Firemaking improvements

i think firemaking really needs to be improved, right now it is pretty much useless and should have some more uses.One could be the ability to light weapons besides arrows. You could light swords and be able to us that for about 100 hits until it is burned out. The burned out weapon would not be destroyed it would simply return to it's original state after those 100 hits.At level 10 firemaking you could light bronze weapons, at level 20 iron, at level 30 steel, at level 40 mithril, at level 50 addy, at level 60 rune, and at level 70 you could light dragon items. You could use oil with the items to light them. dagggers through swords 1 pot of oil. Scimmys through longswords you use 3 pots of oil, and 5 pots of oil for everything else.You could not light weapons used for bashing stuff in like warhammers.It only works for conventional weapons. It could also add a burn effect which could work like poisan for a shorter time.

Well I think it would be interesting to light various ranged ammunition on fire. It would be an interesting add on to range (such as rune knives (f) that would increase damage against robed opponents.) Something small such as this would not change the game mechanics too much yet give it a new "flavor" to both range and firemaking.

Magic based accounts were supposed to be weak toward rangers anyway.

RuneScape is not meant to be realistic. I like the burn idea, but I think it would be too similar to poison. I agree that firemaking should be improved, but not in the same way than you think. I believe there should be some minigame that gives some decent exp or just makes firemaking a fun skill to train.

Your response to quoting me made no sense. You said Runescape isnt meant to be realistic. I never said it was. My point was just that it would be a pain to have to tele to a clothes shop to repair your robes everytime someone with a burning weapon hits you in Castle Wars..

first of all: how would you light arrows on fire, and how did it affect the damage?

also, lighting weapons would possibly topple the balance of the combat triangle

range has already had a nice boost with all of the crossbows and bolts, even though that was some time ago

so to add fire damage to the range ammo would just make it overly powerful, besting even the dark bow, which could be fired up also

Also, all the damage that conventional weapons do would just be overpowered, someone with 99 strength can hit in the 30s with a whip, so adding fire damage on top of that would make melee even more overpowered

Though if that ida was implemented, then you could give mages a spell that could douse the fire, or maybe have that be another effect of a water spell, but needing a higher level water spell for specific weapons(strike for daggers, wave for 2h swords, etc)


But there are also many other ways that firemaking could be bettered, such as:
1. fires last longer with a higher lv or higher logs
2. bigger fires with higher levels
3. maybe lighting mage logs could give the fire some sort of special effect
4. adding magic spells to increase special powers in a fire
5. higher level firemaking means lower rate of burning food

These are just a few ideas i have, and there are many others that could be used

Ok i was just throwing ideas out there but:
1. i didnt know that, as i havent done extensive tests on it, and i really dont care
2. ok so something kills powering a skill, i for one really dont care that much
3. maybe the fire just goes wild? what if, a low lv firemaker could accidentally burn down trees if the make a fire too close to one, and the higher the level you are, the lower chance it would happen?
4. maybe a spell that would make it portable? kinda like the firemaking cape emote? maybe changing the colors?
5. hmmmmm idk, maybe you cook things on a fire? i dont know just a thought

dont forget, these are just ideas

They sound really good

gah i had an idea that i just lost sorry ill edit when i get it back