One year ago, I wrote this overview of the things that bug me about Dungeoneering. Well, it's been a year, so let's look back at the issues that annoyed me at my first impression and see how I feel about them a year later. Here we go! [hide=Click to begin.] The prices have been lowered like I wanted, which is great. There are still some that I think are way overpriced, though. The bonecrusher and herbicide are too expensive for their marginal effects; I'd like to see them reduced in price so t
The Inferno Adze is an excellent tool for training woodcutting and firemaking By Ignatius Vulcan, Firemaking Master I'm here to introduce you to the Inferno Adze, a powerful tool that allows you to train both woodcutting and firemaking simultaneously. The inferno adze can chop down trees like any normal axe, but because of its magical properties, roughly 30% of the logs you cut will instantly be incinerated, granting you firemaking experience and freeing a space in your inventory to red
I haven't been around here much lately, have I? It's probably because I'm spending more time over at TV Tropes, which is a different place that is also cool. If you've been missing my blog (which would be very sweet of you), you might be interested in some of the unrelated things I've been writing about over there that I could just as easily have posted here, but didn't. Well, I guess I am now, but you get the idea. My alliterative review of VVVVVV My review of The Count of Monte Cristo
The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell
I am the mighty demon Korg'zt! I have crushed cities and defiled temples! I will grind your bones and use them as a pizza topping! You shall rue the day you chose to approach me with your pathetic bow! Um, excuse me, would you please move to the other side of this skeleton here? You will perish in fire, I swear it! I merely ask that you step out from behind that small pile of bones first. Why? Do not question the mighty Korg'zt! I shall flay the skin from your bones with a rusty chain!
So I'm like the only editor for the FunOrb page on TV Tropes and I know I missed some tropes because I don't even play all the games. Because I am an evil person, I'm calling on my FunOrb-savvy readers to expand the trope list and, if possible, list FunOrb on the page for the trope too. If you've never been there before, Welcome To TV Tropes, but I should probably warn you, TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Life. Anyway, enjoy your day. :twisted:
Happy Halloween, everyone! To celebrate this spooky holiday, I pulled a zombie out of the Wilderness to respond to some of your questions about Runescape. I hope you find his answers helpful! Dear Zombie, I'm getting back into Runescape after about a year of inactivity. What have I missed out on while I was gone? --Too Lazy To Read News Archives in Taverley Dear Brains, Braaains! Brains brains braains. Braaaains, braains! Brains brains brains brains, braaaaains. Brains, Zombie
What's wrong with this picture? For a while now, because of its scarcity, the Amulet of Accuracy's price has been artificially inflated by price manipulators as a tool to get around Grand Exchange price limits. Unfortunately for them, Jagex has caught on, and the amulet is getting booted back down to worthless newbie trash again, as it should be. This isn't the first time Jagex has taken action to pop anti-junk bubbles. Previously targeted items include mint cakes: ...and blood
You are instructed to move an ability from one color to another. This ability must be something used in every set (i.e. discard, direct damage, card drawing etc.). You may not choose an ability that has already been color shifted by R&D. What ability do you shift and to what color do you shift it? Explain why you would make that shift. Currently, mass creature destruction is a primary ability in white, and secondary in black. Blacks mass kill effects tend to be limited or conditional--H
This weekend was the Scars of Mirrodin prerelease. It's unfortunate that I didn't have a steel dragon slayer task, because I got wrecked by them on four separate games and I sure could have used 15% bonus damage. I didn't even get any good drops from them. All I got were blowout games where I died with no permanents. :cry:
Dear Evil Dave, I need to train my herblore level to 65 so I can complete the "While Guthix Sleeps" quest. What should I do to level up? I am currently level 49 and I have 5m gp in my bank. --Sleepless in Sophanem Sleepless: You're in luck! I'm just beginning some new experiments with a DEMONIC TRANSFORMATION POTION OF DOOM! And, as it happens, I'm looking for some EVIL volunteers to help me test it! My last few tries didn't work out quite as well as I'd hoped (they turned the drinkers
Hello, welcome to the Bank of Runescape. How may I help you? All of the money? Why certainly. Please enter your PIN. Yes, you have to. I'm sorry, I don't follow you. What is a "stick-up"? I'm afraid we don't have a record of any trading sticks in your account. You'll still have to enter your PIN. Thank you. Now, first click the FIRST digit. Now click the SECOND digit. Time for the THIRD digit. Don't you look at me like that. Finally, the FOURTH digit. Now, was that so hard?
Lol, what a noob. By a high-level player Wow, you're only 60 combat? Lol, what a noob. Full rune? Lol, I bet you had to work for days just to get that. Did you make that money spinning flax or killing cows? Or did you stand around in Varrock square begging for gp because you're too lazy to get it yourself? Get some decent gear. Then maybe you won't be such a pathetic noob. Lol, you aren't even ranked in half your stats? That's just sad. You clearly suck at this game. You should just
Behold my xp gains! As you can see, I did a lot of herblore, and I did, as planned, Go To Extremes. Before the weekend started, I had about 3.5k super energies that I'd bought at a pretty good price. I think it was around here: I tried to fruitfall for the papayas once the announcement came that there would be another bonus xp weekend, and I started bringing the fruit bat on farming runs and so on. But it was taking too long, so once papayas started to crash I just bought a bunch
That's right, as Billy Joel puts it, I'll be going to extremes this weekend when I raise my herblore level so that I can make Extreme Attack and Strength potions! :thumbsup: I may or may not lie awake night after night, but I'm certainly ready to fight with some improved attack and strength boosts, and although I'm not entirely sure how much more I've got after breaking the piggy bank to pay for those ingredients, I'm pretty sure I will indeed have set myself up for a few kills. :shades:
I was thinking something fast, but also profitable By a player thinking of going for a skillcape Hey, so, I was thinking of getting a skillcape. I always feel like such a noob when I put together my outfits and all I have is a dinky Wilderness team cape or something lame like that. I need a cape that's actually cool. Besides, it'll be nice to get a skill to 99. The sort of thing I can show off to my friends, y'know? What skill should I go for? I think a fast skill would be pretty good. May
Right. I have another beef with fishing. Uh...I guess it may be a bit more superficial than the last one, but, well...anyway... You know how if you have high enough agility, you have a chance of harpooning double fish? How the hell does that work? Look, here's what you're doing: Stabbing at the water, right? So...like...um...huh? "Hey, looks like I stabbed through two sharks instead of one! Sweet!" :-o I find that implausible and yet...really cool. But it gets worse. See, wha
Wtf my lightbulb is broken what do I do Hey can you tell me where I can get a new lightbulb? Need lightbulb Need lightbulb Need lightbulb Need lightbulb Ty Where do I change lightbulb? Where's that? I don't know where that is. What map? How do I use the map Oh ok ty Omg I need a quest? Where do I start quest to change lightbulb? Hello? How do I change the lightbulb? Someone help me change lightbulb plz? Need help changing lightbulb Need help changing lightbu
Fishing Floccinaucinihilipilification, Part 2: Woodcutting Floccinaucinihilipilification Or: Floccinaucinihilipilification without Alliteration Yesterday I ranted a little about how fishing is overrated for money. (See previous entry here.) Here is where I take all of that and extend it to woodcutting. Really, I could just copy and paste the whole thing and replace all the fishing references with woodcutting references, and it would still be totally accurate. As far as I'm concerned, fishi
floc·ci·nau·ci·ni·hil·i·pil·i·fi·ca·tion /ˌflɒksəˌnɔsəˌnaɪhɪləˌpɪləfɪˈkeɪʃən/ [flok-suh-naw-suh-nahy-hil-uh-pil-uh-fi-key-shuhn] noun. The act of estimating something to be worthless. There are things about the fishing skill that I like a lot. It's no accident that I have more than 20m xp in the skill and spend most of my time in Runescape hanging out in a fishing-based clan chat. It's very low-key and relaxed, probably more so than any other skill in the game (except maybe woodcutting, wh
Common response to bonus xp weekend: My response: Not just because I'm an avid herb farmer. A lot of people don't think about how important it is that prices rise in a period of increased demand. If you think it's hard to buy herbs now, imagine how hard it would be if the price couldn't go up along with the rising quantity demanded. Law of supply, people. :thumbsup: Also, if you didn't figure it out already, it would be a good idea to farm your butt off for a few weeks, because
We must respect religious freedom By a citizen of Varrock Like many of my fellow citizens, I am a dedicated follower of Saradomin, the god of justice and wisdom. I know that many of my fellow Saradominists are in an uproar over the chaos monks' plans to erect a shrine to Zamorak in north Varrock, near the site of the devastating zombie invasion that claimed so many lives, but I simply cannot understand their outrage. Our city has a proud tradition of religious tolerance. The outcry is base
I was doing the latest quest (I'll probably post a review of it at some point), and I noticed my character was having some trouble maneuvering around objects properly: It was particularly pronounced during the barrel puzzle, but I've seen it elsewhere too. Anyone have any idea what's going on?
