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Havoc  V3

Havoc  V3

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"The blowpipe carries +40 ranged strength and +60 ranged attack which stack with the stats of the darts you use.
The attack speed of the blowpipe is 3, equal to a shortbow on rapid
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So is the current attack speed (2-speed @ 1.2s per attack) a mistake or what?

Maxing a 32 @ shortbow speed was perfectly fine. The Venom effect + special attack helped carry it even farther away from the Karils' Xbow (maxes 30) at the expense of degrading, higher ammo cost and a much higher cost for the weapon itself.

But a 32 @ 1.2s is like a Whip that can hit 64, albeit a little less accurately. That's a bit crazy...especially when you factor a max hit of 48 with the special attack.

And then on top of the Venom effects.

08-Jan-2015 11:06:19 - Last edited on 08-Jan-2015 11:22:15 by Havoc  V3

Mod Ash

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Wee said :
Wait, so you get back all your items if you die? Thats just ridiculous, aren't bosses supposed to be dangerous, there has to be atleast SOME risk involved.....
Suppose we drop your stuff on the ground, and say you can reclaim it if you get back fast enough.

The route to Zul-Andra is very predictable, without random delays or threats. So if we allow you enough time, you're pretty much guaranteed to get your stuff back unless you've disconnected (and there's little point penalising people for that). Or if we don't allow you enough time, you're pretty much guaranteed to lose all your stuff. There's not much middle ground in between those choices.

Also, with the instanced QBD in RS3, it became apparent that if we drop everyone's loot outside an instance, the items vanish due to the limit of how many items can exist in an area. So that's definitely not an option.

We've therefore gone with this relatively safe option, bearing in mind that you're consuming a lot of food/potions/runes/ammo to fight Zulrah at all, so there's quite an investment involved in it.

Plus many popular combat items degrade or uncharge on death, so you'd be losing something there too.

08-Jan-2015 11:07:36

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Pepijn said :
Looks pretty cool! Good job. Will you stream in the future about Zulrah and talking about some of its mechanics? Wait a bit with it ofc... ;)
I suspect the internet's currently filling up with people doing that. But yes, we're sure to feature Zulrah in future streams of our own. And eventually Ronan will presumably do one of his 1000 kill streams.

08-Jan-2015 11:08:41

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Havoc  V3 said :
The attack speed of the blowpipe is 3, equal to a shortbow on rapid
.
So is the current attack speed (2-speed @ 1.2s per attack) is a mistake or what?

A shortbow is normally 4, or 3 if it's on rapid.
The blowpipe is normally 3 (equal to a shortbow on rapid), or 2 if it's on rapid itself.

08-Jan-2015 11:15:30 - Last edited on 08-Jan-2015 11:17:06 by Mod Ash

Memberr
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Mod Ash said :
Havoc  V3 said :
The attack speed of the blowpipe is 3, equal to a shortbow on rapid
.
So is the current attack speed (2-speed @ 1.2s per attack) is a mistake or what?

A shortbow is normally 4, or 3 if it's on rapid.
The blowpipe is normally 3 (equal to a shortbow on rapid), or 2 if it's on rapid itself.

Comparing it to a shortbow was very misleading. I'm disappointed. We'll need 75% support to nerf it now most likely... Way to ruin pking. 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

08-Jan-2015 11:23:22 - Last edited on 08-Jan-2015 11:24:06 by Memberr

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