Opinion: Jagex should take time fixing Sailing combat
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| Type | Opinion |
| Videos | 1 (first 2026-03-20, latest 2026-03-20) |
| Main source | Jagex Broke Sailing Combat (OSRS) |
Opinion: Jagex should take time fixing Sailing combat is an opinion topic that Gnomonkey covers in 1 video on 2026-03-20. This article is a stub: his statements are grouped by type, repeated ones merged.
Gnomonkey's opinion
- Gnomonkey argues the demand for an immediate fix is wrong: fixing Sailing combat correctly needs a very clear plan, and he suggests it should take months or even over a year, not weeks.1
- Gnomonkey says Zeah was not fixed immediately because Chambers of Xeric was a priority a year later and the dev team was much smaller, and he feels the same about Sailing combat today.2
- Gnomonkey thinks the community anger partly comes from vitriol over the membership price increase, and that demanding an immediate fix with pitchforks will make the update worse.3
- Gnomonkey says rushing a fix could be four or five botched updates, and a quick fix may make a proper fix harder later because it feels almost good enough.4
- Gnomonkey says he cares more about Raids 4, quality-of-life updates to existing content and the sparse roadmap than Sailing combat.5
- Gnomonkey says he is more worried about the design of the Maggot king (recently delayed further), whether another Yama-like drop of overpowered items will unbalance the game, and the struggle over what the next mega rare should be.6
- Gnomonkey jokes that he is more concerned about the Arceuus spellbook teleport arrangement, with spells in the wrong place, than Sailing combat.7
Events
- Gnomonkey compared Zeah at release, which looked like a private-server map with a big square and giant empty buildings, to the current cleaner Zeah, which took years of incremental work including the Hosidius rework.8
Revision history
| Date | Video | Change |
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| 2026-03-20 | Jagex Broke Sailing Combat (OSRS) | Page created: 8 statements (event, opinion) |
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Category: Opinions