Runescape Bracelets

Runescape now has bracelets available for players after the update by Jagex today. Previously the jewellery available in the game were rings, necklaces and amulets. The addition of bracelets has also added new enchanted affects to these jewellery items.

A summary of the new bracelets:

• Bracelet of Clay (Saphire Bracelet) - enables 28 pieces of soft clay to be mined before the bracelet breaks
• Castlewars Bracelet (Emerald Bracelet) - Wielder will do extra 20% of damage against a bearer of their side's flag. Castlewars bandage heals 50% more to wielders of the bracelet. Has 3 charges. Bracelet loses one charge each time wearer starts a game of Castle Wars. Bonuses apply even if castlewars bracelet has used its last charge and been destroyed.
• Bracelet of Innoculation (Ruby Bracelet) - Protects the wearer from an amount of disease damage. Breaks when protection has been used up.
• Abyssal Bracelet (Diamond Bracelet) - Prevents wearer from being skulled when entering the Abyss. Player still suffers from Prayer drain. This item has 5 charges before breaking.
• Bracelet of Combat (Dragonstone Bracelet) - Allows wearer to teleport to Warriors', Champions' and Ranging Guild as well as the Monastery. Updates wearer with their Slayer totals every tenth target they need to kill. Item holds 4 charges. Can be recharged at totem in Legends' Guild (requires completion of Legends' Quest).
• Bracelet of Regeration (Onyx Bracelet) - Doubles the natural Hitpoint recovery. This item has an infinite number of charges.

Overall, the new bracelets in runescape have some interesting affects although there are no additional wearable locations introduced so people wishing to have any cumulative affects with existing items will be out of luck.

My opinion is that yet more items being introduced that are in the main junk fodder with plenty of people looking to take advantage with high prices for the items likely to be charged for the next week or so, until people realise that most of them are pretty much obsolete items.

I am all for Jagex developing runescape and having regular updates. However, by continually introducing junk fodder items into the game, the only purpose really served is to create nightmare bank situations for players who go from member to non-members. As on free to play runescape the bank is pretty limited and many of these new items will simply be a waste of bank space in the long term.