The Combat Power of Oldschool Runescape Items are Changing Massively!

It is finally here! The combat project rebalance for mage weapons, the voidwaker and so much more. Today we finally received the proposed changes for these items and the reasoning behind them.
Today we are going to be looking at all the nerfs and buffs to see what jagex has been cooking up. How much is the occult necklace getting nerfed and where is that power going? How much is the voidwaker getting nerfed.
Theres also a ton of other fundamental changes to the game that we are going to cover today as well.
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[@jimbosween]

Not buffing Ahrims magic damage is a bit disappointing

[@ThotWaffle]

I think it fits with the style of all the other barrows gear. Barrows are all known mostly as a tank set anyway. In terms of accessibility it also is on the easier side to obtain than all the other buffed pieces of magic gear. Like if we're comparing mindlessly running barrows versus chambers of xerics or going into deep wildy to take a chance at the larran's chest, it makes sense to me why it was left unchanged. It was already good at what it was meant to do.

[@Dyna1One]

Totally makes sense for it's defense stats compared to other robe sets though

[@Ztaticify]

Arhims has always been overpowered. It's by far the most expensive barrows set and it's never been close

[@IL_Bgentyl]

Fits fine. Has great defense

[@themosthighvaluemaninthega9048]

Ahrims not getting a buff completely makes sense. Now there's actually a worthwhile difference between Ahrims (~4/5m from one of the easiest bosses in the game) and Virtus (~80/90m from some of the more difficult bosses in the game). You just want everything to be cheap and easy.

[@johnnyboy5135]

A nerf to the occult is just a nerf to magic and further increases the power gap between mid game and end game players

[@Tyrosus]

Say you didn't watch the video without saying it 😂😂

[@SilharaTheChosen]

exactly my thoughts, most players already can't afford late game magic gear and the occult really helped out with mid game magic damage

[@doloran-]

​​@@Tyrosusthe video didn't do a very good job of addressing that topic at all... Are you sure YOU watched it? I just bought an occult a few days ago because it's the only gear I can afford. The pieces that the stats were redistributed to are WAY out of my price range. This "fix" is a kick in the balls to players that aren't maxed out on mage and nothing else.

[@Arkanizz]

Didnt you guys see other mage armor is also getting buffed? You can use virtus or infinity before you get ancestral, so stop the drama

[@l0lan00b3]

@@TheDamiensprinkleoccult gives 3 damage on a lot of spells no idea why people were crying about it.

[@LordRaxyn]

The magic rebalance makes sense but I'm pretty sure this makes a lot of setups with anything less than ancestral worse and more expensive, it might balance out with Augury but that means you now have to manage that prayer just to keep up with where we were before.

[@Omgiamsotriggered]

Yeah feels like a wierd change. But I guess its more rewarding to actually grind and get pieces of gear, because before getting a single 2% wasnt that much of an upgrade, especially since occult was a powercreep, now every gear part actually matters for dps increase. Wont do anything do damage specifically, but just overall rewards getting high-end gear upgrades and keepin its prices stable- if u get what I mean.

[@LordRaxyn]

@@Omgiamsotriggered I like the redistribution of strength, I just don't like the fact that this means almost every magic setup is now weaker and/or less convenient than before. You now need to manage augury and multiple extra pieces of equipment which themselves will offer less defence than what you were likely wearing before so you'll probably take more damage too and after all that you'll be roughly where you were before the change. There's also still the main problem with magic, it's significantly less cost effective than anything else so it is only used when other options are unusable or when magic offers utility like barraging. So now magic will be worse for nearly everyone while still being the last resort, the setups will probably be more expensive and the only setups that will be stronger will be the max ones.

[@Omgiamsotriggered]

@@LordRaxyn Right, seems like such a hassle at this point, but them doing this leaves a huge gap in mage gear and offers them opportunity to actually introduce new mage gear with more nieche purposes, especially mid-game tier gear. Dunno what I personally think about it, I was the first one to bash blowpipe change but turned out to be phenomenal for the game, same thing might happen here.

[@eurasiacentertutorials9518]

It just makes magic even less relevant in the overall game, a skill barely used for bossing outside of extremely high level set ups like the shadow. And now they also gatekept decent magic damage behind a level 77 prayer that you also have to pay for.

[@daltonwarner8531]

@@LordRaxyn watched my ancestral go up like a whim in a day :D

[@0life5]

as a new player I'm glad I purchased my dagon'hai robe set literally hours before these changes were announced

[@Latinblood59]

Im so upset, I sold mine a few days before! Lol good stuff on your purchase though 💪🏽

[@dako91196]

I’m very excited for the damage boost to Augury. It needed it

[@awwitsHurts]

PLEASE, VOTE NO FOR OCCULT! My pure hcim worked hard for 93 slayer!!! I cannot ever use augury or ancestral!! PLEASE SHARE THIS!

[@dako91196]

@@awwitsHurts hate to tell you friend but this is not being polled. Voice your displeasure to Gagex though. Maybe they’ll change it

[@noxartorias6553]

⁠@@awwitsHurtswhy can’t you use anc or augery? Too scared for cox?

[@MrEJD]

@@noxartorias6553cox is piss

[@JW30000]

All magic prayers should have magic damage if augary gets it

[@PeeDeeBee_MD]

Jagex has lost it. Every single mid-late game player has trident + occult + ahrims. Now there are no real updates until you can full on send cox for ALL THE UPGRADES They wanted to decrease the mid-end game gap but instead theyve increased it x 10000

[@themosthighvaluemaninthega9048]

No real upgrades....? DT2 bosses....? Then just do a bit of COX for augury (which is hella common). Calm down.

[@РоманВорфоломеев-е7ы]

@@themosthighvaluemaninthega9048 is dt2 considered midgame now?

[@sylvariatzaka]

I really feels like they screwed magic with this update unless you have augury + ancestral

[@jay1871]

I agree but also magic is about to get a buff through monster weaknesses too so we will see how it goes there.

[@AceofArcadia]

@@themosthighvaluemaninthega9048 just a small 1k hour grind. no biggie.

[@nostressstef8924]

U have a lot of passion and basic knowledge. Makes these videos simple and natural. Many other youtubers stumble with informing since they lack a bigger picture

[@awwitsHurts]

PLEASE, VOTE NO FOR OCCULT! My pure hcim worked hard for 93 slayer!!! I cannot ever use augury or ancestral!! PLEASE SHARE THIS!

[@Ztaticify]

@@awwitsHurts Luckily it's not polled so players that don't understand game design won't ruin the game

[@nostressstef8924]

@@awwitsHurts i dont care

[@polkjmsb]

lol

[@Miller73]

@@awwitsHurtsget bent

[@bknighty28]

Eternals not getting a buff is criminally short sighted.

[@99str3ngthx2]

How many eternals did you end up buying?

[@ntquiteramb0]

I didn't know they weren't until reading your comment but holy shit that's awful

[@trooper5987]

nah its great. you dont wanna feel forced to bring boot switch in raids etc.

[@ntquiteramb0]

@@trooper5987 you're not forced to if they do more damage. It's just another option

[@juice6521]

All these PVMers crying about having to make more switches.

[@masonhales]

bought my elder at 9m, sold at 75m. thanks for the 7 bonds

[@Rune_2h]

Huge W

[@mrsn3sbit888]

Stonks

[@shawngord8813]

I bought one at 86m thinking they were going to sky rocket how wrong I was xD

[@Argharrawrrr]

I bought 20 elder mauls for 25m ish and just sold all 20 for 75m today. Made literally 1b

[@unculturedswines5748]

bought 8 at 45m, sold for 84m each. easiest 350m ive ever made

[@shanemcfarland-gp7jk]

when you think about it the abby whip is also very over powered for its price and requirements. its stats should be halved and redistributed between the scythe and torva..... a terrible blow for irons and casual players generally

[@jawstrock2215]

this is why the elemental weakness change is so important for mid lvl players.

[@dark_matter62]

Literally not a single person is using their brain lol elemental weakness will likely more than make up the difference of these beers for mid game players

[@eurasiacentertutorials9518]

Maybe Jagex SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT in the post. Also I am not convinced it will be good or helpful.

[@jawstrock2215]

@@eurasiacentertutorials9518 it's 1 blog out of multiple for project rebalance. It'll all one big thing.

[@dark_matter62]

@@eurasiacentertutorials9518 literally is project rebalance part 3. Use a brain cell.

[@eurasiacentertutorials9518]

@@dark_matter62 You think everyone is constantly just staring and waiting for update blog posts? Clearly not based on the comments on this one.

[@Canuckrz]

Frankly, I hate how much they're nerfing the occult amulet. I would have been in favor of a slight nerf, but I think the bigger issue with the magic system was how useless the rest of the gear was, but now they're taking its bonus' and only applying it to super expensive gear which screws over us midlevel players who already had a rough time justifying combat magic with its expense.

[@aeiouaeiou100]

I think they should nerf occult regardless of what they do to other gear. The buff is way too massive for an 800k amulet, like they stated in the blog.

[@ryancampbell454]

%100000 agree

[@jawstrock2215]

That's where elemental weakness comes in. Gives a good bit of the damage back, and more.

[@TopODaMernin]

@@aeiouaeiou100 so use your brain and think of other solutions..... maybe not nerf it but make the reqs harder for wearing it.... its so simple minded to think the only option is to buff it... it requires 92 slayer... it should be very powerful. Make 92 slayer a req to wear it... or 90-95 magic a req... you dont just go and nerf shit

[@awwitsHurts]

PLEASE, VOTE NO FOR OCCULT! My pure hcim worked hard for 93 slayer!!! I cannot ever use augury or ancestral!! PLEASE SHARE THIS!

[@mccarko]

Augury getting % dmg will let you do more damage in the gauntlet than before

[@awwitsHurts]

PLEASE, VOTE NO FOR OCCULT! My pure hcim worked hard for 93 slayer!!! I cannot ever use augury or ancestral!! PLEASE SHARE THIS!

[@jcru102]

​@@awwitsHurts sit

[@yungsmorc6462]

Owned ​@@awwitsHurts

[@Patkilla7558]

Cox is safe for HCIM. Sit

[@ntquiteramb0]

​@@awwitsHurts I didn't want occult nerfed but you're making me wanna vote yes tbh

[@milancerpwns9358]

dagon hai and infinity get mage dmg bonus but ahrims gets nothin,rip the last items giving barrows life lmao

[@mrsn3sbit888]

Yeah wtffff

[@Ztaticify]

Barrows was already incredibly strong. It doesn't need a buff

[@Omgiamsotriggered]

Wont change anything about barrows tho? They are still a strong choice for either pvp or pve, and dagon-hai/infinity take way longer to obtain (at least on an ironman) than barrows.

[@ntquiteramb0]

​@@Omgiamsotriggeredguess you haven't went 100+ chests dry for an item

[@King-balloon]

Spent year and a half getting 93 slayer on iron literally finishing 3 weeks ago and they nerf the occult. Absolute bollox What’s the point of even playing iron man if they just gonna nerf everything I grind for

[@XGARBAGExBO2]

I agree. I'm 90 ish slayer and was kinda looking forward to the magic damage but im probably not getting it now.

[@King-balloon]

@viewer_21 I am and I will

[@Steven-hq3go]

Slayer drops are cheap for non-ironman. The game balance isn't ideal sometimes when trying to cater to both players

[@MHScald]

Updates should not be for people who restrict themselves. Dont play ironman if this is how you act

[@godofcodu13itch]

@@MHScald updates shouldn't be based on the cost of items either though.

[@nobobonobo]

I'm never gonna financially recovery from this

[@philliam111]

i sold full inquisitors 2 months before this, oh and full ancestral lol. So dont worry you could be felling like me right now

[@OnyxSilas]

I’m not even a PvPer tbh but I genuinely feel like the nerf to the ancient godsword was uncalled for lol when the voidwaker, claws and even AGS can 1 tick your max hp, I feel like having more ways to heal in a fight is optimal if they’re just going to add more weapons that can effortlessly stack you out, despite you combo eating perfectly. Idk though, I mainly used the ancient godsword at solo bandos and I love it lol so I’m glad they didn’t change it for pvm I guess.

[@Oogie187]

I know it doesn’t seem all that strong but paired with the lightbearer its really broken in a deepwild outlast fight

[@sylvariatzaka]

@@Oogie187 Wasn't that really all it had going for it though? SGS is usually better in PVM anyway, and if they nerf it, what niche roll does it even fill anymore? It's way harder to get than the other godswords and now its special attack is one of the weakest.

[@HughMungusXD]

I just wish we'd get an Oldschool Classic, the 2007 port with no future updates, only bug fixes and bot bans. Then we'd never have to worry about the system getting constantly "updated" and changed.

[@RSgaming1337]

then you'd have the dead game that OSRS would be now if it never get updates.

[@morganhunt8051]

I’m in favor of most of the big changes recently and upcoming(except some of this magic dmg stuff) but yeah the more the game changes I wonder how long till an OSRS Classic comes out

[@Ragatokk]

@@RSgaming1337 Not so sure, think the updates up until eoc was better than what we got 2nd time around.

[@ihatepeople_]

I think right before EOC update would be perfect.

[@camelbro]

Their reasoning for nerfing occult might be some of the dumbest shit I've ever read in my life

[@masterownsu7573]

I wish Mod Ash was the owner of jagex.

[@alexandreduhaime8622]

Why?

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

Occult nerf is such an insult to anyone who isn't a whale with bis mage gear, hoping this goes to poll so I can slap down a nice "no" spec

[@djjordan9696]

No it doesn’t . You’ll get %dmg from infinity and other robes WAY before 93 slay, thus boosting mid game mage dmg. Sit

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

@djjordan9696 Okay mod, hyped to vote no. Infinity is ugly

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

@@99splashing77 L

[@EngageTV]

OLDSCHOOL WHERE U AT! The streets need u to talk about the insane prices of E maul and other tings 😢

[@fartsmckool8897]

Kinda bummed eternal boots won't get any love.

[@KeytarArgonian]

The amount of people forgetting that elemental magics are getting an insane buff, up to 100% weaknesses on some NPC’s is just being glossed over here. I do agree it’s weird that pricing is the measure that jagex seems to take issue with in terms of the occult. Why not just lower the drop rate? I’m glad it does give things like infinity and augury a use though.

[@JW30000]

People are considering how this impacts PvP though too and there seems to be some bias on what builds get buffed or nerfed from this.

[@sonsprinter]

So glad I just got 99 mage bursting with occult necklace. Whew!

[@fisnoun8639]

Crazy that a 50% buff to nightmare still isn't enough to make it worth doing. Still takes 3x as long to hit the orb rate vs a shadow (for solo 500s at least), for items that are less consequential

[@morganhunt8051]

I mean you also gotta take into account the difficulty of camping solo 500’d efficiently versus doing Nightmare

[@InsertNameThere]

Theyre doing nothing but making this game more grindy and less fun for casuals. 800k for 1 necklace is pricey for a mid game player. The economy is shot and the gap between early/mid gane and late game is digustingly massive.

[@wiebebolhuis9441]

This change made me more happy about buying augury for only 450k

[@hunter66630]

I guess Ahrim is useless now. Since when do you go for a tank mage build, only to sacrifice damage? In pvp you want the extra damage, in slayer, you want the extra damage, when bossing you also want the extrta damage... Ahrim will be useless now.

[@dreamerdark0]

How do they think balancing the game around Grand Exchange item prices is a good idea when they literally sell gold through bonds, this is nothing but a cash grab to make people feel like they need more money to progress, and even for ironmen it forces them to either farm MTA, do clues for 3rd age??? or do end game raids to make back the magic damage loss.....

[@Ragatokk]

imagine, profit incentive drives the game development, no way right? it's only the same company that did wheel of fortune.

[@1423bdog]

would be nice if we could get a magic damage boost to void robes so they arent completely useless now. it isnt just ahrims thats getting shafted with this rebalance. they have always left magic behind on the damage front and made high level gear a bit underwhelming. you could make the extra 6% from occult be locked behind an untradeable quest drop that is like dt2 for occult

[@RajFallen]

I think that would be a really cool idea for the occult

[@scooterfoxx]

im really looking forward to the reaper axe, i feel it will make it much more useful in pvm/pvp

[@cbensuardisimo4405]

When are they dropping oldschool oldschool runescape so i can play in peace

[@Priest_Of_Zebak]

I think soon with the upcoming private server thing they're going to implement. Game is cool where it's at. Only reason we left was eoc not because of random updates.

[@fullysick7082]

Buff to chaos Eldar robes would be nice for pures

[@DanielTheCooliest]

So based on the max hit updates, would the dark bow no longer be able to actually hit a 48-48? It would roll 1-47? Or am I confused?

[@Thief-d3c]

How thick are you? The roll is now 7-47

[@timespace6525]

video so well structured, it's like reading a pamphlet

[@questerskillz]

so is virtus gonna stay at 2 and 4 % on ancients or we gonna get 8% on ancients now.

[@HTownIron832]

I think the lower tier buffs are great for the game. The dragon warhammer is also awesome since I was just about to start that grind. I think that nerf for the late game sets might mean they are about to add something into the reward space

[@peiro6007]

Finally the nightmare drop table buff is so needed. Got 400 kills and never saw a drop there

[@awwitsHurts]

PLEASE, VOTE NO FOR OCCULT! My pure hcim worked hard for 93 slayer!!! I cannot ever use augury or ancestral!! PLEASE SHARE THIS!

[@Ztaticify]

I kinda was hoping they'd buff the normal drops a bit too, even if it's mostly supplies. It's one of the grindiest bosses in the game

[@l0lan00b3]

The real issue with it is that accuracy, and defensive stats even, are basically arbitrary as far as dps are considered. On the other hand thank god I sold my bank off during the last boom

[@KillingDemons]

Cool, now when are they going to handle the bot situation?

[@overdonenames]

An indirect bandos sword nerf, a midgame mage nerf and buffing the elder maul to the best spec weapon in the game for pvm. That's uhh, that's cool I guess.

[@burntfish123]

Bis mage getting buffed and everything else getting nerfed is a horrible move. And adding % to level 50 gear but not to ahrims because "it's the tanky set!" leads me to believe the jmods play a different game than the rest of us. Tank robes? Really? Even the tankiest melee armour in the game has very niche limited uses. The worst style at mid game going from the worst to the worst but even less damage is not the move.

[@jawstrock2215]

How is everything else getting nerfed? The occult was always way too overpowered for how easy it was to get and share. Smoke devil is one of the best slayer task, everyone that lvl do them, so neck are always flooding in. Also, don't forget that elemental weakness should also come in. In the end you would still have more dps in the midgame. You can also farm infinity at pretty much any point of the account, which has the bonus magic damage on it.

[@accent11270]

Not buffing ahrims is a huge mistake. The defense bonus is totally negligible and even still it has a 70 defense requirement to justify that. I challenge jagex to find one example where Ahrims would be better over the buffed dagonhai robes.

[@eurasiacentertutorials9518]

Why is no one talking about the fact that this will make Magic more expensive to use in combat? Less damage = more casts = more runes = more money! Melee is practically free to use after the weapon purchase (which can be sold later), range has a backpack that gives you your ammo back, mage? Well I guess enjoy being broke!

[@Cropod]

auto cast delay alone is such a good change I just never thought would happen

[@AceofArcadia]

just a nerf to anything that isn't complete end game gear. just a stupid adjustment imo.

[@Aperson439]

The elder maul price fluctiations lately, due to the buffs its getting as part of project rebalance are crazy.

[@jordyjordz55]

So i log on one day... And now i max hit 28 instead of a 32 because of the nerf to occult(im an iron and i dont have endgame mage gear yet) now the grind is even slower... S**t like this pisses me off and just pushes me further away from the game. At this point may aswell just delete the slayer skill.

[@arranrowsell9728]

disappointed to see a nerf to the occult without any changes to ahrims. as an iron i almost feel like ignoring the occult for longer as it wont be as much of an upgrade as before. for irons the occult is a rather late game item and it felt like a huge reward, locked behind slayer and a rare drop.

[@UrbanFoxRed]

give it 8-12 months before we get a brand new 10% mage ammy for end game mages worth 80m

[@RottenWorm]

you make great content, you are the main osrs content maker whom videos I watch and look out for.

[@o_MoJo]

Ahrims needs a 1% per piece with the body getting 2% I get its suppost to be a tanky alternative but its teir 70. Why is it weaker than infinity?

[@Thelivecoach]

The fact Shadow + ancestral is almost absolutely useless without ice ancient sceptre and elidinis ward to catch the freeze if you're soloing anything shows you dps has never been the issue. At the moment magic is nothing more than: caught freeze? OP. No freeze go to lumby. It made way more sense to add sleight defensive bonuses to the armors and lowering magic damage across the board to counter freeze being the unbalanced factor that makes or break the whole combat style.

[@SairasSiika]

Pures getting rekt with the occult nerf👁️👄👁️

[@rustytoyota]

I'm an Ironman : I think Ironman mode broke the game. It really exposed a lot of " flaws " in a MMO that wasn't meant to be solo. I've stopped playing so many times because of Drops. I might just start all over on a normie.

[@pickaname3057]

Hope they poll this garbage

[@nostalgic7821]

Imo they've added too many new items in a short amount of time

[@cannottrust3710]

If you didn't have max mage you probably can't afford it now

[@lambchu6459]

*Stares in Iron*

[@jawstrock2215]

I'm not sure why ancestral would go up in price really. since overall damage doesn't change much. The dt2 robes might go up though, they'll be better then ancestral is now. ahrim will go down, and infinity and dagohai will probably go up. rest might stay the same(alch price for most of it anyway) or go down to it

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

- whale

[@JW30000]

Elder chaos robes and maybe enchanted robes should have magic damage and the other magic prayers should have magic damage if augary gets it.

[@tylerhayes9808]

Elder maul should have a passive that deals bonus % of enemy current hp damage.

[@Ragatokk]

Could have been something like bonus 0.5% of max hp.

[@zoidsfan12]

I'm very mixed on this because it kinda screws with a lot of stuff. For instance in gwd you bring an occult, tormented bracelet, and something to autocast blood barrage. It's 4 total inv slots with the rune pouch included. That nerf will actually hurt massively because it means the ttk on the bodyguards is going to go up. I overall like the idea of splitting the bonus but it is so engrained into gear setups now that it's gonna hurt. Guess I'll grind as much gwd as I can before the update is polled.

[@juice6521]

Gotta bring Ahrims now.

[@sandervhoutert1738]

With the augury buff you'd be losing 2% magic damage, it's a nerf but not that big. The kill window for the guards is quite generous anyway so I doubt it'll be an issue.

[@jeandeasd]

​@@sandervhoutert1738why nerf an already weak style

[@sandervhoutert1738]

@@jeandeasd maybe the early and mid-game gear is being nerfed but early and mid-game magic overall is receiving a huge buff through the elemental weaknesses and autocast delay removal

[@Noxsolum]

I like the magic changes, I think the nerf to occult may be a little strong, 5/6% would be slightly better or spreading some extra power out to other midgame items would be nice! Everything else is pretty spot on! Love how Jagex keeps everything fresh!

[@FortifiedIllusion]

Yay finally got the slayer for occult and its getting nerfed and ahrim isnt even getting a dmg buff thanks jagex forcing raids even more

[@IL_Bgentyl]

Main thing they need for bosses that are hard to reach is easy to obtain teleports. Example after your first kill you can tele there. Then the drop rate isn’t as much of an issue. We also need a mid game consumable melee weapon like the blowpipe, trident.

[@YewJackOSRS]

I love the magic dmg % shifting around. Actually makes all the random armors feel a bit more useful.

[@HolyRaincloud]

Eternals getting hoarded like a mfer, be nice if jagex secretly released a buff for them as soon as the price drops

[@ZeroPhilosopher]

Using barrows as an example between the necklace and the ancestral set just seems like a terrible example.

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

Mods don't play the game, they just listen to Redditors

[@ZeroPhilosopher]

@@MaxiemumKarnage sounds accurate

[@eurasiacentertutorials9518]

Insanely perplexing

[@grandcanyon2]

@@MaxiemumKarnage no its these streamers and top 1-5 percent playerbase they lisent to. Gaming companies never learn, never build your game around the top 1-5 percent of your playerbase, you just will encourage real-world trading and botting and scamming. If you make items so hard to get only 1-5 percent of your player base can get it, folks are gonna rwt or scam to get said items.

[@Doomsons]

Ancient godsword didnt need a balance in pvp.... it literally never hits so the 25 health was nice when it 1/10 times did

[@themosthighvaluemaninthega9048]

1/10 lol. Just making up numbers.

[@PatserSteve]

I don’t see the problem with the occult tbf. Everyone can afford it, also players with ancestral. So they won’t really notice the difference in dps would they? So why make the mid game suffer from the nerf. And why is Ahrims not getting a slight buff?

[@grandcanyon2]

basically jagex runing the game for the top 1-5 percent of players, how many players have 420 magic ancestral set.

[@MaybeBlackMesa]

Occult Necklace has always had way too much power tied to it. It took all the power budget for magic which in turn made everything else that came out weaker than it'd have been if it were balanced. Ranged and Melee never had such a warping equipment thats not a weapon and now Magic gear suffer for it.

[@themosthighvaluemaninthega9048]

Yep. It was way too good. If it had been introduced to the game with the newly-proposed stats, then people wouldn't be crying now, but they've got too comfortable using an overpowered item.

[@Ls400-Lexus]

i agree with the magic being spread around to other things especially early/mid game items. I think the elder maul update is a good start but its still a mega rare same as tbow/sythe/shadow/kodai which all have either special effects/damage bonus/best in slot for that style. its a basically a slightly better warhammer is all. Also only +17 better accuracy that hammer/d defender and +12 better than hammer/avernic and if you can never miss a hit what's the point compared to the hammer. Not sure what they could add but i feel like it needs what they propose+something else if its gonna be a mega rare item. It will be a spec only weapon like hammer is now plus this game is all about dps so buffing stats might not make sense because no one will use it after they spec but maybe they can think of some type of an effect.

[@assassinsoutdoors1293]

Always look forward to a new flipping old school video!

[@grizum4420]

That quote from the post is kinda dumb. “Who kills barrows brothers faster?” You pick THE “boss” in the game with pretty much no magic defense and pretend that that’s how all monsters are

[@aarons6935]

If they're gonna nerf the occult down to only 4%, make it a level 83 slayer requirement and remove dragon boots from spiritual mages drop table. Put dragon boots onto a spiritual warrior drop table and make them an 83 slayer requirement as well. Why are dudes who use magic dropping melee boots anyway? 🤷‍♂️🤔

[@trippsmclovin]

Pray boost for cg gonna go crazy on shard grinds

[@Rjm00]

I’m glad I sold off my eldritch orb during the colosseum hype can buy it back for cheap now

[@essayboi]

They are actually likely not going to nerf the voidwaker - per the Jmod comments on reddit. You stated it as if they absolutely are but this is just proposed changes.

[@haezz4027]

The fact that they changed the way damage is handled and the only thing people are talking about is the occult nerf kinda blows my mind. Changing the the damage system is so massive

[@Kerosberous]

How the hell am I supposed to get out of the mid game if they keep nerfing the mid game?

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

"Buy bonds lmfao"

[@frozencloudzzful]

Imagine that, low level players get shafted, while the top end is even stronger when it comes to magic dmg. This change makes sense if done well. It was not done well. Shouldve buffed mystic/bloodbark aswell, shouldnt have buffed augury.. Occult + mystic/dragonhai/infinity/bloodbark/ahrims shouldve been 10%. 5% dmg from necklace, 3% from top, 2% from bottom. Add those 3 and 2 to virtus/ancestral aswell and its done. Everyone still has the 10% and in mage gear nothing changes. Hell buff mage void aswell. 🤷

[@danieljervis495]

Do people forget the Occult Necklace is locked behind 93 slayer to acquire I get that mains just buy it buts at its core it’s not a mid game item

[@jawstrock2215]

True, but also too easy to get from a very popular slayer task... so very common. The fact it;s this powerful, and yet super cheap, says everything.

[@TheVenhammer]

@@jawstrock2215not cheap for irons

[@TheVenhammer]

@@jawstrock2215 Yeah screw the irons who grinded all the way to 93 slayer in hopes of getting a decent magic upgrade.

[@Ztaticify]

@@TheVenhammer So because you grinded an iron to 93 slayer and are bitter about it, every other iron should also have to instead of the issue actually getting fixed?

[@TheVenhammer]

@@Ztaticify Excuse me? How is this benefitting ANY iron that hasn't gotten ancestral? Occult was the most accessible magic damage upgrade as long as you put in the time and effort to get 93 slayer. Do you honestly think its easier for irons to get augury and ancestral? This just makes mid game mage in general worse and super end game better. Don't believe me? Ask any iron which version of occult they prefer whether or not theyve gotten 93 slayer yet.

[@TapoutTanK52]

More stuff I can’t afford. Neat!

[@TREK5900cheats]

I think augury should be even more powerful honestly. At least it isn't useless but it is still so bad compared to rigour.

[@HTownIron832]

Okay now make the slayer level to get the occult more reflective of what it gets you.

[@jawstrock2215]

The bis mage neck not good enough for you? Hydra not good enough of a slayer target either? Smoke devils not a good enough task for you to do without it?

[@espurrjelly]

So looking at the changes to magic in general that they are planning in adding the nerf to the occult isnt that bad due to the buff to magic via elemental weaknesses and even less of an impact with tome of fire and searing pages and sunfire runes. Kinda hope we get tomes of air and earth added in to the game at this point. I am thinking a lot if people need to actually look at everything as a whole instead of looking at one thing that by all means was waaay to good for its price. Im not a fan of nerfing at all -6% is a massive drop and if nothing else was changing i would actually be ticked but thats not whats happening so many changes are happening to combat that the nerf ends up being insignificant and brings it inline for the pricepoint for mains. (Rip irons) Overall these changes to magic are fine people just arent looking at the whole picture

[@JoeyyyBoyyy]

SO what's the point of the occult necklace requiring 92 slayer to get then? Literally 0 bonus for grinding to that level.

[@nouon4220]

Runescape devs legit cant do math, 1/5000 to 1/3000 is a 5/3 -> 1,66666. . . Increase not 1.8x

[@Ragatokk]

if you go from needing to kill 5000 to needing to kill 3000, that is 40% less.

[@itsjust_naana5000]

should put a slayer req behind the occult, still takes forever to earn one for accounts that need to work for it.

[@Machinist_2]

Most of these magic rebalances are pretty good. Although, it would have been nice to see stuff like the Eternal Boots, Malediction Ward, etc. be adjusted as well. Particularly in Defence, and Damage. Same with the Ranged items as well. I’ve always believed that the Eternals/Pegasians & Malediction/Odium should be IDENTICAL in stats, but just have opposite DAMAGE bonuses for their respective combat styles. That’s how I personally would have designed them. Otherwise, I like where the game is headed. - Machinist_2

[@averagegamer1717]

they aren't nerfing void waker making it 2x more accurate

[@Magebank]

Infinity viable now?

[@pressf4875]

Augury is finally good, now irons can run early chambers after fang in order to speed up slayer 👍

[@shatter-420]

they fking the game up

[@brobrochannel2387]

The apmeken buff was good, the monkey room can be nauseating

[@themosthighvaluemaninthega9048]

Yeah, that's some good shit

[@danielcasey8252]

Over 25k no dragon warhammer… so kind of upset about the drop rate being adjusted

[@Jukebox_Jesus]

I get that they're aimed to improve mid lvl mage, but these "elemental weaknesses" seem an awful lot like the ones introduced in EOC...

[@klynton2791]

Thanks for the video flipping osrs! I do wish though that they would be able to come out with material at a faster rate… having just gotten my dwh at 17k kc kind of stings but nothing I can do about it

[@2NextLvL]

How is your tendinitis? Did you get over it? If so, how? Im struggling for like 2 years now :(

[@jameskeyse1839]

I dont understandsnoeople argument about the occult, they are stupidly overpowered, should we have air staffs as powerful as a harmonized staff? No. So why are people against this, makes total sense.

[@mendelson6052]

They could have slightly nerfed the occult and then they could have given it a 93 slayer requirement. My iron would have been happy with that. Or at least make it rarer…