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Rysen
Aug Member 2019

Rysen

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Jagex,

The only thing I agree with in equipment balancing is raising requirements. Touching stats of anything goes against the whole point of OSRS. Isn't this the whole reason you lost a majority of your player base originally?

You polled 10k players out of 1M accounts? How is that even relevant? Why don't you poll all the people with 5+ year old accounts on this 2nd reboot of Runescape 2?

Its appalling to think you're implementing the 2nd step in eliminating pures from OSRS. Why are you so intent on ruining PVP for mid to low tier players? I don't know what your problem is. I get most of you are horrible at it, but that gives you no right to punish those who enjoy it.

Stop changing the basic mechanics of this game . The community doesn't approve so you bypass us? This is the beginning of EOC all over again.

You don't listen. Look at every post to this thread. They only compromise to your dictatorship, not willing agree.

Sincerely,

Soon to be ex-player of Runescape (again)

22-Jan-2021 05:21:51

Og_pvp_nsht

Og_pvp_nsht

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I say go for it, the blowpipe shouldn’t overpower the dragon hunter weapons.
I can’t agree with the D’hide nerf.
But the weapons do need a serious rebalance; let’s make room for some new updates!

I would also like to see barrows gear buffed farther. And let’s bring back the wilderness with some cooler pvp rewards.

22-Jan-2021 05:23:04

Og_pvp_nsht

Og_pvp_nsht

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I say go for it, the blowpipe shouldn’t overpower the dragon hunter weapons.
I can’t agree with the D’hide nerf.
But the weapons do need a serious rebalance; let’s make room for some new updates!

I would also like to see barrows gear buffed farther. And let’s bring back the wilderness with some cooler pvp rewards.

22-Jan-2021 05:25:37

Lyfeless 0

Lyfeless 0

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Don't nerf blowpipe/darts/d'hide.. these are the only affordable options to mid-tier players. No one wants to grind for days/weeks to get this 100m+ or even 1b+ items. It's not fun. I'm going to quit it you continue in this direction of nerfing the only affordable weapons/gear I have and do nothing to nerf the more expensive items other than raising the requirement to wield them which does nothing for their stats meanwhile you nerf the blowpipe and dhide. This is horrible. EOC all over again which is where I quit last time. I only came back because the integrity of the old school game was somewhat restored but now you're pushing these updates on us when more than half of us said no. And you said well we're doing it anyway. That's not right. I hope you see all the backlash on this forum and change your mind because obviously the 10k people who were polled do not represent the entire playerbase and the majority have spoken that we do not want these changes. If this affects makes the more expensive items the only viable option in some cases, I'll be canceling my membership for only the second time since EOC

22-Jan-2021 05:42:43

Rysen
Aug Member 2019

Rysen

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22-Jan-2021 06:02:58 - Last edited on 22-Jan-2021 06:03:21 by Rysen

Halfmoon
Jan Member 2018

Halfmoon

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Look I don't care all too much about the equipment rebalancing and it's warranted in some cases but changing level requirements for melee weapons hurts more than it helps. The only weapons being effected cost well over
100M
, other than saeldor and all of them are the main weapons of just about any pk build outside of the wild, limiting them to an abyssal dagger, bludgeon or blessed sara sword. Anyone who can afford these weapons likely either has well above the current and new requirements OR is some sort of limited account build. I've done well over 1000 raids with my scythe and this update would have me doing ToB with a dscim. Please focus on balancing rather than arbitrary level requirements for gear people have been using for years.

On a side note, the black d'hide issue could be dealt with via compromise to both sides, reducing the magic defense on regular black d'hide but keeping it the same on blessed (a similar fix to the granite maul's power/price ratio, have the cheaper variant not be as strong)
Corn

22-Jan-2021 06:04:20 - Last edited on 22-Jan-2021 06:05:12 by Halfmoon

Lyfeless 0

Lyfeless 0

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This update does the exact opposite of balancing the power gap. Tbow stays on top while making the gap between Blowpipe and Tbow enormous. You are passing it off as if you are balancing the game meanwhile you are doing the exact opposite and making the powergap larger. That's why you're not polling it. There is nothing in between Blowpipe and Tbow besides Armadyl Cbow (skyrocketing in price at the moment, more expensive than Blowpipe so doesn't help much)

You as a dev team have said nothing about releasing new content to fill the the void in the Ranged weapons between Blowpipe and Tbow. I will not be wasting any more time grinding toward Tbow if you implement this change. It was a fun ride while it lasted but I'm canceling my membership if you don't fix this.

22-Jan-2021 06:16:43

ghost_of_gin

ghost_of_gin

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I would hate to see the blowpipe to get a nerf, it was the range weapon you grinded for to get because it was the best, very affordable to where other cbows like dragonhunter cbow 90m, acb about 30m just seems like a lot more to get, not to mention the ticks are slower so i couldnt see cbow being a better route i mean fit caves for one..

i dont think the darts should get a nerf but if so, maybe not that much of a nerf. the blowpipe is just the meta, and i dont want to sound like this but i think anyone crying about it should grind for it and use it.. i love the thing the way it is. i use addy darts and lovee it now i feel im going to have to buy rune ones just to get the same power i got with addy.

im not sure how this would be better for the game turning down something that is mainly used for PvM at least, ive never heard of anyone wanting to actually use a cbow to do range training or fight bosses with. i just feel cbows have their place in the game just like the blowpipe does, i really would hate to see the nerf happen honestly. i mean the blowpipe and the whip were the two thing i used to always look forward to getting when i was younger playing the game, i truly love runescape and i personally feel nerfing or buffing or even changing some other things with the game could be better for the game.


you guess might see things different but to me it feels like a Call of Duty game move with match making lobbies, to please the less skillful and make everyone else suffer because 12 year old kids are crying because they cant win. i dont want to sound like that but honestly i dont see much wrong with the way this particular weapon is with its stats, if nerfed maybe not the the numbers proposed, looking at everything and doing the math, bronze darts pretty much being best option to use in the blowpipe just feels like a low blow.


thank you for making and maintaining such a great game, but i just feel the hard work could go towards other parts of the game instead.

22-Jan-2021 06:31:31

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