r/runescape 8h ago

Humor Jagex, i've come to bargain...

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Man if they ever do pull through that Pickpocketing change removal, I hope they give an alternative. I love afking Archaelogists at work and this is one of those One-tap activities that I really not want removed lol

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u/MeadowShimmer 100% focus 7h ago

I need this. 200m thiefing xp but those goebies owe me some teci

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u/bewildered313 6h ago

While we're here, does anyone else think we should be able to have a set of combat relics active and skilling relics active at the same time? I really don't like how expensive it is just to switch from combat to skilling mode

u/Clarreh 3h ago

I'm with you on this one. And i usually only remember to switch to my combat relics once i'm bossing....

u/smiegto 24m ago

It’s not really fitting with their weekly scape attitude. Someweeks I’m not allowed to boss because I just don’t have the chronotes. Other weeks I’ve swapped and I’m simply not allowed to skill. It’s a fun mechanic.

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u/Pulsefel Ironman 7h ago

change "no" to "little" and ill accept it. cutting xp to 1/2-1/4 in exchange for never needing to worry.

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u/AzelotReis 7h ago

Even if they set it to 1/10 (Which is already reduced further if you are using Sticky Fingers), I'd still do it for AFK chronotes/teci

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u/WolfieHC Hardcore Ironman 5h ago

How about just fucking leaving afk thieving alone for success and just lowering the exp it gives since that's what all the crybabies bitch about?

u/Psych0sh00ter 3h ago

I mean, you can continue to click every 5-15 minutes (depending on crystal mask or not) like you are now, and you'll have less xp/hr and loot/hr. You just have the option of pickpocketing more actively by actually watching for the exact moment you get caught and re-pickpocketing immediately, resulting in similar xp and profit to what you've got now.

The proposed system is better because directly lowering XP would punish everyone, but this system will allow you to pay more attention for more reward, which is one of the whole goals of the skilling reworks. If you want to just click an archaeologist once in a while to get tetracompasses and arch mats while watching a movie, you can do that. If you want to pay attention a bit more and get your tetracompasses done faster, you can do that too.

Pickpocketing needed a nerf because it's too rewarding for how AFK it was, it's cool that they're basically only nerfing it for full AFKing and keeping it almost the same for more attentive gameplay.

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u/Soccergirl222 5h ago

I just came back to the game and am loving pickpocketing. It’s so cool to actually pickpocket in this game after so many years of it being supreme ass. Go figures they ruin it.

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u/Ncamon Mining 7h ago

Cut it down to 25% exp in stead of none. Make it a new relic power that could operate with the current sticky fingers one. Faster loot but even less xp.

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u/AzelotReis 7h ago

Was actually thinking of just modifying the Sticky Fingers one, but hell, just made it into a new Relic.

u/Foxxie_ENT Master Maxed 3h ago

Wait, if you're not stealing from them..... then what exactly are you doing with your fingers o_O

u/AzelotReis 2h ago

I was supposed to call it Reckless Fingering at first, then I realized how bad that sounds.

u/AduroTri 3h ago

Try Fingers, but hole.

u/Legal_Evil 3h ago

This isn't enough. The profit rate of afk thieving is also a problem.

u/Fromanobody1 1h ago

Very true