Many moons ago, way way back in the before time, when a player wanted to train Prayer, they would kill something and bury their bones. They received 3.75 experience for doing so. Some months later, big bones were added to the game. Later yet, dragon bones. Years hence, some fancy looking tables and a weird contraption that somehow uses Nickelodean's "Slime" were added, multiplying prayer experience several times.
Was it "fair" to the people who had trained Prayer before these updates? Maybe not, but personally I don't recall many complaints. Most folks seemed to be happy just to take part in the new content. Perhaps this is an old, obscure, and off base comparison to the fairness of adding skilling pets (in regards to those who have already completed their skilling goals.) I don't have a hoard of level 99s in any version of RuneScape. I don't think I've killed any boss higher than the King Black Dragon, much less received a boss pet. Maybe I have no say because of this.
I do know, however, that when a newfangled item or monster drop is added, said drop isn't just given to people who have all 99 combat stats, just because they've already completed all their combat training, for instance. Nor is content rejected at the drawing board to keep things fair; if that were the case, nothing would ever be rare.
That being said, the skilling pet idea itself sounds neat to me! I'd even like to toss in magpies and raccoons as suggestions for Thieving pets. And even if they all were nearly impossible to attain, it would just be another small wonder to see and admire them loyally following those who brought them in to the world.
~Cal
Was it "fair" to the people who had trained Prayer before these updates? Maybe not, but personally I don't recall many complaints. Most folks seemed to be happy just to take part in the new content. Perhaps this is an old, obscure, and off base comparison to the fairness of adding skilling pets (in regards to those who have already completed their skilling goals.) I don't have a hoard of level 99s in any version of RuneScape. I don't think I've killed any boss higher than the King Black Dragon, much less received a boss pet. Maybe I have no say because of this.
I do know, however, that when a newfangled item or monster drop is added, said drop isn't just given to people who have all 99 combat stats, just because they've already completed all their combat training, for instance. Nor is content rejected at the drawing board to keep things fair; if that were the case, nothing would ever be rare.
That being said, the skilling pet idea itself sounds neat to me! I'd even like to toss in magpies and raccoons as suggestions for Thieving pets. And even if they all were nearly impossible to attain, it would just be another small wonder to see and admire them loyally following those who brought them in to the world.
~Cal
16-Sep-2015 01:23:11
