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thinking about the shadow again

i'm thinking the way to go for changing it would be to either super kneecap the accuracy mechanic so it stays in its lane

OR

sort of figure out what the current max boost it can give is, and make it so it has severely diminishing returns (example: give 3* mage dmg and accuracy until it provides X of either, at which point the increase is reduced to 1.5*) that way it will still be as good as it is now, but won't scale so infinitely for new additions

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i like what they've suggested for pirate combat and i'm hoping they don't get too shy about turning these tools on players cause having to deal with a burning ship just seems so hectic and frustrating i want to see people dealing with it so bad.

Honestly it reinforced an idea i had early with sailing combat: make a deep sea variant of tempoross.

The harpoonfish are in trawling shoals, you cook them on your range facility, then fire them out of your cannon until tempoross is low enough to fish.

For the attacks you have to use a bucket or water spell to douse the fires and then for the big wave you can either tie yourself to the mast or drop your anchor.

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echo boss predictions for leagues 6

varlamore - echo gemstone crab (freebie since it's the starting region)

asgarnia - echo mole

wilderness - echo chaos elemental

kourend - echo wintertodt

tirannwn - echo zulcano

kandarin - echo salarin the twisted

desert - echo giant's foundry

morytania - echo tarn razorlor

fremmenik - echo baba yaga house

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Here's my wild Fractured Archive Rewards

Readmore for more info

Vice of Death - Devoted magic dps spec weapon with a focus on DoT. 25% spec to do a magic attack at range that also applies a stacking Burn and summons a floating skull thrall that will continue to attack the target (even if you change attack targets). Can be used to have multiple skulls out at once.

Weeping Arbalest - A tanky ranged armour set with a set bonus that increases accuracy with heavy ranged weapons, gives a very big bonus to Ballistas.

Worldtome - Megarare 1-handed crush. I want it to interact with magic in some way but i have no idea. i just like the way it looks.

Wargod Ballista - New best ballista. designed to be a big heavy hitting switch which also has competetive dps if used as a primary ranged option when combined with the armor set.

Amulet of Edicts - new bis magic amulet. nothing fancy really. maybe an elemental component idk, this was for fun

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the crush megarare should be a big book you hit people with

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Alright so, I want a chunk plug in where you start with a big portion of the map but it slowly takes chunks away fortnite style

And the goal is to like… see how many Clogs/how much xp you can get before the world totally closes

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I don’t mind that sailing will be actively useful and unlock new tools and resources

But honestly if they made a skill and just said “this has no benefit, it will consume your time and resources just so you don’t have them” i’d be all for it

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I’m very excited for sailing but also it’s been set in stone for so long i’m also excited to see what that part of the team will cook up once it’s done

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i love the custodian stalkers so much i'm now fantasizing about a dagannoth kings encounter based off them

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I’m still obsessed with these guys. I might finish the illustration and try to make proper pitch.

The encounter would be inspired by the echo DK’s where they always attack off tick. You would also be able to activate these thorn pillars in the room that could act like inferno pillars with limited health. You can catch them as well as adds behind the pillars to avoid their special attacks which can pile up in really dangerous ways if you fight them all at once.

Im imagining they would be mid game content, above regular DK’s, they would each drop an antler piece that can upgrade an appropriate piece of varlamore gear.

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i love the custodian stalkers so much i'm now fantasizing about a dagannoth kings encounter based off them

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you can attack and cook me all you like but i still want more ranged armour variety in the early to mid game

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Dusting off the old osrs musings account to theorycraft about Vampirium

We’ll definitely have more vampire enemies to fight, so an expansion to the vampire arsenal makes sense. Upgrade for the flail obviously. Perhaps blisterwood arrows/bolts for range?

Mage against vampires feels a little less exact. Maybe just a blisterwood staff? Maybe a “Tome of Efaritay” to let spells hit vampires?

Since this is a zone unlocked after a grandmaster Im imagining something in a similar vain to priffdinas, content wise. I would certainly love to see another high gp/hr skilling method. Maybe something for woodcutting or fishing. I still really enjoy skilling encounters and want to see more.

Also i want to see more nail beasts. They always looked so alien, i like to think they came over as well. Give me one that’s really big and loud.

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Predictions and Wishes

Vampire Slayer Monster; something akin to Tormented Demons. Could drop more vampire hunter gear, maybe a parts for a Stab Armor Set.

Dire Nail Beasts, new Nail Beast weapon

Dangerous but rewarding fishing method, more blisterwood trees

I bet we gotta do work gathering blood for Vanescula if she survives. Some sort of combat activity. Or perhaps “blood farming”

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Dusting off the old osrs musings account to theorycraft about Vampirium

We’ll definitely have more vampire enemies to fight, so an expansion to the vampire arsenal makes sense. Upgrade for the flail obviously. Perhaps blisterwood arrows/bolts for range?

Mage against vampires feels a little less exact. Maybe just a blisterwood staff? Maybe a “Tome of Efaritay” to let spells hit vampires?

Since this is a zone unlocked after a grandmaster Im imagining something in a similar vain to priffdinas, content wise. I would certainly love to see another high gp/hr skilling method. Maybe something for woodcutting or fishing. I still really enjoy skilling encounters and want to see more.

Also i want to see more nail beasts. They always looked so alien, i like to think they came over as well. Give me one that’s really big and loud.

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Nothing too wild for osrs announcements this year but pretty solidly positive i think

honestly wasn't expecting Sailing to be projected for this year, was sort of thinking we wouldn't get it until january 2026. i imagine that will have a very long tail of seconary updates as they fill it out. The alpha looked very nice, wasn't expecting so much detail to be done already.

I do hope they find a slightly more elegant way to quarter off the unsailable sees than just a line of rocks but hey, it gets the idea across quickly at least. also while they did show Menaphos on the map, I imagine we won't be getting in there quite yet.

For me the most exciting stuff is still just getting to see more of the Varlamore stuff (and Sailing, but that's going to just be a longer road overall). But i am hopeful the stuff with the morytania finale is cool.

My mind definitely goes to wondering where that next raid they mentioned will be. My bet is probably fremmenik because we still have a storyline to finish there and Acheron is still a place we can go in the future. A fun alternative though would be a raid a little more central to the core of osrs, like put it by the temple of ikov, make it feel a little more classic dungeons and dragonsy.

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Alright, i have taken a bit of a break from runescape. I’ve been very focused on personal projects and not gaming too much, but i am still excited for runefest announcements. I’m in a good spot where i don’t have too much I’m specifically waiting out for, but there’s a few things i got my fingers crossed for.

Here’s my hopes:

Maregubbene’s hall and king kyatt from the last game jam

Menaphos gets added as a Priffdinas style city as part of a desert grandmaster finale

Sailing is gonna take a while so just give us archaeology in the meantime.

Another raid would be cool, but i’m not a huge raider so now major loss if not

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obviously the survey is mostly just corporate handwringing. my hope is with community response and dev pushback the worst of it we'll see is no more rs3 as a pack in for osrs players (not sure if they would because i bet their sole intent with that is to get more people into the microtransaction ecosystem).

i definitely would consider paying a bit more for a second character but that second character would be a group ironman, and my group is very casual (they play runescape for a few days every 1 or 2 years). I think one thing they could do is offer a package that sorta lets you "sponsor" teammates for a lower price. Maybe you pay a bit extra for an "iron bond" that can't be sold and can only be traded to members of your iron group.

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Slightly bummed the osrs team gutted the doom boss rewards based on feedback from redditors. But of course now the result is other redditors are doomsaying the NEW changes.

Overall i think the changes are fine. I think changing the mage cape to be more like the inferno cape is pretty silly but I guess it’s mostly for that tier of player regardless. (If anything i was mostly hoping the bis mage cape wouldn’t be a cape. Like rangers have a quiver magers should have like… idk an imp that hangs on your back? An owl perched on your shoulder?)

Mostly what bums me is just how unfun the changes feel. Were there a ton of use cases for a melee spec with an aoe burn? Maybe not but finding them/seeing it work would’ve just been enjoyable. Plus you can always just design future content with the possibility of its use in mind.

A thrall upgrade for ammo slot sounds like it has a lot of potential! Making it a dps boost based on positioning is pretty underwhelming but the response shouldn’t be “kill it” it should be to find the fun in it. Fuck it, lean into the mechanic, make it a game for the whole team and make it buff players it travels through or something. It’s optional! People who chase metas aren’t gonna have fun anyway. They just want new bis, they don’t get this whole “horizontal progression” thing devs go for.