Genuinely think that most of the people claiming that this is "RS3 all over again" or "this is the worst combat update the game will ever see" simply dont understand what the changes are. This is good for the game and will help bring a LOT of underused or "dead content" weapons up to par without changing the BIS weapons that already exist

Future proofing the game is always a good idea

Been a huge fan of this ever since it was announced. Anyone who thinks this is too complicated doesn't realize that the game secretly has always been this way, it's just getting more fleshed out. It's not like EoC and more like the jump from pokemon red/blue to gold/silver, where they split the SPECIAL stat into SPECIAL ATTACK and SPECIAL DEFENCE.

"Tome* of fire easy to acquire", my 20m firemaming xp disagrees...

Genuinely surprised at the volumes of people thinking this is the next "EoC", breathing life into the standard spellbook and giving more options to approach PvM without affecting power creep? Can't wait :)

I was literally just thinking how the combat could be more dynamic without losing any oldschool elements. Looks dope

This is a nice update, more weapon will finally be used and the game will feel more immersive

nothing is weak to air spells MAKE AIR SPELLS GREAT AGAIN

This is gonna be so good for the game if implemented correctly. It’ll open up brand new reward spaces for raids and bosses, incentivize a more diverse roster of weapons and gear.

Great video and glad you’re taking OSRS in this direction Jagex - should keep equipment load-outs more varied!

I always wondered why there were different elemental spells but no benefits to them so glad to see elemental weaknesses being added

Very professionally done. Great job Jagex and Coxie. Y'all are a great team haha! Looks amazing!!!!!

Amazing to see you guys partnering with Coxie again - he was fantastic on the leagues video and I'd love to see him back more

Was a little nervous/confused at first but you explain the changes well and it makes sense. Looking forward to hearing more.

Honestly, this is AWESOME! This might be the most interesting update in a long time. I love the care and balancing you guys had. You taking really good care and it's noted.

"a bright and logical future" for a game where logic = not having hotkeys cause it increases quality of life too much

Love a lil Coxie vidya! Positive comment

Very informational video! Definitely like the new idea, getting ideas for the hcim I just started :)

I am very much looking forward to these changes, open up that design/reward space!

awesome seeing our favorite pet hunter on the main osrs channel

Strangest episode of Funny Feelings ever... In all seriousness these rebalance changes are super healthy for the game. Coxie and his team did a great job as well!

An absolutely amazing and awe-inspiring feat of the OSRS team. Thank you for everything you all do for the game and keeping it alive and better than ever ❤

Incredible update, and well done video. I don't know Coxie but he made it very clear. High fives all around, looking forward to see these changes live.

LOVE this, makes way more sense

So we gonna get more bank space too for all the new niche BIS?

At first sight these sound like awesome ideas! Looking forward to seeing how they work out

Amazing, maybe we will have to take into account the bank space if we are going to manage more and different type of weapons now! At least for Ironman it would be needed. Great job!

I like it. It’s nothing like EOC lol. It’s just balancing dead weapons and bringing more variety to the game experience

0:42 that siluette... oh no

It's always needed this, way more immersive! Love it

This sounds like a great idea keen to see what else you muster up

sounds awesome, good meaningful changes

Best person possible to explain this update, Coxie is the guy for stuff like this! Should be player mod.

I absolutely love that they chose @coxieRS for this video. With his education in statistics, he is the perfect person to present info like this haha.

This was an awesome video. Thanks! Well thought out.

This sounds amazing!! Cant wait to hear more 🎉

This looks really good for the game! I'm excited! Is there an eta on when this will be released?

Broo that osrs wiki damage calc is the best!

Looks brilliant - well done!

I’ve wanted this since I was a kid, so stoked!

A creative and regenerative idea for OSRS and a glimpse at the incredible future this game may hold

Great proposals all round

I argee with all this. Just makes the game alot more diverse and make since

all the homies love coxie and paak, insane video quality as usual

i always though the weakness in runescape were strange, this makes things more intresting and logical.

Im glad that yoyre looking at the standard spellbook, but one issue that isnt mentioned is the tick delay on autocasting.

@coxieRS big shout out! Love you videos and how you break everything down with numbers. Nice job.

I love it! Had to take a break to for some work projects. Can’t wait to get back to OSRS.

Actually good changes, hope to see this in game soon I always wondered why we had elemental spells when it didn't seem to matter what spell you used vs different elemental monsters. Excited to see how the meta evolves.

This is going to ruin my strategy of using the same weapon and/or spell on everything

I like the idea of opening up the variety of weaponry that has effectiveness! It adds to the open-ness of the world, and makes the combat triangle more of a combat there-dimensional triangular prism!

Honestly i'm super exited to see this in action! It's been long overdue in my opinion and is a very welcomed addition to the game and can really breathe some variety into the combat meta!~

This is an evolution of combat without the shit. The game needs it. The only thing people hated with EoC were abilities, and were never getting those. Chill. All this does is open up possibilities to revive dead content and that's always a plus

hopefully this is the eoc runescape always needed. Fixing standard magic and defenses, without drastically changing monster levels, attack styles, armor and adding a dumb hotkey bar to add abilities like every other mmo

Beautifully done

Super excited for these changes, I am looking forward to being able to use a bunch of different weapons for different activities and not just 1 slot for all. Super good job and well thought out! Love itt

I actually really want this, Slayer would become more technical which I enjoy.

This is great

I really like the ideas so far!

Amazing. Will definitely start playing again once it's implemented

Love the proposed changes, one thing I would suggest is the light ballista being in the light ranged split category to give it some use. If it stays in the heavy category with the heavy ballista surely the heavy ballista will outshine it, rendering it unused.

This sounds fantastic, honestly. Gives a lot more reason to having different weapons and improves viability

Am genuinely excited for this update and how it will expand the reward space for ranged and mage gear in future content.

This is such a good idea - I was switching between styles for Perilous Moons at the beginning, bringing stab, crush, slash weapons. Then after a few days, it was just use the whip for everything and bring a spec weapon. Looking forward to this!

Wow making ballista relevant ?

Anyone comparing this to EoC has no idea what these changes really mean or what EoC actually was

The grouping of same-tier standard spells got me feeling all warm and tingly inside.

Sounds very good. I'll be voting for that

Sounds like a nice update, keeping the meta relatively unchanged while adding more viable options if you don't have the "right" gear. would love to see more on it.

There's no reason to be against these changes. They bring to life so much content and give so many mid/late game items actual purpose. They may not be amazing everywhere, but items will actually have proper niche's. It also allows for better leveraging of gear to break into a new tier. Fantastic and simple concept. Thank you osrs team

Genuinely loving all of the updates to OSRS, it will be good to see how this can be leveraged in the future too!

This is such a great update, hopefully it will succeed in its goal!

This update sounds amazing. I love that attention is being put to mid and lower level options with elemental spell changes. My only feedback would be to also take a look at the host of mostly useless weapon types (longsword, battleaxe, 2h sword, warhammer) that were nerfed with the weapon speed changes of RS2. This feels like the perfect time to reflect on ways to give them uses as the combat system as a whole gets tightened up, making for an even better/more varied early-midgame experience

I like that this promotes spreading out your gear tabs instead of just tbow, scythe, and shadow. It's good to create more spaces for good gear. I don't need to whip every task. As long as we keep the attack speeds and tick system how they've been then I don't see how this makes the game any less Runescape. I literally always thought in my head to use what things felt like they should have been weak to since I played as a 10 year old. It made the game more immersive, what else is the point of RS?

This sounds awesome!

Is the DPS calc available for the beta testing already? I’m only seeing the traditional options on the OSRS DPS calc right now

Always great to see a new osrs youtube legend starring in every video.

This is how you keep a game alive!

Happy to see these changes!

Very good changes. No downsides. Good work

as an og player that stopped when EOC came out, i love this. it could bring much needed variety into the current meta. just remember not to overdo it, i wanna keep playing this game

this is gonna be awesome! Im super excited!

I love this idea especially since it incorporates elemental runes finally!

I'm a 10year verteran and i don't think the game has ever been in a better state. Another great update, cheers osrs team. The game is going from strength to strength.

This elemental aspect also can change the game with new weapons, where they could potentially have elemental aspects to them. Which is neat.

Im actually very excited for this rebalance. This is also the best video I have seen on the topic and its explained extremely well here.

this is amazing, big love❤

Changes like this are actually huge for the future, im very excited for these "Project Rebalance" Changes throughout the game for 2024. OSRS this year and hopefully onto 2025 is about to be so hype with updates like this on the horizon. EDIT: Imo I really do love shit like this, huge W for spells and future range/mage gear Melee is already pretty good as it has 3 "styles" enemies can be weak to , and i.e items and gear can be made for stab/slash/crush VS Range and Mage, until these changes, were only just either weak to range or weak to mage (as stated in this vid, some mobs were invisibly weak to certain spells, but by just a double damage) And it was gg, they had no styles or weaknesses like Melee has with stab/slash/crush DEF/ATT bonuses. This allows for more specific mage/range upgrades, increasing only Light/Med/Heavy ammo accuracy/damage, and Mage upgrades can now include more Spell specifics for certain niche situations/Boss encounters/Skilling. (as i believe in specific Skilling gear/spells usefulness for Skilling as well is quite on the WEAKER side at this moment in time for OSRS, this opens room for maybe items in the future that buff Skilling in diff ways via more Rewards or XP, etc) This update will be the huge PvM meta shift we NEED before any new prayers or items come into the game (even if and when they do, this update will allow more room and leeway for those prayers/items/systems) and updates like this are first and for most important for the future foundation!

the feedback seems pretty positive around this change. glad to see this game look to the future BEFORE intense power creep ruined all low and mid level combat scenarios. i can imagine a future where wearing full max strength would let you 3 tap bosses like sarachnis

I have been wondering about elemental weakneses since day 1. Glad they bringing them finally :)

These changes sound amazing. They will really refresh the game and ensure a more diverse way to play the game. Can't wait!

Giving elemental weaknesses more impact is nice, but these changes will just make it a game of "match the color," where the color itself is entirely irrelevant. Before, they at least had the separate identities of different max hits. To truly give the different elements identity, they should each have unique effects, like fire having a burn chance, earth having a chance to briefly stun or bind, water decreasing the enemy's damage, air being able to push you back... Similar to the ancient spells.

Love thia idea, we already have monsters weak to crush, stab etc so it only makes sense to include magic weaknesses too and each spell is useful, rather a stepping stone to using your best fire spell unlocked. Im wary about the ranged option but i do conpletely get it. Would mean that we get more BIS ranged gear other than a twisted bow, handcannon anyone for BiS heavy ranged option?! I just wouldnt want to see gear having a % reduction of cetain spells because it would make things so confusing personally. Having gear sets give a 15% reducion to earth spells and 65% reduction to fire spells, would be far too confusing. Id be happy just keep it at weapons for now.

These changes sound awesome. Brings ranged and magic defense more in line with Melee and opens up the reward space massively.

This is all so awesome, I really appreciate powered staves being knocked down a peg.

Great, now my UIM bag/inventory space will be overrun with random weapons that are BIS in random places. Awesome.

Water spells should be more effective against Fire giants than fire spells. Give tome of water a use!

thx for the explication, Coxie

Stoked for these changes

Gonna be cautiously wary about these updates, but I do think it is a step in the right direction. It will make a lot of irrelevant things relevant again.