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It's not intended to be misleading, but I agree its kind of a bad choice of words.

What we're trying to say is the updated blog combines the original and the changes blogs we released. If a player had only read the first blog, this one has incorporated a lot of feedback - even if the changes aren't in line with what everyone expected.

Well with the increased Ranged defence on the Dinh's Bulwark you could still use it and opt for Protect from Melee to negate most non-Magic damage you'd receive (you'd have to keep an eye on mage switches though).

A great alternative setup, although more expensive, is to use a Staff of the Dead/Light and a Dragonfire Shield. The special attack of the staff provides great defensive bonuses and the shield is generally a great all round defensive item.

It's only kill times that will be reset, all other PBs will remain as they are in-game.

Sorry about the wrong image being included when the blog went live, I didn't realise until about 20 minutes later :(

In regards to your concern over PBs being reset, they will still be saved to view. Am I safe in assuming your issue is with not seeing that time anymore on each kill?

Would you mind expanding this feedback a little with the consideration of PB's being stored as we mentioned in the blog - is it safe to assume your concern is over not being able to see it each kill anymore?

I think repolling them would have been fair even without these changes. I recall at the time a lot of players were confused as they believed standard Black D'hide chaps/vambraces required 40 Defence to wear.

Not sure when, but I do think it's possible we'll see that question come back in a near miss poll or something.

I'd love to share more regarding potential future changes with Crystal Armour but there's nothing more I'm able to say at the moment. I do think we'll see it getting buffed further at some point though.

We are aware this could be an issue and we touched on it in the blog. It's very likely change will be made but not until we're comfortable on what change is right without ruining the already established economy of Rune/Dragon darts (emphasis on Dragon).

Not an ideal answer I know, but it's not something we'd want to rush given the impact it could have.

With the increased Ranged defence of the Bulwark, and its current Melee defences, it's still the best defensive shield in the game and it'll likely still have use in PvP.

Yes you'll be more susceptible to Magic damage, but using Protect from Melee will negate a lot of non-Magic damage - you'll just have to be more aware of when Magic switches happen.

I added a changelog of sorts to try and better identify the changes since the last two blogs were posted. Sorry that wasn't included to begin with, I thought it would be too clunky and people would want to read through the whole blog given a lot of the wording changed, but I realise that was a mistake now.

With the increased Ranged defence of the Bulwark, and its current Melee defences, it's still the best defensive shield in the game and it'll likely still have use in PvP.

Yes you'll be more susceptible to Magic damage, but using Protect from Melee will negate a lot of non-Magic damage and you'll just have to be more aware of when Magic switches happen.

I'd love to give you more information, believe me, but I can't. It's no secret there will be new content in the future though, and we've talked about Raids 3 a fair few times as a possibility in the future, but that's about all I can say.

I haven't no, my PvM experience goes as far as the Corrupted Gauntlet but that's why I rely on others that are experienced with doing it - same goes for Skilling and PvP updates.

Yes I know, and that's absolutely fine. My reply was to inform the OP that it's not necessarily a reflection of my ability as a CM, that's all

The Inferno is going to be slightly harder, but as mentioned on a stream, it shouldn't be the reason you're unable to get your cape.

These changes will likely mean the average run for a competent player is ~2 minutes longer in terms of DPS loss.

For those going for a cape for their very first time, the main sitations that get harder as a result are the Range/Mager when facing VS Zuk which will take ~20 seconds longer to complete, and the healers, which the Sanguinesti Staff is a great alternative to use against them for learning.

I know it must feel like I'm the blocker with all this seeing as I'm out here replying, but I can assure you suitable feedback was sent in and the decision was made by the team working on the project.

I can only do so much when it comes to advising on further change. I don't really make the decisions here.

The only real thing I can say to you is that we honestly do receive a lot of feedback regarding how confusing the perceived strength of an item is based on its requirements, and that's part of the reason we decided now was the time to make the change. It's more of a problem when it comes to pitching new reward ideas, but it is still common with items that exist in-game too.

I can fully apprecaite why it seems that way, but we did review the feedback extensively. The most recent changes to the Toxic Blowpipe nerf are about where we expected and the beta helped solidify that for us and is why no further change was made there. We touched on how we're not looking to fill the gap left behind right now, but that's not to say we won't in the future - another point that was raised by many.

The changes to Blessed Dragonhide was in response to feedback following Black Dragonhide also being tested in the beta, but knowing that the Melee defence stats are still a problem we opted for the Magic and Ranged defence stats to remain instead.

For Dinh's Bulwark as much as I am going to get destroyed for saying, it simply is too powerful in PvP so the increased Ranged defence is an attempt to provide it some utility within certain PvP situations, whilst not putting it back into the position it currently is in.

A lot of the further clarifications ...

It's definitely something we're considering. I'd love to be able to share more around how we'd approach that but I can't go into detail until I'm able to :(

I know it seems that way but it really is about providing more clarity when it comes to item strength, especially when we're considering introducing new items in the future.

We did look at many different suggestions on how we could approach this in a way that incorporates limited account builds, but none of them were deemed suitable when compared to what we were trying to achieve.

Not a message I want to have to write honestly. We do genuinely feel for those accounts but we will be looking to introduce new items to replace what was lost where we can.