What Defines a "Boss Monster"?

[CampbellMC]

Coporal Beast best suits your 5 requirements. It is impossible to solo, located only deep in the Spirit World, uses more than 1 style of attack, has only 1 spawn and drops the legendary 4 shield additions.

 

 

 

Yah well that is cause Jagex wanted to make sure that it was a "Boss" more than anything else in rs. Drops the 4 sigils which are sought after by tons of people, and 2 of them are the 2nd most expensive items in the game now.

[llamster]

My definition:

 

 

 

Must be unique (1 spawn)

 

Be in multicombat (besides quest bosses)

 

Be the highest level monster, or be one of several similar leveled monsters, that are the highest level in the dungeon or area.

 

 

 

IMO drops shouldn't be part of it; if say graardor didn't drop anything special would you say that he wasn't a boss?

[OriginalGum]

This was a good read, i always thought a boss monster could have no duplicate NPC's and level never reallyed mattered because there should be bosses for all levels. they usually should have some significance in the storyline somewhere

[dirk4slayer]

well to be a boss monster they have to...

 

 

 

Talk to corporate (like a boss)

 

Approve memos (like a boss)

 

Read a workshop (like a boss)

 

Remember birthdays (like a boss)

 

Direct work-flow (like a boss)

 

My own bathroom (like a boss)

 

Micro-manage (like a boss)

 

Promote synergy (like a boss)

 

 

 

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=D>

[Sy_Accursed]

I'd say the biggest defining point of a boss monster, aside from the fact it has a singular spawn, is the fact jagex announces it as a boss monster.

 

 

 

The KQ, KBD, Chaos Elemental, Corp Beast, Dag Kings, Giant Mole, GWD Bosses etc are all refered to as "Boss" in either the kb or the the news psot of thier original release.

[CampbellMC]

My definition:

 

 

 

Must be unique (1 spawn)

 

Be in multicombat (besides quest bosses)

 

Be the highest level monster, or be one of several similar leveled monsters, that are the highest level in the dungeon or area.

 

 

 

IMO drops shouldn't be part of it; if say graardor didn't drop anything special would you say that he wasn't a boss?

 

 

 

Yah but Graardor does drop special items, otherwise he would be useless. That is like saying "Oh if there were no drops in Godwars then they would still be bosses", but Jagex would never have made Godwars if there were no drops.

[Atonisk]

The only criteria I recognize for boss monsters are:

 

A) Big.

 

B) Unique.

 

C) High-leveled.

 

 

 

Very simple, very explicit criteria.

 

 

 

I'd say the biggest defining point of a boss monster, aside from the fact it has a singular spawn, is the fact jagex announces it as a boss monster.

 

 

 

The KQ, KBD, Chaos Elemental, Corp Beast, Dag Kings, Giant Mole, GWD Bosses etc are all refered to as "Boss" in either the kb or the the news psot of thier original release.

 

 

 

Also a good point.