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Tandumz

Tandumz

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I am excited for fresh content. People who insist on voting "No" on all their accounts just because they see a few issues in an overall solid new skill should really evaluate why they feel the need to blockade the majority from happiness. From what I have read so far, I don't agree with everything, however, the fact of the matter is, you most likely won't agree with every piece of fresh/new content. I am sure if the other 23 skills were polled at their respective time, not all of them would have passed due to people disagreeing with (one, or a few) aspects of the overall skill. Please be level-headed and really analyze the entirety of the skill. For those players also using the "it isn't OldSchool" crutch, please realize that "OldSchool" is subjective. It might not match exactly how you envision RuneScape, but just because it has a few aspects you don't agree with, please don't overlook the many good possibilities it can bring into the game, (including - most importantly, new players). Bringing in new content might not always be the best solution- (Ex: RS3) but with the current Polls voted on by the players that has to reach 75% to pass, every vote counts. Achieving 75% of a population to agree is difficult, especially for controversial topics. Please just make every vote count and don't vote to hurt others, (you aren't forced to train a skill if you don't want to, it's a game), but vote with good intentions. If you want the skill, have researched the good and bad causes, vote YES. If you have researched the skill, see more bad then good, and think it will hurt the entirety of RuneScape, vote No. It's that simple!
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09-Sep-2015 16:38:11

Dig

Dig

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Burgh de Rott & Mos Le-Harmless should NOT both be the highest tier Sailing ports (80/90).

The 'Priest in Peril' quest is a limiting factor in the "pure" and "level 3" accounts that you have described. It gives people 11 Prayer from level 1; so the majority of these builds will not be able to access these ports.

09-Sep-2015 17:00:43

Yeeee kamal

Yeeee kamal

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IDEA!

Addition to sailing. ?

A Crew!


If you team up with a few people to make a party of 5, you could possibly sail with a proper ship! What if you go solo though? Its unlikely that you could keep a 3 mast ship running on your own! Thats where a crew
could come in handy.

I'm going to bring something up that was released pre eoc: Player Owned Ports.
Even though it was close to the update that displeased alot of people that play OSRS these days, I really enjoyed the Ports!

How did the crew system work in the POP (Player Owned Ports)?
Basicly you could have up to 5 crew members assigned to one of your ships. You could also have 25 crew members available at any time to add to ships. (And captains, but we wont mention those because you're the captain in the sailing skill! :D )
Those crew members would add stats to the ship, which is always handy you know! They would also become better through experience.

1. How would
A Crew
look like in the sailing skill?
Taking a crew would have 5 members (inclusing yourself), you'ld need 4 crew members added to your party. If you have a friend with you, there would only be 3 more NPC's to be added. Etc...
Now those NPC crew members could be regular sailors, men/women or even experienced navigators!
If you encounter new races , maybe you could convince some of the inbornes to join your crew! They could have interesting additions that would improve your sailing! Hiring someone can also provide you with a bit of xp .

2. Paying and arming your crew?
Each crew member should be paid and armed if you want them to not die by the first encounter with a random seaslug. (Could be seen as an item/money sink!)

Thanks for reading!

09-Sep-2015 17:25:57 - Last edited on 09-Sep-2015 17:28:30 by Yeeee kamal

A Big Hippo

A Big Hippo

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I will be voting no.
Not because im unwilling to try new things,
Not because of what the dev blogs say,
And certainly not because I want to start a controversy.
But, just because I don't like the idea of it
If it gets put in the game, ill surely train it
But id prefer to not have a new skill.

09-Sep-2015 17:31:58

Cooltomw

Cooltomw

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Preface: I played RS2 up until just before EOC came into effect, decided to call it quits at that point because the direction Runescape was taking wasn't what i personally wanted from the game. I have kept a quiet eye on RS since then and I have been enjoying OSRS for a few months now.

Sailing has immense potential, in my opinion. However, I have concerns.

The basic concept is great, and any quibbles over the minutia of the skill (level reqs etc) are honestly not a big deal for me. I am worried about the precedents that might be set by some of the proposals (in some cases have already been set).

Mostly, it's the apparently high amount of borrowed or rebranded RS3 content, in the form of things like the mechanics of the new top-tier gem when compared to Hydrix, dungeoneering prayers, resource dungeons by a different name.

I realise there are only so many ways to reinvent the wheel, but i just feel that lifting things directly, or making only very slight changes, somewhat defeats the point of trying to keep RS3 and OSRS as distinct entities, rather than just different flavours of the same entity.

The whole skill feels very dungeoneering-inspired, which is not neccesarily a bad thing. I liked dungeoneering itself, and the plans to make Sailing not so minigame-eqsue are very welcome. But precedents set now about the direction of updates, and what is acceptable to pull from RS3 and what is not, concern me greatly.

I suppose what I'm trying to say is that I like OSRS, because it is OSRS. It doesn't need to be a carbon copy of RS3 with flat textures. All I have seen so far suggests that I am not alone in feeling this, players and developers alike, but I think this more than anything needs to be handled delicately.

09-Sep-2015 17:52:35

lko

lko

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It's a cute idea but that's about it, i'll be voting no. Many more 500+ hours should go into it and still needs to be less about main accounts I'm already seeing you will have to have a main account to be a successful sailer for example. Would be a cool mini game, and release your max male melee amulet that's fine but don't government small bill pass it through sailing. I like the idea you came up with so far but there is too much left out about other skills and you should be able to train exploring even on land so there needs to be caverns there too.. ect. Maybe helps train agility too learning to levitate or sail around climb mountains take shortcuts. That is one minute of thought and like I said just for the poll which I'm voting no for should have spent much more time. Even if it's most likely a no go

09-Sep-2015 18:08:06

lko

lko

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Furthermore even if sailing was 100% good to go you should then take it and try adding it to rs3 and STILL not release sailing even if the community ends up wanting it. BECAUSE: you already are trying to get approval it is not neutral it will benefit your main accounts that is all. If you pay any attention mostly rs3 players are voting yes and people who like things that were released in rs3, so the fact that you had so much negative feedback you should think osrs should remain the same for another ten plus years (i'll just not mention things like nmz that are ridiculous) and if it works out in rs3 cool. Im not even suggesting bringing the idea back.

09-Sep-2015 18:11:41

lko

lko

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And I will say if you are "excited for new content" ect then go back to rs3 or admit you want this to become rs4. EASY. Because I would be happy with oldschool remaining that way until I die, that's how old people are.

09-Sep-2015 18:13:42

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