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FrostyStar

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I like the melee defence on the wyvern shield its more then the arcane gives but i think the mage attack should be dropped to 15 and its ranged defence be increased to 50 (Arcane shield has 52)

This would make the wyvern shield a good shield to tank damage with while the arcane would offer the best magic accuracy and be more offense based.

Similiar to how meleers can use a dragon defender for more accuracy and a dfs for more defence.

12-Apr-2017 19:22:06

Angel2D4

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Andrew Vin said :
Just a heads up: The Jmods are currently responding to a lot of questions about this content on reddit at the moment.

Here's a few highlights:

Wyverns


"They're not as high level as skeletals, so the slayer require
ment is less."
in response to "Slayer req for wyverns should be higher imo..."

"Nope, skeletals are the more powerful wyverns."
in response to "Slayer requirement should definitely get an increase. "

Miningdodt Mining Minigame


"The highest xp rates will only be possible at 99 mining, tick-manipulation has very low level requirements and is better. If the xp rates are not well received, it can always be revised."


"
You won't be afk'ing within the mine, you'll need to be paying attention
"

Miscellaneous


"Thanks for this comment. You are entirely correct. Fossil Island is not meant to be a high level exclusive update."


New Shield


"Would it function as an antifire shield like the dfs?"
"No"


"Would it function as an elemental shield against the skeletal wyverns?"
"Yes"


Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/64yysb/dev_blog_fossil_island/

Somebody should take the time to thank you for bringing information to the RSOF (since jagex don't seem interested in their own forums).

Thank you! "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity" -Martin Luther King Jr.

12-Apr-2017 19:30:18

Naturally Me
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Phamit said :
Sounds very good update!
Concerns;
- why does the shield give negative range bonus? DFS gives defence across the board and has + 10 mage defence even though its melee gear. It should be consistent with the DFS.
people shouldn't be afraid increasing defence since defence is a lot worst than offence stats.

The wyvern shield is not supposed to be like DFS against normal dragons, only protection against wyverns' icy breath. Giving the wyvern shield negative range defence bonus and high melee defence makes it different from Arcane in the sense that it has a lot higher melee defence. Keeping it like this makes Arcane still relevant for people to use due to the high range defence.

I am glad to see that you are adding a quest requirement to access Fossil island and also 120 museum kudos. I do feel however that some of the content such as bird house traps (5-35 hunter), compost potion (17 herblore) and seaweed farming (23 farming) are just too low level if you look at the requirements for accessing the island in the first place. 120 kudos would require a lot of quests done, potentially 150-200 quest points. Whilst the suggestions for those skilling updates are appealing, I feel they should be accessable on the mainland or lower requirements to access for it be relevant to the people that wants to do it.

The volcanic mine looks good and the xp rates are pretty balanced if it requires some effort as mentioned in the dev blog, but the xp difference between level 85 and 99 is not that significant. I think it would be better to either nerf the level 85 rate or buff the level 99 rate.

Ancient wyverns look great, but as many people have already mentioned, I think the slayer requirement for them should be adjusted for granite boots drop (between 80-83 slayer). This will keep the slayer boots system consistent and make a lot more sense. The 50 defence requirement makes the granite boots balanced in my eyes .

12-Apr-2017 19:31:30 - Last edited on 12-Apr-2017 19:33:16 by Naturally Me

WhoCareZz

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Andrew Vin said :
Just a heads up: The Jmods are currently responding to a lot of questions about this content on reddit at the moment.

Here's a few highlights:

Wyverns


"They're not as high level as skeletals, so the slayer require
ment is less."
in response to "Slayer req for wyverns should be higher imo..."

"Nope, skeletals are the more powerful wyverns."
in response to "Slayer requirement should definitely get an increase. "



This is really broken logics. I know you are just quoting J-Mods so don't take it personal, but this needs to be discussed.

How does it make sense that a level 66 Slayer monster drops better boots than Nechreals at level 80? And even very close to Dragon boots dropped by Spiritual Mages at level 83?

You guys have really ruined the balance in Slayer when you buffed the Skeletal Wyvern droptable a few years ago. Recently you tried to restore that by buffing the droptables of higher Slayerer level monsters, but still the system is broken in the core of it. A level 72 Slayer monster should not be so profitable.

Now, if you continue further updates with Skeletal Wyverns as a benchmark, and justify creating a new slayer monster with unique drops at level 66 with a comment "Nope, Skeletal Wyverns are stronger, so they should be below 72", then I'm really worried about the future of this game.

12-Apr-2017 19:32:52

Samuel Win

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Can't wait!

One tiny thought I had while reading; if no man has ever successfully ventured to Fossil Island, HOW are there treasure chests to loot? Do Wyverns protect their jewellery?

I've wanted you to add content like this for yonks (Underwater Fishing, etc).

Thanks so much.

12-Apr-2017 19:37:20 - Last edited on 12-Apr-2017 19:45:31 by Samuel Win

Sanctify Me
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Andrew Vin said :
Just a heads up: The Jmods are currently responding to a lot of questions about this content on reddit at the moment.

Here's a few highlights:

Wyverns


"They're not as high level as skeletals, so the slayer require
ment is less."
in response to "Slayer req for wyverns should be higher imo..."

"Nope, skeletals are the more powerful wyverns."
in response to "Slayer requirement should definitely get an increase. "

Miningdodt Mining Minigame


"The highest xp rates will only be possible at 99 mining, tick-manipulation has very low level requirements and is better. If the xp rates are not well received, it can always be revised."


"
You won't be afk'ing within the mine, you'll need to be paying attention
"

Miscellaneous


"Thanks for this comment. You are entirely correct. Fossil Island is not meant to be a high level exclusive update."


New Shield


"Would it function as an antifire shield like the dfs?"
"No"


"Would it function as an elemental shield against the skeletal wyverns?"
"Yes"


Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/64yysb/dev_blog_fossil_island/
Thanks alot for posting that here :)

12-Apr-2017 19:46:08

Samuel Win

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@Xeve
Could not disagree with you more.

It's still necessary to kindle a motive for new players to play the game, despite however many hours you yourself have already spent on Slayer .

"I don't expect every update to release the new BIS item, but the content needs to fill gaps rather than* try to substitute for old content".
So do you mean like fill gaps in the current (repetive) format the game currently has for a couple of skills of not much variation? Do you mean like they offer in this update?

Or are you saying - you expect every update to release new BIS items. Meanwhile every new fun & alternative way to play needs the game already borderline completed. Top-level. Tut tut.

12-Apr-2017 20:07:09 - Last edited on 12-Apr-2017 20:22:59 by Samuel Win

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