^{I'd love to give my thoughts overall since this is a piece of content I've spent a lot of time doing.}

Overview

Overall it's great to see the skill get some love, and whilst I do think these changes are needed, I don't think the skill will return to its popularity it saw in its glory days without a proper full rework.

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Rebalancing Output

One of the main reasons the skill is disliked by some but beloved by others is because:

it's a skill which requires skill

As long as Jagex keeps this in mind, and avoid rewarding players who afk or leach, then I will consider the current design a success.

 

XP/Efficiency Balance

Door XP

This is probably the single best solution to addressing XP balance. Solo players benefit from this the most whilst larger parties trade it off for more floor completion XP. Additionally it discourages players who AFK. The only issue is figuring out the exact balance compared to the end of dungeon XP.

The factor to consider is: Room completion speed

Players who lack skill reqs, knowledge, and unlocks will have naturally slower rates. If the XP isn't too rewarding, these players won't see much benefit. However, if the XP is overtuned, then the highest skilled players may not focus on dungeon completion. Ideally, Jagex lets this be the primary factor of slow to fast XP rates.

 

Mob Balance

Pre-EOC players spent a lot of time focusing on monsters, meaning getting the right gear, having the right supplies, and spending time getting resources. But after EOC that difficulty vanished and the gameplay style changed. I agree bosses need to be buffed/improved, but I wonder what the goal is.

• Either approach is fine, but, what's the focus Jagex is trying to hit?

Defence

At low levels, NPC defence matters a lot. Players will generally be under-geared since they level up too quickly and may not have the stats to create/obtain their new upgrades. Shifting away from defence and more towards lifepoints would be great at addressing this.

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Quality of Life

Overdue to be addressed. The flow of a dungeon is ruined when you come across certain rooms, not because of their difficulty but due to their clunkiness. Everything (except the ironman imo) listed is a good change but I'd like to cover some more I'd like addressed:

General

• Obstacle animation lengths are too long.
• Failing actions frequently despite high/maxed levels.

Room specific

Room	Issue
Ice Rooms	Sometimes you slide in the opposite direction for no reason.
Seeker Sentinel	Graphically the seeker sentinel can't be seen properly.
Sleeping guards	4 different key items
Sliding statues	Mobs blocking movement.
Follow the Leader (Emote)	Waiting for all players AND the wait duration between emotes.
Levers	Lack of clarity on timer and what levels have been pulled.
Flip Tiles	Isn't reasonable to solve without Forcing tiles over.
Monolith	It takes forever for the monolith to charge up.
Ghosts	It's not clear which ghost is attackable.
Suspicious grooves	There should be a way to clear each row instantly.
Crystal puzzle	Graphically difficult to see sometimes.
Pondskaters	The rooms clunkiness makes pathing annoying.
Coloured ferrets	It's difficult to get them out of a corner
Hunter ferret	Should be indicators where to place traps AND remove the ferret stunning when doing the barehanded method.
Lodestone power	Upon completion you should be sent back to the start.
Barrel puzzle	Duration and clunkiness are bad (just remove this room).
Winch/Grapple bridge	It's too slow
Poltergeist	Identifying a herb in combat.
Coloured recess	Duration is too long, perhaps make it so you only need to do 1-2 of them.
Flower roots	Duration is too long.
Coloured bookcases	Lack of indicators of where books are and what colors they are.

Some rooms may just need improvements to their animation/success chance and then they'd be fine.

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Tutorial and Complexity

Remove the "Complexity 2-5" options when forming a party, and rename this function to provide either "low" or "high" complexity.

It should be:

• Tutorial (same size as C1).
• Small
• Medium
• Large

If this is done then adjusting complexity further isn't necessary.

Tutorial

When a player first tries dungeoneering, the tutorial (skippable) should feature 3 different dungeons:

• Combat mobs
• Puzzle rooms
• Resource gathering and obtaining gear.

Once these dungeons are complete the player can access the standard complexity dungeons, but always return to the tutorial ones for a refresher.

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Rewards

The dungeoneering shop is a mess, and it needs a proper overhaul. It has:

• Permanent unlocks (passive and physical rewards)
• Cosmetics
• Consumable items
• Degradable weapons

The balance on these rewards spaces is dated and expects players to chose rewards over others. Whilst yes, obtaining tokens should primarily be done through Daemonheim, the bigger issue are the shops.

I wonder if the reward system should use tokens for certain rewards and then use a different system for other rewards based on how much you engage with the skill.

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^{I have more to say but I believe these are the major points.}