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| 0s | Combat in RuneScape is getting some great improvements this week. |
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| 3s | We're excited to share with you |
| 4s | what we've been working on in the combat beta. |
| 6s | Combat Dev Diary take one. |
| 9s | You've got to give me some more energy. |
| 10s | Alright. Sorry. |
| 11s | Right, right. |
| 12s | Alright. |
| 13s | Combat Diary dev one. |
| 15s | Dev one? |
| 17s | That was a good take. |
| 18s | That was a good take. |
| 22s | So, why are we releasing this update? |
| 24s | It's been over ten years since the Evolution of Combat, |
| 26s | and with the recent release of Necromancy, |
| 28s | there are some core improvements we want to make to the rest of combat. |
| 32s | The project started with your feedback. |
| 34s | We heard from you about what you wanted |
| 35s | to see going into those other combat styles, |
| 37s | and we decided to start a beta where we could put all of these changes |
| 41s | and then allow you to playtest them and give us further feedback |
| 44s | and let us know what you did and didn’t like. |
| 46s | Combat is an intricate and complex system |
| 48s | and we want to work with you to make sure that we take it in the right direction going forward. |
| 52s | There are some core changes we are bringing to combat |
| 54s | to improve the system as a whole. |
| 55s | We're making it more accessible and enjoyable |
| 57s | and bringing in some quality of life improvements. |
| 60s | The first core change is hit chance. |
| 62s | Where previously, |
| 63s | you could cast an ability and it completely misses. |
| 66s | Well, |
| 67s | within the new system, you can't miss at all. |
| 69s | We're replacing the roll to hit system with something called damage potential. |
| 72s | If you have a 50% chance to hit and you flip a coin, |
| 75s | it’s either heads or tails. |
| 76s | Now that means either you hit or you miss. |
| 79s | Whereas in the new system, if you have a 50% hit chance, |
| 81s | it just means you're going to do 50% of your damage potential. |
| 85s | Which means you'll no longer waste adrenaline |
| 86s | or use up that cooldown that you were saving. |
| 89s | The second core change is critical strike. |
| 91s | previously, critical strike was a very complex system. |
| 94s | We simplified the critical strike system. |
| 97s | You'll have two stats, the critical strike chance and the critical strike damage. |
| 101s | If you critically strike, you will do additional damage equal |
| 104s | to your critical strike damage. |
| 106s | As an example, if I was to hit a thousand damage |
| 108s | and I rolled a critical strike, I could do an extra 50% of that damage. |
| 112s | If my critical strike damage is 50%. |
| 115s | Your critical strike damage will increase as you level up the respective combat style. |
| 119s | The third core change is damage ranges. |
| 121s | previously, damage ranges were very broad. |
| 124s | You could roll 20% of your maximum damage, |
| 126s | or 100% for a whole lot of abilities. |
| 129s | In the new system, we've narrowed damage ranges. |
| 131s | This means in everyday combat, |
| 133s | the damage is going to be much more consistent. |
| 136s | with all of these changes. |
| 137s | we've also increased the damage cap. |
| 139s | Currently you'll be familiar |
| 140s | with hitting 10,000 or 12,000 damage as the maximum amount that you can do. |
| 145s | Going forward, all styles will benefit |
| 147s | from a 30,000 damage cap. |
| 149s | Now this is most similar to what you may be familiar with from Necromancy. |
| 153s | The previous 10,000 hit cap was overly restrictive on some styles. |
| 157s | Using melee as an example, some abilities would deal more damage than 10,000. |
| 161s | However, you wouldn't see the benefits from it. |
| 163s | Using these abilities in the new system, you'll be able to gain full benefits |
| 167s | from the amount of damage that it rolled. |
| 168s | We've rewritten melee’s core systems. |
| 171s | we want to get your feedback |
| 172s | on how this feels for melee, |
| 174s | before we roll it out to other styles. |
| 175s | As well as this, area of effect abilities |
| 178s | will have much better targeting. |
| 180s | Another big improvement that we've made to the visual clarity of the game, |
| 183s | is the introduction of something we're calling |
| 185s | the channel bar. |
| 187s | Now, when using channel abilities, |
| 188s | you'll be easily able |
| 189s | to track the duration. |
| 190s | not only that, |
| 191s | but we've improved how channel abilities function. |
| 194s | Now, when you press that ability, you will run into range and perform it, |
| 197s | as opposed to standing still and being told you can't do that. |
| 200s | We've also made a whole bunch of changes |
| 202s | to the UI around the action bar. |
| 205s | This will make it a lot easier |
| 206s | for players to see |
| 207s | which abilities they’re using during combat. |
| 209s | Another thing we've included in this |
| 211s | update is some further improvements to the tooltips for abilities. |
| 214s | Previously, with the Necromancy release, |
| 216s | you would have seen more modernized tooltips. |
| 218s | We’ve now rolled this out to the original combat styles, |
| 220s | melee range and magic, |
| 221s | as well as the Constitution Ability book. |
| 223s | This update makes changes not just to core combat, |
| 226s | but we also have loads of individual improvements. |
| 229s | To find out more information, |
| 230s | you should check out our dedicated news post on the website. |
| 232s | So make sure when you do check it out, you let us know what your favorite ones are. |
| 235s | And we just want to say thank you so much to everyone who's been involved |
| 238s | in the beta update so far. |
| 240s | There's loads more improvements we want to make to combat |
| 242s | and we hope you'll join us in the next one. |
| 244s | If you want to be involved in future betas, make sure to follow our Discord. |
| 248s | It's a tough task working on combat, |
| 250s | so it's been really helpful with yourselves, helping us |
| 253s | and being patient with us to make sure that we're getting the right outcome. |