Your First Look at the Combat Beta (Under Construction)

zant · **Posted:** July 2nd, 2012, 11:43 pm

morumska wrote:

what about weapon specific ability's ? it just De-value a lot of high end weapons (eg G swords) having the ability at insert levels is great dont get me wrong. also it takes away the versatility of the weapon (eg) 2h's with only crush.
also i found prayer is almost useless plus the icon looks too modern i cant tell whats what.

I feel that the pray icons is just something we are going to have to get used to, which shouldn't be too much of a problem. I felt pretty much the exact same way when I unlocked curses because most of those look the same too, just takes getting used to. But they do look pretty neat. Not as pixelated.

trekkie wrote:

i think most people on the rs forum who complain about the new combat update 1 cannot find the combat skills which was very hidden.

and 2. are just button spamming instead of doing timing attacks.
people were complaining it was taking longer to kill monsters. i'm fighting mutated jadinkos and i kill them a lot faster than the combat system right now using the exact same weapons.

i usually charge in, use some basic attacks. usually when the monster is dead my adren is almost full and then i use some super attack on the next monster. i've hit harder with the new combat system than the old one now.

I have noticed that some of the abilities do not have a full effect if they are spammed by other abilities. For example: there are a few abilities that take 6 seconds to use such as flurry and frenzy, and if you are spamming the bar, and you use another ability in the middle of the 6 second one, it cancels the first one. This majorly decreases damage outputs. So its good to see that Jagex implemented a way to encourage ppl not to spam abilities.

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CreepyPirate · **Posted:** July 3rd, 2012, 6:59 am

Zant wrote:

I think the new system is a good system, it is way better than the system before where you click and wait for a monster to die. People whine about it because you have to pay attention...NO **** ITS A VIDEO GAME! IF YOU ARE PLAYING THE GAME, PLAY THE GAME, NOT YOUTUBE. This should the the thing especially with combat. My favorite part is that this system requires player skill, and strategy, instead of talent in fighting an interface. You have to be tactical with how you use your abilities to rack up the best damage rates and get defensive bonuses. In my opinion, this is a very good system, it is far better than the old one. RS needs this update, because after a while, combat can get pretty boring. Of course people rage because half of the rs community is 12 year old kids (aka creepy) who cry when their RS changes. And people just hate in general because they hate change. But this is a needed change, and it IS for the better.

I couldn't give the slightest toss if RS changes. I don't play it. All I've said is they've copied an out of date old system that other games are doing away with. Other games are doing away with it because it's a flawed system and people are bored with it. You think it encourages strategy and skill but it doesn't. Not really. It funnels you down a very narrow tunnel and forces you to use a very specific build to get the best DPS. As soon as players figure out the best build for dealing DPS everyone will copy it and use it.

Seen it in every MMO I've played that has that system in place. Can't even get into a group to run a dungeon wthout the right build you just get kicked out again.

Of course RS has the advanage in that it doesn't have any real decent form of party system or group content cause it's crap. But still for pvp and training you can bet your *** theres going to be specific builds and little else in the way of variety. And while I'm ******* on a system I've yet to even try I'll throw out another fac...er prediction: It wont be balanced in the slightest. Jagex has always sucked at getting the combat balance fair and even.