#9th July Livestream - Q&A

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dusty coral
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Hey everyone,

Next week on Wednesday 9th July i'll be on livestream walking Mod Yuey through Big Game Hunter to get his first kills.

Mod Desert will also be joining us and in the background we'll be chatting about game health updates and balancing, so this thread is to collect any questions you have on the topic!

It can be related to the upcoming game health update, how balancing works for Runescape and why it's needed, or our future outlook on Runescape's game health and other game health updates - and so on. We'll try to answer as many as we can.

dusk crystal
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Any plans to tackle elite skilling outfits to make room for any other skilling gear?

thorny marlin
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Would the collection log count as game health? People have been asking for the same type of collection log OSRS has for a while, that included every unique item from combat, minigames, skilling etc
It would breathe life into a lot of existing content that could benefit from it

neon storm
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Are you happy with how events are currently balanced, when it comes to how they impact gameplay? Things like christmas paper, dungeoneering hole, skilling stations and so on. Is there anything you'd consider changing?

native isle
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BGH can actually be so fun - good luck Yuey!

neon storm
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We've heard about the fletching rebalance being worked on for gamejam. Is that something you're looking at putting out this year? Is there any other rebalances or reworks you're considering that you can share?

upbeat rivet
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I will second avernic, elite outfits and their need to have a whole set feel overly restrictive and I would like to hear if there any plans to address that.

How do you feel about the current state of RCing. 110 didn’t have nearly as much room for improvements but do you think the skill is in a solid place now?

Any chance of integrating portables into the game proper?

How do you guys decide when to add new components and perks? Or what materials to use. Like I find it interesting how stuff like knightly comps have remained in the state they are in which is being rather underwhelming.

Can you walk us through understanding the decisions/choices you make for ingredients in the masterwork armor and weapon crafting process?

neon storm
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Second the question of potential futures of portables. Luminite injector treatment? Craftable through invention? Gone outright?

upbeat rivet
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RS3 hasn’t had much in the way of an activity like BGH in a while, we’ve talked about it a little but what are your thoughts on more involved and active skilling activities? Also what really separates a skilling activity and skilling boss, like should BGH be upgraded to a proper skilling boss?

stone yew
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Is there an ETA for fletching re-tier?

lethal niche
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Mod Breezy, would the fletching re-tier project be considered and included as part of a game health and balance update or would it be limited to just game jams? I know it would not be greenlit as a main project. I believe it is a very important quality of life update that should be considered to help with balance and overall game health.

raw kiln
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A few questions:

  • Have you considered the negative consequences of removing practically the entire supply of adrenaline crystals?
  • The "health update" will make Dark Onyx Cores 50% more common without making them more useful. What is your response to players concerned that you are devaluing their participation in wilderness flash events? Will you update the dark onyx enchantments (especially passage of the abyss)?
  • With the focus on resource injection, have you also investigated gold injection? Do you have plans to combat inflation?
  • Which items bring in the most gold from being alchemised? Have you looked at the data?
  • Would you consider updating alchemy to Alch-X? Manual alching is tedious for players, and bots don't care either way.
  • If the "health update" wreaks havoc on the economy, are you willing to reverse some of the nerfs in the future?
native isle
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Can minigames be reworked further to acquire alot of the content that Treasure Hunter has provided?

  • Also, post a TH nerf, any thoughts of what Bonds could further offer players?

Would it be possible to allow physical-item pets to become pets that can be summoned/dismissed via the Pets interface? i.e. Cats/kittens, dogs, baby trolls

Necromancy's appeal largely derives from the Ghost's healing ability. Some day, could other styles similarly see this ability added to their combat triangle?

All I can think of rn 😛

neon storm
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Ironman mode has had inconsistency in how its restrictions are being applied over the years, and it is often unclear why some things are allowed yet other things are not. Is there any intent to standardise and make clear the ruleset for the mode?

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In previous streams Jagex has acknowledged that the UI is an issue. Which parts of the UI do you consider to be the biggest offenders currently?

oak glen
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It'd be nice to have a moment addressing quest balance, specifically old quest rewards- do you think it's fine that some old quests are very rewarding (Temple at Senntisten) while others aren't? Would there ever be a pass to distribute rewards over old quests? I noticed Mod Ramen's GameJam will have One Piercing Note reward the Anima Islands abilities, which is a good example of what I'm talking about.

Also is the combat difficulty in quests balanced sufficiently? It seems like a lot of enemies are complete pushovers when quest fights could actually be used as teaching moments for combat. At the moment a lot of players receive no pushback or instruction on how to deal with even basic mechanics until they decide to start PvM which is very intimidating for a lot of people, precisely because the game never challenged them for a long time.

neon storm
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In 2023, we saw a general monster rebalance of 300 creatures, focusing on early game monsters. Currently a lot of fights are incredibly underwhelming due to poor stat translation from pre-EoC to EoC and have never been addressed since, which is particularly noticeable for quest fights. Can we expect more creature rebalances?

gentle bolt
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is it viable to produce an economy in which players make substantial profit from AFK or low-intensity methods? if so, what would be the associated trade-offs?

dark sparrow
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Are there plans to improve anymore DnDs/Minigames similar to Shooting Stars? There are a lot of great older content like Sorceress Garden which would look fantastic with the current art team designing and could have some solid agility/herblore rewards for the modern game.

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Do we plan to have any more Skilling Bosses on the new continent?

neon storm
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Two big questions:

  • How do you feel about the state of dailies?

  • How do you feel about the state of auras?

bronze bison
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Will the game's main UI see adjustments to make it less overwhelming and frustrating for new players? The customizability is wonderful, but the base UI and presets have much room for improvement.

burnt tide
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Just fix Ritual of the Mahjarrat combat specifically (Which is both buggy and unbalanced) and I'll be happy 😦

gaunt lotus
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Game health questions - what are the anticipated plans to fix the vorkath boss fight? What is the next zone to get a graphical update? Any news on amascut release date? Will crossbows be buffed sometime in the next year?

neon storm
lost jolt
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Are you looking at replacing any more logs (AND FISH?!?) on pvm tables with spirits in the near future?

dark sparrow
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@neon storm @gaunt lotus Theres also the Grand Exchange getting that uplift with the Games Room and Clan Cit portal being moved there that Mod Blkwitch and Mod Luma shared pics 2 gamejams ago.

gaunt lotus
native isle
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Anything in the pipeline to rework the displayname system? As it stands, it feels abused and archaic - especially when compared to other MMORPG's in 2025 😔

fervent fable
idle bluff
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Any plans on game helth update second age drop rates from master clues?

placid sorrel
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Would it be possible to add the Master/Grandmaster badges to appear in friends/clan chat etc like ironman symbols and premier star does?

slow schooner
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can sharp shell shards be looked at again? 450k shards since update in February. And still no luck at triggering the pet. Is there a reason Bernie is so hard to obtain from Shards?

native isle
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Thank you for the stream, answering some of our questions! Yuey is a BGH pro now too 😛