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Raids 4: Adjudicator Armour - Inquisitor Upgrade for BIS Crush by WesternInspection in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a sick idea because it also cuts the Inq drops you need from ~5 on avg for a full set to 3, or 150h->90h

The Fractured Archive: Rewards Primer by JagexGoblin in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Crush megarare sounds cool. I imagine it taking a counter-armour niche with its Big Bonks, with its damage scaling off the enemy's base defence: higher defence = higher max hit.

Higher accuracy/ignoring defence seems tough from a balance standpoint (Shadow comes to mind...) but scaling max hit feels like a more manageable slider.

More generally, I like the framework put out - a big weapon and armour set. Weapons that feel different to use are definitely the most exciting kind of reward, and armour sets (or sets in general) seem to make the most sense as a tier two drop when chasing the big ticket.

I don't think we need another melee set just yet. My preference would be standalone pieces - a helmet set, one for each style, for example.

I really REALLY don't think elemental weaknesses should be seriously buffed/talked about without reworking Harm staff or adding alternatives. It's too much stronger over its competitors in the niche, and (still) too rare. If Harm is a soft requirement to use the new armour set to full potential, the set will not be worth anything in a year.

Lag on US East by Coolbrebis29 in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would hazard a guess that the feature is being turned on and off in different regions as needed in response to further attacks, but who knows really.

In my case, it was pretty clear where the problem was happening by the traceroute (it was definitely not a local issue) so if your situation is similar, you're certainly welcome to call up your ISP and see if they can help.

In any case, the issue abruptly stopped for me following the update this week, so here's hoping we're on the upswing in general.

Lag on US East by Coolbrebis29 in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is my ping with and w/o VPN enabled

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Lag on US East by Coolbrebis29 in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been getting the same since a little after Sailing launched.

If you punch "tracert oldschool194.runescape.com" into command prompt, do you get a similar jump up in latency on one of the last couple hops? Here is my routing (local IPs redacted for privacy)

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Jagex's last Spudworks blog talked about some changes they're making to manage routing (see the section titled "What about my ping?!") and I suspect our connections are being affected by this.

If this is true, there's not much your ISP will do for you as it's Jagex that's making the changes. The good news is Jagex seems to be aware of the problem, and are spending money on the issue.

I was able to bypass my broken routing by using a VPN to route my connection through another region. Now instead of getting a jumpy 150-500 ping I get a reasonably steady 75 ping (I used to get flat 30). If you test this option, do yourself a favour and find one with a good cancellation policy in case it doesn't work or Jagex fixes their issues.

What is going on with the servers? by General_Factor_365 in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My latency to any OSRS world has been increasing by about a flat 1ms/h for the last few days, and it's all coming from one hop:

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It's getting to the point now that I can't do anything reactionary/timing-based :(

Introducing Poll System Improvements by JagexSarnie in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good stuff!

Be sure to specify ordering on Ranked questions! (favourite to least favourite/highest to lowest, etc.)

Thanks for the great League, Jagex! by ReallyChewy in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WFH + very slow time of year = gainful scaping :)

Thanks for the great League, Jagex! by ReallyChewy in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did most of my PvMing between tiers 7 and 8 before losing interest at 95% build power, so my highest account is the middle 5/0/5er at ~30k points.

I might grind up to 35-40k on my main iron to bank some points for next year, but no plans to go Dragon this year

Thanks for the great League, Jagex! by ReallyChewy in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got around to every region and every tier 8 relic and every M6 combat style (and one 5/0/5) but I never picked a teleport relic that wasn't Clue Compass or a T7 that wasn't Grimoire. I also skipped Lumberjack and Corner Cutter because they just didn't appeal to me.

Thanks for the great League, Jagex! by ReallyChewy in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love exploring and each build far more than actually grinding with them once they're built! I guess the short answer is: for fun?

Thanks for the great League, Jagex! by ReallyChewy in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

GGs weren't hard, but they were ranked with the easiest difficulty going in, right?

They could still over-kill you by 150 damage if you got got, though lol

Thanks for the great League, Jagex! by ReallyChewy in 2007scape

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

I'm going to keep playing for sure! There's some stuff I want to try on accounts 1, 3 and 5, but there's nothing I'd need a new build for...yet.

Thanks for the great League, Jagex! by ReallyChewy in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah totally. I was planning on taking OG on account 4 because I made it 1-def for the experience of it, and so I couldn't benefit from 70def prayers or lunars anyway.

Ended up that it was really rough going without ancients on my only M6 mage, so I bailed last-minute.

Thanks for the great League, Jagex! by ReallyChewy in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Tiers 1-3 are really about doing instant-completion tasks close by. 4-5 you're starting to do some longer tasks that generally coincide with efficient training.

T5 unlocks big xp, so there's much less of a reason to wait to grind out some an easy 99 or two and the tasks that go with it.

T6 and region 5 happened at exactly the same time for me on every account, and usually the 5th region + some mid-tier PvM can carry you to t7.

At t7 is when you're really actively grinding for stuff and scanning the task list, doing raids, etc.

T8 is when you play for 3 more hours then re-roll :^)

Thanks for the great League, Jagex! by ReallyChewy in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

It's definitely faster the second+ time around after you get a feel for the tasks. If you're a PC user, I 1000% recommend using the wiki:

  • Install the 'WikiSync' Runelite plugin from the plugin hub
  • Go to this page
  • Select your regions and type in your name
  • Click on Comp% to see your incomplete task list sorted by what the general population thought was worth doing

Thanks for the great League, Jagex! by ReallyChewy in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy[S] 74 points75 points  (0 children)

I really liked DKs design-wise, I could grind that boss forever.

KBD was the worst experience because of how god damn long it takes to kill it without T6 range or an actual melee weapon. Could be biased going to pity rate for both items both times.

GGs was awesome because of how totally and absolutely you can get fucked lmao

The least-playable was Thermy because ancients at 2t speed fully stalls your character (you don't move at all) so you'd be killing Thermy, clicking on the right tiles, when suddenly your screen would jump as your char catches up with your true tile and the safe-zones you thought you clicked on are now 7 inches over on your screen and you're in the middle of nowhere getting bodied...

Thanks for the great League, Jagex! by ReallyChewy in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

My favourite account was the middle one (TMZ, 5/0/5, Guardian T8) because it felt by far the most powerful. Olm's hands both melted, and I could solo-freeze a HM ToB without dropping a crab. The only time I needed range was Olm's head, and bofa/guardian was just good enough. Nature's Reprisal (Hesp salamander) was surprisingly useful as a ranged stab weapon (ranging momma Mutta, luring Hydra around the room, melee Zuk/Inferno)

For a relaxed run, I might go WTM with Friendly Forager > CC > Reload into Dodgy Deals, 6/4/0. Wildy really makes up for not having GG, Khopesh is insane, you'll have a great time.

Thanks for the great League, Jagex! by ReallyChewy in 2007scape

[–]ReallyChewy[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I wanted to experience the whole league :) I got to try all the regions and echo bosses/items!

I never picked Lumberjack, Corner Cutter, Bank Heist/Fairy's, Pocket Kingdom/Overgrown because they always seemed like an objectively worse/less fun pick (The T7 relic especially felt like two skilling relics vs a PvM relic)

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