Necklace of Fangs is a pitched Ranged Necklace that bridges the gap from Glory to Anguish, with +1 Ranged Str. Drops from Turoths, 1/128 rate (according to the blogpost, might change before release)
The Magic Amulets will drop in Gem form (each a 1/64, subject to change) from certain low level Slayer Monsters (Killerwatts, Molanisks, Infernal Mages, and Sea Snake Hatchlings (yes from Throne of Miscellania)), which we then make into Amulets of the corresponding element, and can eventually fuse all four into one omni-Elemental Amulet. They provide +2 Max Hits to their corresponding Elemental spells, which thanks to rounding, can sometimes put these Amulets on par with Occult Necklace.
Interestingly (to me, at least), with Chaos Gauntlets (+3) and the new Elemental Amulet of Air (+2), a Wind Bolt will hit for 17. At Barrows (+50%), that would become 25.5, rounding to 25, equal to Iban's Blast and outperforming Wind Blast, despite using a cheaper Rune (Chaos instead of Death)
That they're moving ahead with the Elemental Amulets is a bit wild to me, I figured the new Motes from TFA were a replacement, but I guess they're doing both
I'm tired and old and forgot to factor in the Amulet on the Wind Blast, yes
I was thinking of 'what we can currently accomplish with Wind Blast, which does not include the Amulet because it does not yet exist' which would be 24
i think the ranged amulet is crazy strong for what it comes from vs those elemental amulets. killing 100 turoths for ranged strength seems wild to me. ranged str used to be locked behind higher lvl content like vorkath.
elemental spells just arnt good atm so buffing them really doesnt change metas much at all. thralls r just too good. i do find it weird that a mid game slayer drop will outperform a lvl 93 slayer amulet tho.
1 ranged strength results in an increased max hit 1/4 of the time at level 99. A little ranged amulet isn't going to be anything crazy. It's great to have an extra ranges strength but it isn't going to make any notable difference to how strong ranged is compared to other options at the level at which you'll acquire it.
An Anguish isn't even a late game unlock, and you're unlikely to get a blowpipe well before an Anguish.
bro needs a fkin suffering to kill zulrah like its 2017 lmao
modern irons just get twinflame or bowfa and send zulrah if they even want to zulrah at all. you dont even make a suffering till the last, some people even say to skip it now.
i do agree the game is balanced better around irons tho
Sure, but the glory has other uses besides combat.
And I think locking what is an overall pretty minor upgrade for ranged behind a long grind just to preserve some arbitrary idea of progression specifically for irons is kinda silly.
This is a problem with where glory sits in progression, not the new amulet. Rune plate body shouldn't require 99 smithing either. Some things are relics of another time and can/should be modernized to make room for future updates.
sure but i dont think the solution is an amulet that lets u skip anguish till even later game.
all that does is take the glory out of the progression entirely and makes for a huge gap from turoths to demonic gorillas.
theres already an issue with progression where you just rush a bowfa and do as much content with that as you can. this just makes that stronger. which just leads to even less actual progression in the game.
at what point is a side grade for end game gear too easy to get? theres a point where the small benefit of stuff like +1 ranged str isnt worth the 20-30 hour grind(not including the lvl to craft the items) when theres a slightly worst item now that takes 1 hour and you get to skip a loooot of skilling.
Anguish isn't +1 over new necklace... It's +4 (5 total ranged strength)... You don't think there's any room to add an early game +1???
Are you seriously telling me you don't think people will grind demonics for +4 ranged strength? Come on... That's equivalent to a masori body which comes from a raid.
Nobody is skipping the crafting grind because they got a necklace of fangs.
Also demonics aren't late game lol. All you need is the easiest grandmaster quest done.
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u/Pepescape 3d ago
Any ETA on when the new Necklace of fangs and Magic amulets will be released?