RuneScape Forum Archive | Equipment Rebalancing Updated

Hyper Craft

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So literally you Mods and employees of the OSRS Jagex DID NOT listen to a single thing we have been saying on these forum posts about the changes. WHY BOTHER POSTING ON FORUMS when you DO NOT GIVE A CRAP ABOUT WHAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY think about these hideous, disgraceful changes to the game....changes in which you ARE NOT POLLING! Pathetic! I’ve played Runescape since classic, a veteran of the game, and quit when EOC came out because you refused to listen to your players! I came back to OSRS because you promised to provide the game we all knew and loved and would POLL significant changes to the game.. YOU PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED NOTHING! The current Jagex osrs team and mods disgust me. Changing Dragonhide, legacy items which has been in the game for nearly 2 decades untouched is an abomination. If these changes go through, I doubt I will ever come back to playing this game which saddens me, but WoW TBC Classic is just around the corner, and it seems Blizzard knows how to Keep a Classic game, Classic.

Keep Old School Runescape, Old School...

POLL THESE PROPOSED CHANGES!

07-Feb-2021 20:46:54 - Last edited on 07-Feb-2021 20:52:12 by Hyper Craft

Apr

2020

Ryushim

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I just wanted to share an update from the previous Q&A twitch stream where you announced the most recent changes this past Thursday.

I wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for listening to all of us and continually making changes throughout all of this. I know that you cannot make every player happy, but genuinely appreciate the hard work and effort that all of you are putting to making this a better game and most importantly continuously considering our feedback throughout this whole process. The player driven changes is unlike anything that I have seen in most other MMOs or games I have experienced in general. Genuinely appreciate the efforts from the Jagex OSRS team to include all of us in your constant struggles to make this a better game. We the players are the driving force behind the game (the life blood if you will) so it's nice that we get to continuously be a part of these monumental updates. Also, I could tell during the stream that a couple of you seemed a little saddened at the negativity from some players (about comments in relation to bringing the game back to EOC and stuff like that). Don't be upset at all the players that feel very negatively about this. I think many of them genuinely just feel very passionate about this game and it's difficult for them to accept change. I think most of us appreciate the work that you do! Know that it doesn't go unnoticed even though it may sometimes seem that way.

You pretty much made significant changes to all of the remaining worries I had so I don't have much to say. The only thing is that I'm hoping to see some blowpipe replacements in the future with new content (meaning replacements that fill the different areas of the blowpipe, but obviously not having just another blowpipe in its current state).

07-Feb-2021 22:21:57

Jan

2023

My Deer God

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Personally, I think that it is good to increase the levels required to equip certain weapons and in that way make the players work a little more, it does not seem fair that at level 75 you already get most of the weapons and armor, I think nerf weapons like the toxic bp or the Ghrazi rapier is not a good idea

07-Feb-2021 22:36:24 - Last edited on 07-Feb-2021 22:37:05 by My Deer God

Dec

2023

Ashen Crow

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I think the changes you guys are proposing are reasonable. There are those that say they fear OSRS will no longer be OSRS, but they could mean it in different ways. Some may genuinely be worried about OSRS deviating from its original equipment stats and therefore lose the "old school" tag, and others just just want to abuse an already flawed combat triangle. Ranged has always been the combat stat that triumphs. Want to kill bosses? Well then blowpipe was usually the answer. It is overpowered. Period.

Changing the stats of black d'hide seems like a tough decision. Yeah, it's been the same forever, but its price sure hasn't. I remember back in the day a full set of black d'hide ran about 75k. There's a reason Karil's armor was created! It is meant to be better than black d'hide. If pkers complain about black d'hide, then maybe they shouldn't be pking if they are worried about risk.

As for blessed d'hide, well that's a tough call. I agree with the current proposition despite my inner feelings being "don't change it", but then again... Karils armor exists for this reason. Perhaps prayer bonuses of the chaps and chest can be increased by 2 since the melee defense is being reduced.

I want to state my position on the crystal equipment. I think the armor is fine the way it is. The problem is that the crystal bow is under appreciated. A magic bow shouldn't be preferred over the crystal bow. It doesn't make sense because it takes so much more effort to unlock the crystal bow. It's a good weapon, but if it was one tick faster it would be a true upgrade, and it would compete with a blowpipe in a way. If making it faster is not an option, then perhaps improving its ranged strength to about 80 would be sufficient. If the armor requires change, allow the bonuses to extend to the crystal halberd.

Runescape is not supposed to be an easy game, but no one complains when Jagex proposes changes that make the game easier. They only seem to complain when things get harder.

08-Feb-2021 16:18:35

Nov

2023

DuckandCover

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I am disappointed by these suggested changes as neither option accounts all of the feed back I have given on other media sources. I doubt you will even read this but it is my last attempt after many many attempts to communicate my concerns.

Neither option provides a solution for accounts that have been established years ago with specific stats. My 75 atk 75 str 99 ranger 99 mage account is unique. I wanted it that way. I used the rules set in place. The designs and metas that have existed for years. I have multiple melee items on my account that I would no longer have access to with option 1 or 2. These options do not consider the time and effort players have put forth. Taking away content accounts have earned is bad practice and sets a horrible precedence for the game. I will not be changing my account for this update as nothing protects my account builds from this happening again.

It’s okay to add new content, add higher requirements and have players choose to alter their accounts for access to this equipment, but not to take it away once they do that!

It’s a shame. My pure/ranger tank account designs are important to me and this change ruins them and shows me there is no consideration for the choices players have made. If I increase my stats now, they may just get changed again.

Thanks for your efforts but my vote is for this not to be changed and to be fixed going forward. Or to allow accounts to reduce their stats and retrain to fit new stats. Thank you.

21-Dec-2021 17:58:32

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