dense marsh
The mysterious pipe shortcut requires 88 agility and spits you out two rooms away, near the alchemical hydra. However, this shortcut barely saves any time. I suggest remove the black screen, and replace it with a camera transition, and shorten the shortcut time to 5 seconds https://imgur.com/a9QDS6R
fathom token
I like how when I use that shortcut I can click it and go grab a drink and basically not lose much time.
I don't know what's with Modern day Jagex making shortcuts with extra long animations so they're not "short".
Look at the Skeletal Wyverns "shortcut" too
south lion
It's supposed to be QoL shortcut to save energy or something
The Hydra one does allow you to get over to the Hydra more safely without having to run and dodge the other small Hydras
dense marsh
"animation" is a loose term, the screen literally just goes black for 15 seconds lol.
That's right, not an exaggeration whatsoever, 15 seconds of staring at a black screen. 25 entire game ticks!
in that time, you could attack 6 times, or 5 times with a crossbow
you could read the first chapter of a book
in that time, you could run outside and touch grass, and make it back in time to see it finish
rapid bobcat
Never done hydra, but that seems a little lazy to have nothing there and just a black screen.
abstract hill
I'd shorten it by 1 tick per agility level beyond the requirement
sturdy steeple
I'd shorten it by 1 tick per agility level beyond the requirement
Maybe 3 tick
abstract hill
Alright but if I had to stare at the ground for a solid minute tiptoeing over the floor holes to the poison spiders and hellhounds there... I would do it, but I wouldn't enjoy it
abstract hill
It looks to me like it does a better job saving on damage taken rather than any run energy
And that does make a difference at bosses so yeah it's not worse than nothing
Is it actually faster to run through the Hydras I'm looking at this through the map
abstract hill
Just tested it out and it's about the same as running there
You save a good chunk of run energy and about two attempted hits from Hydras
It's always worth taking but it still feels like the high level equivalent to the Port Sarim/Draynor wall tunnel
dense marsh
Is it actually faster to run through the Hydras I'm looking at this through the ...
It is exactly two ticks faster to NOT use the shortcut
The run energy saved is irrelevant because Hydra is a boss you don't lose run energy at
abstract hill
I'd still shorten the black screen duration by 1 tick per agility level beyond the base requirement
dense marsh
And the one attack you suffer running through the babies can always be prayed against
The reason I want to see it shorter is mainly because it breaks the mood and pace of doing Alchemical Hydra. It's like sitting through ads right before a major scene
abstract hill
Yeah it is, I'd love to see a cross section of us going through the pipes or like a little map of pipes
I don't care if that ruins the mystery of "mysterious pipe"
It's so blank as it is
dense marsh
Honestly just a simple camera pan taking a winding path would be enough
But 15 seconds of looking at myself in the reflection of my monitor is unsettling
south lion
Or maybe a nice shot of your character's posterior while you crawl through