2 months ago - /u/JagexGoblin - Direct link

Group Slayer isn't off the cards for the team, just that it's beyond the scope of Project Rebalance and probably wants to be a project all of its own. It's something we talk about a fair bit, but there's a lot that goes into it to try and deliver on the fantasy of you and your pals squadding up to dish death out, versus making it abuseable in a bunch of unintended ways.

Not off the table, just beyond what Project Rebalance is supposed to be!

2 months ago - /u/JagexGoblin - Direct link

Originally posted by Mors_Umbra

Just double number of monsters to kill assigned and have kills from either player subtract from the total assigned. Job done.

Then questions become:
- Do Player A and Player B need to be on the same task?
- If not, how does the game even track that you're specifically partnered up with this person? Slayer helmet can't apply if they're not on-task, is it worth it?
- If they do need to be on the same task, can Player A share tasks with Player B?
- How do we prevent somebody sharing a task and soloing it for double-duration barrage tasks?
- If they can't share tasks, is it fun for both players to need to align on the same task?
- If they can share tasks, what restrictions are in place to stop Player A sharing juiced tasks with Player B and giga-boosting B's Slayer gains?

The actual means of engaging with the system and preventing abuse, catching niche-cases like using alts to funnel into a main's Slayer grind in an unhealthy way, are complicated to solve in a really clean fashion!

2 months ago - /u/JagexGoblin - Direct link

Originally posted by Joe___Mama-

I would say if you sign up for group slayer. Both players need to be off task and add a party system for it. Then “get group slayer task.” Would something like that work?

Edit: I would add brackets of sorts so low levels can’t group with high levels.

It could do, but then build on it and run into other questions like:
- Do we both have to spend points to skip?
- Can we even skip in the first place?
- Does it respect both of our block lists, or neither?
- If it doesn't respect our block lists, is that fun?
- What's to stop me from getting a juiced-up task and just doing it solo?
- If Player A doesn't have Dragon Slayer completed, do we both get to avoid Dragons tasks?

Just a lot of considerations in terms of the way everything ties in together and balances that make it a little tricky for the team.