Simplify code and balancing. The RS gold code base has over a decade of development layered on it, and can be a tricky place for developers to work. Starting fresh with a centralised system ensures that we can spend time grappling with our code heritage and more time creating awesome content that you enjoy. It's also the perfect time to rebalance many of the items which are poorly represented in the current game (like adding additional advantage to 2h equipment during melee and ranged, and restructuring'weakening' charms ), and reconsider the items we believe to be overly strong. It follows that every single piece of gear will have tactical options connected with it, via its stats, related NPC weaknesses, and abilities available while using it. As I've mentioned before, the relationship between DPS and healing right now makes incorporating higher levelled equipment very demanding, so we're rebalancing all that too, giving gamers the ability to get lots more life points by sporting more armour. This, in turn, provides us the liberty to discharge larger and better gear in the future that is for more suited to our own elite players (those with one or more combat-related levels at 90+).

What's going to happen to the price my things? Just like many things in life, the effect of change is frequently unpredictable. As such it's a dangerous time to be trading or speculating on the way items might rise or fall in value. Remember this is a beta, and is, thus, subject to change at any moment. We are extremely likely to be changing effects, stats, unique abilities etc during the beta, so the price of items at the live match will most likely vary greatly and erratically.

In my final blog I'll be talking about how we're rebalancing the combat triangle; the newest gear we are adding (like something truly amazing that Old school runescape gold we have been keeping as a surprise); combat levels and pures; along with also the changed relationship between food, armour, life factors and Constitution. Thank you for reading!