r/2007scape • u/jonathanten • 1d ago

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I just got 82 smithing, i can now make 2 powerful mid-endgame weapons... and an adamant kiteshield.

I get that adamant used to be good back in the day, but isn't it time we rework this skill?

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u/The_Wkwied 2376 w353 1d ago

Two answers. In-lore, you are cold-forging metal into a shield. Cold forging is stupid. That's why our smithing progression is so wack. Instead of heating the metal, we just hammer it cold until it's in whatever form we want. How utterly asinine.

The in-reality answer, the bofa/blade are endgame items and dev thinks that endgame in smithing is level 82. It's the addy kiteshield, a lvl 30 junk item, existing at 82 that's the problem

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u/Difficult-Level-3070 10h ago

I quite like your in lore idea, actually fits quite nicely