Sy_Accursed Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 I'm curious why everyone's convinced that there's a boss at the end of the series, when it's a series that's strictly no combat, all puzzling. Sticking on combat at the end would just be weird and inconsistent. Who says a boss battle HAS to be combat based?Many other games have boss battles that are purely down to other skills etc. It could easily be a non-combat puzzle based boss monster; eg if it is the apprentice in his Da Vi type body in a room with a soul machine we could have to sneak through and work the soul machine to restore his soul. Or in a death room use the machines death energy machine to kill him. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobocopIsWin Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I'm curious why everyone's convinced that there's a boss at the end of the series, when it's a series that's strictly no combat, all puzzling. Sticking on combat at the end would just be weird and inconsistent.Who says a boss battle HAS to be combat based?Many other games have boss battles that are purely down to other skills etc.It could easily be a non-combat puzzle based boss monster; eg if it is the apprentice in his Da Vi type body in a room with a soul machine we could have to sneak through and work the soul machine to restore his soul. Or in a death room use the machines death energy machine to kill him. That'd be a pretty cool way to end the series. More quest moral decisions please. :thumbup: Anyways, I finished the quest, and I guess I overestimated its difficulty, because it was actually fairly easy and enjoyable to me. I found the chaos puzzle extremely funny for some reason. And the new lobby looks...interesting? Never did like this new "theme" they've adopted..guess I'll learn to live with it after a while. Quest cape first achieved September 20, 2010534/534 Tasks completed. Taskmaster first achieved June 23, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naive Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I don't think players are ever going to be satisfied with the puzzle difficulty in this quest series. EW3 was too hard, EW4 too easy, yadda yadda. Personally I love the whole series, and can't wait for the next and the conclusion eventually. Plus the armor doesn't look half bad. Who cares about its stats? Requiescat in pace, Shiva "Anarith" Kumar.351 Quest Points|99 Strength|99 Attack|99 Constitution|99 Defence|99 Magic|138 Combat|99 Summoning|99 Slayer|99 Ranged|99 Firemaking|99 Dungeoneering|99 Cooking|99 Prayer|99 Runecrafting|99 Smithing|99 Fletching|99 Construction|99 Farming|99 Fishing|99 Herblore|99 Crafting|99 AgilityTrue friends are never separated by distance, for they are forever linked by their hearts.Join the HYT CLAN![qfc]90-91-310-65710712[/qfc] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I don't think players are ever going to be satisfied with the puzzle difficulty in this quest series. EW3 was too hard, EW4 too easy, yadda yadda. Personally I love the whole series, and can't wait for the next and the conclusion eventually. Plus the armor doesn't look half bad. Who cares about its stats? People moan due to the difficulty in getting it as ppl suck at puzzles.But ages ago jagex did say itd have a set effect in the end.Plus when you consider the armours tie to runecrafting due to its very nature we are only at lvl 35 gear so far really with more possible versions going right up to 77 atleast (assuming this series doesnt give soul altar like many suspect) Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Den Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I'm curious why everyone's convinced that there's a boss at the end of the series, when it's a series that's strictly no combat, all puzzling. Sticking on combat at the end would just be weird and inconsistent. [hide=Spoiler]Lore suggests something bad happened to the apprentice after charging himself with chaos energy.[/hide] I hate it when Jagex add cliffhangers that make me look forward to the next part of a quest. :P ........::::: Rainy's YouTube Channel - Rainy's Twitter - Rainy's Facebook - Rainy's DeviantArt - Rainy's Tumblr - Rainy's Tip.It Profile :::::......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_R Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Well at least it was a billion times easier than part 3.... Did them both today and I was very happy when the cosmic puzzle took all of 10 minutes to complete. The chaos puzzle is kind of a pain just because it takes a good chunk of time to move the boxes around the conveyor belt. Now if only jagex wasn't anti-legs and decided to complete the cosmic set with platelegs. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I made myself a set of chaos armor, and coupled with a v skirt, some carefully timed brews, and piety, I managed to convince half the duel arena that I had a set of full chaotic. All in all it was a nice update, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MstrMonopoly Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Best part of the EW quest chain so far, by far. I piety the fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foursideking Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I'd actually like to see what happens next in the series, seeing as the next runes are, iirc, nature, astral, and law. It'd be interesting if they tie in the astral ones with the lunar spells....maybe make their spells work twice as effective while wearing the armor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kata_Phfract__the_slayer Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Really liked the puzzles this time, thought the rewards would be higher leveled tho.Only 1 more mage def on the chaos shield over the body shield <_<. the idea behind elemental armour is dumb really, its a way for melee warriors to get mage defence.last thing melee needs is more overpoweredness.my point, elemental armour was a good idea at the time, now its just continuing the reward pattern. I'm a Brony and proud of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foursideking Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 @zammyninja: elemental armor is overpowered? God, and to think, I was gonna go pvm, pvp, and generally do all my melee in barrows armor. Thanks for giving me the heads up... /sarcasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dargonhuman Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Yeah, maybe we might find an adventurer stupid enough to do all the work for us. Wait... FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU That made me lol.To be fair, the EW3 puzzle wasn't exactly hard, it just had a fail of control placement; if the switches had all been located on some kind of control board, similar to the Cosmic machine controls, it would have been a lot simpler. Putting the control levers around the periphery of the room is where the puzzle failed.That being said, I'm glad these machines were much easier to use. It took me a bit of experimenting and trial and error, but once I figured out the controls, it was a cinch. Like someone before said, the worst part was moving the Chaos belts around to get the right box in the CPU.btw, anyone else get the "CPU" and "RAM" jokes? Part of the Star Traks network. (^^Clicky!) Irony: An amnesiac rediscovering they have an eidetic memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saradomin_Mage Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 btw, anyone else get the "CPU" and "RAM" jokes?First thing I laughed at when I entered the room :lol: And the only thing I laughed at ... :| In real life MMO you don't get 99 smithing by making endless bronze daggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dax Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Actually easy and enjoyable this time 'round. Much better than part III. #KERR2016/17/18/19/20/21. #rpgformod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transcript80 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Nice quest. It ended very abrubtly, though. Too bad, I ws just getting in the mood for the next machines. At first, I was annoyed to be left in the dark for both machines, and it took me a while to figure out the controls (cosmic control thingt had clickable knobs to contol the pillars, DOH). Some good old trial and error questing, without the penalty of doing something wrong (like in EW3) was something I liked doing. Other data was removed when acoount got hacked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dax Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 without the penalty of doing something wrong (like in EW3) was something I liked doing. Oh god yes. That's something that should always be avoided. Minor inconveniences > Infinite rage. #KERR2016/17/18/19/20/21. #rpgformod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kata_Phfract__the_slayer Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 @zammyninja: elemental armor is overpowered? God, and to think, I was gonna go pvm, pvp, and generally do all my melee in barrows armor. Thanks for giving me the heads up... /sarcasmi meant that it has low stats as to not make it over powered, and is infact underpowered now. I'm a Brony and proud of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirkka Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Did the quest yesterday, easily the nicest EW quest so far. The puzzles were enjoyable and the lore is getting interesting. Too bad it's another few years before the quest line is completed. 40,919th person to access Turmoil. 21,559th person to access Overloads. Are there any hidden bonuses here? No bonuses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dax Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Well, they're starting to do two in one, so I wouldn't exactly say a few years. #KERR2016/17/18/19/20/21. #rpgformod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximusa Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Very nice quest with more realistic puzzles. Primed bars are still a pain to make and should have an automation of your character by now - Place bar and it does it for you..even jump-cut would be nice to skip process. This wouldnt matter so much if there was a point in the armour being powerful rather than cosmetic. I think they could do with some other reward too tbh as the gear for the most part is just cosmetic besides as limited gear for wyverns.. even then it dont matter that much. Just give some give extra xp or something for all the effort of making primed bars itself.. First puzzle was quality. Second more annoying for being slow. VMeh BlogV >Miscellaneous Goals< http://www.rsbandb.com/sigs/sig108/bazzaminxer.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helm_Lardar Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Has anyone got a picture of the full elemental armour? Purple stuff, I mean. In any case, I'm looking forward to the whole set. I doubt they'll do astral, since only lunar clan know about that, but I'm certainly looking forward to getting the whole set. What I really don't understand, though, is why the helm has to look so darn stupid? I'm not an efficienado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blyaunte Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Has anyone got a picture of the full elemental armour? Purple stuff, I mean. In any case, I'm looking forward to the whole set. I doubt they'll do astral, since only lunar clan know about that, but I'm certainly looking forward to getting the whole set. What I really don't understand, though, is why the helm has to look so darn stupid?I think you've got a good point about Astral. I'm kinda looking forward to seeing Blood (red) and Nature (green). Being the fashionista I am, I love new clothes! <3: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Has anyone got a picture of the full elemental armour? Purple stuff, I mean. In any case, I'm looking forward to the whole set. I doubt they'll do astral, since only lunar clan know about that, but I'm certainly looking forward to getting the whole set. What I really don't understand, though, is why the helm has to look so darn stupid?I think you've got a good point about Astral. I'm kinda looking forward to seeing Blood (red) and Nature (green). Being the fashionista I am, I love new clothes! <3: :lol: It would be a good point if it wasn't for the small fact:There is already an astral door in the corridor and as seen in the chaos puzzle this guy knows about astral runes. Plus if we assume a full set to come we have:Legs, Ring, Amulet, Weapon, Cape.Runes remianing:Astral, Nature, Law, Death, Blood 5 items to set, 5 runes left. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blyaunte Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Has anyone got a picture of the full elemental armour? Purple stuff, I mean. In any case, I'm looking forward to the whole set. I doubt they'll do astral, since only lunar clan know about that, but I'm certainly looking forward to getting the whole set. What I really don't understand, though, is why the helm has to look so darn stupid?I think you've got a good point about Astral. I'm kinda looking forward to seeing Blood (red) and Nature (green). Being the fashionista I am, I love new clothes! <3: :lol: It would be a good point if it wasn't for the small fact:There is already an astral door in the corridor and as seen in the chaos puzzle this guy knows about astral runes. Plus if we assume a full set to come we have:Legs, Ring, Amulet, Weapon, Cape.Runes remianing:Astral, Nature, Law, Death, Blood 5 items to set, 5 runes left. Ah -- see -- I haven't done the quest yet, so I didn't know ... Hopefully, I will have time to get on tonight. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saradomin_Mage Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 @ Paw What about the Soul element?Also, would it be a bit odd for them to fit in an elemental weapon? Seeing that so far it's been all about magic and summoning defence only.Unless they make a death weapon, which could somewhat work. In real life MMO you don't get 99 smithing by making endless bronze daggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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