Feedback: new bis mage cape /u/TheNamesRoodi Old School RuneScape!

The new bis mage cape as described in today’s blog misses the mark for me and seemingly many others. We have the quiver and infernal cape currently. 2 bis capes that come from difficult content that requires time and effort to get. They have better stats across the board + quiver has an additional ammo slot.

The new bis magic cape has 2 issues with it.

First off, the -2 prayer bonus. Why? Are we so afraid of powercreep that adding literally 1% damage to a cape warrants it having a -2 prayer bonus to push players to not use it? Why? Simply put it to 0 prayer bonus. 1% magic damage and +5 accuracy is enough to go for the cape, it’s not an insane upgrade, but it doesn’t need a downside.

Secondly, the item is tradeable? So we’re going to go from challenging, hard to get untradeable bis capes in melee and ranged styles to a tradeable bis magic cape? Why? There is a precedent set that the community (at least I think so) likes that bis capes are locked behind challenging content. You shouldn’t just be able to bypass that and buy a bis cape. It would be the first buyable bis cape in old-school.

Id like to know people’s thoughts on this, but I think the cape should be +0 prayer and untradeable, guaranteed (I don’t know the boss so maybe not, could be too simple/easy) from the hardest difficulty of the doom boss.

The new bis mage cape as described in today’s blog misses the mark for me and seemingly many others. We have the quiver and infernal cape currently. 2 bis capes that come from difficult content that requires time and effort to get. They have better stats across the board + quiver has an additional ammo slot.

The new bis magic cape has 2 issues with it.

First off, the -2 prayer bonus. Why? Are we so afraid of powercreep that adding literally 1% damage to a cape warrants it having a -2 prayer bonus to push players to not use it? Why? Simply put it to 0 prayer bonus. 1% magic damage and +5 accuracy is enough to go for the cape, it’s not an insane upgrade, but it doesn’t need a downside.

Secondly, the item is tradeable? So we’re going to go from challenging, hard to get untradeable bis capes in melee and ranged styles to a tradeable bis magic cape? Why? There is a precedent set that the community (at least I think so) likes that bis capes are locked behind challenging content. You shouldn’t just be able to bypass that and buy a bis cape. It would be the first buyable bis cape in old-school.

Id like to know people’s thoughts on this, but I think the cape should be +0 prayer and untradeable, guaranteed (I don’t know the boss so maybe not, could be too simple/easy) from the hardest difficulty of the doom boss.