I personally hate some of the new weapon looks and animation. I liked the old dragon scimitar picture much better, and the new obby maul attack looks so dumb. I know that I am complaining about pixels, but if I am paying 12 dollars a month for two member accounts, I consider it reasonable to be able to look like the player requested it. I want there to be polls about the graphics updates, so Jagex actually knows what the players want. For instance, the obby maul attack is at the same speed, but the animation itself is slower. When I pk on my pure with it, I switch from another faster attack style to the maul. People can now see it coming, thus making it harder to pk people. Why change the speed for one particular weapon?

What is the point in changing the dragon scimitar picture? It's not like the new one looks any better. I either want every graphic update by public opinion, or it to be personal. (like under the tool icon) Jagex is once again being completely impersonal to their players.

Erm yeah the new looks IS how most players wanted them to look.

I personally hate some of the new weapon looks and animation. I liked the old dragon scimitar picture much better, and the new obby maul attack looks so dumb. I know that I am complaining about pixels, but if I am paying 12 dollars a month for two member accounts, I consider it reasonable to be able to look like the player requested it. I want there to be polls about the graphics updates, so Jagex actually knows what the players want. For instance, the obby maul attack is at the same speed, but the animation itself is slower. When I pk on my pure with it, I switch from another faster attack style to the maul. People can now see it coming, thus making it harder to pk people. Why change the speed for one particular weapon?

What is the point in changing the dragon scimitar picture? It's not like the new one looks any better. I either want every graphic update by public opinion, or it to be personal. (like under the tool icon) Jagex is once again being completely impersonal to their players.

I'm not saying we should change all of the looks, but some of them are relatively pointless. For instance, I like the new ss animation, but hate the obby maul animation.

Well with all due respect, Jagex is only 1 company serving millions and millions of players.

 

So they can't really please everyone perfectly, I guess they can only give what the community wants as a majority.

How the hell can you complain about graphics after what the game used to look like? It looks great compared to old RS2

So through some miraculous event Jagex decides to listen to you and change the weapon animations/appearance back. More people will whine to change it back. Then after Jagex obliges them, some others will whine to do otherwise. Ad infinitum.

 

Jagex is always sitting on a see-saw. They can't please everyone, but as long as they please enough people, it's good enough.

I actually like the new weapon animation and appearance than it was before.

 

Before: Your rune scimitar/longsword looks like a plastic blue rod, and you look like you're bashing with a stick.

After: Your rune scimitar/longsword looks like a REAL sword, and swing like one.

 

Also, function > fashion, although both are important. Would you like a game with awesome looking but crap usefulness weapons?

 

Then again, this is cosmetic so it's purely subjective. Not really rant worthy tbh. If you don't like it, too bad, a ton of others do.

I actually like the new weapon animation and appearance than it was before.

 

Before: Your rune scimitar/longsword looks like a plastic blue rod, and you look like you're bashing with a stick.

After: Your rune scimitar/longsword looks like a REAL sword, and swing like one.

 

Also, function > fashion, although both are important. Would you like a game with awesome looking but crap usefulness weapons?

 

Then again, this is cosmetic so it's purely subjective. Not really rant worthy tbh. If you don't like it, too bad, a ton of others do.

 

Well said.

Speaking of weapon graphics, why didn't they do anything to range and magic weaponry?

 

Notice the only stuff updated are melee weapons.

We'll just have to assume that they have future plans for different aspects of Combat, although thinking about the Ranged actions being combat sounds good.

 

In general, I don't think many people can complain about Weapon Animation or Appearance, I mean it's nowhere near perfect, but at least Jagex have tried to improve it for us. :thumbup:

Speaking of weapon graphics, why didn't they do anything to range and magic weaponry?

 

Notice the only stuff updated are melee weapons.

 

They said they had some issues when they tried to finish up the Animation Pack 2. I personally don't dig on the new look of the short/long swords, but the 2handers and scimitar are better.

How the hell can you complain about graphics after what the game used to look like? It looks great compared to old RS2

 

Monks robes looked beast in old RS2. Also Scimitars looked much better back then.

but the 2handers and scimitar are better.

 

have you seen the d2h?

In my opinion what has gotten

 

WORST: Dragon 2H , zamorak godsword spec, all scimitars and longswords

 

BETTER: All the rest of the 2H swords, Abyssal whip, all other special attacks

 

so they did most of em better but i loved the old d scimmy... this one looks like a plastic pirate thing

In my opinion what has gotten

 

WORST: Dragon 2H , zamorak godsword spec, all scimitars and longswords

 

BETTER: All the rest of the 2H swords, Abyssal whip, all other special attacks

 

so they did most of em better but i loved the old d scimmy... this one looks like a plastic pirate thing

STOP HATING PIRATES

In my opinion what has gotten

 

WORST: Dragon 2H , zamorak godsword spec, all scimitars and longswords

 

BETTER: All the rest of the 2H swords, Abyssal whip, all other special attacks

 

so they did most of em better but i loved the old d scimmy... this one looks like a plastic pirate thing

STOP HATING PIRATES

 

i actually think persians and arabians used it way before pirates =O

I hate almost all of the new weapon styles.

 

Like: All scimtars and two handers.

Hate: All longswords, shortswords, silver/darklight, whip.

 

I like the animation, though.

Only thing i hate is the new d2h`s hilt. It used to look different from other 2h`s. Now it`s just all the same.

The idle animation of the whip drives me up a wall.

 

"I'm not moving. Why is my whip moving?" :ohnoes:

 

I like the scimitar, long sword and 2h appearances because they seem more elegant now.

I hate almost all of the new weapon styles.

 

Like: All scimtars and two handers.

Hate: All longswords, shortswords, silver/darklight, whip.

 

I like the animation, though.

 

Wait... You're telling me you prefered the silverlight/darklight looking like a thin twig, rather than actually looking like a demon slaying sword?

WORST: Dragon 2H , zamorak godsword spec, all scimitars and longswords

I stab something with an ice covered sword and it explodes in a bunch of ice shards? That's just badass.

Otherwise agreed mostly. D2H was awesome before the change, as was dscim.

Everything else was a major improvement to the play dough scimitars and stick longswords.

I liked it better before as well. The new weapons look like plastic toys. I think the only weapon that was improved is Dharok's greataxe.

I liked it better before as well. The new weapons look like plastic toys. I think the only weapon that was improved is Dharok's greataxe.

I actually thought the NEW weapons look better, and that the OLD ones are the ones that look like plastic toys to me. Lol.

There's two things that bother me, one more than the other:

 

I hate the way we hold scimitars now. I liked it when our arms were more relaxed. They look really... stupid.

 

I don't like that we stand pigeon-toed when holding a 2h sword.

The only weapon that improved is darklight. that thing looks beast now.

 

The rest, they didn't really get worse or better it was a pretty unnecessary update.

 

Except for dragon scim, that thing looks ridiculous now.