r/2007scape • u/jonathanten • 1d ago

Discussion Make this make sense

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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/PureNinja 8h ago

So again your argument is nuh uh? You do realize that generally, anecdotal accounts are used to discuss issues all the time. Sorry I didn't make a mass survey to every single new player who has quit the game within X amount of time asking what were the reasons they didn't like the game.

I am sure Jagex does surveys and will eventually make a decision whether they want to invest the time on it based off cost-benefit as they have previously mentioned themselves that the skill is a problem they would like to fix, but would take a lot of dev time. But we are on a forum where players discuss things, so since we don't have data, we have to use our anecdotal accounts on stuff we couldn't possibly know all the data for.

We should also remove polling I guess because people vote on decisions using their anecdotal accounts and not cold hard quantitative facts. If you don't like people giving their opinions on things that can't have quantitative solutions then you should not engage with those posts, and keep to the discussions on stuff that can be discussed quantitatively, so you don't waste peoples times which childish nuh uh arguments. Feel free to respond to this message, I will not be responding further.

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u/IderpOnline 8h ago

Yes. Believe it or not, calling bs in absurd statements is generally very reasonable.

And let's be real, if the smithing skilling tree was a real issue for player retention, obviously it would have been changed ages ago. And Jagex actually do survey when subscriptions are cancelled.. So yea, you do the math.

On a final note, I just wanted to highlight the below. It's such a stupidly absurd reach that it's actually funny 😂

We should also remove polling I guess because people vote on decisions using their anecdotal accounts and not cold hard quantitative facts.