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xxDark Horse

xxDark Horse

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There simply had to have been at least 5 other skills better than these, not that they are necessarily bad. These skills either aren't really skills or are simply a bit obscure as to why they're needed.


It's hard to come up with a skill idea and explain how to train it, what content would be, how to get started etc...

A lot of players potentially suggested a good skill but didnt fully explain what its content would be or how to train it. So Jagex had to get rid of these ideas. This narrowed the list down. Also some players suggested common things such as necromancy, swimming, sailing or stupid stuff like twerking, spinning, pooping etc...


My guess is that OSRS only had two dozen legitimate unique skills to choose from at most. These 5 happened to be unique from each other enough.

21-May-2014 19:05:09 - Last edited on 21-May-2014 19:08:31 by xxDark Horse

Emu Dru

Emu Dru

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I'll say this: if Runecraft, Farming, Summoning, Dungeoneering, Divination or the upcoming Invention skills had been polled before entering the main game and needed 75% to pass, I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have any of those skills right now.

Runecrafting? Who needs it, you can get plenty of runes by killing monsters. Increase drop rates if needed, you don't need a new skill. Farming? Booorrriinnnggggg. Summoning? That's just an extention of Magic (literally, it was once going to be a part of the Magic skill - look up Life Runes). Dungeoneering is a mini-game, not a skill.

You can imagine how things would have gone. No progress. I'll be honest, I'm not at all impressed by Divination and I'm quite wary of this Invention idea... but honestly, most of these are solid skills that have a place in the game. But if the players had their way, I doubt we would have most of them. Just something to think about. Stay open-minded.

21-May-2014 19:08:02

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