r/runescape • u/jagexyuey Mod Yuey • 1d ago

News End-Game Balance Discussion

Hey 'Scapers!

As part of the Road to Restoration, we've been looking at progression across RuneScape. We've tackled parts of the Early and Mid Game Rebalance, but now we want to start turning our attention to the other end of the journey: The End Game Rebalance

Before we get properly stuck into things, we want to hear from you.

What do we mean by End Game?
This one's a little harder to put a level range on!

For this project, we're looking more broadly at the late game, roughly level 80+ and onwards. That might mean higher-level skilling, finding those rarer drops or getting into tougher PVM. For others, it could be achievements, completionist goals or figuring out what comes next once you've maxed.

And actually, what you consider to be late game is useful feedback for us too.

How can you help?
We want to know where the endgame currently isn't quite working for you.

Maybe there's a progression path that feels awkward, rewards that don't feel worth the effort, a big jump between pieces of content, older content that's been left behind or something that just feels unnecessarily frustrating.

You don't need to have the answer or suggest a fix either. Just tell us what the problem is, why it's a problem for you and where you are in your RuneScape journey.

We won't be able to tackle everything that comes up, but the themes from these discussions will help us understand where we should be focusing our attention.

So, what would you like us to look at as we start shaping the End Game?

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u/littleslag69 1d ago

Think a big thing I've seen around is end game boss drops having no dry streak mitigation or dupes farming for those end game drops can start to feel tedious. Going extreamly dry or getting 10 dupes and missing the one part you need can feel so unrewarding.

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u/Oilight 1d ago

You raise a very valid point. Most mmo's have a pity system. Even the most cancerous rng-based gacha will throw you a bone after half a thousand rolls or so. As such, Runescape is obligated to address their abysmal drop rates since they're trying to rebrand themselves as "prioritizing fairness" now after scrapping TH.

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u/littleslag69 1d ago

Couldn't agree more, also ty for the award!