


Then they went on with a proposal suggesting that some of the weapons be nerfed so they don’t dominate the meta.Ī majority agreed and that led to the blowpipe nerf. Most players suggested the overpowered weapons weren’t a problem as of right now but they are worried about the long term health of the game. In this poll, over 10,000 votes came in and the majority suggested that they do feel there is a powercreep in Old school Runescape. What Jagex polled is how the playerbase felt about the powercreep of some of the weapons in game and how it would affect the long-term health of the game. Jagex did indeed poll the blowpipe nerf, though, they didn’t mention the blowpipe at all. When is the blowpipe nerf happening?Īs of right now, we don’t know exactly when the blowpipe nerf is happening.Īll we know currently is that on Wednesday, January 27th, Jagex is opening a beta world to test the blowpipe nerf. Jagex’s theory for the blowpipe nerf is that the blowpipe would still be the best option for low-defense monsters.įor higher defense monsters released in the future, Jagex’ would like for crossbows, the crystal bow, and t-bow to be better options. On top of that the stats of the darts are also getting a rebalance: Attack stats: from 60 to 30 (50% nerf!).The above image shows the proposed stats for the blowpipe nerf. How is the blowpipe getting nerfed? Image from osrs news On January 21st, Jagex revealed on their newsfeed that the blowpipe will get nerfed, this article will cover everything you need to know about the blowpipe nerf.
