hustler313 Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 IT SUCKS, I MEAN IT'S GREAT ARMOR. BUT IT'S HORRIBLE BECAUSE OF THE DEGRADEING THING. :twisted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdattack16 Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Never, ever leave RuneScape for World of Warcraft. You will probably hate it, since just about everything degrades. It's like that in a lot of MMOs, actually. The degrading isn't that bad, anyway. For the full set, it costs less than 30k an hour, which you can easily make through skills or combat. The effectiveness of the armor makes those low costs very worth it. Also, look at your keyboard lights. Is one with an "A" or the words "Caps Lock" next to it turned on? Yeah, I thought so. Press the Caps Lock button. We don't want to see your excessive caps. Sig credit goes to ThruItAll. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harakiri Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Please turn off caps... And please make your rant longer and maybe a little bit more educated. Other than that....its fine...more realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zierro Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 When you have high level Smithing, you can repair it for a portion of the original cost in your POH. The higher your Smithing, the more you save. To be honest, I think I save more money by not having to use up so much food than I have to spend on repairing it. The annoying part is when you have to stop and take the time to repair it though. :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_Servo Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Yeah, it's pretty annoying but it really does need the degrading aspect of it to balance it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim_Tam_Tan_Tien Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 imagine derepid armour over hundreds of years old, it has been moved from its resting place and been used in battle where it is being bashed a smashed by giant sword used by the gods themselves, of course its not gonna need repairing, thats just silly :roll: O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O OO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairness Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 And of course, a relatively fragile bronze armor will last for damn eternity, even when bashed upon continuously by said sword. :roll: You're being watched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlee21 Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Actually it balance the combat triangle out, meleers dont need to pay any extra arrows or rune costs which i find not that good :wall: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hustler313 Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Good Points :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hustler313 Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 And nerd attack, i know how to type. Thank You. 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harper128 Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I believe that it was also one of the first attempts at a money sink. It's great armor so everyone wants it, but it degrades, so there is a continual upkeep payment. Therefore at least some of the cash that it helps you to bring in is being taken back out of the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper88888 Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Without it degrading over time, most degradable armor and weapons would be far too powerful, and far too easy/inexpensive to use... And besides, in quite a few MMOs and RPGs, almost everything degrades. So don't ever try playing Oblivion or WoW.. :| There is no meaning or truth in life but that which we create for ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyPunchers Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Without it degrading over time, most degradable armor and weapons would be far too powerful, and far too easy/inexpensive to use... And besides, in quite a few MMOs and RPGs, almost everything degrades. So don't ever try playing Oblivion or WoW.. Qft. And Oblivion owns all. Imo, everything should degrade in Rs. Would make smithing useful. Thanks to all those who have messaged me concerning a revamp of my Range-Slayer guide. Because of you all I will start rewriting it asap.[/color] Formerly RobinHoodie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbydog95 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 barrows would be too power full if it didnt degrade and its "old amrour" and like zierro said if u got 50+smith and a POH you get dicounts :D PSN: Skaterguy1224 Tactical Nukes - 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PandaTheMan03 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 I believe they degrade because it is...ancient armour? You expect extremely old armour to NOT be fragile and easily damaged? It's all in the lore, I believe. So we just gotta deal with it. And like someone said already, get your smithing up so you can lessen the cost of repairing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper88888 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Oblivion And honestly, a system like that would be pretty cool... Smithing would be useful again :thumbsup: There is no meaning or truth in life but that which we create for ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroLegionnaire Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Its for game balance. Its already a tenth the price of dragon armour, with more defence stats, there has to be SOME sort of drawback somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omali Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 And nerd attack, i know how to type. Thank You. 8-) You certainly don't know how to use your common sense, that's for sure. Barrows has been out for years, you're just discovering that it degrades now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randox Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Soemones not going to like Diablo:3, or any other diablo game for that matter since all but 4 types of items degrade (rings, ammulets, throwing potions, and items with a zod rune/indestructable attribule). Also, they made it degrade because its good armour. It called a 'trade off' or 'give and take'. Itrs good armour so it needs a fault to balence it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amitoz Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Without it degrading over time, most degradable armor and weapons would be far too powerful, and far too easy/inexpensive to use... And besides, in quite a few MMOs and RPGs, almost everything degrades. So don't ever try playing Oblivion or WoW.. Qft. And Oblivion owns all. Imo, everything should degrade in Rs. Would make smithing useful. You couldn't trade much then, seeing as people don't repair armour every 5 minutes. ----- Anyways, It was a money sink, along with crystal bow/sheild, and construction. Come to my Clan chat (I'm there if I'm online) if you wish to borrow a Green H'ween mask, Blue H'ween Mask, Red H'ween Mask, or Santa for a reasonable price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imamonkey Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Give me Torags over Dragon armor any day of the week. Torags is around a million gold. Dragon is around 8 to 10 million. (Just an effin guess, can't be assed to look it up. So I don't wanna hear some freak going "OMG its this yada yada amount) I repaired my Torags a couple of days ago, and it cost me approximately 150k. You get approximately 15 hours of combat. Let's see, that means I get around 800 hours of combat before it approaches the cost of Dragon at 8 mill. Hmmm...Torags is better than Dragon, looks cooler, I get an [wagon] load of combat time before it approaches the cost of Dragon, and the cost is deferred over time making it easier to afford.. What were you [bleep]in about again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairiesWearBoots Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 When you have high level Smithing, you can repair it for a portion of the original cost in your POH. The higher your Smithing, the more you save. To be honest, I think I save more money by not having to use up so much food than I have to spend on repairing it. The annoying part is when you have to stop and take the time to repair it though. :x That's true. Instead of simply breaking over time and use, rs has this nice thing where having a variety of skills matters. Smithing comes in play right here, where you wanna wear barrows, but you're so damned cheap that your wallet is already in tears after the first two syllabals in degradeable. If your smithing is high, your wallet won't cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star_Fox Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 it'll be way too accessible for lower levels to wear the same armor as higher levels. since some people like myself don't prefer degradable armor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alg Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 It's balanced that way. Far better than the other class of level- 70 armor, because you have to maintain it. I painted some stuff and put it on tumblr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphinsfan913 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Well chances are if you can afford to get it, you can afford to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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