Definitely agree, a skill shouldn't just be this new thing that you can do in lots of ways, it should become a core part of the game and fuel future content, which can use the skill as a tool.
The best skills are so ingrained into every element of the game that it makes sense it's something you need to become better at by training it.
Question for you, do you think new skills would have a higher chance of passing polls and fitting into Oldschool if we implemented 2-3 at once instead of looking for a single new skill?
I don't think so, I think if the polls were less Black and White and blogs were earlier into the design process we'd have a better chance of getting a new skill.
Lets work together to nail down a concept for the skill, sailing as a great example, present it as an overall thing we'd like to implement, but have it be the first step, that way we've got the backup of the community that we're working on something that's going to be liked and have polls at milestones for design, if smaller things fail, fine, lets pivot that design. There are some problems of course, like if we can't do something due to development constraints it could seriously change the original pitch, but being open about that would allow us to come up with a solution with the community.
This way we don't chuck loads of dev time into something that has a fair chance of failing and by the time we get to the final round of polling, we've got a skill that the community are ingrained into the design of and the majority are happy with, without a doubt.
possibility of adding invention? of course it would need some adjustments to fit into osrs but if done correctly it would be the item and gp sink the game really needs… thoughts?
Adding an existing skill definitely a lot safer and OSRS does have need for something like divination to be an item sink, I could see it happening at some point.
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