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Dule

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iSplendidz said :
The skillcape perks were intended to have "practical" uses/advantages, not to make it have a huge impact on the game.

Smithing - No practical use. I can't think of a single situation where you could wear the cape but not the gaunts or vice versa.

Runecrafting - No practical use. 99% of RC'ers use the Abyss.

Strength - No practical use given there is already an easy access tele to Burthope.

Agility - No practical use. Simply allows the wearer to show off while not losing the set bonus.

Thieving - No practical use. I may be wrong but does anybody actually pickpocket?

07-Dec-2015 04:30:24

Przc

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"Farming - 5% increased yield from herb patches (stacks with magic secateurs)."

Please, recheck if this "perk" really works properly, because after this update, even with Farming Cape, my herb harvest is just awful .

07-Dec-2015 11:44:53

Billogbfd

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Smithing - No practical use. I can't think of a single situation where you could wear the cape but not the gaunts or vice versa.


Think harder... skillers' can't get the gauntlets as they need 59 mage to do Family crest and quite a few skillers continue with xp gains post 99 and the cape could speed this up. I think Coolsville sucks!

07-Dec-2015 19:16:36 - Last edited on 07-Dec-2015 19:17:05 by Billogbfd

iSplendidz

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Dule said :
iSplendidz said :
The skillcape perks were intended to have "practical" uses/advantages, not to make it have a huge impact on the game.

Smithing - No practical use. I can't think of a single situation where you could wear the cape but not the gaunts or vice versa.

Runecrafting - No practical use. 99% of RC'ers use the Abyss.

Strength - No practical use given there is already an easy access tele to Burthope.

Agility - No practical use. Simply allows the wearer to show off while not losing the set bonus.

Thieving - No practical use. I may be wrong but does anybody actually pickpocket?

Thieving: "10% better chance of succeeding when pickpocketing."

The perks isn't useless, and can be quite useful against thievable NPCs. People still do pickpocketing to this day as you can gain xp, and make a bit of money at the same time. ;)
As for runecrafting, not all runecrafters choose to craft runes in the abyss as it is in the wilderness. The perk can be useful for skillers and people who don't want to be at risk for PKers.
One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself

08-Dec-2015 19:45:47 - Last edited on 08-Dec-2015 19:51:31 by iSplendidz

Inco1902
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Basket said :
I don't know why the Agility cape perk changed from, the graceful set to just the cape.. But isn't that actually pretty pointless? I can only speak for myself but personally I never found anything where I'd benefit from my full graceful outfit over needing other equipment, so I've only ever really been limited to using maybe top and bottoms, maybe gloves also whilst RCing.

So to me this just means I can replace the graceful cape I never wore with the Agility cape I'll also never still wear because my spottier cape is still better? Lmao.

How can you call an Agility cape perk a 'perk' if the HUNTER SKILL offers a better weight reduction cape...?

The full graceful set is -25 kg and restores your run energy 30% faster. Wearing graceful hood/top/legs/gloves/boots plus the superior spottier cape will give you -25.5 kg but will lose the 'restore your run energy 30% faster'. And they've now given the Agility cape the same abilities as the graceful cape (-4 kg and counting for the set bonus of 'restore your run energy 30% faster'.

Overall a 30% increase in run energy restore rate would be better than an extra -0.5 kg the spottier cape has over the graceful (and now Agility too) cape - provided the person is using the whole graceful clothing for the set effect.

09-Dec-2015 07:06:23 - Last edited on 09-Dec-2015 07:27:38 by Inco1902

Inco1902
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Sleepyboyz said :
Quite disappointed in the Agility thought you would be able to think of a better perk like 200% Run or something on the lines, but some of them are useful!

It would be good if they did something good for 99 Agility, after all if you have 99 Agility, then your run energy should replenish significantly quicker.

However, I think Mod Ash said that 'he didn't want to fix Agility (making run energy replenish quicker at higher Agility) to the huge detriment of Herblore (the value of energy potions and super energy potions would decrease considerably, meaning people training herblore would not be able to as easily recoup the costs of training herblore via making those potions)'. Then again, Mod Ash was referring to people's requests for run energy restoring faster at 70+ Agility. Maybe it wouldn't be too detrimental to energy/super energy potion prices if players with 99 Agility were given a quicker run energy restore?

OR, maybe give the 99 Agility cape a twice per day right-click activate 100% boost to Run Energy? As opposed to a passive, 100% of the time, increase in Run Energy restore rate?

09-Dec-2015 07:13:37 - Last edited on 09-Dec-2015 07:41:13 by Inco1902

Inco1902
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Omertaaaa said :
These perks are absolute garbage incentive to achieve 99 in a skill. A few of them make sense like thieving or ranged, but overall this feels like a WEAK update to the game. So you earn enough XP to reach the maximum lvl in Smithing and your reward is... a way to earn extra XP?

99, max, accomplishment. A good video game that is exciting and gives you motivation to reach the end will have a reward at the end. ie A cutscene to finish the storyline, or a powerful item that gives the game some replay value. Since you can't actually "beat" Runescape, levelling to 99 is its equivalent. You think I want to reach 99 Agility just so I can wear a different colored cape that has the same benefit to a cape I earned 500 hours ago?

I think your creative team sucked big time on this one and should revisit their favorite video games (what makes it so special? why would you play it over and over again?) and come back with much, much better rewards for people who play this game.

It would be better if you suggested some perks for the skillcapes.

The original post does make a valid point of "You think I want to reach 99 Agility just so I can wear a different colored cape that has the same benefit to a cape I earned 500 hours ago?"...
OSRS mods, maybe give the Agility Cape a 2 times per day right-click to boost 100% Run Energy?

As for the Smithing Cape, X Omni makes an excellent suggestion on the top of Page 9 that if you have 99 Smithing: to decrease the cost of repairing Barrows armour if you have 99 Smithing:

"To repair a full set of armor the cost is a total of: 166,650gp with 99 smithing. If the reduction while wearing the smithing cape were increased to 65%, the total amount of gold required would be: 114,923gp."

It would make a good 99 Smithing cape perk. (example: I wish I knew someone with 99 Smithing, I have some Barrows to repair and could have given it to my friend to repair it for me.)

09-Dec-2015 07:34:16 - Last edited on 09-Dec-2015 07:38:26 by Inco1902

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