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I was the second person to 99 magic and the first person with 2 99 combat stats in 07rs (range and mage), so I'll offer my input:
I quit the game 2 weeks after I got my stats. I realized that it wasn't worth playing as a mage/range hybrid. The game strongly favors melee, and there's nothing that comes close to the dds for rangers/mages. It has always been this way. If GWD were to come out, especially with the same AGS and no rewards for magic/ranged skills, then 07rs would simply turn into meleescape 2.0
I eventually got melee stats in EoC because one couldn't really compete fairly otherwise, but I refused to do the same again with 07rs.
... For a while, there were only melee prayers--this is only one of the neglections. There was a thread titled "2005-2007 Rise and Fall of RuneScape" that highlighted the updates of RS and color coded them by the combat triangle they represented (I think you can still find a cached version on Google). Anyway, the results showed that melee received the majority of the updates, and range and especially mage received very little in comparison. The conclusion was that range should have never had its MSB spec nerfed (how Jagex devs can justify a 2x ags spec and a 4x dds spec but not a 2x msc spec is beyond me). Magic, meanwhile, should have received equal and considerable attention.
Many will say that changing the GWD rewards will deviate from the 07 nature, but one must ask themselves if they want a balanced game or not.
Absolutely perfect post.
Even what little they are willing to offer to magic (sol) still shows a melee bias by requiring ''Level 75 Attack + level 75 Magic to wield''. If the players don't support it, we end up with the very same melee favouring rubbish it was
I wish more people from the community (especially the Jagex devs) mirrored your mentality instead of being myopic when it comes to the triangle.
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I was the second person to 99 magic and the first person with 2 99 combat stats in 07rs (range and mage), so I'll offer my input:
I quit the game 2 weeks after I got my stats. I realized that it wasn't worth playing as a mage/range hybrid. The game strongly favors melee, and there's nothing that comes close to the dds for rangers/mages. It has always been this way. If GWD were to come out, especially with the same AGS and no rewards for magic/ranged skills, then 07rs would simply turn into meleescape 2.0
I eventually got melee stats in EoC because one couldn't really compete fairly otherwise, but I refused to do the same again with 07rs.
... For a while, there were only melee prayers--this is only one of the neglections. There was a thread titled "2005-2007 Rise and Fall of RuneScape" that highlighted the updates of RS and color coded them by the combat triangle they represented (I think you can still find a cached version on Google). Anyway, the results showed that melee received the majority of the updates, and range and especially mage received very little in comparison. The conclusion was that range should have never had its MSB spec nerfed (how Jagex devs can justify a 2x ags spec and a 4x dds spec but not a 2x msc spec is beyond me). Magic, meanwhile, should have received equal and considerable attention.
Many will say that changing the GWD rewards will deviate from the 07 nature, but one must ask themselves if they want a balanced game or not.
Absolutely perfect post.
Even what little they are willing to offer to magic (sol) still shows a melee bias by requiring ''Level 75 Attack + level 75 Magic to wield''. If the players don't support it, we end up with the very same melee favouring rubbish it was
I wish more people from the community (especially the Jagex devs) mirrored your mentality instead of being myopic when it comes to the triangle.
31-Aug-2013 22:29:17
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Ok how about changing up the zammy spear because it is completely useless in 07. Why make it a cosmetic dragon spear? Please poll changing its special attack into a peircing blow or something?
And I was really hoping you would add some armours to all the bosses because that would, you know, balance it? Bandos and arma have str boosting gear and range boosting gear respectively. Why not give zammy boss attack boosting gear and the sara boss mage boosting gear so they each offer awesome armour drops that are all useful in relative ways?
No need to add armour with def gear because that is what barrows are for.
I really hope you take my suggestions into consideration.
LOVE your suggestions mate.
First off, something has to be done about that zammy spear, you are so correct. Maybe making it take 15% special attack instead of the 25%, so it is better than the dragon spear? Or making it have a piercing blow like you said? Either way, it is unacceptable that a drop from a GWD boss is just a cosmetic form of another item, what an utter waste.
Talking about truly balancing the GWD, what you said is perfect. Mod Ash did a great job in balancing out the weapons (even though melee gets 4 weapons but range and mage each get 1, meh) Your armour idea is soooo awesome, and I hope they add that in. It will also add a whole new perspective to God Wars, and a great one at that.
Exactly
. Hopefully Ash considers these ideas.
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Ok how about changing up the zammy spear because it is completely useless in 07. Why make it a cosmetic dragon spear? Please poll changing its special attack into a peircing blow or something?
And I was really hoping you would add some armours to all the bosses because that would, you know, balance it? Bandos and arma have str boosting gear and range boosting gear respectively. Why not give zammy boss attack boosting gear and the sara boss mage boosting gear so they each offer awesome armour drops that are all useful in relative ways?
No need to add armour with def gear because that is what barrows are for.
I really hope you take my suggestions into consideration.
LOVE your suggestions mate.
First off, something has to be done about that zammy spear, you are so correct. Maybe making it take 15% special attack instead of the 25%, so it is better than the dragon spear? Or making it have a piercing blow like you said? Either way, it is unacceptable that a drop from a GWD boss is just a cosmetic form of another item, what an utter waste.
Talking about truly balancing the GWD, what you said is perfect. Mod Ash did a great job in balancing out the weapons (even though melee gets 4 weapons but range and mage each get 1, meh) Your armour idea is soooo awesome, and I hope they add that in. It will also add a whole new perspective to God Wars, and a great one at that.
Exactly
. Hopefully Ash considers these ideas.
01-Sep-2013 01:57:36
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