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| 0s | pvming in old school RuneScape is simple |
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| 3s | do lots of damage get the monsters HP to |
| 6s | zero pick up the loot rinse and repeat |
| 9s | well maybe it's a little bit more |
| 11s | complex than that all the bosses you |
| 13s | kill the dragons you slay the Gargoyles |
| 16s | you crush they're all weak to something |
| 18s | that should ultimately decide what use |
| 20s | to kill it welcome guys my name is coxy |
| 22s | and I'm here to give you a brief rundown |
| 23s | of the changes we'll be seeing to the |
| 25s | defensive bonuses that every NPC has if |
| 28s | you're more of a Hands-On person don't |
| 29s | worry a beta world is live now for you |
| 31s | to get out there and get a feel for |
| 33s | everything yourself in this rebalancing |
| 35s | project there are three goals number one |
| 38s | think about the future this project will |
| 40s | provide the old school team more levers |
| 42s | to balance future bosses and New |
| 43s | Concepts for sweet new rewards down the |
| 46s | line while I won't rule out the |
| 47s | possibility of overloads and the |
| 49s | legendary Divine Spirit Shield being |
| 51s | added let's focus on Weaponry for |
| 52s | today's video old school RuneScape |
| 54s | recently turned 11 years old and one |
| 56s | thing we've learned is that being |
| 57s | conscious about power creep is important |
| 59s | for the longevity of our game these |
| 61s | rebalances will do exactly that goal |
| 63s | number two encourage players to bring |
| 65s | specialized weapons and attack styles |
| 67s | for certain monsters these adjustments |
| 69s | will do things like widen the gap |
| 71s | between attack styles that NPCs are |
| 73s | vulnerable and invulnerable to and even |
| 75s | adding new defensive bonuses to consider |
| 77s | when gearing up for your Slayer task and |
| 80s | finally goal number three solve the |
| 82s | elemental spell problem a powered staff |
| 85s | paired with any of the three |
| 86s | non-standard spell books has become the |
| 88s | go-to choice for most combat scenarios |
| 90s | so the old school team is looking to |
| 91s | give you more potential situations to |
| 93s | swap to the standard Spellbook for |
| 95s | pvming here are the ways we'll see these |
| 97s | goals be achieved Implement Elemental |
| 100s | weaknesses supplement these weaknesses |
| 102s | with elemental spell scaling exaggerate |
| 104s | existing weaknesses and Implement a new |
| 107s | split ranged weakness light standard and |
| 110s | heavy let's first start with elemental |
| 112s | weaknesses funny enough there's already |
| 114s | a handful of NPCs in the game that have |
| 116s | elemental weaknesses which is currently |
| 118s | just a double damage bonus these we |
| 120s | weaknesses also are not communicated |
| 122s | through the monster examine menu so the |
| 124s | first step is to fix that then the flat |
| 126s | damage bonus will be adjusted to A |
| 128s | system that makes much more sense for |
| 130s | every point of Elemental weakness that |
| 132s | an NPC has your spell will gain plus 1% |
| 135s | accuracy and plus 1% damage so if an ice |
| 139s | giant has 50% weakness to fire spell a |
| 142s | cast of fire surge will gain 50% bonus |
| 144s | to both accuracy and damage Elemental |
| 147s | weakness percent will be an additive |
| 148s | increase alongside your current gears |
| 151s | magic damage percent this approach as |
| 153s | opposed to a multiplicative increase |
| 155s | means that Max gear Mage setups won't |
| 157s | have their DPS scale up to astronomical |
| 159s | levels now this doesn't quite solve the |
| 162s | elemental spell problem currently higher |
| 164s | level Elemental spells do more damage |
| 167s | that is for spells of the same tier fire |
| 169s | spells will always be the best damage |
| 171s | option with the addition of Elemental |
| 173s | weaknesses the old school team would |
| 175s | prefer players choose the kind of spell |
| 176s | that the NPC is weak to instead of just |
| 179s | defaulting to fire now these spells in |
| 181s | the same tier will share the same Max |
| 183s | hit as you level up so you have the |
| 184s | freedom to choose whichever element you |
| 186s | want to but also you'll be incentivized |
| 188s | to use the element that your opponent is |
| 189s | weak to you might be thinking this is a |
| 191s | pretty significant buff to wind spells |
| 193s | due to their cheap room cost but it's |
| 195s | counteracted by no NPCs having weakness |
| 197s | to that element with this adjustment to |
| 199s | spell scaling the toms of Fire and Water |
| 202s | need to see some changes as well these |
| 204s | items were designed to make the standard |
| 205s | spell book more relevant and they did an |
| 208s | okay job at that but maybe we shouldn't |
| 210s | be relying on a couple of items to carry |
| 212s | a spell book's combat relevance their |
| 214s | damage bonuses will be reduced to 10% |
| 216s | for the respective Elements which keeps |
| 218s | them in the running for best in slot in |
| 219s | Niche scenarios while still being a |
| 221s | relatively easy off hand to obtain you |
| 223s | won't be able to test out these changes |
| 225s | just yet in the live beta but keep your |
| 227s | eyes peeled because soon you'll be able |
| 228s | to in an upcoming item changes beta |
| 230s | existing damage Buffs and pppp would be |
| 232s | unchanged since players themselves can |
| 234s | have elemental weaknesses so reducing |
| 236s | the Tom's Effectiveness here is not |
| 238s | necessary lastly let's talk about range |
| 240s | defense one reason why the melee reward |
| 243s | space feels so diverse is because melee |
| 246s | bonuses are split into three types we |
| 249s | have stab slash and Crush these defense |
| 251s | bonuses heavily influence which weapon |
| 253s | would be used for the job and this isn't |
| 255s | currently the case for range defense |
| 258s | while your Target's combat levels play a |
| 259s | role in deciding what weapon you'll |
| 260s | bring range defense just isn't super |
| 263s | relevant taking the same approach as |
| 265s | melee splitting range defense into three |
| 267s | categories would allow for promoting |
| 268s | some weapons over others and certain |
| 270s | combat encounters it would also widely |
| 273s | open up the reward space for future |
| 274s | ranged weapons these categories would be |
| 277s | dependent on the ammunition that you're |
| 278s | using like so heavy ammunition would |
| 281s | include bolts and javelins standard |
| 283s | ammunition would include arrows |
| 285s | including the crystal bow and its |
| 286s | powerful successor and light ammunition |
| 288s | would include Throne Weaponry such as |
| 290s | darts and knives okay okay now that |
| 293s | we've gotten through all that |
| 294s | information it's time for the fun part |
| 296s | it's time for some examples I mentioned |
| 298s | earlier that adamant dragons will have a |
| 299s | 50% vulnerability to Earth spells but |
| 302s | fear not this won't necessarily deter |
| 304s | you from using the Dragon Hunter Lance |
| 305s | for your quick Slayer task on top of |
| 307s | this their weakness to stab will be |
| 309s | slightly exaggerated reduced by 10 and |
| 311s | their current 95 range defense bonus |
| 313s | will be reduced only for heavy range |
| 315s | defense I've created a couple of graphs |
| 317s | to help visualize these changes let's |
| 319s | start with our Med game setup first |
| 321s | dragon sword and Broad bolts experience |
| 323s | a 10 to 20% DPS increase with dragon |
| 325s | sword gaining a significant Edge over |
| 327s | the warp staff Earth blast receives a 55 |
| 330s | 5% DPS increase making it the best |
| 332s | option to use out of these four Med game |
| 334s | setups moving on over to our endgame |
| 336s | setup remember powered staffs will not |
| 338s | see any changes as it currently stands |
| 341s | sanguinesti beats out Dragon Hunter |
| 342s | crossbow with Enchanted Dragon Diamond |
| 344s | bolts and it also beats out harmonized |
| 347s | staff with Earth surge well not anymore |
| 350s | with the proposed changes harm staff |
| 352s | Earth surge will go from 4.5 to 7.7 |
| 355s | damage per second a 71% DPS increase |
| 358s | making it a superior option over the |
| 360s | sanguinity Dragon Hunter crossbow |
| 362s | notices a 9.68% DPS increase also |
| 365s | pushing it ever so slightly over the |
| 367s | sang staff the adamant dragon's |
| 369s | exaggerated weakness to stab keeps the |
| 371s | Dragon Hunter Lance on top with a 5% |
| 373s | increase in |
| 374s | DPS I know I know it's a lot of numbers |
| 378s | the takeaway to focus here is that the |
| 379s | current best in slot Dragon Hunter Lance |
| 382s | it's not changing these rebalances are |
| 384s | allowing for other options to become |
| 385s | more viable along a player's route to |
| 387s | Max gear oh gargoyles whether you're |
| 390s | there for Slayer XP to make money or to |
| 393s | bank some smithing XP we've all had to |
| 395s | kill them at some point and conveniently |
| 397s | enough they will also be seeing a |
| 398s | sizable change to their defensive |
| 399s | bonuses with the intention of cementing |
| 402s | Crush as the attack style you'd want to |
| 403s | slay them with the current difference in |
| 405s | damage outputs between crush stab and |
| 407s | slash is pretty negligible this coupled |
| 410s | with the fact that it's easier to |
| 411s | acquire slash options like an Abyssal |
| 413s | whip rather than something like your |
| 414s | Abyssal budgeon makes their |
| 416s | vulnerability to crush nearly |
| 417s | meaningless increasing gargoyle stat SL |
| 420s | defensive bonuses while lowering their |
| 421s | Crush defense should do the trick |
| 424s | especially with the introduction of the |
| 425s | five tick Zombia ax to the pool of |
| 427s | serviceable crush weapons also take note |
| 429s | of the gargoyle's increased weakness to |
| 431s | one of the new Range Styles since of |
| 433s | course heavy ammo can break rocks we |
| 435s | saved the thickest and in my opinion the |
| 438s | cutest example for last the giant mole |
| 441s | one of the simplest bosses the game has |
| 443s | to offer but a widely popular one and a |
| 446s | great source of brw secondaries for all |
| 448s | the Iron Men and iron women out there |
| 450s | this Earth loving ball of fur would |
| 452s | surely hate to be smacked with a surge |
| 454s | of water so it'll be given a 50% |
| 457s | weakness to water spells this is a good |
| 459s | example of what may come because it |
| 461s | doesn't exaggerate any existing |
| 462s | weaknesses but it does open up more |
| 464s | avenues for new boss farming methods for |
| 467s | anyone wanting to take matter into their |
| 468s | own hands and test out these changes in |
| 470s | a more numerical approach our good |
| 472s | friends over at the osrs wiki made this |
| 475s | awesome and easy to ous DPS calculator |
| 477s | customize your gear layouts include the |
| 480s | proposed defensive changes adjust your |
| 481s | stats attack Styles active prayers it's |
| 484s | all there ready to use and we'll include |
| 486s | a link in the description the old school |
| 488s | team would love to hear your thoughts on |
| 490s | this approach going forward with |
| 491s | elemental weaknesses and split range |
| 493s | Styles so type up any ideas you have and |
| 495s | let's make sure we can pave the way for |
| 496s | a bright and logical future for our |
| 499s | favorite |
| 500s | game |