Jagex NEEDS to Fix These ASAP | Aatykon Full Interview
Had an absolute pleasure sitting down with PVM grandmaster Aatykon to cover some of OldSchool RuneScape's hottest topics. From the upcoming Colosseum/new inferno, to fixing theatre of blood, to settling the debate on AFK skilling, we covered it all.
► Aatykon AFK skilling discussion video: • "Every skill should have a ~20k xp/hr idle...
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► Aaty's TOB learner Discord: / discord
► Aatykon general Discord: / discord
0:00 intro
0:16 Who is aaty
5:13 New inferno/Colosseum
8:08 PVM Replayability
12:30 Scalable difficulty
16:30 New boss mechanics with scaling
18:34 Entry skill level for colosseum
20:20 Balancing new inferno
21:37 Upper wave difficulty
24:15 Reward for new inferno/Colosseum
32:15 Designing difficult PVM content
39:05 How to improve TOA
47:00 Final boss of new inferno/Colosseum
56:29 Learning theatre of blood/learner disc server
1:00:09 Jagex improvements to TOB accessibility
1:05:01 Problems with FFA TOB and entry mode
1:08:29 Practice mode for PVM
1:10:12 Solo scale TOB
1:19:07 Why you should try TOB
1:24:04 The AFK skilling debate
1:28:19 "Every skill should have an AFK method"
1:31:24 Responding to comments about AFK methods
1:34:27 "Entitlement to skilling rewards"
1:37:10 "RuneScape is a grind game, so grind"
1:38:10 "If you don't like skilling, don't skill"
1:39:46 "Some skills should be fast, some slow"
1:47:10 "Playerbase getting older"
1:48:37 "Push through grinds to get to fun"
1:50:56 "Fun and game design"
1:52:40 "Attracting new players"
1:53:59 "AFK methods ruin OSRS identity"
1:55:23 "Idle methods ruin decision-making"
2:03:01 "Skill-gating quests and PVM content"
2:09:37 "This is a slippery slope"
2:11:55 "Every skill is is a good place"
2:17:34 "Add idle PVM methods then"
2:25:48 Agree or disagree: skilling requires skill
2:28:23 Where skilling difficulty comes from
2:30:33 Bad faith arguments
2:34:04 Inviting skilling HLC to a live debate
2:36:54 Aaty's socials
2:37:52 Wrapping up