You guys, I don't think you understand the magnitude of the issue here. The issue being: Why do you care at all which hand your character uses to do different things? Good lord, a topic that talked about how the old wilderness was better would have been a better topic.

But think of the possibilities of being ambidextrous! Double crossbow bolt barrage, anyone?

You guys, I don't think you understand the magnitude of the issue here. The issue being: Why do you care at all which hand your character uses to do different things? Good lord, a topic that talked about how the old wilderness was better would have been a better topic.

But think of the possibilities of being ambidextrous! Double crossbow bolt barrage, anyone?

 

DOUBLE DDS SPEC OMFG NEW CLAWS. DOUBLE WHIPS OMFG. DOUBLE SHIELDS OMFG. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

You guys, I don't think you understand the magnitude of the issue here. The issue being: Why do you care at all which hand your character uses to do different things? Good lord, a topic that talked about how the old wilderness was better would have been a better topic.

But think of the possibilities of being ambidextrous! Double crossbow bolt barrage, anyone?

 

DOUBLE DDS SPEC OMFG NEW CLAWS. DOUBLE WHIPS OMFG. DOUBLE SHIELDS OMFG. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

 

Double elemental staves! Steam in one hand, lava in the other!

You guys, I don't think you understand the magnitude of the issue here. The issue being: Why do you care at all which hand your character uses to do different things? Good lord, a topic that talked about how the old wilderness was better would have been a better topic.

But think of the possibilities of being ambidextrous! Double crossbow bolt barrage, anyone?

 

DOUBLE DDS SPEC OMFG NEW CLAWS. DOUBLE WHIPS OMFG. DOUBLE SHIELDS OMFG. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

 

Double elemental staves! Steam in one hand, lava in the other!

 

Now that's just crazy talk. Anyway, I'm done with this thread. Stupid thread is stupid.

You guys, I don't think you understand the magnitude of the issue here. The issue being: Why do you care at all which hand your character uses to do different things? Good lord, a topic that talked about how the old wilderness was better would have been a better topic.

But think of the possibilities of being ambidextrous! Double crossbow bolt barrage, anyone?

 

DOUBLE DDS SPEC OMFG NEW CLAWS. DOUBLE WHIPS OMFG. DOUBLE SHIELDS OMFG. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

 

Double elemental staves! Steam in one hand, lava in the other!

 

Now that's just crazy talk. Anyway, I'm done with this thread. Stupid thread is stupid.

 

Alright. I never like to be the provocateur

My girlfriend is right handed, but shoots bows left handed, much like your rs characters.

And not only are they ambidextrous, they are magicians, if they were in classic that is. They used to hold weapons in their right hands, then when attacking, they would magically switch to the left.

yeah, left hand person always very smart

This topic is now about how the old wilderness was better.

 

Kgo.

My girlfriend is right handed, but shoots bows left handed, much like your rs characters.

And not only are they ambidextrous, they are magicians, if they were in classic that is. They used to hold weapons in their right hands, then when attacking, they would magically switch to the left.

yeah, left hand person always very smart

 

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You guys, I don't think you understand the magnitude of the issue here. The issue being: Why do you care at all which hand your character uses to do different things? Good lord, a topic that talked about how the old wilderness was better would have been a better topic.

But think of the possibilities of being ambidextrous! Double crossbow bolt barrage, anyone?

 

DOUBLE DDS SPEC OMFG NEW CLAWS. DOUBLE WHIPS OMFG. DOUBLE SHIELDS OMFG. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

 

Double elemental staves! Steam in one hand, lava in the other!

 

Now that's just crazy talk. Anyway, I'm done with this thread. Stupid thread is stupid.

 

There are no stupid threads, only stupid people in them...

 

Anyway, I think some limited ability to double wield weapons would be neat. Especially if it came with some ninja type skills!

Stealth skill!! Hear me Jagex!! WORK ON ALLOWING US TO BE NINJAS!! I WANT TO BE STEALTHY!! AND DANGEROUS!!

I'm done with this thread. Stupid thread is stupid.

 

There are no stupid threads, only stupid people in them...

 

Anyway, I think some limited ability to double weapons would be neat. Especially if it came with some ninja type skills!

Stealth skill!! Hear me Jagex!! WORK ON ALLOWING US TO BE NINJAS!!

 

Well said. Also, I was thinking that this would be more along the lines of barbarian weapon holding, comparable to barbarian fishing and barbarian firemaking

This topic is now about how the old wilderness was better.

 

Kgo.

 

My kind of topic! Yes!

 

"WE PAY WE SAY"

"I WANT TO PK INNOCENT RUNECRAFTERS SO THEY CANT MAKE THE RUNES I BARRAGE THEM WITH OMFG."

"OMFG TODAY RUNESCAPE DIED CUZ NOW WE HAVE TO PK IN A CRATER AND NOT IN THE WILDERNESS SAD FACE"

There's a difference between being cool and being a balanced update. I'm pretty sure we've clarified that already :roll:

 

There's no dual wielding because it doesn't fit into the game design. No matter how you look at it.

 

Extra speed? Op much...

Extra strength? Op much..

Extra accuracy? Op much... wait what? that makes defenders redundant

Reduce special bar drain? Op much...

Having to pay for two weapons? Nobody would want that

 

Besides... we do have dual wielding, it's called torags hammers XD

 

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I'm pretty sure most of the posters here realise this already, I'm just making it clear to lurkers, dont want them getting any stupid unoriginal ideas.

There's a difference between being cool and being a balanced update. I'm pretty sure we've clarified that already :roll:

 

There's no dual wielding because it doesn't fit into the game design. No matter how you look at it.

 

Extra speed? Op much...

Extra strength? Op much..

Reduce special bar drain? Op much...

Having to pay for two weapons? Nobody would want that

 

Vannaka can dual wield, he's the greatest swordsman alive. This I know, for Tutorial Island tells me so.

There's a difference between being cool and being a balanced update. I'm pretty sure we've clarified that already :roll:

 

There's no dual wielding because it doesn't fit into the game design. No matter how you look at it.

 

Extra speed? Op much...

Extra strength? Op much..

Reduce special bar drain? Op much...

Having to pay for two weapons? Nobody would want that

 

Vannaka can dual wield, he's the greatest swordsman alive. This I know, for Tutorial Island tells me so.

 

Vannaka eats cake.

This topic is now about how the old wilderness was better.

 

Kgo.

 

My kind of topic! Yes!

 

"WE PAY WE SAY"

"I WANT TO PK INNOCENT RUNECRAFTERS SO THEY CANT MAKE THE RUNES I BARRAGE THEM WITH OMFG."

"OMFG TODAY RUNESCAPE DIED CUZ NOW WE HAVE TO PK IN A CRATER AND NOT IN THE WILDERNESS SAD FACE"

 

There are no stupid threads, only stupid people in them...

 

 

And double weilding wouldn't be over powered if they added in a huge defence negitive. Like, most of the time your defence was normal, but it you got hit, you got hit hard because you have no sheild to block. That would be sort of like it would be in real life. If you were good, most of the time you would deflect with your other blade, but if someone got past your guard, that would be able to hit you for lots of pain. Sort of a negitive weapon special, like a barrow set effect.

This thread is quite epic

 

This.

from a person that swings a sword and shoots bows and arrows primarily right handed: this must be fixed.

 

Seriously though: it should

They're all currently set to "righty" apart from Staffs as far as I'm aware, however, I heard Jagex will be making it an option to change your "righty" to a "lefty" at some point this year.

Now that's just crazy talk. Anyway, I'm done with this thread. Stupid thread is stupid.

 

27 minutes later

 

 

This topic is now about how the old wilderness was better.Kgo.

My kind of topic! Yes! "WE PAY WE SAY" "I WANT TO PK INNOCENT RUNECRAFTERS SO THEY CANT MAKE THE RUNES I BARRAGE THEM WITH OMFG.""OMFG TODAY RUNESCAPE DIED CUZ NOW WE HAVE TO PK IN A CRATER AND NOT IN THE WILDERNESS SAD FACE"

 

Lol, gf.

A thread in which 'hand' your bow is held? o_O I would think the 'angle' a bow is held, would be more reason for debate or discussion rather than which hand a weapon should be in. Though they have probably fixed that by now, I wouldn't know as I don't range much XD

You guys, I don't think you understand the magnitude of the issue here. The issue being: Why do you care at all which hand your character uses to do different things? Good lord, a topic that talked about how the old wilderness was better would have been a better topic.

But think of the possibilities of being ambidextrous! Double crossbow bolt barrage, anyone?

 

DOUBLE DDS SPEC OMFG NEW CLAWS. DOUBLE WHIPS OMFG. DOUBLE SHIELDS OMFG. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

 

Double elemental staves! Steam in one hand, lava in the other!

 

Now that's just crazy talk. Anyway, I'm done with this thread. Stupid thread is stupid.

Nice fletching lvl.

DOUBLE DDS SPEC OMFG NEW CLAWS. DOUBLE WHIPS OMFG. DOUBLE SHIELDS OMFG. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

 

[spoiler=DOUBLE WHIPS OMFG?!?!!?]

 

I have noticed that the Runescape character holds a sword in its right hand, implying that he/she is right-handed, yet holds bows (which are 2h weapons and could be held in either hand) in the right as well. I am right-handed, but hold bows in my left and pull the string with my right. Are Runescape characters ambidextrous?

Okay...

 

I have been a real life ranger (we call it archer actually, but whatever) for several years. And holding the bow with your left hand means you are RIGHT HANDED.

Imagine what is most heavy. Holding a light metal or wooden object or pulling an incredibly powerful string capable of launching arrows several hundred meters. Let me give you a hint: It's the string.

 

A left handed archer would hold the bow in his right hand. There is an incredible amount of persicion required by the hand holding the string, something which would be extremely difficult with your offhand.

because if jagex change it now, roughly 50k people would hold a riot, and then rage quit.

 

This :razz:

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