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Captaindun
Mar Member 2013

Captaindun

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So like im confused. You all made ironmen for the challenge and now youre complaining because its to much of a challenge?. Dry your eyes and go fish them sharks.
I love the update more purely on the fact the community is up in arms. The map is great so kudos for that guys.

25-May-2017 12:56:29

Candy Dragon
Mar Member 2024

Candy Dragon

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I feel Zulrah needed a nerf, but this is probably too much. The serpentine helm should at least inflict poison. These are two really confusing updates.

Perhaps a lot of this backlash is due to people judging the changed content before playing it and drawing the conclusion that it's a lot worse than it is. The void changes might not be too much of a detriment to the void pures, perhaps.

I will say that this is pretty bad for iron men, but you could also argue that the iron man mode is supposed to be a challenge. I am happy to take the position that OSRS is supposed to be the slow grind, more challenging version of Runescape. A lot of us are forgetting we came here because RS3 was too different or too easy. Well, OSRS is difficult and slow and that's the type of Runescape I am happy to play.

When it comes to balancing content, take a leaf out of the MOBAs book. Be prepared to nudge it forward and backward as much as you need to in order to find a balance within the game. If it turns out that Zulrah is now not worth doing, you may need to nudge the drops back up again.

Perhaps make it clear to everyone that these changes don't have to be permanent, as there's no reason they should be. Make everyone aware you're willing to keep going until you find a balanced spot for Zulrah (or other content) that doesn't make it simply too good for money making but also doesn't upset the players. If the players understand that you're willing to nerf and buff things over time to keep them in balance with the current state of the game, there may not be quite the resistance to seemingly controversial changes.

25-May-2017 12:56:39

Glutton4Pain

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3rd Age Set said :
I need more salt. Please keep it coming guys

French cries for this pleb fries!
Glutton4Pain said :


I have my blue heart on!!!!!!!
3rd Age Set said :


It's kids who had it easy, and now can't imagine actually having to do the skill needed to get the resources from that skill.
Pietras92 said :
"every update is decided by our players via the use of in-game polls"
Until it was realised bad updates were passing to make it easier.

We yay , you nay! " You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness. "
Vladimir Putin

25-May-2017 12:57:01

Glutton4Pain

Glutton4Pain

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3rd Age Set said :
I need more salt. Please keep it coming guys

French cries for this pleb fries!
Glutton4Pain said :


I have my blue heart on!!!!!!!
3rd Age Set said :


It's kids who had it easy, and now can't imagine actually having to do the skill needed to get the resources from that skill.
Pietras92 said :
"every update is decided by our players via the use of in-game polls"
Until it was realised bad updates were passing to make it easier.

We yay , you nay! " You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness. "
Vladimir Putin

25-May-2017 12:57:13

iDont Care
Jan Member 2024

iDont Care

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-_-.............................The zulrah drop table now = Poop.....Legit....100 magic logs swapped for 35 yews????? just everything replaced = poop.......zulrahs hard to learn as is. I don't understand..RIP..... now gonna cost more killing it then u make lol..smh

25-May-2017 12:59:01

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