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Slash
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If would be quite strange if we suddenly said "hey guys, lets get rid of cars and ride horses to work instead because its more nostalgic, that's how people use to live." -This is not practical and nonsensical way of reasoning.

04-Dec-2014 07:54:24

Diane Meyer

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Evil Oak said :
I'm not too fond of 4k chompy kills taking half the time to do now.

The whole idea behind the Dragon Archer reward hats is to show that players have invested a large portion of time doing something that they enjoy and not just completing diaries to make the actual hunting process quicker.

I fear that making two chompies spawn at once (which effectively halves the time taken whilst hunting) will greatly devalue the rewards from the chompy hunting activity.

I agree.

04-Dec-2014 08:05:09 - Last edited on 04-Dec-2014 08:05:29 by Diane Meyer

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The "This is Old school" and " I'm playing for Nostalgia" needs to end seriously, I'm getting quite sick of it. People wanted the Old combat system back not specifically 2007 version of the game. It's quite obvious that people like updates and they like changes made to the game. New bosses, skilling methods, and PvP updates. The nostalgia part should have ended for most people after the first 2 months. This is no longer the game you remember from 2007. Sure the graphics are the same, certain items and places, but its changed drastically. Its a very small amount of players that want this unchanged old school and nostalgia scape. Go play Mario for super nintendo if you want some nostalgia, see how quickly you lose interest.

04-Dec-2014 08:06:17

Evil Oak
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Diane Meyer said :
Evil Oak said :
I'm not too fond of 4k chompy kills taking half the time to do now.

The whole idea behind the Dragon Archer reward hats is to show that players have invested a large portion of time doing something that they enjoy and not just completing diaries to make the actual hunting process quicker.

I fear that making two chompies spawn at once (which effectively halves the time taken whilst hunting) will greatly devalue the rewards from the chompy hunting activity.

I agree.

Ashleigh said :
What Oak said, This is going to make chompies half the time to kill... Devaluing it :( Which will make alot more people have it then it should, this is why I did not like it becoming a req pre EoC for trim comp, everyone walks around with it! it should be only something cosmetic and not changed, so only people who REALLY want it go for it. Please change John :)

Please consider removing this John C, it really devalues chompy hunting :( .

04-Dec-2014 08:31:24

Akastre
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Exept don't because nobody does chompy bird hunting in the state it is in now. Sure the 1% that have done it dont want to devalue their effort but for the game it would be better. This activity could reallt use a little more action.

04-Dec-2014 09:03:55 - Last edited on 04-Dec-2014 09:04:44 by Akastre

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Pat said :
Can not wait for this but a few ideas

-Kandarin headgear should not have to be worn for bolt spec at elite, it should also be a bight light source. But the biggest thing I would like to see is it have the ability to be worn with full lumberjack and act like the hat. Varrock armour gets the ability with the mining outfit in both games and headbands don't and it makes no sense.

04-Dec-2014 09:07:10

Mini Aurelia

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I don't see why people complain about chompy hunting being devalued. The chompy hats are currently cosmetic and have no practical use, they do not confer any bonuses.

Why does it matter if it takes 20 hours instead of 40 hours for someone to kill chompy birds for a cosmetic hat? This has an additional requirement of the player having completed the elite Western Provinces diary, which is likely to include several 90+ skills.

I think people complaining about this primarily due to personal bias (they have already obtained the 4k kills hat) rather than as a result of game integrity concerns or a belief that halving the required time to obtain the 4k kills hat will unbalance other aspects of the game.

Achievements get devalued over time, it is inevitable. Allowing players to achieve something 20 hours faster than you did is insignificant long-term anyways. Plenty of skill updates reduced hours-to-99 by over 20 hours.

Try to considerate of the community at large, rather than hold on to some idealised notion of prestige.

04-Dec-2014 09:13:27 - Last edited on 04-Dec-2014 09:14:37 by Mini Aurelia

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