GUdrus

Not everyone would do that, as: 1) not everyone has that much money 2) not everyone is mad about strength bonuses I think everyone agrees that adding +2 str boosts to Bandos boosts would clearly improve this unused equipment and make the whole set more flavorful (every piece will add a str bonus) How much it would improve it's use remains to be seen, thought it clearly would be more often than now.

Yes, of course the boots are an odd piece, favoring defense over attack unlike other Bandos armor, but it's dragon boots that warp the picture, having perhabs higher str bonus than they should at their level and rarity. But a full rebalance of boots would take much more thinking and effort and any nerfing of dragon boots would certainly enrage a large part of player. Also it would feel awkward for Bandos boots to have double the str boost of Bandos tassets, and I don't know if this would be a good idea to increase theirs. The strength of my advice lies in the simplicity and harmlessness of it. +2 str would be very in place compared to other boosts from Bandos and will not obsolete other boots. Also, they will become less strictly worse than Dragon's and sometimes even on par. If +4 str vs. +1 def/+1 prayer was a no-brainer, a +2 str vs +1def/+1 prayer is less obvious. Don't forget to consider the better looks of Bandos boots when weared with the set, and you will see their use will increase.

Bandos boots need a +2 strength boost. They are part of Bandos armor set, yet is the only armor piece that doesn't give strength bonus. This brings to a situation where most players choose to wear Dragon boots together with Bandos chestplate and tassets, as they have -1 defence and -1 prayer, but a whooping +4 strength. This situation greatly devalues Bandos boots (currently just a tiny bit costlier than dragon ones despite them being dropped by much stronger NPC's and rarer), punishes player wanting to look good in full Bandos (and not like silly jester in red and brown) and makes the set not as flavorful as it could be. The addition of +2 strength would make Bandos boots exactly equal in positive stats to dragon boots, with a difference that the former would provide +1 defence and +1 prayer, while the later would trade that for +2 strength. The change would increase the flavor of Bandos set (all pieces of it will provide strength bonus), make it a viable alternative to dragon boots (equal positive stats with some small twists), increase their price thus increasing the profitability of General Graardor) and give some small boost to people wanting to look good in full Bandos while not sacrificing efficiency. To sum it: 1) adding +2 strength to Bandos boots doesn't unbalance any content in Runescape at all - there are already dragon boots with similar stats and +4 strenght; 2) it increases the available choices of equipment to players while not decreasing the appeal of other items; 3) it makes a small fraction of the game more flavorful and better with very VERY little effort. I have posted on the same topic in RSOF - [qfc]277-278-782-63254149[/qfc]. Support would be appreciated.