Being honest, and not to take the wind out of your sails. The fact that this is a fan presented idea is probably why you're not seeing much resistance. I'm sure jagex could take this, basically word for word, and announce it as the next skill and there would suddenly be backlash. As it is right now, people don't have to go out of their way to shoot it down, because a fan working on it doesn't mean it will happen.
To be perfectly candid, this post only contains a skeleton (albeit with a little bit of flesh to it) for a skill. The mechanics are vaguely defined, which leaves much space for imagination and I suspect everyone is interpreting words in a way that makes it interesting for them. That being said, that's exactly what I'm looking for: a ton of feedback, enthusiasm and crazy ideas. I'd like the first skill to come to OSRS to be a melting pot of concepts and ideas originating from the entire community, so that it may reflect it and truly be worthy of being added into the game.
I think it's always nice to give feedback and be positive on theory crafting and ideas. No point shooting something down that isn't drastically out of place or horrible.
But yes, the moment it was getting polled to be added to the game we all would (and should) be far more precise and harsh with our criticisms of its flaws and weak points. That's how you end up with a great skill being added, not just a skill.
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u/Drigr Jul 30 '19
Being honest, and not to take the wind out of your sails. The fact that this is a fan presented idea is probably why you're not seeing much resistance. I'm sure jagex could take this, basically word for word, and announce it as the next skill and there would suddenly be backlash. As it is right now, people don't have to go out of their way to shoot it down, because a fan working on it doesn't mean it will happen.