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Opinion: Future of Gridmaster and Leagues

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Opinion: Future of Gridmaster and Leagues

Opinion: Future of Gridmaster and Leagues
Type Opinion
Videos 1 (first 2025-10-22, latest 2025-10-22)
Main source GRIDMASTER: Was it RUSHED or better than LEAGUES? (OSRS)

Opinion: Future of Gridmaster and Leagues is an opinion topic that Gnomonkey covers in 1 video on 2025-10-22. This article is a stub: his statements are grouped by type, repeated ones merged.

Gnomonkey's opinion

  • Gnomonkey says the grid system is good and works well, with a great, responsive UI, but making it the only system hampered Gridmaster and he suggests adding Leagues points alongside it so some rewards come from the grid and some from points.1
  • Gnomonkey describes Hydron's mock-up for tiered grid progression: a small three-by-three starter board whose full clear gives something strong like the Kopesh, then a mid-tier board with weapons and combat relics, then a full main grid.2
  • Gnomonkey suggests a post-grid bonus board after completing Gridmaster, where all bosses become Echo bosses and all raids become hard mode, including something like solo hard mode Theatre of Blood, so players can use items like the Sunlight Spear.3
  • Gnomonkey desperately wants Jagex to run a Group Ironman Leagues, and says Gridmaster would suit it, with a group working together on the grid, one person completing a tile unlocking it for everyone, and members splitting up routing such as one rushing Agility for the Hallowed Sepulchre tile.4
  • Gnomonkey says the Gridmaster rewards for rows and columns were unbalanced: a long column with Araxxor or Yama tiles gave only a 200% XP multiplier, Sunlight Spear or shield, while the combat masteries were basically the only rewards that mattered.5
  • Gnomonkey says the only four rewards that really mattered in Gridmaster were the combat masteries, with the ring and amulet and the XP multiplier being kind of nice, and says a multiplier on a column with Araxxor or Yama tiles would never be bothered with.6
  • Gnomonkey says one of the weakest Leagues gear pieces was given for a row requiring a sub-30 Inferno, a Theatre of Blood tile, a Chambers item and the 92 Agility floor five Hallowed Sepulchre, which suggests little thought went into row and column rewards.7
  • Gnomonkey says Gridmaster is infinitely more fun than RS3 Leagues, being much more fast-paced and enjoyable, and calls it a nice appetizer for the real thing, a duct-tape-and-earwax temporary Leagues.8
  • Gnomonkey hopes Jagex uses the grid system again, possibly in a full Leagues alongside more systems, for example as combat masteries on a grid, with single impactful tasks in addition to points, and does not want points removed from Leagues.9
  • Gnomonkey says people are having a lot of fun with Gridmaster and that returning to a standard Leagues would be disappointing.10
  • Gnomonkey is curious how the clan bingo system will let clans build grids, since clans want customisable tiles like getting a particular drop or any Corporeal Beast drop, and he doubts it will be usable if it is not very customisable.10

Revision history

Date Video Change
2025-10-22 GRIDMASTER: Was it RUSHED or better than LEAGUES? (OSRS) Page created: 11 statements (opinion)
## References

  1. GRIDMASTER: Was it RUSHED or better than LEAGUES? (OSRS), 2025-10-22. ▶ 22:11 ↩

  2. GRIDMASTER: Was it RUSHED or better than LEAGUES? (OSRS), 2025-10-22. ▶ 22:42 ↩

  3. GRIDMASTER: Was it RUSHED or better than LEAGUES? (OSRS), 2025-10-22. ▶ 23:11 ↩

  4. GRIDMASTER: Was it RUSHED or better than LEAGUES? (OSRS), 2025-10-22. ▶ 24:15 ↩

  5. GRIDMASTER: Was it RUSHED or better than LEAGUES? (OSRS), 2025-10-22. ▶ 25:13 ↩

  6. GRIDMASTER: Was it RUSHED or better than LEAGUES? (OSRS), 2025-10-22. ▶ 25:44 ↩

  7. GRIDMASTER: Was it RUSHED or better than LEAGUES? (OSRS), 2025-10-22. ▶ 26:17 ↩

  8. GRIDMASTER: Was it RUSHED or better than LEAGUES? (OSRS), 2025-10-22. ▶ 26:51 ↩

  9. GRIDMASTER: Was it RUSHED or better than LEAGUES? (OSRS), 2025-10-22. ▶ 27:17 ↩

  10. GRIDMASTER: Was it RUSHED or better than LEAGUES? (OSRS), 2025-10-22. ▶ 28:16 ↩↩

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