Now we jump eight or so years and proceed to the Evolution of Combat update. The update rebalances the battle triangle. Now the 3 battle classes are no more"arguably equivalent;" they're balanced. For this, the more Jagex developers chose to ditch the 138 formula (the maximum battle level increased from 126 to 138 with the launch of OSRS gold Summoning) and install the current/past (determined by how much into the future you browse this) combat formulation. Problem fixed, right?

Pretty muchbetter. The 200 system is not ideal (the biggest issue with it is that astrology isn't taken into consideration ) however it trumps the previous system in scaling gamers. However, the 200 calculation had something going against it simply can't dodge -- nostalgia.

The survey responses have largely been fueled by nostalgia. Players grew up with a specific combat calculations and wish to see it lasted. However, nostalgia is never a fantastic reason to implement anything. There are other causes of voting for the 138 that aren't directly nostalgia related. One is familiarity, which I find odd considering that the 200 calculation has been in the game for well over a year now. The next is pures, making very little sense. Pures were not destroyed because of the combat scaling system but since they weren't able to wear the hitpoint boosting armour their elevated defence opponents had. The final is that it will give maxed battle more prestige. While this is true, a combat level isn't supposed to be a sign of just how hard someone has worked on their accounts. It is a sign of cheap RuneScape gold consideration strength. The 138 system wouldn't only fail to perform this well in the new battle system, it neglected to take action in the past battle system. That is probably why"It climbs players nicely" is not feasible on the RSOF topic where gamers discuss what they like about the 138 calculation.