Opinion: Tombs of Amascut lacks depth
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| Type | Opinion |
| Videos | 1 (first 2022-10-26, latest 2022-10-26) |
| Main source | Why Raids 3 Is Losing Interest (OSRS) |
Opinion: Tombs of Amascut lacks depth is an opinion topic that Gnomonkey covers in 1 video on 2022-10-26. This article is a stub: his statements are grouped by type, repeated ones merged.
Stats and numbers
- At the time of writing the script, Theatre of Blood had 5.5 million completions, while Tombs of Amascut had 3.25 million normal completions and 1 million expert completions after being out almost exactly two months, versus four years for Theatre of Blood.1
Gnomonkey's opinion
- Gnomonkey frames the video as a Tombs of Amascut complaint video that is really about PvM content in general, covering raids, single-player bosses and everything else.2
- Gnomonkey says Tombs of Amascut is much more accessible than Theatre of Blood for the average player, which he considers absolutely a good thing, but argues the accessibility came at a cost that could have been avoided and possibly still can be with a few solid updates.3
- Gnomonkey says pushing Tombs of Amascut's raid level higher does not make the raid more difficult in a complex or depthful way: a 500-level raid looks the same as a 350-level raid, with things having more health and defence so you simply must not make a mistake for longer.4
- Gnomonkey says fighting Ba-Ba at 450 or 508 raid level is simply red-X-ing the boss, just for longer, with no special tech to add complexity beyond getting better at skipping boulders and getting into the red X faster.4
- Gnomonkey says that if Tombs of Amascut has a skill floor of one and a skill ceiling of five, Theatre of Blood has a skill floor of five and a skill ceiling of ten.5
- Gnomonkey says Tombs of Amascut appeals mainly to players starting PvM, while Theatre of Blood appeals to the top end of the player base; he says most top-end players have gone back to other raids or quit.5
- Gnomonkey says he does not call Tombs of Amascut a failure: it succeeded where Theatre of Blood failed on accessibility, and Theatre of Blood is far more engaging for high levels.6
- Gnomonkey had hoped Tombs of Amascut would be easier to jump into than Chambers of Xeric but have even more depth than Theatre of Blood at the top level, and says that has not materialised.7
- Gnomonkey says Tombs of Amascut could have been the breakthrough content that respected every PvMer regardless of skill, but is instead more of a stepping-off point towards Inferno, Theatre of Blood and Chambers of Xeric.8
- Gnomonkey says OSRS needs content to strive for, and that if the depth and complexity of content like Theatre of Blood and Inferno is abandoned in future content for the sake of the majority, the game loses what he loves most: learning and growing as a player.9
Revision history
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| 2022-10-26 | Why Raids 3 Is Losing Interest (OSRS) | Page created: 11 statements (opinion, stat) |
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