#'Return of Zaros' sequel to 'Curse of the Empty Lord' miniquest - Reward: Upgraded Ghostly Robes

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gleaming nexus
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Themetically awesome idk if they should be ahrim stats if they are gonna be cheap to reclaim. Is the aim for them to be 1 defence robes like ghostly is? I think them having no magic defence or the same magic def as ghostly but same atk bonus as elder chaos robes could be fine.

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swift tulip
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Lore-wise, I fundamentally disagree with this proposal involving direct interaction with the gods, time travel, and arbitrary world travel, among other things.

Aside from that, we do not need an upgrade to ghostly, especially not one comparable in stats to any actually-used gear in any combat bracket, especially not as a quest reward.

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stray dove
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I’ve got to say no, since ghostly robes are exactly as good as they should be for 1 def

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If there’s any 1 def gear that could be good for upgrading / adding, it’d be strength bonus pieces to hat / top

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But the truth is it’s a restricted account so adding / upgrading gear should not be a priority at all

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I’d rather see nature’s spirit def exp become lamped than any gear additions to 1 def

swift tulip
# devout slate YOU don't need an upgrade on ghostly because you don't use it. Also, you gave no...

I literally did. It doesn’t fit the game and doesn’t fit the lore. Arbitrarily introducing time travel introduces a whole array of problems that shouldn’t ever exist lore-wise, and the OldSchool team has also explicitly stated that the gods will never descend/directly be involved with the player in OSRS. Which is a very good thing.

I personally disagree (an opinion statement) with taking the lore that direction for many reasons, partially stated above, and also, the lore and direction of the game’s story directly disagree (fact statement).

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On top of that, as maul stated, we don’t need to see a buff to 1def gear, especially from just completing a quest, even if it had a gp cost (unless you make it so prohibitively expensive that Elder Chaos would be cheaper, in which case then you have made that obsolete).

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If you use the argument, “it’s fantasy, so what’s the problem,” then there are very many things that I could very easily argue work for/are in other games/books/movies/lore/etc. that simply would not and should not be made to work for OSRS.

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It’s fantasy, why don’t we have the One Ring and Sauron?

spiral wren
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the only time id agree to adding a 1def variant of ahrims is if the set literally gave you like -100 defence stats

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and if it costed like 2mil/hr to use

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(remember that ahrims requires 70 defence)

gleaming nexus
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Idk I think it having same stats as chaos elder offensively but with no magic defence would be a big drawback to counter it being free or low reclaim cost.

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Magic def is an underrated stat

stray dove
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I just think adding gear specifically for 1 def is unnecessary

gleaming nexus
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Occasional 1 def items are fine.

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stray dove
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Occasional 1 def items are fine; my main is a 1 def. The issue is that a solid mage armour already exists at level 1 in elder chaos robes

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That is your ghostly robes alternative. I don’t think there should be a cheaper, equally as good (or better) alternative because it’s already cheap for lvl 1 BiS being sub 500k and gives appropriate stats for the level

swift tulip
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Your analogy was directly to Ghostly robes, which are directly received from a quest

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(Miniquest)

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And you also directly said "the rewards would be" upgraded ghostly robes

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Let's also not glance past the glaring holes in the lore by your proposal

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Like the entirety of GWD would cease to exist if you followed your plot line with the Staff of Armadyl

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And like half the game lore

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swift tulip
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It's not that it's a quest item, it's the fact that it has no cost to use

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Which is exactly why it should suck

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Especially if you want it to be 1def gear for pvp