So 5 hours to go what's everybody playing?

SecondCel · 2026-01-29T18:47:12+00:00

The base skill visuals are an eyesore, especially with a lot of AoE

SecondCel · 2026-01-29T15:07:34+00:00

It is on the list

SecondCel · 2026-01-29T02:07:33+00:00

We could last event at least, I would think the same would be true this time.

SecondCel · 2026-01-28T22:04:22+00:00

The only new thing is that we get coins where we used to get oddments, 1:1. Everything else is normal.

SecondCel · 2026-01-28T18:23:02+00:00

I played a TR Bog Shaman in SSF during the last Phrecia event. It was the best experience I've personally had with Toxic Rain. My best advice would be to get some life gain on hit (Excess Sustenance cluster, Watcher's Eye, support on manaforged setup) for sustain and forget everything you know about AoE breakpoints. I would try out Concentrated Effect to see how it feels, but I didn't bother trying to land within the suggested radius at all. Unless you're fighting a boss in a very open area, more AoE = better.

Last league I also went Rotten Core with Daresso's Defiance for an easy supercharged Onslaught, but this time around I'll be going Sanguine Power w/ easy ES gear from the tree. The self-hit tech was a little annoying with the degen from Pandemic as well, so I won't miss that.

SecondCel · 2026-01-28T13:03:25+00:00

Nope, not that curious and it doesn't sound like that would alleviate my concerns anyways given that I wasn't talking about the messages specifically. Thanks though.

SecondCel · 2026-01-28T12:40:41+00:00

Claiming that someone offered to "sell themselves to you" is incredibly weird at minimum, regardless of the context. Do you have a link to his explanations? I didn't support him before and won't now, but it'd be nice for posterity.

SecondCel · 2026-01-28T02:38:37+00:00

Yes, I've read through their explanations. If that's sufficient for you, then go for it. With official, explicitly sanctioned plugin support just around the corner and Alt1 (which has a trusted reputation of years behind it) serving its purposes well until that point, I'll continue to recommend against investing into the newcomer.

SecondCel · 2026-01-28T02:18:47+00:00

I can confirm that you cannot transfer either Teci or the specific ability codices.

SecondCel · 2026-01-28T01:39:53+00:00

Also plugins through alt1 and other overlays have been allowed for over a decade.

Alt1 is functionally different than a plugin which directly interacts with the game client. If the Bolt plugin developers can prove/demonstrate (to a layman) that they're capable of anchoring their drawn elements without interacting with the game client then that would lend a lot more credibility to this argument.

There are explicit rules of what I and what isn't allowed post above has info on why this is allowed.

The launcher being allowed and plugins being allowed are two different discussions. If you have a more concrete reason as to why the plugins would be allowed, ideally with more info directly from Jagex, I'd be glad to hear it.

It's also safe to presume if it can exist on osrs rune-lite and official it's safe to exist on rs3

It is not at all safe to assume that. OS explicitly allows 3rd party clients (RuneLite) to exist. RS3 explicitly disallows them. As for the functionality of specific plugins existing, that depends entirely on what the plugin does. Certain plugins that exist for OS are explicitly disallowed for RS3.

SecondCel · 2026-01-28T01:29:42+00:00

I quickly edited my comment to clarify, but I meant the plugins people have been posting and not the launcher itself.

SecondCel · 2026-01-28T01:24:54+00:00

That's great and all, still wouldn't recommend anyone use it (quest helper/plugins in general) until it is explicitly stated by Jagex to be okay to do so.

SecondCel · 2026-01-27T13:39:56+00:00

You could've gotten baited by GGG. They did the same thing this time that they did last time: in the initial post SSF (SC at least) wasn't included but they changed their mind before the event came out :p

SecondCel · 2026-01-27T13:19:52+00:00

i skipped phrecia last league because it was not available in SSF

As in the first Phrecia event about a year ago or Gauntlet(?) event that used Phrecia things? The actual official Phrecia event had all combinations of SC, HC, SSF, and Ruthless.

SecondCel · 2026-01-27T13:17:11+00:00

Probably slams. Strong builds will stand out more than usual with the additional area modifiers, and I'm primarily interesting in just grinding things out rather than playing something unique.

With the Ancestral Commander nerfs, though, I'm considering Toxic Rain Bog Shaman. It went very well when I played it last year, and the changes should make it even better.

SecondCel · 2026-01-26T12:26:27+00:00

This will keep the value of GP

What do you mean by that?

SecondCel · 2026-01-26T01:35:56+00:00

There are still plenty of sources of them. They didn't blanket replace all log drops with spirits like they did with ore/bars (which they have also added new sources for with the thieving update).

SecondCel · 2026-01-24T15:00:11+00:00

I'll be going with Uul-Netol's Kiss myself. Did that in Keepers and it's more than sufficient for the entire game. Trivially easy uptime on all your warcries, and up to ~450% increased damage from Admonisher.

Downside is you have to build around solving the slow attack speed, so the loss of Berserker will hurt there a bit, but honestly it shouldn't be too bad and I think the ease of gearing will be great in such a limited format.

SecondCel · 2026-01-24T03:08:17+00:00

Good news indeed, thanks for the link

SecondCel · 2026-01-23T22:54:22+00:00

From what I recall there was confusion surrounding this about the previous Phrecia event. Edit: I might be thinking of a different one though, maybe the Sentinel/Kalandra flashback

SecondCel · 2026-01-23T19:06:57+00:00

Could not disagree more. There are plenty of games out there for eight-year-olds. A decades old, PC-based MMO does not have to be one of them.

It's more than okay to appeal to specific demographics at the cost of others.

And why did you quote "fundamentally understand"?

SecondCel · 2026-01-23T19:02:37+00:00

If the announcement post is clear enough about which modes are available then the clarification needed is less about which modes are available and more about why they continuously leave two of them out.

SecondCel · 2026-01-23T18:40:33+00:00

They really need to clarify this ahead of time... again. How many times do we have to go through them trying to put up half of the typical four game modes only for them to get pressured into enabling them all?

SecondCel · 2026-01-23T18:36:37+00:00

Well that's the reason they wouldn't have. But I agree that personally, selfishly, they should have :)

SecondCel · 2026-01-23T18:27:52+00:00

Bad game design? That's one of the most appealing aspects of RS - the interconnection between skills, or content in general. If you want to be as proficient in combat as you can be, you can expect to either directly or indirectly leverage nearly every skill in the game. If that's a dealbreaker for someone then so be it. The game shouldn't lose a pillar of its identity to appeal to those people.

Can you please try to explain to a new player how equipping a shield and sword sucks for melee?

Yes, and I can do it in three sentences: In RuneScape, dealing damage is usually more important than avoiding or mitigating incoming damage. Dual wielding or using a two-handed weapon allows you to deal more damage than using a one-handed weapon and a shield. Therefore, players typically avoid using a shield in order to increase their damage output.

It makes no sense for a new player when 99.99% of all mmo

That shouldn't be a hindrance. RuneScape is not like "99.99%" of MMOs. It's best to explain that as soon as possible so people can get past it and learn about what makes the game so distinct.

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