Returning back after 2 years

[godwisper]

have not played in last 2 years or so. I dont know what is new. Last I played was when the shields came out.

 

So what is new ?

 

I like to solo bosses....are seismics still worth it say for nex ? any new and better armour and weapons ? Suggestions for new bosses ?

[Arceus]

I haven't made my way up to Nex on my P2P account but I think it's safe to say it is worthwhile...assuming you can afford it.

 

The high level boss Araxxor was released probably just after you quite, and has good drops including components to make noxious weaponry - two-handed, tier 90 weapons. They are the noxious scythe, longbow, and staff. The staff (~145M) is far cheaper than dual seismics (~550M), but it does have the distinct disadvantage of no shield swap available like any two-handed weapon. There are other weapons that have been subsequently released as well - an array of T85 weaponry including the strykebow (t85 shieldbow) and staff of darkness (t85 magic staff), but again most are still inferior to T90 if you can afford it.

 

There's also hydrix jewellery which has an assorted array of useful effects, again if you can afford it (around 25M apiece). You can also earn your own if you participate in the Distraction and Diversion known as Soul Reaper, in which Death gives you a daily task. Completing your task rewards you with points and Slayer experience, and with points you can purchase rewards, including an incomplete hydrix, which you can eventually make into one of the pieces of jewellery.

 

There are also new, slightly counterintuitive death mechanics. When you die, you are transported to Death's Office and can pay to recover all of your items. Alternatively, you can leave, attempt to reach your grave, and recover that way for free, but any items not protected will degrade a bit. If you don't make it in time you can go back to Death and still have the opportunity to buy them, as long as you don't die a second time before doing so.

[godwisper]

Thanks for the update :)

 

Which would you recommend for say Nex or Araxxor ? Seismic or noxious ? Mage or range ?

 

Same for the jewellery...which is best for pve ?

[Arceus]

I'm not completely sure as I haven't fought those bosses or used hydrix jewellery yet. Wiki seems to advise avoiding deathtouched bracelet at all costs at Araxxor, and at Nex it can potentially glitch and become a catastrophe, but for the other three:

 

Ring of death - will teleport you out preserving everything including active familiar at a cost of 15% charge. So after the initial investment, you are essentially paying 500K-600K for a death automatically when the ring is worn. It is recharged by adding the gem onyx to it. One onyx restores 50% and costs just under 1.8M. On death you lose 15% of the charges, as long as it has at least enough charges left to do so. In addition, it has a second effect of restoring a small amount of adrenaline on every kill. I'm not sure if killing one phase of a boss counts for this or not (probably not though).

 

Amulet of souls - under regular circumstances protection prayers and deflect curses reduce damage by 50%. With the amulet on, damage will be reduced by 60% instead. In addition, it has a chance of making soul split heal even more than usual - 50% chance of healing 25%-50% more than the normal amount.

 

Reaper necklace - for each hit you gain a 0.1% accuracy bonus, stacking up to 3%, and it is a flat bonus. For comparison, that's a bigger buff to accuracy than the infamos void set (as long as the buff is up).

 

In addition to those passive benefits, they also offer some of the highest stats in the game for their respective slots. Do keep in mind though that once you buy them and put them on, they become permanently untradeable, so be sure you are committed to it first :).