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Sad Ends
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Dear Jagex,

Since the fantastic new update featuring the new skill "Necromancy," we have been thoroughly enjoying playing RS3 once again! I am incredibly pleased with the new skill, and I must say that your development team has achieved an outstanding accomplishment. However, along with the Necromancy update, there were also several changes made, which included Elite Dungeon 3, also known as Shadow Reef. The XP rates have been altered, and this is a critical concern.

Why? Not particularly because of the combat XP, but due to the invention XP we receive when engaging in Shadow Reefs with our weapons and armor. The XP rate for leveling up items has now become extremely low. It takes me several days to be able to disassemble an augmented weapon or armor for XP and components. While a significant portion of the player base may already have reached 120 Invention, I am at level 87, and this has become a significant impediment to progressing in this elite skill.

Could you please consider finding a solution for this issue? Currently, it takes several hours to bring an item to level 10, and this is a serious problem. This also means that components are becoming insufficient, and achieving 120 Invention, for those who haven't already, turns into a task spanning thousands of hours of gameplay. I have examined various monsters and options, but it has become incredibly challenging to bring a Tier 70 weapon/armor to the appropriate level for some XP and components.

Please, Jagex, come up with a suitable solution that doesn't compromise the in-game enjoyment.

Sincerely,
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22-Aug-2023 21:43:30

Dilbert2001
Jun Member 2006

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There are actually better places to level up combat and hence your invention levels if you go that combat route. In some cases, that may even be quite profitable too because many bosses get their xp buffed a lot. Bosses didn't give much xp before the update so not many players level up combat with bosses but now they do.

You can also check out new guides on where to go with combat xp (and therefore Invention xp). I think the RS Wiki has updates on the new and better training methods too.

However, this meta may change soon when the next Necromancy updates come out in November, if not earlier.

22-Aug-2023 22:44:30

Tenebri
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Tenebri said :
i did abyssal beasts, and they got to lvl 10 very quickly.

either way invention can be trained, with;

attack

strength

defence

mage

range

necromancy

woodcutting

firemaking

mining

fishing

smithing

you still have all that to do while you gain invention xp too. it makes sense it wont be on par xp wise with them.
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22-Aug-2023 22:49:25

DrauDaedolon
Aug Member 2006

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Jagex singled out the Shadow Reef when they blogged about the changes to combat XP, so I'm not surprised.

The best solution to your problem is to find somewhere else to train. Since combat XP is now tied to monsters' hitpoints, if you can find a monster with lots of hitpoints that's not too hard to kill, you can bring in a lot of XP over time.

22-Aug-2023 22:55:15 - Last edited on 22-Aug-2023 22:55:48 by DrauDaedolon

Dilbert2001
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ult_weasel said :
It seems xp for combat has been reduced to about half what it was before the rebalancing. I don't believe any mention of a change to xp rates for Invention when using combat.


You just didn't fight the best mobs. Plenty of mobs are giving much better combat xp rate than before the update while some give less. Noticeably, most bosses are great for combat xp now.

"We've made changes to invention XP - Eureka!
Overall rate at which Combat items gain XP."
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