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As I am a newer I can only speak for my experiences so far. And as a newer elite ironman this update COMPLETELY fucked my gameplan. Specially regarding key items such as the blowpipe and even daganoths. 

 

I looked up some of the people who are all for it. Most of them are full endgame on their accounts. I hope all of them ofc dropped their easy obtained grinds. And now start the grind how it supposed to be happening according to them. 

 

I dont understand why a few up in their tower decide how majority should play. I personally really dislike how most got their easy grinds done and then be like but on osrs it was like that. Most of you didnt do the osrs way either. Its really unfair to nerf the early game as much as you did now.

 

Some of my grinds will legit take 2x longer to prepare supply wise to than take 2x longer to do it aswell. 

 

Just my 2 cents.

Hey, I did look into this myself, and the tested the 3 perfected variants of the weapon with nothing else equipped, base 99's and the corresponding BiS prayers (rigour, augury, piety). The results that I found was that the crystal staff had an ~72% chance to hit, the bow had an ~71% chance to hit, and the halberd had an ~70% chance to hit the Corrupted Hunllef, which isn't very far off from how it was before the re-work (within 5%).

Thanks for the reply, although with these new drop mechanics sometimes we can't get a single higher tier monster in 5x5 dungeon. Furthermore i tested the 3rd kill drop mechanics more and unfortunately even kililng 3 of the corrupted rats did not give me frame, I did get it on my 4th rat kill in one of the minigames. I just find myself having to force exit dungeon when I realize I won't get a weapon in time to still be able to complete the dungeon. It has never happened to me before and I'd guess to others either.

 

I see that staff speed is now instant like it used to be before the trident update which is a good thing, but for some reason our dungeons won't see sub 8 minute times ever again, let alone sub 6 that top 10 players had. In the last 4 days I've done 195 gauntlets and counting, will post more updates, but as of 28th, I am now unable to finish it under 9:50 and most of times 12+ minutes.

 

Also, when exiting the gauntlet forcefully, there is about 5 second delay before being able to move again. Is that meant to be there, as no animation is playing?

i'd appreciate if you could look into hunllef boss in gauntlet. There's only 1 attack style to be used against it and it only depends on its protection prayer. Right now all 3 weapons, having +166 accuracy and +132 str stats hit almost constant 0s. Avg. gauntlet time for me (having changed nothing in my gameplay) went from 8 minutes on average to over 11 minutes, mostly 12-13 if i even survive inside for that long.

 

Boss also seems to take too long to change protection prayer. After dealing 6 hits sometimes i have to wait for about 2 seconds for him to change prayer, could be the attack animation length causing this, altho it looks quick from our point of view.

 

lower tier gauntlet monsters aren't classified into low tier group but rather by name when it comes to guaranteed frame drop. Therefore killing 2 bats and 1 spider won't guarantee us a frame drop like stated in the opening post. It's still luck factor, whereas killing 3 bats does guarantee at least 1 frame drop.

 

killing same of the higher tier monsters now guarantees a different weapon sigil, but also doesn't guarantee a frame drop anymore like it used to be. Frame doesn't seem to be on the 100% drop table anymore.

 

regarding tbow update, i can't fully agree it should be weakened against vanguards and olm, it's an endgame weapon after all. Hitting 106s on olm (an endgame boss that's supposed to have high magic level regardless of hand we're attacking) and 119s on mage vanguard was alright, anyhow it's just my opinion.

 

along with kill time wipe, can we get trading post wipe, remove all active trades and leave items/gold in tp. There's too many old offers with ridiculous prices that only clog the search results page.

 

When look at a certain monster's drop table, such as alchemical hydra, we're only able to see first 50 drops (50/63 in this instance).

 

Also when using drop searcher, it will also show only 50 lines with no option to go next page. Example Clue scroll (elite)

 

thanks and good luck

Hey, I did look into this myself, and the tested the 3 perfected variants of the weapon with nothing else equipped, base 99's and the corresponding BiS prayers (rigour, augury, piety). The results that I found was that the crystal staff had an ~72% chance to hit, the bow had an ~71% chance to hit, and the halberd had an ~70% chance to hit the Corrupted Hunllef, which isn't very far off from how it was before the re-work (within 5%).

gauntlet is extremely annoying now, it takes way to long, my pb on my hardcore was 7:30 without rigour and not maxed stats now its 12 minutes, seems crazy and wrong.

We had a look at Twisted bow accuracy again, and we did find a bug causing the accuracy to be lower than intended (not damage though). We’re working on getting this accuracy to match the OSRS calculators 1:1 and then we will push a fix. As for other bosses such as Venenatis/Callisto, those are super tanky bosses that are meant to be difficult to hit. Even the OSRS strategy guide says that your best bet for Venenatis is to us either Ruby bolts (because other ranged attacks won’t hit) or Verac if meleeing.

After matching OSRS’s accuracy system (aside from Twisted bow and a few bosses/forms that have incorrect stats), we also apply a boost to the final accuracy because it is an RSPS and players want to feel like they’re hitting more often, which we understand. We currently set that boost at 20% and for most bosses and monsters, it seems fine, but that number could be adjusted.

I know that hitting every single time is a nice feeling, but I’m hoping that we can find a middle ground where we stay true to the mechanics of OSRS (requiring you to plan out your gear depending on what you’re fighting against), while also providing a slightly enhanced/easier experience that you’d expect from an RSPS.

We’ll be fixing the Twisted bow in a reboot tonight to make it as accurate as it should be, and we’ll continue to look into the stats on different bosses and make sure they all match up. If that doesn’t cut it, we can look at increasing that 20% boost if it’s what the community wants, or we can potentially nerf a few problematic bosses (Venenatis is unnecessarily tanky imo). Either way, we’ll figure it out and find something that we’re all comfortable with.

What is your suggestion?:

Add another way for players to obtain the lil creator (soul wars pet). I have a couple ideas I would like to present:

1- Remove wilderness skotizo and add the avatars as custom boss instead.

2- Ability to obtain it at like a 1/10k rate for killing any boss on task

3- Add the avatars as a custom boss spawning at ;;event (like the god commanders)

4- Add soul wars (even though I think its not worth the dev time)

5- Add the avatars as custom pets freely attackable at anytime

Is this in OSRS?:

Sort off (soul wars)

 

Has this suggestion been accepted already?:

No

 

How would this benefit Alora?:

I like to pet hunt and dont want to just buy the lil shit from the shop. I want to grind!

Good afternoon/evening/morning Alora,

 

I would like to preface this suggestion by specifying that I am, in fact, a Normie account. This information will become significant as we move forward with this article. For those of you that haven't immediately left this post as a result of previous statements made, I appreciate your time. If you'd like to provide feedback on this suggestion, please reply accordingly to the forum post.

 

I : INTRODUCTION

 

Questions to ask yourself before reading this section:

 

 Is it possible for players to share common ground on Alora?

Normal account, why?

What does a Normie do all day?

 

Now, chances are that if you are reading this post, you're either a current member of the community or are involved with Alora in some form or fashion. As with any collective of diverse people, we possess different opinions, preferences, and intentions from one player to the next. Nevertheless, I find it true to believe that at the core of every Alora player resides the overwhelmingly-powerful desire to have improvements made that are beneficial yet all the while do not hinder the fundamental traits of a game we know and love.

 

Forging ahead, I previously alluded to the fact that I main a Normie account. This is key in understanding how I arrived to the decision of making a game-improvement suggestion. As you know, Players with the 'Normal Account' designation are not required to perform tedious methods of acquiring items. These accounts have full accessibility of the 'Trading Post,' allowing them to purchase items that would otherwise require acquisition via killing an NPC. As you can imagine, this ability to freely exchange items eliminates time that would be alternatively spent grinding for drops. Thus, comparatively speaking, Normal Accounts are left to allocate this time towards other activities that include but are not limited to:

 

1) Bankstanding

2) Contemplating ways of improving Alora

3) Maxing 99's / Working towards 200M XP

4) Gambling

 

 

Now you may be asking yourself, "R E Z Z, what is the significance of those 4 activities? What do they all have in common?" 

Well, the answer is simple...

 

 

II : POLTON

 

Questions to ask yourself before reading this section:

 

 Who?

Oh, that's how the Bonus XP works..?

 

Why is that player standing in the corner of the bank?

 

Often found residing in the bank located at Home, POLTON is a respected, extremely wealthy member of this community. He is commonly known throughout the server to be one of the most gracious contributors to The Well of GoodwIll, an apparatus which grants an XP boost to all accounts across the server, so long as a player physically steps in front of The Well and uses Coins or items. The Well of Goodwill will notify the player with the following information:

 

1) Value of coins/items offered to The Well

3) Amount donated to The Well

4) Remaining value until The Well is full

5) Server-wide YELL of the contributor(s) name and amount donated

6) Amount of time The Well's Bonus XP will be active

 

As you can imagine, POLTON makes the trip to the well more often than others. Despite being within the general vicinity of The Well, the distance made travelling to make deposits becomes astonishingly great over time. This may take a toll on a player's will.

   Nevertheless, POLTON, being the efficient player that he is, can be seen, on occasion, standing on the northwesternmost tile of the bank. This tile serves of great strategical significance to POLTON, as this single tile allows POLTON to be in virtually the closest conceivable tile to the Well, while simultaneously being able to bankstand. 

 

 

III : CONCLUSION

Questions to ask yourself before reading this section:

 

 How rich is he?

Where are you going with this?

How can I get this suggestion approved?

 

Previously, I briefly touched on the fact that POLTON is RICH. Not only is he very, very RICH, but he has furthermore become decently famous around the server.

And what does society do to commemorate people that are both RICH and famous? Simple.

 

 

THEY BUILD STATUES OF THEM.

 

 

 

Exhibit 1A.

 

The northwesternmost tile of the bank (indicated by the red 'X')

This is the closest tile in proximinity to the Well of Goodwill that a player can stand while bankstanding.

 

 

 

Exhibit 1B:

 

In this illustration, we see Polton (indicated by the red arrow) standing on the northwesternmost tile of the bank. Please reference Exhibit 1A (shown above).

 

 

 

IIII : SUGGESTION

 

Questions to ask yourself before reading this section:

 

Does Omicron even read these things?

Will Polton give me gp if I beg?

Why are Polton's PMs set to 'Friends' only?

 

 

What is your suggestion?:

We delegate a single tile of the bank to serve as the location for a statue of Polton. (Reference Exhibit 1A and 1B for proposed location).

Is this in OSRS?:

No but it should be

Has this suggestion been accepted already?:

No but it should be

How would this benefit Alora?:

Placement of a statue on the specific northwesternmost tile of the bank will serve as a placeholder for Polton on the rare occasion that he is not bankstanding. This will support Polton in his quest to achieve the optimal proximity to the Well of Goodwill at all times, all the while commemorating him for his gracious past, present, and future contributions to the Well. 

Giving appreciation and recognition for someone who has supported the players daily, goes a long way.

If we do this for him, Polton will likely feel morally obligated to continue to allocate funding for the Well, thus granting bonus XP for ALL players of Alora, subsequently enhancing the overall game experience for users on Alora.

 

 

Thank you for your time and consideration,

 

-R E Z Z

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