Opinion: Power creep is necessary
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Opinion: Power creep is necessary
| Type | Opinion |
| Videos | 1 (first 2022-05-25, latest 2022-05-25) |
| Main source | Why Power Creep is NECESSARY (OSRS) |
Opinion: Power creep is necessary is an opinion topic that Gnomonkey covers in 1 video on 2022-05-25. This article is a stub: his statements are grouped by type, repeated ones merged.
Gnomonkey's opinion
- Gnomonkey says, as a former RuneScape 3 player who has seen extreme power creep, that power creep is less of a problem than the Old School community makes it out to be.1
- Gnomonkey says any update that adds something devalues something else: the blowpipe devalued crossbows, Twisted bow further devalued the blowpipe, and even Guardians of the Rift removing the delay after crafting essence or shift-click dropping counts.2
- Gnomonkey says power creep is a problem because it devalues content: old bosses become easier and items become irrelevant to grind for economically.3
- Gnomonkey argues that every update ever added was power creep in some way, so there is no solution but to either stop adding updates and let everything decay, or accept a small amount of power creep while curbing it in various ways as other MMOs do.4
- Gnomonkey says a small amount of power creep is not only inevitable but necessary to keep a game fun and interesting, as long as it is maintained with checks and balances; without a Twisted bow in Chambers or a Scythe in Theatre of Blood those raids would be much less fun.5
- Gnomonkey says the OSRS team recently decided it is OK to start adding actual best-in-slot items like Torva and Masori armour; he says when the team struggles to find enticing rewards comparable to existing ones, that weapon or armour tier is fully fleshed out and it is time to move on.6
- Gnomonkey says raids need solid rewards to be interesting and engaging, and that gear choices (how many switches you can afford, and the impact of each) keep raids engaging; e.g. one challenge mode player might bring Torva for BGS specs while others use Inquisitor's to land hammer specs.6
Trivia
- Gnomonkey defines power creep (reading from Google) as the gradual unbalancing of a game due to successive releases of new content leaving older content underpowered; the community commonly calls it devaluing.2
Revision history
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| 2022-05-25 | Why Power Creep is NECESSARY (OSRS) | Page created: 8 statements (opinion, trivia) |
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Category: Opinions