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Effigy nerf
#1
Posted 14 February 2012 - 04:53 PM
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-- reduced drop rate
-- can't get more than 5 at a time / in your bank
-- drop rates decrease the more effigies you have
1) was this necessary?
2) are effigies in the spirit of the game?
3) do you agree with the way jagex implemented their nerf?

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#2
Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:01 PM
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2) Yes, I see no problem with them.
3) Not at all, it's a farce. A year later, to add in an update so big to the "In Other News..." section, is awfl.
To add a cap of 5, and with each one they become less-and-less common? Rubbish. It's punishing lower-level players who get one, as they can't hold onto them untl later without their chances of obtaining another suffering.
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#3
Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:01 PM
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People need to learn to train other skills more. The opening skills aren't really that hard to obtain, they just take a little while. Plus, certain skills can skill be trained primarily by dragonkins, you just won't be able to dump large amounts anymore.
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:02 PM
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2. They are obviously in the spirit of the game if Jagex themselves implemented them, but the way the players took "advantage" I guess one would say, made them reevaluate what they are actually for perhaps?
3. I don't agree with the whole storing only 5, but meh
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:03 PM
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#6
Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:07 PM
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People find different skills fun. Some such as runecrafting and agility can seem boring due to the slow xp rates, but if that's the case, it just boils down to what's more valuable to you. Would you rather grind that xp to have a sense of accomplishment with a higher level/cape/ect., or enjoy your time doing other things rather than grind something you don't enjoy?People wouldn't be bothered by this update if training skills the "normal" way was actually FUN.
Just because everyone doesn't find everything in Runescape equally enjoyable doesn't mean it should be changed. That kind of defies the point and pride some players achieve and value from spending so much time working towards an achievement (for the players where the end result is worth the grind to get there).
#7
Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:07 PM
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-- reduced drop rate
Yes
-- can't get more than 5 at a time / in your bank
No
-- drop rates decrease the more effigies you have
Debatable

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#8
Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:07 PM
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No. They did the same thing when they announced the plan to remove F2P from the hiscores and that's pretty much all anyone talked about in that week's discussion.3) do you agree with the way jagex implemented their nerf?
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:11 PM
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#10
Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:14 PM
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People wouldn't be bothered by this update if training skills the "normal" way was actually FUN.
yes, i agree. all that rc consists of is PURE grinding.
Sounds good to me
This is precisely the reason why it has been changed, no one should be able to level a skill that quickly and easily without actually doing it. If you don't like RCing then find another skill to level.
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Sounds good to me.
What is "RC"? Why is effigy collecting not "RC"? Both of them come down to clicks

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#11
Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:16 PM
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Anyone who finds RC fun at 30k/h has something wrong with them or too much free time.
It's not the xp rates that makes a skill fun or not. At least not for me. Slayer for example is a very slow skill, but I'd rather train slayer than most other skills.
Hunter is a fast skill, but it is so boring (for me) that i'd rather train agilty to 99 than hunter.
#12
Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:27 PM
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I'm not too bothered about the drop rate decrease to be honest. I do kind of feel like effigies cheapened the more difficult skills like runecrafting and slayer. You shouldn't be able to level those more efficiently by not training them, and that was kind of the case :/

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#13
Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:28 PM
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2) Yes they are, they make the game more fun and reward patience.
3) No, there are many ways to reduce the xp gain from effigies, this is a very bad one.
This update favours only those people who can assist effigies. Everyone who can't (and can't open their own effigies) will lose out on a lot of xp from slaying and bossing.
99 summoning (18th June 2011, previously untrimmed) | 99 farming (14th July 2011) | 99 prayer (8th September 2011) | 99 constitution (10th September 2011) | 99 dungeoneering (15th November 2011)
99 ranged (28th November 2011) | 99 attack, 99 defence, 99 strength (11th December 2011) | 99 slayer (18th December 2011) | 99 magic (22nd December 2011) | 99 construction (16th March 2012)
99 herblore (22nd March 2012) | 99 firemaking (26th March 2012) | 99 cooking (2nd July 2012) | 99 runecrafting (12th March 2012) | 99 crafting (26th August 2012) | 99 agility (19th November 2012)
99 woodcutting (22nd November 2012) | 99 fletching (31st December 2012) | 99 thieving (3rd January 2013) | 99 hunter (11th January 2013) | 99 mining (21st January 2013) | 99 fishing (21st January 2013)
99 smithing (21st January 2013) | 120 dungeoneering (17th June 2013) | 99 divination (24th November 2013)
Tormented demon drops: twenty effigies, nine pairs of claws, two dragon armour slices and one elite clue | Dagannoth king drops: two dragon hatchets, two elite clues, one archer ring and one warrior ring
Glacor drops: four pairs of ragefire boots, one pair of steadfast boots, six effigies, two hundred lots of Armadyl shards, three elite clues | Nex split: Torva boots | Kalphite King split: off-hand drygore mace
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#14
Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:37 PM
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hoarding effigies is sad.
#15
Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:38 PM
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This update favours only those people who can assist effigies. Everyone who can't (and can't open their own effigies) will lose out on a lot of xp from slaying and bossing.
Not to mention that with the greater demand for assisting, more people will be trust trading to open them by charging exorbitant amounts to do so. What this does is also increase the likelihood for scamming, because the assist system hasn't evolved with the times.
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:40 PM
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#17
Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:46 PM
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99 summoning (18th June 2011, previously untrimmed) | 99 farming (14th July 2011) | 99 prayer (8th September 2011) | 99 constitution (10th September 2011) | 99 dungeoneering (15th November 2011)
99 ranged (28th November 2011) | 99 attack, 99 defence, 99 strength (11th December 2011) | 99 slayer (18th December 2011) | 99 magic (22nd December 2011) | 99 construction (16th March 2012)
99 herblore (22nd March 2012) | 99 firemaking (26th March 2012) | 99 cooking (2nd July 2012) | 99 runecrafting (12th March 2012) | 99 crafting (26th August 2012) | 99 agility (19th November 2012)
99 woodcutting (22nd November 2012) | 99 fletching (31st December 2012) | 99 thieving (3rd January 2013) | 99 hunter (11th January 2013) | 99 mining (21st January 2013) | 99 fishing (21st January 2013)
99 smithing (21st January 2013) | 120 dungeoneering (17th June 2013) | 99 divination (24th November 2013)
Tormented demon drops: twenty effigies, nine pairs of claws, two dragon armour slices and one elite clue | Dagannoth king drops: two dragon hatchets, two elite clues, one archer ring and one warrior ring
Glacor drops: four pairs of ragefire boots, one pair of steadfast boots, six effigies, two hundred lots of Armadyl shards, three elite clues | Nex split: Torva boots | Kalphite King split: off-hand drygore mace
30/30 Shattered Heart statues completed | 16/16 Court Cases completed | 25/25 Choc Chimp Ices delivered | 500/500 Vyrewatch burned | 584/584 tasks completed | 4000/4000 chompies hunted
#18
Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:48 PM
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On one hand I agree with Jagex that it did cheapen some of the harder skills but i think just making effigies harder to get the more of them you get would have been better then putting a cap on them.
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:51 PM
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:53 PM
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