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Capt McGee

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I'd recommend to at least release this boss with a mini-quest to complete in order to participate in the battle.
Also I think the weapons need to offer a bit better incentives if they're going to sink stuff like a SotD... or I may be interpreting it wrong. Maybe the unique drop from the snake will be what sinks.

Anyways, the venomous fang would be nice to slightly increase spell-casting speed. Give your player the 'speed of a snake.' Everything stated here is forwarded from a major corporation. Nothing here is my opinion. Enjoy your salad.

21-Nov-2014 17:14:07

Mod John C

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Capt McGee said :
I'd recommend to at least release this boss with a mini-quest to complete in order to participate in the battle.
Also I think the weapons need to offer a bit better incentives if they're going to sink stuff like a SotD... or I may be interpreting it wrong. Maybe the unique drop from the snake will be what sinks.

Anyways, the venomous fang would be nice to slightly increase spell-casting speed. Give your player the 'speed of a snake.'

Without going in to too much detail, here will be a lot of story told by the environment and the NPCs within it.

No items will be 'sunk' with the new rewards, the new items are charged by scales and these are consumed.

21-Nov-2014 17:16:39

Mod John C

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TheMahoogler said :
Is it going to be one of these bosses where you make money from the non unique drops like venenatis or will the unique drops be the large majority of your income from the boss?

I'm aiming for it to be a good source of income over time regardless of your luck but obviously you'll be much better off when you get the signature drops!

21-Nov-2014 17:17:27

Memberr
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menacemenace said :
Very disappointed.


The spike won't degrade to dust and it takes 15 hours to degrade. So comparable to barrows it'll be used. And it'll be the best offensive item in slot. So it will be worth a lot even if you don't want to use it.

The staff will be the best ingame and will therefore atleast have a decent value, as the current best staff ingame is worth 7m, so there clearly is demand. Zaros is evil: "Zaros plainly requested the use of twelve legions of demons. (..) Zaros offered the secrets of travel between the worlds, to allow the Chthonians to devour whole new races rather than be reduced to preying on each other." From Sliske's Memory

21-Nov-2014 17:17:43

Mod John C

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Smoke Devil said :
Also will the blow pipe be 1 handed or 2 handed?

Currently expecting it to be 2 handed but again this would be subject to balancing.

Smoke Devil said :
2 doses of sanfew serum should also be able to cure the poison as this is the same as a super antipoison

It will.

21-Nov-2014 17:18:37

BioMasterZap
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This looks really interesting. I hope you can do it with 80-85 stats and it isn't just a boss for players with 90+ skills; although I would expect it to be far more challenging at lower stats.

I love the idea of a new Venom poisoning and how it is cured. The other drops I like, but I feel they are a tad inconsistent. The ranged drop is a new weapon; the melee one is level 65 instead of 75 like the rest; and the mage is an upgrade to an existing item.
I see a lot of ways these items could be changed. Maybe they could all be level 75 offhands with stats to their respect skill and chance to venom? But I would like to see the Spike be raised to level 75 since it just seems more fitting. And I am not sure how I feel about the Fang being an upgrade instead of its own weapon. The blowpipe should probably give higher stats and keep the speed reduction or lesser stats and remove the speed reduction.

Also, I think this would be the perfect place to remake an item like the Anti-Poison Totem. Anyway, the boss looks interesting. I can't wait to see any changes to the drops and hear more about it.

21-Nov-2014 17:19:35

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