A solution to the PVP update problems.

[Darkblade20]

As we've all seen, and had our rants about, Jagex recently dropped the heavy hammer of the law on Runescape pvp, causing an immense uproar among the general population. While I can agree with a few updates, and changes, there are a few that don't seem to make sense. The primary being, the loss of "protect item," a prayer which protects a players most valuable item upon death, which, has now lost it's central function with the changes that have been implemented.

 

 

 

So, then, I propose a solution to the "solution" Jagex has employed to discourage abuse of pvp drops, which will benefit traditional PK, while maintaining satisfactory discouragement against said abuse:

 

 

 

From now on, I will be discussing what I'm going to term as "Extended Release". The concept almost mirroring EP in mechanics, the basics of the idea are like so:

 

 

 

1) Players will skull upon log in, as usual. The skull will also function as it normally would: It will disappear in one hour of continuous play. You must be outside a safe zone for this hour, and the skull will reset upon death.

 

 

 

2) The "protect item" prayer will function in a manner similar to the skull. After a certain amount of time in a hot-zone or pvp area, around 30-45 minutes, protect item will become available for use. You must stay outside a safe zone, and you must stay alive, or the prayer timer will not continue, or it will reset. This way, you will be able to protect an item, but you will still have to wait for a skull to disappear to protect more items. This will also discourage PJ.

 

 

 

3) You continue to gain EP as usual, or if need be, less EP every 30 minutes.

 

 

 

With this, not only can PK return to a semi-normal level of play, but it also adds another aspect to the hunt: Wit and cunning; A need to stay alive for periods of time, avoiding other hunters until you can PK effectively. I believe this concept creates a fun PK atmosphere, while maintaining a level of severity. As per every theory, tweaking is in order, but this seems like it can work.

 

 

 

 

 

Comments, and criticisms?

[GlowinRedM]

You should also have the protection coming back only if you are risking ;) Great idea though. Post it on RSOF ;)