Wilderness Boss Rework Review

[Wee Man 1,348]

So it's been just over 6 weeks since the rework dropped and I figured it'd be a good time to see what the overall thoughts on the update were. Personally I think it was a massive success and P2P pking hasn't been this active or fun since the original osrs rev caves were a thing, I think the balance of risk vs reward seems to be decent so far but time will tell.

 

What do you fellas think?

[Isndar 227]

I believe is was one of the needed update for the Wilderness to rejuvenate since Wilderness bosses was added into the game

I am a pretty much a PvMer throughout my whole OSRS existence and I can easily Duo with my alt at Callisto for hours without interrupted for few months without seeing any PKers logging in and I was doing it almost everytime from 12PM EST onward till 4PM and still nobody logging in to disrupt my Dragon Pick farming.

This is all because most PKers simply went to Revenant Forinthry Dungeon because it is much more crowded and rewarding to go there to PK both PKers and PvMers alike because you are Guaranteed a 100K gp in each Kill and maybe having a chance of getting massive loots from killing Pvmers and High risking NH PKers.

Ever since this new Wilderness Bosses update, almost everyday we get to see both PvMers and PKers hunting down both the bosses and PvMers so it is for me a wonderful update for both parties.

I agree with WeeMan, It is a massive success for P2P Multi PKing and it helps Clans and Teams to go hunt down people beside roaming around the Wild blindlessly like we used to do in RS2

It also reintroduced Anti-Pking massively again for PvMers with the new Voidwaker to help them fend off Solo PKers or Small Teams.

Edited March 14, 2023 by Isndar

[John 263]

Best update we’ve seen for wilderness in a very long time. 

[Isndar 227]

Honourable Mention:-

Because of this Wilderness Bosses update, I applied to Tempest because I know this update will be a huge deal and because of this update as well, I got my first Armadyl GodSword PK

I have never would've thought I'd see the day going to PK again let a lone, getting a from from a PKer

All thanks to Tempest for making this possible. Thank you everyone.

[Tika191 1,099]

Ye it's been solid, might need to buff the basic loot table rewards a bit though as the hype dies down

 

The multiple locations and escape routes has made coming across fights much more organic which is always exciting, nothing like an un-planned fight that ends up being a massive battle

[Kai 293]

Huge success imo.

It revitalized the wildy, and brought a lot of people back into the game that normally would not be playing. I'm sure Jagex will continue to add content as time goes on because of how successful it has been. 

[IMK 489]

No still shit

[IMK 489]

To explain further instead of my usual shitposting:

 

All this update has done, like the so many before it, is further nurture an unhealthy and honestly boring culture of PKing in modern OSRS. All PKing is now are groups of retards running around in salad robes killing PvMers and other PKers for loot. Loot, loot, loot. It's the measurement of success now. Not the thrill of finding other clans or teams, not the victories. I might just be a boomer but PKing was fun when it was about hunting players, not hunting loot. And that kind of PKing has been dead for a very long time. So, if I were asked if this update helps PKing? The answer is a swift no.

[Howl 946]

I think we won't know for sure until much farther down the road. The activity has been great so far, but there's no guarantee it will be like this in 3 months, 6 months, etc.

[@Brian 2,803]

By today's standards, if an update isn't dead content in a week, then it's a success.

 

Wilderness was pretty barren for the last few months up until this update. We'll see how long it keeps going like this.

 

The key is keeping the food chain alive, i.e buffing loot and incentives for PvMers to keep going when they start to get bored of it.

[£NewAccount 241]

I just woke up

[Wee Man 1,348]

42 minutes ago, IMK said:

To explain further instead of my usual shitposting:

 

All this update has done, like the so many before it, is further nurture an unhealthy and honestly boring culture of PKing in modern OSRS. All PKing is now are groups of retards running around in salad robes killing PvMers and other PKers for loot. Loot, loot, loot. It's the measurement of success now. Not the thrill of finding other clans or teams, not the victories. I might just be a boomer but PKing was fun when it was about hunting players, not hunting loot. And that kind of PKing has been dead for a very long time. So, if I were asked if this update helps PKing? The answer is a swift no.

Yeah I can understand that, obviously for me I'm the opposite, P2P pking has always been about the loot. Actually fighting and clearing another clan I don't really give much of a fuck about because the mechanics of "warring" in P2P has never once been enjoyable, F2P is just so much better in that regard. I think snatching +1s in P2P is much more entertaining and fun.

Edited March 14, 2023 by Wee Man

[Wee Man 1,348]

38 minutes ago, Howl said:

I think we won't know for sure until much farther down the road. The activity has been great so far, but there's no guarantee it will be like this in 3 months, 6 months, etc.

Care to make a prediction on where you think activity will be in a month or 6 months from now?

[Wee Man 1,348]

32 minutes ago, NewAccount said:

I just woke up

Shit posting is not Templar behaviour.

[Howl 946]

16 minutes ago, Wee Man said:

Care to make a prediction on where you think activity will be in a month or 6 months from now?

better than pre-update, worse than now

 

and worse than rev caves just before they were removed