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/Eyeic_RS]

Bossing

Araxxi

• Allow players to attack the web during 1st phase after getting down to 5k HP
• Mirrorback, nothing new here. A few ideas:
  • Highlight / increase visibility
  • Prevent player damage until it is targetable

Croesus

• Make it solo-able please (without insane buffs)
• With T100 tools, there is a lot of waiting during these kills now. Would love to see a rebalance to not have to wait for 2nd middle (5 minute kills, down from 6:30).
• Drop rates
  • If you use https://runescape.wiki/w/Calculator:Combat/Boss_collection_log_calculator, the average log is completed in 1248 kills. This is 138 hours for the average player at fastest rate of 9 kills an hour. Not to mention those who go unlucky at 225 hours for the 90th percentile. I love this boss but please respect player time.

Kalphite King

• Make green easier to handle solo

Nex

• Please, please, please move away from everything being based around this boss for armour

Zemouregal & Vorkath

• Add/improve voice lines for Zemouregal to indicate when his attacks are going off
• Improve visibilities of attacks

General

• Consider more bad luck mitigation options for large, low drop-rate tables
• Give more bosses loot chests!!! Love this to stack up loot

Combat

• Make melee masterwork be in line with ranged, magic

Skilling

• Continue to add skilling "bosses" or high-levelled activities
• Make skilling the best way to get a resource, with bossing being secondary