Major negative update to effigies

[Zerkerfist]

Hey guys.

I was just reading the RS updates this morning when I came across this:

- The drop rate of ancient effigies is now reduced, and will further decrease in accordance with the number of effigies that you have banked or in your inventory. If you have 5 or more ancient effigies, you will no longer receive them as drops until you possess 4 or fewer. Further details can be found on the forums.

http://services.runescape.com/m=news/g=runescape/tzhaar-quest-minigame-and-graphical-rework

Extra information obtained via forums:

Effigy Changes:

Why have you changed the drop rate of effigies?

Mod Mark: Effigies have been dropping more frequently than we originally intended. We also didn’t expect users to hoard them as much as they have.

Why now?

Mod Mark: This has been a continuing problem and we’ve decided to take action now in order to prevent this becoming an even larger problem in the future.

Why did you not inform players about this in advance?

Mod Mark: If users had been informed, the situation would have worsened.

I was saving my effigies up, will I be penalised?

Mod Mark: Any effigies you have currently will not be removed, however, you won’t be able to collect more until you have fewer than 5. The effigies will also give the same amount of XP they would do if you’d have used them before this change.

Why can I no longer receive more if I’ve got 5 already?

Mod Mark: This limit is to prevent users from stockpiling them. Effigies were never intended to be stockpiled in this way.

Why don’t you raise the assist XP cap to help us deal with the backlog of effigies?

Mod Mark: Whilst there will be an issue in the very short term for players trying to use the effigies, raising the cap is not a long term solution.

Where can I get help to complete some of my unfinished effigies if I don’t have the levels myself?

Mod Mark: There are a few places you might be able to find some help. Check out the following Quick Find Codes for further assistance:

QFC's for threads dealing with effigy assistance:

Seeking Effigy Assistance - 75-76-50-63429034
Offering Effigy Assistance - 75-76-258-63429044

http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/l=0/sl=0/forums.ws?15,16,588,63568874

Discuss. Personally, this sucks for me as I have been saving up all my effigies from Slayer and have about 25 at the moment, NONE of which I can open myself...

What do you guys think about this? How do you think SUOMI feels? :laugh:

 

[mbossy]

Wow, i bet this has annoyed quite a few people.

I didn't think they dropped that often though as i haven't managed to recieve even ONE yet. lol.

 

[weeps]

It's a good update. It was quite ludicrous when farming effi was the fastest rc xp/h and not rc itself.

 

[Manpons unite]

This is insane, there barley drop for me as it is, now the drop rate is reduced?!? FML

 

[Ivy Bridge]

This is retarded, it didn't harm anyone before the update. In fact, it made for some pretty epic screenshots when people had like 150 of them. Plus the drop rate is reduced? Wow, Jagex sucks.

 

[Zerkerfist]

This is insane, there barley drop for me as it is, now the drop rate is reduced?!? FML

I know man, I agree with you.

Like I said, I have 25 banked right now but do you know how long its taken me, and how many monsters I have killed, to get those 25 effigies? I maybe get 2-3 per week if I am lucky and I train Slayer literally for every second that I am on RS.

Most of the people who horde effigies are guys that have access to very high level monsters like ganodermic beasts, glacors etc, or people who are rich like SUOMI and can afford to waste hundreds of thousands of cannonballs cannoning monstrous cave crawlers for effigies. In my opinion, you should be able to do whatever you want with your effigies if you have worked hard to be able to fight monsters that drop them often.

 

[DaltyF]

Another dumbass update. Way to ruin the game further Jagex. What does it matter what a player does with the effigy that they earner? Honestly..

 

[lomboro]

One more retarded update which was done just for the sake of updating.

 

[Sartana]

That's fucking stupid. Good fight Effigy farming.

 

[Alduin]

I know for a fact guys that this has really annoyed the 'Number1 Boss' lol he'll probs make a update about how stupid it was etc , looking forward to it!

 

[Dave]

Oh wow, that's so annoying. So many people were banking effigies and making some crazy vids of going for max cape or 200m xp in a single skill. Personally I dislike this part of the update a lot.

 

[Sartana]

I know for a fact guys that this has really annoyed the 'Number1 Boss' lol he'll probs make a update about how stupid it was etc , looking forward to it!

I was thinking the same thing.
I bet you 100M he's gonna bitch in his next video, lol.

 

[Delta Squad]

don't really see it as a problem, i normally got one per slayer task and used it as soon as i got it, i had 40 stock piled at once, and it took three days to get them all assisted. only people it may hurt is the ones who where planning on opening themselves.

 

[Zerkerfist]

don't really see it as a problem, i normally got one per slayer task and used it as soon as i got it, i had 40 stock piled at once, and it took three days to get them all assisted. only people it may hurt is the ones who where planning on opening themselves.

The drop rate has also been decreased though, so the chance of even getting an effigy drop in the first place is much rarer now.

As for not being able to stockpile, that really all boils down to personal decisions. Personally, I like to horde my effigies and use them all at once as it makes quite a noticable difference in your exp gain. For example, gaining a couple of levels in one go.

Technically you are getting the exact same amount of exp if you just use the effigies as you get them, but I don't find its as noticable for me if I am getting 20k exp here, 10k there etc. I would rather save them up and knock off 1m exp all in one go.

 

[KevinW]

The only reason I hoard my effigies is to open them all by myself. I'm slowly getting all the requirements to boost them.

Jagex is stupid. Should have limited 1 effigy drop per day or something. This prevents people from actively hunting for effigies; instead, now they are just screwing over people who collect effigies for personal use.

 

[Mets Baseball]

Meh..effigies are sort of bs anyway. See people with 99 RC that didn't even train the skill. That is ridiculously stupid.

 

[Quatakai]

This is an update that doesn't effect me, but I like it, just another step in the right direction to make the game a little more challenging.

 

[KerokeroCola]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck I was depending on effigies for 89-99 runecrafting...

 

[Mets Baseball]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck I was depending on effigies for 89-99 runecrafting...

Point proven. Lol

 

[m4rsxpk3r]

suomi dosent bank the effigys he uses them right away, and i doubt the rate is so much probs like 961 kills/effigy at crawlers now? (761) before