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KungFuGarden

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Spose I will weigh in..

Thank you for polling to increase the number of buckets that you can store with the Leprechaun. This is something I've wanted a long time even though it might seem inconsequential and I'm kind of mad that people would vote 'no' to something like this. I actually have a fair bit of contempt for people who just vote 'no' because they don't care about something either way. There is no other reason to vote no to something like storing extra buckets... O.o

Same goes for the bull roarer question...I actually saw someone in this thread say that because they didn't know what a bull roarer was, it was unimportant to them and indicated they would vote against this...WTF!? So, because you haven't completed the legends quest, this is irrelevant? Wow..

Max cape - GO FOR IT! I welcome the max cape to OSRS. Anyone who maxes deserves distinction. It's disappointing that the vote for it having the same stats as a Fire Cape is failing. While I agree that it shouldn't become the BIS cape - as Ronan said, not everyone should be expected to measure up to that level of gameplay to get the best cape-slot stats - it should be a cape a maxed player would wear in combat, like a Fire Cape.

Maxing symbolizes having mastered all skill based aspects of the game and for this argument we should also consider combat skills as such. Not to mention, as others already have, that pretty much all skills do relate to combat in some way. It shouldn't be a cape that covers all bases, else other capes of distinction would not hold much value.

There needs to be a balance. It should be a cape that maxed players would want to wear all-around in the game, whether it be for combat or for skilling, or just chilling. For that it should have Fire Cape stats, but no better. It should have other perks, though. Nothing that puts pressure on players to feel like they need to dump 2000+ hours into the game to enjoy it because the perks are so advantageous.

31-Jul-2015 19:47:14 - Last edited on 31-Jul-2015 22:50:48 by KungFuGarden

KungFuGarden

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Cont...

Whether those perks should be on a regular Max Cape, a trimmed Max cape, or a potential Completionist Cape, is obviously a subject for more debate. As someone else said, if you have a max cape, it would be nice not to have to switch to your Ardy Cape to teleport to the North Ardy farming patch. Lots of us farmers like to dress up a bit while doing our runs and I see the desire for the Max Cape to have some utility in that sense.

OF COURSE the cape is to show off...Who would deny that this sort of 'finery' doesn't play a role?

So, perhaps in a future poll, once we solidly have the Max Cape in game, it could be amended to have some teleports, a weight loss perk, or some other utility that would make it wearable in more situations. So that it's fun and useful for putting in all that time, but not critical to many aspects of the game. Maybe some other relatively minor accomplishment or requirement could be added in order to trim it and give it these somewhat desirable perks.

Or maybe that ought to just be saved for a potential Comp Cape but that is a whole other ball game...

In any case: Can we buy it from 'Max' or otherwise see an appearance from him? I loved seeing him!



Other questions: I like them and I voted yes to most of them and I definitely didn't vote no to anything I was unconcerned about, or anything that didn't seem to be of great concern or effect to people in general.

I also wanna whine about the poll concerning control of doors in POH's failing...The host should be in control. Trolls opening and closing them repeatedly in open-house altars to make people mad is ridiculous and shouldn't even have to be polled...This is a QOL problem and I can't imagine why anyone would vote against it other than the trolls themselves. It should be re-polled if it fails...It's a close one. Argh!

31-Jul-2015 19:47:29 - Last edited on 31-Jul-2015 20:23:02 by KungFuGarden

Aranel
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I'd honestly prefer to see an original design for the cape instead of a remake of the RS3 one. And it should have at least the stats of a fire cape. It's not like it's going to invalidate fight caves by having the same stats. One takes an hour and some decent gear, the other takes all 99s.

31-Jul-2015 22:33:18

Pendual

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KungFuGarden said :
Same goes for the bull roarer question...I actually saw someone in this thread say that because they didn't know what a bull roarer was, it was unimportant to them and indicated they would vote against this...WTF!? So, because you haven't completed the legends quest, this is irrelevant? Wow..
I saw the comment and they were wishing for an abstain option, which I believe was voted against by the community. It is frustrating that in polls that may have important content decisions you are also forced to make a decision you are completely uninformed on. I think everyone can agree that nothing should get a free pass or miss out because it is polled at the same time as something else rather than it is a good decision to make.

01-Aug-2015 00:23:41

KungFuGarden

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Pendual said :
KungFuGarden said :
Same goes for the bull roarer question...I actually saw someone in this thread say that because they didn't know what a bull roarer was, it was unimportant to them and indicated they would vote against this...WTF!? So, because you haven't completed the legends quest, this is irrelevant? Wow..
I saw the comment and they were wishing for an abstain option, which I believe was voted against by the community. It is frustrating that in polls that may have important content decisions you are also forced to make a decision you are completely uninformed on. I think everyone can agree that nothing should get a free pass or miss out because it is polled at the same time as something else rather than it is a good decision to make.

An abstain option may be a solution. Unfortunately it's not one we have. Another is simply to not be ignorant and do a couple minutes of research to make an informed decision. There are some minor proposals that I can see people saying no to even if they're nitpicks.

When it comes to Bull Roarers and bucket storage though, these are pretty ineffectual and by and large I would say that many who vote no to these things simply don't care, or see them as unimportant to their own activities. Which is sad because it would not affect them either way while others may desperately want them implemented, however insignificant they might seem to someone who doesn't really care to think about how others might feel.

01-Aug-2015 09:15:54 - Last edited on 01-Aug-2015 09:20:28 by KungFuGarden

Pellepelle
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Mod Ronan said :
Legolas said :
What the Hell is wrong with all of you? A cape that takes literally 2000+ hours of grinding shouldn't be better than a 30 minute fire cape? There's literally NO reason to get it then.

Just over 100 people out of the several hundred thousands that play Old School have ever achieved max. As much as that is an incredible accomplishment and they should be able to show it off, other players should not be expected to live up to that sort of gameplay to be able to stay on the same level in PvM/PvP.

So you are saying that this game should be fair for all? Fine, remove every skill and give players every item for free, you cant expect everybody to have good luck@bosses etc. Some people cant play as much as others, that is so unfair for them. Dont let people level up because some people cant be on the same level as they are in PvM/PvP. If you are willing to work for it, it should pay off.

02-Aug-2015 10:59:58

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