RuneScape Forum Archive | Equipment Rebalancing

YoshiMFCity

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Should definitely let us vote on this.

24-Jan-2021 03:35:05

Feb

2018

m w e e p

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Some of the changes seem nice, like making dead content relevant.. but I just spent the last 4 months of my life killing Zulrah on my ironman, sure it was only 700 kills but that grind was rough... I finally got my blowpipe after 4 magic fangs and an onyx.. It was like a "I can finally play the game" moment.. and seeing the nerf to the blowpipe literally breaks my heart.. watching my favorite content creators over the last SIX YEARS getting their blowpipe and using it for Shamans, Hydra Etc. I finally get mine and here we are a month later.. I watched you ruin your video game a decade ago as a teenager, and I really hope I don't watch you ruin it at 25. The game does need tweaking yes, but please don't take the blowpipe away from your community.

24-Jan-2021 03:37:01

F 40

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I've played this game off and on since 2008 and this is the first time I've ever posted on the forums. This update would ruin all pure builds with 75 attack including 109 combat med levels like my main. Please just leave things the way they are.. If you guys really want to change stat requirements for extremely useful end game melee weapons like the scythe/rapier/lance, I would suggest leaving the attack requirements alone and simply add a high strength requirement alongside the original attack requirement so you don't upset a lot of people. Anyways, I think messing around with stat requirements for any combat items in general that have been around for years now is a very bad idea and a lot of people including myself will just quit again like we did back in 2012. Not only will this update have a horrible effect on PVP, but the prices of blowpipes/darts/bulwarks/jaws will crash in value and the twisted bow will surge even higher and higher out of the reach of people who are still grinding hundreds of hours to be able to buy one. Please leave things alone and work on adding content the community would actually really enjoy like stealing creation/games room on top of the GE/moving clan wars back into the wilderness like in RS2 with red, white and purple portals/bounty hunter/adding games to all the pubs around Gielinor/HD client with RS2 overlays/etc... Maybe you guys should be polling these things instead? I think you would be surprised by how much support it would have..

24-Jan-2021 04:24:03

Rat Dirtbag

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I already made a brief post but I wanted to expand on it a bit.

Tbow nerf is pointless, you will still use a tbow in any situation you currently use a tbow in. Now people will have to take an extra couple sips of prayer pot, ok... Just why? Little annoying pointless nerf. Just make it take 85 or 90 ranged or something to reflect its power.

Blowpipe nerf is heavy handed. Thinking of doing any blowpipe content with a nerfed blowpipe hitting all 0s doesn't sound fun. If anything this just makes the tbow even more godly because blowpipe was the only affordable alternative.

Imagine doing something like the already annoying and unrewarding gargoyle bosses but with a nerfed blowpipe. Heck no.

It would make so much more sense to bring other weapons up than bring the blowpipe down. Buff ACB, karils, seercull or whatever stuff isn't getting used to the point that it is actually worth using. This achieves the greater diversity without making content needlessly harder and upsetting the playerbase. People would probably be happier with buffs to other items instead of nerfs to blowpipe etc.

The dragonhide nerf I understand and would be ok with. This actually does what the intended effect is and makes room for other overshadowed things like karils to be useful.

I just ask Jagex to please listen to reason. I understand why you want to make these changes but some of them are just going about it entirely the wrong way. You can achieve more gear diversity while making the players happier instead of bitter.

Thank you.

24-Jan-2021 04:47:11

yahi

Posts: 3 Bronze Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

F 40 said :
I've played this game off and on since 2008 and this is the first time I've ever posted on the forums. This update would ruin all pure builds with 75 attack including 109 combat med levels like my main. Please just leave things the way they are.. If you guys really want to change stat requirements for extremely useful end game melee weapons like the scythe/rapier/lance, I would suggest leaving the attack requirements alone and simply add a high strength requirement alongside the original attack requirement so you don't upset a lot of people. Anyways, I think messing around with stat requirements for any combat items in general that have been around for years now is a very bad idea and a lot of people including myself will just quit again like we did back in 2012. Not only will this update have a horrible effect on PVP, but the prices of blowpipes/darts/bulwarks/jaws will crash in value and the twisted bow will surge even higher and higher out of the reach of people who are still grinding hundreds of hours to be able to buy one. Please leave things alone and work on adding content the community would actually really enjoy like stealing creation/games room on top of the GE/moving clan wars back into the wilderness like in RS2 with red, white and purple portals/bounty hunter/adding games to all the pubs around Gielinor/HD client with RS2 overlays/etc... Maybe you guys should be polling these things instead? I think you would be surprised by how much support it would have..
^^^

24-Jan-2021 05:05:46

Mar

2024

DaddyGreen

Posts: 794 Gold Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

Okay i've played this game since middle school since classic. But seeing good content go down the drain is not a good idea imo but buffing the bad is good idea. Seeing the blowpipe nerfed that hard is gonna make it useless. Also focus on the content not fixing the game you already have a big fan base and its like you threw a wrench in your own bike while riding it. Please poll this i severally doubt it will pass you are slowly messing up your game. I liked the additional weapons but just buff the bad to equal to the good.

Please I repeat poll this...

You will loose fans and destroy your game if you don't give people what they want you need to poll it because you will basically be lying to your fan base saying your wont change this to EOC if this turns to eoc i quit you loose a long time member if you change old school into EOC.

Please i nearlly maxed in this game and it took years of playing off and on. I just want the game to remain the same and buff the old content.

P.S.
DONT TURN OSRS TO EOC NO ONE HERE LIKES THAT

24-Jan-2021 07:00:35

Aug

2008

Alterans

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Not one of these proposed changes should happen without player approval. Jagex is justifying these updates out of fear.

Jagex will create what they are trying to prevent if they push these changes through.

OSRS is currently a great game.

24-Jan-2021 10:32:11 - Last edited on 24-Jan-2021 12:25:59 by Alterans

Dec

2023

Lechu

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So much has been destroyed already, you can't make these changes and say it's alright. I do not agree to any nerfs, you did it yourself when introducing op content, you finally decide what goes to the vote, you put the questions to the vote. and now you disagree with it? Shame of you.

24-Jan-2021 16:41:46

H0lysmokes

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ALL updates must pass user polls. Shoving this update through is a breach of trust. Jagex has already ruined RuneScape before so it should be up to the users. Buff other items instead, as some users have suggested. Or I'd be okay with a smaller blowpipe nerf but don't ruin it completely and alienate every player that doesn't have 100+ million gp. I'll be cancelling my membership if we don't get to vote on this.

24-Jan-2021 16:45:09

Feb

2017

Trueth

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"When the Toxic Blowpipe was originally polled, we intended an Attack speed of 3 game cycles. Due to an oversight with its introduction, when using the Rapid Attack style it was released with an Attack speed of 2 game cycles."

- Jagex News Post

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL ????????????????????????????????????

That is literally absurd. How can you make such an "oversight" and then leave it for 6 years?

LOL

24-Jan-2021 16:49:08

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