Zalcano has seen several tweaks over the years but it is still in a pretty awful state. The minigame feels dated and if you play in small teams hunting tool seeds you know what I mean. Here is a list of things Zalcano does to really make you hate being there: Wildly random length of time for downed phases (worst offender in this list) Zalcano standing up after hitting 0 HP (should be impossible) Zalcano’s randomness of attacks (spawning 3 boulders back to back when everyone is sitting waiting for floor circles to throw tephra) Zalcano can walk towards you and push you off a floor circle There is a range limit to throwing tephra (why? does not add difficulty) Golem tephra not being awarded consistently based on damage dealt Golem tephra disappears after downed phase is over (not enough time to throw all the tephra it gives you, punished for properly preventing a heal) Zalcano deciding to break the bonus rock right after she stands up (but sometimes she doesn’t do this!) 2-3 player scaling not appropriate (# of downed phases is much higher than 4-5 “ideal” team sizes) Room cannot be locked or private friends instance opened (can’t escape farmers/bots unless you use high total worlds) Soloing scaling is not realistic You can hit a 0 during the downed phase at 99 mining (lmao) The mechanics of Zalcano are not difficult, but all the jank surrounding the minigame makes the smoothness of each round vary wildly. Even in a great team of 4 with 99 mining, dragon/crystal pickaxes, you could still get a 3 phase fight because Zalcano decides to stand up far earlier than she normally does. Please make the minigame more consistent, add some intelligence to Zalcano’s attacks like so: Once players have smelted tephra floor circles should be far more likely to appear Golem should not spawn if Zalcano is at full health (or if its so early in the round that no tephra could possibly be smelted to kill it) Floor circles should appear more frequently or at set intervals Sincerely, someone still hunting tool seed but finding it frustratingly difficult to convince people to play this clunky mess. Jagex please give us another way to get the tool seeds or fix up the minigame. submitted by /u/capSAR273
Originally posted by u/capSAR273 on r/2007scape
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