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The new shield - a missed opportunity


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Today Jagex introduced us with the Dragon Fire shield.

 

I realy love this update,gr8 stats, nice new unleash option,rechargeable at no cost, cant w8 to put my hands on those.

 

But didn't Jagex missed a big opportunity here?

 

An opportunity to restore the glory of the Dragon sq shield???!!!!.

 

Instead of making it a anti-fire shield upgrade shouldn't it be (sry for the grammer) a Dragon sq shield upgrade? :-k

 

 

 

What do you think?

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I have no idea whats wrong with some people...dq square? glory? dq square is useless since the release of the obby shield, then again after the defenders, and now yet again...rs evolves, learn to live with it.

 

I wonder when we will see a similar post asking to restore glory to the oh mighty legends cape...pffft

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I have no idea whats wrong with some people...dq square? glory? dq square is useless since the release of the obby shield, then again after the defenders, and now yet again...rs evolves, learn to live with it.

 

I wonder when we will see a similar post asking to restore glory to the oh mighty legends cape...pffft

 

 

 

First, grats on being the first smart-butt on this thread =D>

 

Now, yea, d square is useless now, but this what this thread is all about kid, restoring it to the back to its natural position as the first shield-slot choice again..

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I agree, you just have to do D slayer for the best shield ingame?

 

 

 

Seems too easy.

 

 

 

You also need a drop from a dragon, don't know what the item is called and I'm too lazy to look it up. So no, it's not just Dragon Slayer. And why would anyone want to restore the d sq? We also need items for the less fortunate people.

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I have no clue how difficult it is to get the draconic visage from a dragon, but unless it is extremely rare, this shield seems too powerful.

 

 

 

Once it is fully charged, it is the strongest shield in game (I don't know the crystal shield stats, but it is stronger then the dragon sq and third age by a decent amount, so I would imagine it is stronger then crystal as well).

 

It doesn't degrade and it has what could potentially be a great special. Using the special barely lowers the shields stats.

 

 

 

 

 

Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with it being the strongest shield...if thats what Jagex wants to release, fine with me....BUT if draconic visage isn't an extremely rare drop, then we have a great shield that anyone and everyone can and will have.

 

If it was made using the dragon Sq shield as suggested, at the very least, it would be valued around 1 mill or so (no clue what they are worth anymore) so that it is at least somewhat of a valuable item to train or PK with.

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I think sq is just too common now, probably wanted this to be rarer, they could've made a dragon kite though :P

 

That's not what he meant. Antidragon shield is not rare either now IS IT?

 

 

 

I agree with the thread starter, this was the golden opportunity to revive the dragon square.

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I agree, you just have to do D slayer for the best shield ingame?

 

 

 

Seems too easy.

 

 

 

You also need a drop from a dragon, don't know what the item is called and I'm too lazy to look it up. So no, it's not just Dragon Slayer. And why would anyone want to restore the d sq? We also need items for the less fortunate people.

 

 

 

Its called Dragons Visage, but still for such a good item, its such an easy quest.

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I think people should try the shield out before complaining about it. Seriously, every time there's an update no matter how major or minor, there's always a somebody who'll sling mud at it before trying it. If Jagex decides to make a Dragon Kiteshield update, it'll probably be split into halves like the Dragon Square Shield, or maybe even quarters.

 

 

 

I think it's good that there's an update for people who are serious Metal Dragon slayers. Maybe we'll see an increase in availability of Dragon equipment.

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I have no idea whats wrong with some people...dq square? glory? dq square is useless since the release of the obby shield, then again after the defenders, and now yet again...rs evolves, learn to live with it.

 

I wonder when we will see a similar post asking to restore glory to the oh mighty legends cape...pffft

 

 

 

First, grats on being the first smart-butt on this thread =D>

 

Now, yea, d square is useless now, but this what this thread is all about kid, restoring it to the back to its natural position as the first shield-slot choice again..

 

 

 

First of all i will not have a 10 year old calling me a kid just because i dont agree with him.

 

Second, in case you didnt noticed no one uses dq shield for a long long long time, this update didnt cause that.

 

Third, have you people stopped to think for 10 seconds and wondered how would a dq shield be charged with dragon breath?? oww one more charge...bamn 60 damage dealt...gf

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First of all i will not have a 10 year old calling me a kid just because i dont agree with him.

 

 

 

Learn to respect the others kid (yes, i am talking about the legends cape remark).

 

O, and btw, i am 30 years old :wink:

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I agree, you just have to do D slayer for the best shield ingame?

 

 

 

Seems too easy.

 

 

 

You also need a drop from a dragon, don't know what the item is called and I'm too lazy to look it up. So no, it's not just Dragon Slayer. And why would anyone want to restore the d sq? We also need items for the less fortunate people.

 

 

 

Its called Dragons Visage, but still for such a good item, its such an easy quest.

 

I agree with that, using the Dragon Square as a base for the new shield would mean Legends right?

 

Thought it maybe wouldn't have the special effect and charging capabilities that it has this way...

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I agree, you just have to do D slayer for the best shield ingame?

 

 

 

Seems too easy.

 

 

 

You also need a drop from a dragon, don't know what the item is called and I'm too lazy to look it up. So no, it's not just Dragon Slayer. And why would anyone want to restore the d sq? We also need items for the less fortunate people.

 

 

 

Its called Dragons Visage, but still for such a good item, its such an easy quest.

 

I agree with that, using the Dragon Square as a base for the new shield would mean Legends right?

 

Thought it maybe wouldn't have the special effect and charging capabilities that it has this way...

 

 

 

You could simply have the visage added to the square shield, which would give it the ability to charge from dragonfire, or you might have to smith the square shield, antidragon shield, and visage all together.

 

 

 

They could've incorporated the dragon square shield into this, yes, but there's probably some reason they chose not to.

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I think people should try the shield out before complaining about it. Seriously, every time there's an update no matter how major or minor, there's always a somebody who'll sling mud at it before trying it. If Jagex decides to make a Dragon Kiteshield update, it'll probably be split into halves like the Dragon Square Shield, or maybe even quarters.

 

 

 

I think it's good that there's an update for people who are serious Metal Dragon slayers. Maybe we'll see an increase in availability of Dragon equipment.

 

 

 

 

 

I don't think anyone is really "complaining" about the update in this thread. It is simply saying that Jagex could have used the Dragon Square shield to make this new shield rather then the anti dragon breath shield.

 

 

 

 

 

Apparently though, the draconic visage is an extremely rare drop, which will in fact make this shield very pricey, so it doesn't need to made from a Drag sq to give the shield a higher price tag.

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they could have given some explanation if they did use the use the dragon square shield that it requires the dragon fire shield to be melted and smelted on the top of the dragon shield to give it the strength of a dragon square shield yet.... the evasive dragon breath properties of the antifire breath shield(yeah i know lame :notalk:)

 

 

 

I do agree with sykoknight that no-one is complaning but just giving suggestions on how they could incorporate a dragon sqaure into the process.

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i think this weapon will be very overpowered, not only does it have +20 more than a d square, but with the dragonfire attack if you can hit 50's in the wildy then itll be way overpowered

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I agree, you just have to do D slayer for the best shield ingame?

 

 

 

Seems too easy.

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not to mention how rare of a drop the draconic visage apparently is and how much it costs you to get the visage attached (I believe people are saying that it's 1.25 mill unless you have 90 smithing) (check out the update thread for more information).

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