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Lounds

Lounds

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Add a unique drop or some kind of method with this update to then buff the blowpipe to its current state from it's proposed state with those exaggerated nerfs.

21-Jan-2021 16:11:14 - Last edited on 21-Jan-2021 16:11:43 by Lounds

MrPicklez

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Honestly, upping level requires of gear is 100% a good idea. Like you said, everything is unlocked at 75. This won't break the game, only force people to train their accounts to higher levels to use the best gear (duh).

Proposed changes are generally fine too, with some exceptions;
1. Blowpipe - this is a significant decrease to it's stats, and I feel too far. Zulrah is already suffering, gp/hr wise, and nerfing BP this hard will cause it to suffer even more. Plus, even with boosts to C bow/armour, there's not really any other weapon that competes with BP, which I guess is the point, but I do feel this is too much of a nerf - how about nerfing the base stats, as suggested, but increase/scale accuracy based on darts used? Like dragon darts are expensive as hell, why not have more of an accuracy boost balanced off cost? Also, could lift the level req to use BP in general.

2. Black d'hide - this is a hugely useful item for ironmemes and hitting it's defence that badly will not only hurt PVMers being griefed in wild, but also hurt IMs a lot too.

3. Dihn's bulwark - this item is basically useless, outside of assisting with griefing in wild again. As a result, it's worth nothing, helping contribute to COX being awful money now. Either leave it's stats alone and raise level req, or give it another purpose to offset it's stat loss.

21-Jan-2021 16:11:22

Dump Swing

Dump Swing

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I never post on the forums, you can check that, if that's possible. So me commenting here means this is pretty important to me.

I DO NOT support most of this.

First of all, you admit that OVER HALF of those that took the survey wanted all item changes to be polled. Then you say straight to our faces that you don't care what a majority of us think and say you won't poll it. What the hell is that? I read the whole thing thinking, "Ok it's not that bad, there's no way the players will vote on most of these changes". Then I get to the bottom and you say there will be no poll? So you lied to us. Why even ask if it should be polled if you're going to completely disregard what we want.

You also admitted over half those surveyed didn't want nerfs, but you went ahead with that anyway.

Changing the level requirements for gear, great, fine, no big deal. Making warhammers and spears and hastas better, sure great.

But do not nerf gear so you can add other stuff later. Just make future gear similar to the existing stuff.

Completely nerfing an item people have come to use on a daily basis like the blowpipe just doesn't make sense to me. Sure, increase the stats of Crystal armor. But now players just need to get Crystal armor if they want good DPS. What's the point of trading out one item for another?
You can increase Crystal armor so that crossbows will be more in line with the DPS of the blowpipe, but I don't see the benefit of nerfing the blowpipe at all.

PLEASE poll these changes. If they don't pass, then so be it. Maybe you can implement some changes that won't be so drastic. But at this point I might as well sell my blowpipe.

21-Jan-2021 16:12:38

osrsSascha
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osrsSascha

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You're literally cutting the blowpipe's stats in half, where is the logic in that? If you proceed to implement this change, the blowpipe will become useless. Rather than nerfing the blowpipe, maybe balance the darts as suggested in the blog post instead? Jees Jagex..
Maxed

21-Jan-2021 16:12:47

iiFebreze

iiFebreze

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nah everything is ridiculous man. not just blowpipe all of it. people need this stuff how it is for a reason. like dude said up above, they really are bout to make a bad update come into play and it will really ruin osrs as we know it. trust me. half this forum is right about alot of things. yeah we voted for rebalancing but they got us by sayin should items certain items be rebalanced. werent specific at all. alot of ppl voted but were tricked, cause now there throwing all this bogus trash into the mix..smh really disappointed. not just me either.

21-Jan-2021 16:13:32

Mini Element
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Mini Element

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I actually agree with most of these changes. Ranged is too powerful right now in alot of scenarios and it needs to be nerfed. The proposed changes for the black d hide seem a bit harsh though. Maybe instead of Dhide body having 30stab 35slash 35crush it should have 35 stab 40slash and 40 crush. The proposal for the chaps are fair. The proposal for the vambraces are fair.

Increasing the benefits of the squareshields and chainbodies actually makes alot of sense. The proposal for the platelegs and plateskirts are a bit too harsh. The negative ranged attack bonus on all platelegs and plateskirts should be left as is. These items are the backbone of many budget pvm set ups and I feel like further increasing the negative attack bonus is not necessary for the leg slot.
The proposed changes for the Rune Full helm and Platebody and Kiteshield make sense.

Alot of the magic proposals also make sense. Harmonized Orb staff and tome of fire break pvp and need something more then just "being expensive" to fix them. The changes proposed to magic I feel will mitigate these items if only just a tad.

The proposed melee weapon changes for the Ghrazi Rapier and Inquistor's Mace all appear to be acceptable. Honestly. Most of the proposed changes make sense.

Now regarding the Blowpipe: I believe cutting it's accuracy in half may be a bit too cruel. A better suggestion would be to only remove 16.5% of it's accuracy. The range str reduction should be bumped to 30. I agree that 45 is too much, but 25 is really drastic and sort of makes me bitter. If you have to nerf the Bpipe's strength then keep it at atleast 30.

21-Jan-2021 16:13:57 - Last edited on 21-Jan-2021 16:32:56 by Mini Element

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