. Just to amuse myself i picked up pencil and paper and sketched my own designs for the same described weapons in about 2 minutes and they already look 10x better than what you have. Now, to show that I'm not 100% hater, I DO like that they are more like upgrades to existing things rather than actual new weapons. I also like that it breathes life into a DOT effect which is somethign that isn't particularly a big deal currently. Players will make anti-venoms a staple in pvp now. Also, I think melee users will abuse the blowgun by taking it and 3 darts, poisoning, then swapping back melee

25-Nov-2014 00:48:24

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2023

CloudsOverRS

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I actually like a lot of the ideas behind this update, but i think it needs to wait and be released much later to give corp more time to settle in, maybe in between some new slayer monsters or just plain new non-boss monsters in general as well as some skill-related updates. It also needs to be refined in a big way. It seems dumb that a blowgun is endgame, though i do like that darts will have a use. It also is dumb that when melee gets an update, mage and range get and almost identical update and vise versa. Keep the balance WITHOUT making them exactly the same upgrades. Dumb that you affix something to a staff and all of a sudden your spells that already probably have an effect like freezing now do random poison damage. you poisoned your ice? it just doesn't flow well. Though i hate catering to cosmetic junkies, I also think think these initial designs look so stupid it hurts my brain. I mean aside from just looking like a dog's chew toys, the blow gun has a freakin curved barrel... how the heck do you shoot it accurately through a curved barrel? you don't. idiotic. Also again, I think the blowgun will be abused since from what i read and understand it poisons EACH dart, while the defender and staff have a CHANCE to poison. I think melee will just use a dart to poison then swap to their best 2h spec weapon or better, harder hitting ranged weapons. I honestly hope this get's voted down hard, because it is too soon, too rushed, and too crumby looking.

25-Nov-2014 00:57:59

menacemenace

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Clouds,

'A new high level solo boss' came second on the priority poll that finished on September 4th. This came second to the continent.

This is what the community feels is a priority and 5-6 months after the poll finished it shall become a reality.

That priority poll finished almost 3 months ago and they haven't done any of the things that came up in that poll; I think this is an update that is 'better late than never'.

Achievement diaries are also coming out in Early 2015 as well, so that's something else to look forward to.

EDIT: Corp has already settled in and actually, the hype was overkill, really not many people at all still actively kill it due to profits in the short and long term not being very good compared to other methods, only in the very very long term will Corp's loot be worthwhile.

I personally have no interest in corp and have been waiting for a solo only boss for I would say going on 18 months now and finally it is becoming a reality and I cannot wait!

25-Nov-2014 01:26:00 - Last edited on 25-Nov-2014 01:28:43 by menacemenace

3rdAgeNPC

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Boys. Listen up.

Anyone who is bitching about degradable items, please give it a thought. This game is overflowing with GP and we need something called "money sinks"

MANY games that have a large economy, have some sort of currency sink on trades via players, or through their main "Grand exchange" and will have a small tax on each interaction that a player makes. Usually a percentage of how much you're trading will be taxed by something small like 5%

Or they have armor that eventually breaks followed by repair using gold (Barrows)

The problem is, runescape never had a tax so now people shun the idea of having one because of their beloved "Cash stacks" lol. Don't be stupid people, and if you're poor stfu and go slay because that's how the game is suppose to be played.

25-Nov-2014 02:42:36 - Last edited on 25-Nov-2014 02:43:48 by 3rdAgeNPC

3rdAgeNPC

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3rdAgeNPC said :

Boys. Listen up.

Anyone who is bitching about degradable items, please give it a thought. This game is overflowing with GP and we need something called "money sinks"

MANY games that have a large economy, have some sort of currency sink on trades via players, or through their main "Grand exchange" and will have a small tax on each interaction that a player makes. Usually a percentage of how much you're trading will be taxed by something small like 5%

Or they have armor that eventually breaks followed by repair using gold (Barrows)

The problem is, runescape never had a tax so now people shun the idea of having one because of their beloved "Cash stacks" lol. Don't be stupid people, and if you're poor stfu and go slay because that's how the game is suppose to be played.

More money sink = better game

25-Nov-2014 02:44:15

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2021

Co Rowe

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I agree with clouds0verRS to an extent. The idea of a new boss so soon after corp was just released is kind of jumping the gun a bit. Especially with Zeah in development already. I really think you guys needs to just take a break from the updates right now and focus on Zeah and keeping the servers up. Zeah is huge and I would love to see 100% effort from all the mods on this one to deliver something truly awesome. The snake boss definitely looks awesome, I just don't think it's time to be focusing on it.

25-Nov-2014 03:02:33

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2018

CTRL ALT DLT

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In regards to the Solo Snake Boss:

I don't mind the concept of it except for a few things....

Venomous Blowdart:

*thumbs up*
I'm interested in the blow dart's giving darts more use in the game. I favor that idea.

Venomous Spike:
Absolutely 100% not in favor, The development team has used graphical change and rename to incorporate a dragon defender. I am not in favor of manipulation through the manipulation of psyche, I guess i'm just informing the careless to take a second gander on what the spike truly is.

*two thumbs down*

B-But Why NAW**?
The old school community in majority asked not for the introduction of a "dragon defender" What the hell do you think the spike is?? Oh and it can inflict venom to an opponent? Instead of not Incorporating a dragon defender to the game... you've buffed it and renamed it. Congratulations to those that weren't in favor of a Dragon defender but are in favor of the Venomous Spike you're aiding the destructive route to this manipulated concept.

*+1 thumbs down*

Venom:
I do Think this is a cool new "hit splash" or concept; however still unneeded.

*neutral thumbs/in between*

Venomous Fang:
My thoughts on this are give it something or have it stand strongly on its own without the aid of a primary item. We need to see more Newer items enter the game not something that add's a bonus or graphical rework to an already existing item. That truly was never the principle for Runescape items. Yet there's been several upon SEVERAL updates that solemnly entertain just that.

In regards to Venomous Fang the way it's being introduced: *double thumbs down*

A bit of advice Focus on Newer expansion not inner expansion of items or remodeling if you will..

25-Nov-2014 04:20:53

iTwisted Bow

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CloudsOverRS said :
Where do I start. It's going to fast now. This was something that wasn't supposed to happen. Wildy bosses were fine, and corp was spaced nicely from them. Now Zeah is announced, and sounds awesome, and considering development time for it, the boss or bosses associated with it would be spaced nicely from corp. But you JUST released corp and already plan another boss within a couple months. Things wrong with this are that combat updates are WAY to boss focused with not enough non-boss updates. Not to mention not enough non-combat updates. Also the bosses are starting to stack up too quickly. It is rushed, and no offense but it REALLY looks rushed at that. The new weapon upgrades look like trash-- honestly the most stupid and pathetic looking designs i've seen which is especialy sad considering they are supposed to be endgame. Soon you will be rushing too many major updates and it will end up where rs3 is now. tier 90+ gear right after 80 right after 75 and now all the other stuff is obsolete and any ideas they have left are garbage. slow it the hell down. It isn't even this update in particular that bothers me, but rather that it is too soon [....] ave. Now, to show that I'm not 100% hater, I DO like that they are more like upgrades to existing things rather than actual new weapons. I also like that it breathes life into a DOT effect which is somethign that isn't particularly a big deal currently. Players will make anti-venoms a staple in pvp now. Also, I think melee users will abuse the blowgun by takin

agreed

Everybody 'round me saying I should relax 'cuz I've been going hard 'till my eyes roll back but,
all I wanna do is forget about my past and smoke a'lil ranarr, really nothing too drastic..

25-Nov-2014 05:24:43

iTwisted Bow

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Co Rowe said :
I agree with clouds0verRS to an extent. The idea of a new boss so soon after corp was just released is kind of jumping the gun a bit. Especially with Zeah in development already. I really think you guys needs to just take a break from the updates right now and focus on Zeah and keeping the servers up. Zeah is huge and I would love to see 100% effort from all the mods on this one to deliver something truly awesome. The snake boss definitely looks awesome, I just don't think it's time to be focusing on it.

agreed

Everybody 'round me saying I should relax 'cuz I've been going hard 'till my eyes roll back but,
all I wanna do is forget about my past and smoke a'lil ranarr, really nothing too drastic..

25-Nov-2014 05:25:15

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