First of all, I would like to say thanks for the update Jagex. I have a few concerns and dislikes about this update but I am appreciative of the work put into this and would like to start off with giving acknowledgements before feedback.
Concerns/Dislikes
1) The redwood logs give way too much xp in firemaking. 350xp is too much. By level 90 when you are able to burn it, You would only need to burn ~22k logs to level 99. 20k logs give 7 million experience which is possible to achieve in less than 20 hours if someone pulled an all nighter.
Before people had a choice between effort and money. As for me I burned maples to 99 (~ 95k). Alternatively, if not doing cheap method, The next best thing is magic logs at 303.8 xp but these come at a high monetary cost sustained by fletching and high alch value. Redwood logs only are used in firemaking and have no price floor like yews or magic logs which will stay relatively stable because of alch value. Although it is currently high now, I am expecting a major decrease in ge price over the next few weeks.
The current xp rate is problematic; it is already significantly higher than the previous fastest way and throws people who invested time or money into the skill under the bus. Please reduce the rates accordingly.
2) Redwood trees
The redwood trees are reminscent of RS3 ivys. The extremely slow rate at which one gains logs combined with nearby bank, along with moderate xp makes this an easy afkable skill. The redwood trees are great but the concept of training may need to be altered to stray away from just clicking once and sitting there for 10-15 minutes gathering logs at good xp.
Same concept from point 1 applies here too, as I've met people including myself who were less than pleased at the watering down of the skill with decent rates.
3) Other
60 wc may be too low of a req considering the massive benefits in the guild with bank immediately next to trees, invisible boost, and many people having 60+.
03-Jun-2016 13:01:56