RS Updating To 200 Combat

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I hope to clarify our thinking behind the new combat level calculation here. As you will have seen, the new combat level calculation has been announced and is:

2 + Defence + X = Combat Level
X = The highest of either Attack, Strength, Ranged or Magic

Therefore the new highest combat level is 200, and the new lowest is 4.

What we wanted to achieve with the new calculation was to streamline it, so making it easier to gauge how difficult your target will be to fight. Now while in a way it is sad to see Prayer, Summoning and Constitution retired from the formula, we felt that they were just complicating the issue.

While Prayer does make a big difference to the outcome of a fight, ultimately either someone has it or they don't and you'll soon see if they do when they use it. To this end, we felt people who are serious about their combat would all have the necessary Prayers. In a system where everyone has something, featuring it in the calculation doesn't really help anyone, and so for the sake of streamlining, Prayer was dropped from the formula.

In regards to Summoning and Constitution, while again they do make a difference, in the new system they don't make enough of a difference to warrant a place in the new formula. A maxed out player in the best gear will have 990 Lifepoints from their Constituion, but will be getting around 15,000 Lifepoints from their equipment. Summoning has largely been left to one side for now, as we wish to re-visit the skill with an overhaul of its very own in the future. For now, Summoning doesn't play a large part in the new combat system, so again is not featured in the new formula.


...We hope the new combat level will give people a clearer view of what their target is capable of. With the new level of balance we hope to bring to Melee, Range and Mage, and the reinforcement of the combat triangle, having 99 in Attack, Strength, Magic and Range won't provide you with an advantage over someone with only 99 in one corner of the combat triangle. Armours now feature heavy negative penalties for attacking with the wrong style while wearing them, so having 99's in all the corners of the combat triangle will not present an advantage during a fight. Where having 99's will be an advantage, is giving you the choice as to what style of combat you want to use before a fight.

We are very keen to hear your feedback on all aspects of the new system, and will work closely with the players during the Beta to help polish the system to the best it can be.

Some final random thoughts:

All NPC's have had their combat level changed to reflect their true combat ability, and will use the same system as players (a lot of boss monsters use fake combat levels in LIVE currently)

Players worried about a level 4 guy with 99 Summoning cleaning house with their Steel Titan needn't worry, that level 4 will get demolished with no defence, and hence no larger lifepoints pool."



Source: http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/c=O4BBpGnHLr4/forums.ws?296,297,805,63808234,goto,1

Opinons? I personally think it's great

 

Personally I would like a new system of combat, but the reason I picked Runescape was because of the simplicity of it. Now its looking more and more like a WoW based combat too many buttons and abilities blah!

 

This game is going to shit.. L0l

Jagex is demolishing RuneScape, slowly but surly, i personally think 200 combat is ridiculous. They're taking this whole combat update thing a little too serious, if it does ruin pures we'll see how long before they remove it once they have an immediate drop is members.

 

Wow...this game is going to hell

 

It is going to hell. But I still continue to play it, cause its the only game I'm well versed in :/

 

I was a fan of the overhaul, untill now.. Not including Prayer and Summoning in combat? That seems like a terrible decision to me.. The reason why is even worse, ''it is just to complicated''. Lolwut? Then puzzle untill you actually have a decent plan to deploy. Basically now is the case to max out your Prayer, Summoning and Lifepoints, and then finding a good combination of other combat skills, to create the ''best account''.

The lifepoints thing is something I do not really care about, as it really won't be that much of an issue, seeing the new max lifepoints.

And as for higher combat levels, who cares? It's just a number.

 

Wow. I fucking quit. This is bullshit.

 

Lmfao. Now pures are maxed with 99 pray and 1 def. If you get a defense level you actually get a cb lvl.
EDIT: Pures will need to get 99 attack as well now? As pures without 99 attack have the same cb as pures with?

 

RIP Runescape and the pure community..

Why jagex why!!!?!?!

 

Yup I guess. Maxed is now 1 Defence and all others 99. I don't yet see how this new system of combat levels could work out well, interested in BETA even more now.

This just seems so shitty. One with 99 Strenght and 1 Attack will be the same combat as one being 99 Attack and 99 Strenght. How would that ever be a fair fight?

 

Please refer to this thread for ANY and ALL discussion regarding the combat rework: http://www.sythe.org/showthread.php?t=1409244.