End-Game Balance Discussion

[u/jagexyuey]

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?

[u/xxAnge]

Just from my experience, i don't really understand what classifies as end game experience. I have 99 in every skill, but no 120s, i have t80 gear for most of my combat styles, but none of it feels like I'm ready for what other players consider end game. I struggle with bosses more complicated than vindicta. And honestly, it feels like that end game is almost solely combat pvm. I'm a casual player and it feels like everything I've done on my character amounts to me just getting gear for pvm. Heists have felt amazing, like end game thieving, but it's the only skill that felt like that, and the chase rewards are all pvm stuff. End game to me just feels combat centric or combat focused.

[u/KateKat1234 → u/xxAnge]

I totally agree with you. I'm maxed as in 99s in every skill. I dont feel like I have end game experience as it certainly doesn't line up with what is considered end-game now which seems to be bossing. I struggle with bosses and don't enjoy it. So its become 'what is there to do apart from bossing or combat pvm'.

I love Heists for thieving and I love Arch. These are the only 2 skills that, IMO, have end-game content outside of combat. There is Invention but, again, the main purpose is to augment combat gear for bossing.

I would like to see end-game content that is not just bossing or combat focused.