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Raids would be a perfect opportunity to finally release a weapon for the magic skill.
Melee has gotten 3 with the dragon sword making 4 while range just got the ballista. Mages are still stuck with the staff of the dead as being the only viable option for PvP which was released way back with GWD.
There are actually several options of what can be done, but I believe by far the easiest and most balanced would be simply a PvP trident or a upgrade component to allow the existing trident to be used. It could change it to "Trident of Lava" or something.
There are several reasons for this:
1. By KO potential being dependent on venge, a mage would be losing all of their utility. So balance issues with tb, ice barrage, etc is of no concern. As long as the accuracy is kept reasonably low on this, other choices would be superior for such spells.
2. Minimal impact on hybriding/warring. Refer to above.
3. We already have a weapon which comes somewhat close to being semi valuable when used with venge. (black salamander) So the damage range that it should have is already known minimizing dev time in balancing. It should be higher than salamander, lower than staff of the dead.
4. By being a separate weapon or a separate upgrade component, Trident of the Swamp would still be PvM only which is important since its dps would be so similar to SoT* even with casting speed reduced.
Whatever is done, we can't be limited to staff of the dead forever. A new wep shouldn't be better, but it should be viable. Lower dps, higher KO potential (which being able to venge would provide) is the way to accomplish this.
Believe magic to only be for support? Think again. It's just as valid of a Pking style as melee and range is.
If you have ideas which you would like to see in game, let us know!
Raids would be a perfect opportunity to finally release a weapon for the magic skill.
Melee has gotten 3 with the dragon sword making 4 while range just got the ballista. Mages are still stuck with the staff of the dead as being the only viable option for PvP which was released way back with GWD.
There are actually several options of what can be done, but I believe by far the easiest and most balanced would be simply a PvP trident or a upgrade component to allow the existing trident to be used. It could change it to "Trident of Lava" or something.
There are several reasons for this:
1. By KO potential being dependent on venge, a mage would be losing all of their utility. So balance issues with tb, ice barrage, etc is of no concern. As long as the accuracy is kept reasonably low on this, other choices would be superior for such spells.
2. Minimal impact on hybriding/warring. Refer to above.
3. We already have a weapon which comes somewhat close to being semi valuable when used with venge. (black salamander) So the damage range that it should have is already known minimizing dev time in balancing. It should be higher than salamander, lower than staff of the dead.
4. By being a separate weapon or a separate upgrade component, Trident of the Swamp would still be PvM only which is important since its dps would be so similar to SoT* even with casting speed reduced.
Whatever is done, we can't be limited to staff of the dead forever. A new wep shouldn't be better, but it should be viable. Lower dps, higher KO potential (which being able to venge would provide) is the way to accomplish this.
OSRS Mage Tank.
Believe magic to only be for support? Think again. It's just as valid of a Pking style as melee and range is.
04-Jul-2016 22:46:52 - Last edited on 04-Jul-2016 22:50:52 by Ferocire