Hi.
I want to focus on the granite maul controversy and nerf proposals. Excuse the long essay.
I completely disagree that the granite maul itself needs to be nerfed and will vote NO to nerf it. Is it overpowered? Perhaps, but primarily to low defense pures who focus on a single strategy; range to melee or a melee combo. It is ubiquitous in bounty hunter and among 1 def pures from combat levels 50-70.
The fact is if you try to granite maul spec against opponents of higher defense levels you quickly realize it is not nearly as powerful against those players.
It is a classic weapon that has gotten deadlier because of the creativity and maturity of the playerbase, not to mention the entrenchment of the playerbase on specific styles of pking, as well as the introduction of hotkeys. With that though, we cannot forget that the general playerbase’s defensive tactics have also improved along with it. This is often ignored. A large percentage, dare I say most fights, don’t end in a finish.
One big, if not the biggest, concern voiced by PKers of all combat levels is the sheer quickness with which the granite maul spec can be delivered to the opponent.
The classic range-gmaul ‘instaspec’ is done like this: usually the granite maul is kept on the sixth row of the inventory space, first or second column in order to align it with the special attack bar on the weapon interface. After a suitable magic shortbow shot, at the end of the last game tick when the bow is in a near-neutral position, the granite maul is selected once, tab switched to weapon interface, spec bar clicked twice, and opponent clicked. This performs a devastating four attacks in quick succession, with both granite maul specs hitting instantaneously.
18-May-2019 00:43:59
