Jagex mod and fellow peer players,
The 60 attack stab weapon was a great idea. However, THIS IS A RAIDS REWARD? Myself and i'm sure many in the community, especially pures, would agree that the Dragon SWORD is performing quite sub par to its slash counter part (dragon scim). An item only available through raids (an extremely difficult encounter) with a rare drop chance should perform significantly better against a weapon that can be bought from a monkey on an island for 100,000 coins.
My suggestion is to boost the stab attack bonus from +65 to +107 and also change the str bonus from +63 to +69. This gives it a clear advantage over using a dragon scimitar (as it should being that it is obtained as a RAIDS REWARD). It would perfectly nestle its self as a best in slot 60 attack stab weapon. For those who feel uncomfortable with this change keep in mind that it WOULD NOT unbalance other weapons with higher attack requirement such as 70-75 attack slot. As an example the whip/tentacle provides a well balanced +83/90 slash bonus and +82/86 str bonus allowing it to remain a better weapon choice for someone with a higher attack level then the dragon sword would provided the buff was passed. In addition to that 70-75 attack tier, the Sara Sword and God swords would also maintain their position. Last and not forgotten the zamorakian hasta was also taken into consideration when I thought of a reasonable buff for the dragon sword as a RAIDS REWARD. The zam hasta has a +85 stab bonus but also has +65 slash and crush with a +75 str bonus making it a generally versatile weapon with its primary use being stab - it would still hit harder then the dragon sword.
Finally,
I'd like to thank the Jagex mods who read these forums and also the active community.
Nice work over all with raids. It looks spectacular and is quite fun of an encounter.
Please take my recommendation into consideration. I look forward to your feedback.
- M4573R N04H
MASTER NOAH
06-Jan-2017 18:27:51
but end game hype is hyped
