u/JagexLight is the ancient godsword spec timer 6 or 8 ticks? The image says 8 but text below says 6
It's 8 cycle, apologies on that I'll update the blog right away! :)
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Hey there! Would love you to leave your feedback on why it feels underwhelming. Can you give examples or share more about your thoughts on this? Also, please don't forget there will be a beta very soon, on the 20th October, where you'll be able to try these rewards out for yourself! :)
Damn, up to 80 players at once. That's incredible, I never got to face Nex in the original RS so this is my intro to her. I'm excited to see how it goes!
It is incredibly exciting, I am so glad to hear you're hyped!
Underwhelmed/10.
Can you give some more insight or feedback om this? I'm super keen to know more so that we can pass your feedback on to the dev team :)
Kind of underwhelming but that new bow seems like it will have good uses. Excited for it either way
Would love to hear more of your feedback on why it feels underwhelming so that we can work with that and make changes if needed. Tell me more! :D I'll happily pass your feedback on to the devs.
most of these are so shit LOOOOOOOOOOOL what the f**k
Can you let me know some feedback about why you feel this way so I can pass this on to the dev team? Very keen to make sure your voice is heard but I'll need to know why you feel the rewards are weak and what areas we should focus on. Thank you so much!
Really underwhelming rewards from Nex. This was once again the opportunity to widen the tier to level 80s. At least give magic armour magic % dmg. It's okay to have powercreep. Regular GWD drops such as armadyl/bandos are more usefull than these rewards and that's a bummer to me.
The godsword is meh.
The vambraces are the only good reward.
The Zaryte bow is outclassed by a lot as seen in the graph.
The virtus armour doesn't even have magic dmg %. I would have thought Nex would drop a tier melee armour, the torva equivalent. It's time for a bandos upgrade.
Once again a bunch of niche rewards, similar to TOA. Endgame bosses justify powercreep and once again these rewards are far from that. It's hard get excited as an end game player these days when rewards are so lack-luster.
Thank you for your feedback, I'll make sure this is passed on to the team. :)
Finally we see an upgrade for the ranged gloves slot.
Awesome stuff :)
In terms of the Runescape’s history, the Godswords were not created until the end of the Third Age. Since Nex and her armies were imprisoned early in the Third Age, it wouldn’t make sense for her to drop a Godsword.
Spoilers for those not aware of the lore:
Nex was initially imprisoned in the early Third Age, before the Godsword was made. However, as mentioned in the blog, she later briefly escaped her prison towards the end of the God Wars. This was right in the middle of the fight over the Godsword. When the four armies joined forces against her, Nex was very eager to turn their own weapon against them.
oh wow. didn't expect this. okay. first of all, the ancient godsword. isn't it basically just a weaker ags? and its' healing is worse than what an sgs can do. extremely lackluster and weak and will probably not see any use in neither pvp nor pvm.
zaryte bow has a nice special effect that could see niche use, but that's all. the stats are so weak that it'll either get beat by acb, bowfa or tbow. or all 3. i don't even know why it's among nex drops.
zaryte vambraces are perfectly fine. we've needed best in slot range gloves for a long time.
virtus. oh virtus. i assume it's directed at pvp? pkers don't really use much magic if their opponent is frozen when on ancients, do they? the extra 3% damage is fine, but the only realistic use i see for it is in slayer. it'll be a) too expensive to use in pvp or b) too niche in its' use.
and give ancient ceremonial their set effect. just make it so only nex's minions and only the minions drop them. if it works like rs2 nex soloing for more than 1 kill a trip will be a hassle and/or extremely hard and getting kc or ecumenical keys a big chore.
Thank you so much, this is suuuper helpful insight. I appreciate it! I'll make sure we go over everyone's comments and discuss as a team.
You're awesome. Please give the miniquest the love it deserves. We're starved for quests, the miniquest is the most exciting part of this update.
I don't want to oversell it (especially after A Night at the Theatre). It is just a miniquest, so don't expect anything on the level of a proper quest. We do have some exciting plans for quests in 2022 though, so hang in there.
Will Blood Essence be an untradable item dropped from boss?
Happy to get some more information on the Blood Essence :) It's stackable, tradeable, and can be activated which makes it untradeable. It drops from the Boss, but also some other places in the Prison as well which will probably be revealed in a later Blog or an updated version of this Blog. Thank you for raising! :)
Can Blood Essence be explained a bit more? Is that also a drop from any mob within the ancient prison or just from nex?
Happy to get some more information on the Blood Essence :) It's stackable, tradeable, and can be activated which makes it untradeable. It drops from the Boss, but also some other places in the Prison as well which will probably be revealed in a later Blog or an updated version of this Blog. Thank you for raising! :)
Is there any reason you guys insist on calling it cycles? The community uses ticks, I assume the jmods use ticks colloquially, is it cycle in the docs or something? I remember this came up with the arceuus spellbook blog where they were used interchangeably. Not using ticks is more confusing for newer players
It's just our editorial standard/style. Everything that gets published on our website officially needs to be checked with our editorial team and that's the term which is correct to use and should be used for any formal pieces of work. Hope that helps!
From the blog:
Players who have completed the Hard tier of Combat Achievements can purchase a private instance, but it’s unlikely you’ll want to take on Nex solo – she’s quite the formidable foe. The cost of this instance starts at 150,000 coins, and goes down as you complete higher Combat Achievement tiers.
Thanks!
I'm convinced you guys just don't know how to make good rewards that fit the content anymore. majority of this is dead on arrival.
Love nex, but these reward just aren't it.
Hey! It would be great to know a bit more about why you feel the rewards don't fit the content, what is underwhelming about it and what areas should we take a second look at? Thank you :)
Ironmen have been expecting a better blood rune source since the december 2020 gazette where the guardians of gielnor rc minigame was teased. The blood essence being mentioned in this blog feels very odd and unrelated. There's also no information about why it's there. Is it a drop from nex? From the minions? Is it tradeable?
Feels like a very cheap way to address a longtime issue
Heya, thank you so much for the feedback. It's stackable, tradeable, and can be activated which makes it untradeable. It drops from the Boss, but also some other places in the Prison. I'll chat with the team to see if we can provide some more information about this when we update the blog based on your feedback. And just to confirm, we are still looking to address the blood rune source with a piece of content rather than any short term issues, as far as I'm aware.
Are there still plans for the RC minigame that was mentioned in last December's Gazette?
That seemed to be aimed toward increasing RC output with a new robe set and blood talisman for the true Meiyerditch blood altar. Curious if that's still a thing, and if this essence is planned to stack with it.
That was an ideation pitch so nothing was totally confirmed, but it is still in our backlog of ideas and I hope we'll have more to share with you on that soon! I will try and seek more clarity on the Blood Essence because it looks like players want us to flesh this out a bit more, give some more context and information on it, and explain where it drops from. So I'm gonna make sure this feedback is passed to the right people. I hope that's OK
I asked this in another comment but I don't expect you to reply to everything so I'll try again here, can we have a bit more clarification on the Blood Essence and how it works? I'm struggling to understand how it works or how it is charged from the blog.
This part specifically doesn't make sense to my tiny brain:
at a rate of 1,000 additional Blood Runes/charges per Essence.
Absolutely and sorry I didn't see your message!
Blood Essence can be dropped from Nex or from some places around the Prison. It is:
- Stackable
- Tradeable
- Can activate a blood essence, turning it untradeable.
- Can only have one active blood essence at a time
- If a player creates a blood rune with an activated blood essence in their inventory, they have a chance to create additional blood runes.
- 1 essence = 1000 additional blood runes/charges
- Chance to create an additional blood rune/trigger a charge = 50% chance per rune.
I hope this helps, I understand you have more questions about how it works and how it is charged. I'll make sure that your feedback is passed on to the team and if needed we can amend the blog to include some more information on this topic.
Your brain is not tiny!! Don't say that :D
It's all good, thanks for the clarification, I feel like I understand it a bit more now.
So is this right:
While crafting blood runes, you'd keep a stack of activated essence in your inventory. For every rune you craft, there's a 50% chance of an extra, so say a run gives you 100 runes, on average you'd get 150 back.
After 1000 extra runes are created, one activated essence disappears?
Sorry to go through that so painfully, I imagine it is a lot simpler when seen in action rather than in text format. I think my description is correct (maybe) and seems simple enough.
I think my initial confusion came from the fact you also craft blood runes from dense essence/dark essence/essence fragments... and now blood essence. That's a lot of essences. hahaha
I'm going to seek some more information and possibly update/amend the blog to ensure I get it right! Will let you know when I discuss with the team :D
(18/10/2021)
I'd just like to give you a quick update on where we're at with your feedback on Nex Rewards so that you don't worry about us going silent on you.
- Your feedback has been super helpful and constructive. Thank you, and especially thanks for explaining it so well when I am unclear on what you mean or require more information.
- We're still looking over your feedback and we're going to be having a meeting this week to discuss some wider feedback we're seeing across both Raids 3/Nex Rewards ahead of the rewards beta on Wednesday 20th.
- The next update will likely be post-rewards beta, meaning its unlikely there will be any updated blog posts before then. Please don't worry, we aren't ignoring your feedback!
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