I was recently playing Cabal Online (I've stopped playing Runescape seriously, but I still occasionally play on Ftp) with a few clan mates, and we were talking about how hard it was to afford and get the end game equipment. In case you were wondering, the End-game equipment is a series of hard to get eqipment sets, armor, and weapons that only people who have maxed out classes can wear. They're rare drops from high level bosses, and some are rare drops in pvp. They also have insane costs. (I'd say the runescape eqivalent in cost would be somewhere around 800 million gp to buy a set.)

 

 

 

 

 

So I was thinking about this while playing RS, and I just really wondered how the community would feel about equipment like this. If there was equipment and armor that was extremely rare to obtain, and could only be worn by people who had levels over 90, would you try to get it? Would you think that it would be "fair"? Currently, the "best" (quite arguable) armor, based on levels, is the pvp armor, which degrades and is hard to obtain. That being said, it's wearable at level 78, and the max is 99. Do you think there should be "end-game" equipment for maxed-out players?

Elysian Shield.

 

 

 

'nuff said.

 

 

 

But yes, they do need to release armor that negates damage like the DSS/ESS with level 80 or 90 defense requirements.

Jagex will release higher level gear sooner or later. Unfortunately I don't think it will be for a very long time and when they do it will be hoarded by people trying to sell it for 10000 times more than it should be worth.

yeah the spirit shields (mostly elysian and divine) are examples of what you are looking for. they may not have the lvl 80 or 90 requirements but they are definitely up there in rarity and difficulty to obtain.

 

 

 

other armors and weapons might come in the future, but what we currently have is already powerful enough in my mind.

Yes, but it must be untradeable.

 

 

 

I'm thinking as a reward to some insane quest, maybe 150th or 200th? And/or as a extremely rare drop from a boss monster like Corp. Beast.

 

 

 

Along the lines of rarity I'm thinking about somewhere in the region of 3rd Age or rarer.

On Cabal I believe the best is amp or deathblow, depends, too bad amp is by epic drop now :/.

 

 

 

OT: I think 3rd age ? with spirit shields

Jagex will release higher level gear sooner or later. Unfortunately I don't think it will be for a very long time and when they do it will be hoarded by people trying to sell it for 10000 times more than it should be worth.

 

 

 

That could be solved by putting in limitations like, you could only have one at a time, it's untradeable, or you have to actually have the requirements for it to possess it.

I 100% agree that if they do this it should be untradeable....or else those greedy merchants will get their paws on em :thumbdown:

I 100% agree that if they do this it should be untradeable....or else those greedy merchants will get their paws on em :thumbdown:

 

I also agree we should have a few untradable "end game" pieces. Whether from bosses, quests, or even just slayer monsters, I remember when Slayer was first released Jagex were considering creating whips to be untradable, but changed it shortly before the skill was released. Items are worth alot more to people when they know that they achieved it themselves, and it isn't something anyone can just go and buy, eg. Fire cape

completely agree :

Jagex will release higher level gear sooner or later. Unfortunately I don't think it will be for a very long time and when they do it will be hoarded by people trying to sell it for 10000 times more than it should be worth.

 

 

 

That could be solved by putting in limitations like, you could only have one at a time, it's untradeable, or you have to actually have the requirements for it to possess it.

 

 

 

I dont like the idea of it being untradeable but I've never even considered having a limit to how many you can have and I think thats a really good solution.

Lol imagine armor with 250 in every stat, as well as a salamander type weapon with 150 in every start.

we need to sort hp out first, really no need for more damage from melee for the moment.

we need to sort hp out first, really no need for more damage from melee for the moment.

 

Lets have armour that boosts hp then :thumbup:

we need to sort hp out first, really no need for more damage from melee for the moment.

 

Lets have armour that boosts hp then :thumbup:

 

Not a bad idea at all.

I 100% agree that if they do this it should be untradeable....or else those greedy merchants will get their paws on em :thumbdown:

 

 

 

Exactly.

we need to sort hp out first, really no need for more damage from melee for the moment.

 

Lets have armour that boosts hp then :thumbup:

 

Not a bad idea at all.

 

That could be something that Jagex should look into.

I can't have been the only one to lose.

reminds me of http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=784471...

In regards to the HP situation, they should make it so HP doesnt have a 99 cap...just keeps going?

I can't have been the only one to lose.

 

 

 

You weren't.

 

 

 

ON TOPIC: Any "end game" armor should be untradable.

I can't have been the only one to lose.

 

 

 

You weren't.

 

 

 

ON TOPIC: Any "end game" armor should be untradable.

 

 

 

the outfit in morningrise333's signature wouldn't be too bad.

The thing I find incredibly baffling is that people find untradeable rares "fair", yet extremely high level armor for level 99 skill players is unfair, although it requires hard work and effort and is earned, UNLIKE untradeable rares (and to some extent tradeable ones) which fit NONE of these categories.

I can't have been the only one to lose.

 

 

 

*sigh* Lost the game again due to you. :thumbsup:

 

 

 

On Topic- I'd love to see higher levels get osme awesome equipment. :)

The thing I find incredibly baffling is that people find untradeable rares "fair", yet extremely high level armor for level 99 skill players is unfair, although it requires hard work and effort and is earned, UNLIKE untradeable rares (and to some extent tradeable ones) which fit NONE of these categories.

 

 

 

 

 

Its not so much that its fair but if you make super strong armor tradable then you will have merchants charging hundreds of millions for it like the spirits shields and only a few extremely rich merchanters will have it.