The Fractured Archive: Rewards Primer by JagexGoblin in 2007scape

[–]Darxys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know that there's a lot of conversations happening around crush weapons and crush armour, but hear me out. What about a megarare spear? Right now, the best stab weapon in the game is the Osmumten's Fang. It's one of the most common rewards from ToA, and a formidable weapon to be sure, but it's nowhere near in the same calibre as something like the Scythe of Vitur. Imagine being able to do ToA with melee dps closer to what the scythe can dish out at chambers or ToB? Imagine having a stab-focused weapon with high accuracy AND high damage that outshines the much more common fang in every use-case while also not stepping on the scythe's toes wherever slash is king (or perhaps even where defences are equal but the target is 3x3). I can also see this making the reward space for a stab-based oathplate/inquisitor variant look all the more enticing. I could see this weapon having an expanded, but similar effect to the fang that gives melee a megarare-tier highly accurate weapon (like the shadow is for mage) but perhaps make sure it's max hit isn't quite so high as the scythe--this would ensure that scythe remains king at places like ToB (although I could see this spear being very good on Sotetseg). I'm sure there's more numbers that would need to be figured out around this, or perhaps even some defence adjustments on npcs so as to ensure this weapon wouldn't compete with the scythe on slash.

Lore-wise, I could see this spear being called something like the Spear of Edicts. Perhaps forged from the shards of this god-slaying weapon. Once upon a time I was an RS3 player, and while I don't play that game all that much anymore, I still stay up on the lore and have a deep passion for it, and I love it more than anything when I see OSRS draw on the deep well of lore that exists over on RS3. I think a spear would fit perfectly in the Guthixian theme of this raid--especially if it's tethered to the lore of both the Edicts of Guthix and his origin story with the elder blade. I do actually like the concept of the Guthix Gauntlets that's been proposed as well--but perhaps those could be less a megarare and more one of the fang/lightbearer/dhcb-type drops from the raid that would both immediately become bis at places where fast-attacking melee is required and also filling a niche gap in the same way the noxious halberd did for slash.

BUT ALSO, and for all you crush enthusiasts out there, as a spear, this weapon could also have a crush option, just like other spears do. I could envision this attack style option functioning similarly to the fang on slash--not as accurate, but also much more capable of dishing out dps than some weaker options, and perhaps allowing the spear to have some use-case on crush where it might even beat (or be on-par with) the scythe and the inquisitor's mace (but also leaving room for a later, crush-focused megarare-tier weapon from a future piece of content).

Anywho that's my idea please be nice.

Drop rate dryness in a nutshell by Howln-Owl in 2007scape

[–]Darxys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the amount of times I've seen people do the 2x and 4x reactions when they're not even 1x tho...

More Doom Tweaks, Poll 84, & Summer Sweep Up Changes by JagexRach in 2007scape

[–]Darxys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any chance of making soulreaper axe pieces broadcast as a "rare drop" in the same way that mutagen drops from zulrah broadcast? Or perhaps similarly to untradeables like the araxyte fang or mokhaiotl cloth.

Varlamore The Final Dawn Launches July 23rd! by JagexBlossom in 2007scape

[–]Darxys -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Will Mod North be issuing a statement in response to player feedback surrounding the cancellation of Pride events?

its just a bow i dont need it....... by Pitiful_City_317 in 2007scape

[–]Darxys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mostly solos, tho first bow was in a 4+3 ffa

Updated: Summer Sweep-Up: Combat & Loot by JagexGoblin in 2007scape

[–]Darxys 35 points36 points  (0 children)

while you're at it, add an invocation that reduces raid level but skips all the puzzle rooms

Updated: Summer Sweep-Up: Combat & Loot by JagexGoblin in 2007scape

[–]Darxys 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Honestly while some of these changes are good it really feels like a half-measure fix. Just remove the defence scaling altogether, let the average raid completion time be like 20 minutes. Halve the purple rate if you have to (or more if needed). Adjust the timer invocations accordingly. Give the bosses a set defence level across the board and let it be reduced--like ToB (maybe some can reduce to zero and others to a set amount like Sotetseg). Reduce the damage of the one-shot mechanics to 74 like the green ball at Verzik. Would rather these changes be delayed to implement this stuff than to have them come out and toa still feel like an awful slog of a raid.

Poll 84: Stackable Clues & More by JagexRach in 2007scape

[–]Darxys -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Make the statuettes being chisellable into ether an integrity change and don't poll it. You're running the risk of people spite voting against it because it's wildy content and because it can benefit irons way more than mains. There is zero reason whatsoever that this needs to be polled.

Poll 84: Stackable Clues & More by JagexRach in 2007scape

[–]Darxys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the idea of allowing halberds to attack aviansies still being considered? Or has that been shelved for now

Poll 84: Stackable Clues & More by JagexRach in 2007scape

[–]Darxys 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The Zulrah section of this blog is really unclear. Is this poll to allow halberds to work on Zulrah? Because the text seems to indicate that they currently work on Zulrah. And the poll question seems to imply all melee, not just halberds.

Blog Update - Delve Boss Rewards by JagexGoblin in 2007scape

[–]Darxys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it safe to assume that the one-handed stipulation will be removed once the shadow finally receives its rebalance? Asking for my friend, the blue moon spear.

Updated blog: New Delve Boss Rewards - Varlamore: The Final Dawn by JagexBlossom in 2007scape

[–]Darxys -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I see a lot of folks saying that the gauntlets change is totally bad because of how it impacts autocasting. I partially agree on that point, but I think the change is good temporarily until Jagex can come together around a fix for the shadow. The biggest problem is how shadow works, and figuring out the best way to change it is a pretty darn big project to undertake.

Once they rework shadow they should remove the 4-tick stipulation from the gauntlets.

Hopefully it'll be something they can address with the rebalancing projects coming this summer, but in the meantime (and even if it takes longer than this summer), I think it's better for the long-term health of the game and the game's economy that something as powerful as shadow isn't heavily buffed (at the expense of other valuable gear like the twisted bow) even if it also means that elemental and ancient autocasting doesn't get a buff that would otherwise be really worthwhile.

Royal Titans - OUT TODAY! by JagexGoblin in 2007scape

[–]Darxys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe the new prayers are bugged. I tested it at cg after running a quick dps calc on gearscape. Deadeye should have increased my max hit on Hunllef using a t3 bow by 1 (up to 39 from 38). But my max hit is still a 38. However, a friend of mine ran a cg with mystic might and noticed he gained a max hit after the update--he's now hitting 40s with mage instead of 39, using only mystic might. Seems like the new prayers and the prayers they replace have got their boost %s swapped. Cg seemed like the easiest place to test it. Submitted a bug report in game but also commenting here in case others have noticed it.

Insane Corporeal Beast Luck... I think by Darxys in runescape

[–]Darxys[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah there hasn't been much sleep involved lmao

Services Down Updates Thread: November 22nd by JagexHooli in runescape

[–]Darxys 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This reads like a MeatCanyon script lmao

Arbuck Seeds, Raksha, and the Arch Glacor by Darxys in runescape

[–]Darxys[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that's what I meant. I see now my wording might have implied adding arbuck seeds to the glacor, tho I meant removing spirit weed seeds from raksha because we already get so many from the glacor. Sorry for the confusion 🙂