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  1. Dax
    Two weeks in one! Amazing, isn't it? Was out of town last week, so I couldn't update.
     
    Only got:

     
    Last week. Was trying to get an Arcane Stream to slightly speed up Slayer and Magic.
     
    As for this week just past, I got three levels, Mining:

     
    Yay Rune, not that I'll mine any, but yay! And I just realised I left the preview up for Foobar. Well, I was listening to Presidents of the United States of America when I got it.
     
    And Hunter:

     
    I'd like to level this again for Dragon Implings (So I can just grab 'em when I see them), but I'm lazy and not much a fan of Hunter.Then I did both new Sagas (Only fully doing Thok's as he's amazing and I love every moment of his sagas, and I messed up one thing in mind reading in Moia's and didn't want to do it again, though I will finish it up some day) and got enough exp/tokens to get this fancy amulet thingy:

     
    Might just do another level of Dungeoneering to get to 85. Been meaning to do so since Frost Dragons anyway. I then decided to spy on some penguins and got this:

     
    Might try do that Nature crafting for the Elite Karamja Diary now it's slightly easier. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  3. Dax
    Well. Yeah. Spent most of today getting it. About half an hour scouting 117 and Assistclan to get the 97 Construction effigy I had assisted so I didn't have to get the last ~46k exp by fighting. Who knew it was so hard to get an assist for that? That's all for now. Next 99 planned? Farming. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  4. Dax

    #6: 99 Farming.

    By Dax,

    Derped and accidentally got rid of the actual 99 screen, but ah well. Here it is. Next planned? Fishing/Cooking or Strength. Fishing and Cooking seems a lot more likely, as I've grown somewhat tired of combat recently (My two 99's before Farming being Attack and HP). I also do plan to fish all day this coming Friday, whilst watching Star Wars through for the first time. Plus they're less stressful and I can multi-task in many more ways than just Star Wars. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  5. Dax
    This blog is just becoming a collection of 99's acquired. Got these today. Fishing then Cooking moments later.
     



     



     
    Next is looking like Strength through Slayer or Thieving. Depending on how I feel. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  6. Dax
    On October 24th, I passed seven years of RuneScape. The first three or four were spent only playing F2P during the weekends (No access to the internet during the week).I later moved house and had access to the internet all day every day, it was roughly this time I finally got members. Needless to say, I wasted a whole load of time. But thats all nostalgia to me, and something you probably dont care about (And I doubt you care about much of this, anyway). Anyway, onto other things.
     
    Well, I finished school forever earlier this morning, after three weeks of exams, in which I left TIF a couple of weeks before that, to lower my distractions, only returning to be the bringer of bad news, and that was only to FG (RIP Ben), but now Im back! In my break, I acquired one 99, Strength, classy, I know. Heres the screen if anyone cares:
     

     
    As the title says, Ive decided. Ive decided that in my new found freedom, I will be making a push to get the cape Ive longed for since its release. Completionist. Which only comes down to four things, maxing out, finishing all tasks (Only five remaining), finishing Livid Farm (Nine spells left!) and visiting Nex (For her music). Everything else comes through Dungeoneering (Prayers and music). I love goal signatures, so here we go:
     
    Ranged:

    Shall be through Slayer, perhaps some Chinning and such if I find the money.
     
    Prayer:

    Shall be obtained when I come into some money. Second priority for money spending, for 138.
     
    Magic:

    A large portion will be done through Livid Farm, a bit through Slayer, and perhaps some bursting or what have you for charms.
     
    Runecraft:

    Effigies, Penguins, Trolls, Tears of Guthix, assisting people when I get there. Yes. I hate this skill.
     
    Construction:

    Oak doors or mahogany tables with SC hammers. Shouldnt be terribly hard after I obtain the money.
     
    Dungeoneering:

    Havent got much choice for this one, first goal, however, is to get good at it.
     
    Agility:

    Gnome or Barbarian Advanced. Lots.
     
    Herblore:

    When I get money, Ill make potions.
     
    Thieving:

    Pyramid Plunder with some Monkeys to mix it up a little if need be.
     
    Crafting:

    Ill craft things with SC needles when I get the money.
     
    Fletching:

    Current goal. Makes a little money, easy to do, reasonably fast.
     
    Slayer:

    Ill slay things with Ranged and Magic.
     
    Hunter:

    Second least favourite skill. Will be done at Herblore Habitat.
     
    Mining:

    LFM until full conquistador suit thingy, then LRC, probably.
     
    Smithing:

    Whatever with SC hammers. May drop into Artisans for the sake of it.
     
    Summoning:

    First priority to spend money on. Charms through Slayer. Again, for 138, currently 137.
     
    The non-mentioned skills, Ive got already.
     
    As for the trimmed Completionist cape, its very unlikely, I will be starting to do Strange rocks each week, theyre easy enough to get, plus they put a little extra exp on those skills I dislike, but other things on that list (5,000 Castle Wars is first to mind) are a real pain in the arse. Heres hoping I can get there.
     
    I shall probably do one of these updates each week, containing all my achievements. Unless I do nothing that week, in which case, I wont. Quite simple, really. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  7. Dax

    #9: Completionist: Week 1.

    By Dax,

    Not much happening this week. A couple of levels here and there. First level was 80 Runecrafting, which I lack the picture of. Got it through Trolls. Also marks 80+ stats. Next up was 84 Crafting. Got through air battlestaves.
     

     
    Then came 82 Mining at Lava Flow Mine, got boots, gloves and hats of the suit so far. When thats finished, off to LRC.
     

     
    Somewhat more respectable was 93 Fletching.
     

     
    Considering moving into BlogScape. I do very much prefer this way of blogging, but few people make the effort to comment and such, if they even read. Ill have more chance in there. I think. Eh. Ill think about it. Catch you next week, ~Dax.
  8. Dax
    A few nights ago, bored with all my other games, I threw in the Journey collection, intending to continue my Journey, but I decided instead to finish off Flower, and after I finished that, I felt compelled to write this up. I might do a short thing like this as I finish this massive collection of games I have here. We'll see.
     
    Flower:
     
    Shelf-time (Time it sat on my shelf unfinished): Roughly 2 months.
    Total time to complete: Roughly 5 or so hours, spread over those two months.
    Cost: $25, with two other games on the same disc.
     
    So, I'll begin this by saying I bought this in the collection that comes along with Journey (The sole reason I purchased it) and flOw, and this was the first of the three I completed. We'll see those later on in this chronicle of finished games. Well, hopefully.
     
    First of all, Flower is the very definition of flashy artistic gaming. Ambiguous goals, bright colours, sparkles all over the place and flower petals all over the god damn screen. It's overwhelming how much it shoves in your face in the few levels (Or flowers, I suppose you could say) you're offered.
     
    But that's not a bad thing in the slightest.
     
    It looks amazing, really. Those looks, to me at least, are the primary driving force to completing this game. All of those colours and sparkles I previously mentioned draw you in with an 'Ooo, shiny' mentality, and it couldn’t have been done any better way. I love it.
     
    You're given nothing to go on, no narrative, not even as much as a word. When you first fire up the game, you're presented with a room, a window and a sickly looking flower on a bench, and from that, your journey begins. This game employs the use of Six-Axis on the PS3, a little used feature (Usually a good thing) that never got proper exposure. On that, this is the first game I've ever played where it's actually used well, instead of a really annoying tacked-on use, like in GTA IV (God damn tutorial in the phone) or the Ratchet and Clank (I never used those guns. Ever) games. Using Six-Axis, and feeling silly doing so, you steer over to the flower and are thrown into a completely new world, no story, no nothing. Especially no annoying tutorial that assumes I've never played a game in my life.
     
    Your goal in Flower, though not explicitly stated, is to fly around a massive open field-sort area and bloom flowers by flying close by, as you 'bloom' these flowers, a petal from that flower joins your chain, and so over the stage you build a massive collection of flower petals (Which looks very pretty). You're steering with the controller, so it adds some slight difficulty until you find your bearings and remember that you have to use motion controls, and then it's only a matter of going the right way.
     
    As you drive your flower chain through the level, the world opens up to you. As you head through fields full of dead grass, they are brought back to life and explode into a sea of green. As you head through dark fields covered in old power lines, you re-light lamps atop them. As you head through ruined cities, you destroy old pillars and paint buildings bright shades of blue, green and yellow.
     
    Though the journey is short, the journey is beautiful. Every stage throws a new purpose at you, even if the mechanics don't change. Every moment of this game is enjoyable. Even after you finish each and every stage and reach the credits, you're thrown into another level, where you control a final petal as you 'play' the credits. Seriously, I love this game.
     
    Final rating: Try it, carry on if you like what you see. And you will, trust me.
  9. Dax

    02: Dax Reviews: Rage (PS3).

    By Dax,

    Fun fact, I actually completed Rage about a week before Flower. BUT TOO BAD I WROTE ABOUT FLOWER FIRST.
     
    Rage:
     
    Shelf-time: Around a year and a half.
    Time to complete: Roughly 20 hours, all things considered.
    Price: Technically free, but I had to buy two $25 games to get it, so really like 17 bucks.
     
    So, Rage. What can be said for Rage? I bought Rage after seeing it for cheap in a generic trade-in shop when I was visiting my mum. I intended to buy it a weekbefore but backed out and bought Borderlands 1 instead. I later watched some gameplay and regretted that to a degree, but that’s another story. I cleaned it up alongside the first and third Uncharted games (Then I had a quick run across to Target and bought the second Uncharted game as well). It sat on my shelf for quite a long while, as when I went to play it, it seemed too similar to Borderlands, which I had just finished.
     
    But it’s not really. It has its similarities, but my initial assumption of ‘Borderlands, without the cel-shading-sorta-business going on’ was largely inaccurate. Rage stands nicely as an excellent FPS game, with a side helping of driving. Now, I’ve never played any Doom or Quake, so I don’t have that drawing me in, I’m just a normal dude with some background with all gaming genres, so no nostalgia vision or callbacks to those two series.
     
    Rage is pretty damn awesome. With some large things giving itself a massive punch in the face, but I’ll talk about them in a sec. First, the good things. It’s good, it’s fun (Very important for a game, I hear), and there’s a large chunk of things to do and things to see. Of the FPS’s I’ve played, it’s one of the nicest to look at, though the only environments you’ll see are deserts and old factories (With a small stretch in some new futuristic factories towards the end), they look lovely. Speeding through the overworld in your dune-buggy looks very nice and it was always a pleasure to drive to and from destinations.
     
    The combat is fun and the hideouts you visit are fun to explore and have some nice little things hidden away. Shooting people in the face is quite satisfying (Very important for any shooter) and watching the bodies fall is always good. Using the little gadgets to dispose of people works well, and scavenging for parts to build them is a nice feature.
     
    Onto the story, one of the most important things I look at in a game. The story is pretty dang awesome. I’m a big fan of the dystopian future storyline, and mixing it with the massive evil corporation taking over the world storyline was a treat. But here’s where I turn the tables and I go into the previously mentioned massive bad things holding Rage back. The story ends so abruptly. Your enemy is named and talked up, the Authority is on your doorstep, you’re raiding Capital Prime, you storm the base and reach the top of the tower and prime yourself for a MASSIVE BOSS FIGHT AND... Nothing (I mean, come on, Borderlands had a final boss, it was dreadful, but it had one!). The credits roll. You win. Yay? No. A massive let down at the end, especially considering the last boss was an hour ago and against a gang leader you toppled in 20 seconds with wingsticks.
     
    Wingsticks. The kill-all. Seriously. Bandit? Throw a wingstick. Mutant? Throw a wingstick. Authority? Throw a wingstick. Wingsticks, a very cool invention, and one of the many things you can craft (Hint: It’s the main thing you’ll be crafting, so hang onto them blades). They function as a gadget, one of the little bonus weapons and are massively overpowered and the solution to every problem. So easy to dominate with them, and it just gets better when you upgrade them.
     
    Though I suppose the bandits do occasionally win and they kill you, and again, and you’re dead. And you haven’t saved in an hour.
     
    This is the final main fault, and it may be me being a pansy. The checkpoints are brutal. I’m not asking for a save every five seconds, but jeez. You’ll tackle a bandit hide-out or a new area, get 90% of the way through and die, and only then realise there was no save point in that entire hour or two you just did. That’s the point I stand up, eject the disc and throw in GTA V or whatever other game had my fancy at the time. And it happened a lot. A half-way save, even, would be better than me having to remember to save every five minutes. A few of the hide-outs I couldn’t stand to see and when I went back to do another mission there, oh god.
     
    Behind all these massive problems, though, there’s one hell of a game there. The shooting is awesome (Though I glossed over it, it is, trust me), the driving is awesome (And the races you can enter are even better) and the story hiding away is brilliant (Unfortunately it disappears in the middle of the night without so much as a note). It’s all awesomeness, but these things just made me not want to play, hence its massive shelf-time. I think the thing I’m getting at, is with a sequel, I could really get behind a Rage franchise. But I’m hearing that that ain’t happening, which is a real shame.
     
    Final rating: Try it, it’s like five bucks these days.
  10. Dax

    100: Missing, Presumed Dax.

    By Dax,

    And we're back! After a week hiatus, which happens all the time, I've gone and done a blog entry. This fortnight, I acquired A LOT of levels, man, I couldn't even count them if I tried. Alas, they were mostly all on Pokemon. Oh yeah. The only problem is that THERE ARE TOO MANY COOL POKEMON, AND I CAN ONLY HAVE SIX ON MY TEAM. :c
     
    Anyway, RS STUFF:
     


     
    76 Divination acquired, slowly getting there.
     

     
    109 Dungeoneering, going up slower than in past, thanks to leaving my daily challenges open for both Divination and Dungeoneering. It'll be 120 one day.
     

     
    Now, I was impressed with this one. I still haven't finished the final Dwarf quest because I'm lazy and it's not that good so far. I reckon if they extended this and made it a bit harder, it could have been a solid hard or grandmaster quest. But if this is a sign of what to come, I'll be excited for the rest. I feel a bit phoney, though, siding with Seren, when I don't even really know her. Anyway, quite a good quest.
     
    So. Scroll pieces! YEAH!
     

     
    GEM-FINDING. DONE.
     

     
    TREE-SHAKING. DONE.
     
    ONLY EIGHT SCROLL PIECES TO GO. YEAH!
     
    That's all for now, catch you next time, ~Dax.
  11. Dax

    101: 80+ Stats. Again!

    By Dax,

    OH MAN. GOD DAMN. Closed the tab accidentally after typing up this entry. eh. 80+ stats. lots of div. here's pictures
     




     
    scroll pieces. six to go
     


     
    Only had three scroll piece voyages this week, failed one. :c Argh. Closing that tab really set me off. Anyway, catch you next time, ~Dax.
  12. Dax
    Welcome to what I guess will be the new format for my blog. Over recent weeks and months I've just not done enough to warrant a weekly thing, and I don't put much effort into it at all. So, hopefully, doing it this way will make me give more of a crap about it, but probably not. I don't even know why I still do these. Haha. Anyway, onto stuff.
     
    First up, I suppose, will be my SCROLL PIECES. Which, unfortunately, for the time being, I HAVE NONE LEFT TO GET. Cleaned up the last of the scroll pieces at some point this month and acquired that nice little max port score, you know, a few weeks before POP V2. BUT I DON'T CARE.
     


     




     
    Pretty damn awesome to see this lovely looking at me when I read my book.
     

     
    I'm very excited for POP V2. Unfortunately, it sounds like we're not getting the new adventurers I want, but having more stuff to shoot for (Past 100K in all resources, which is what I've opted for spending my time in my port doing) and do is very much welcome.
     
    So, I got lazy when Birthright of the Dwarves was released and gave up before the first little run through the Lava Flow Mine or whatever that place was. This month changed that, I got sick of seeing one quest left to do, so I set off and cleaned it up in a couple of days. I destroyed Grimmson and nearly took down Hreidmar once or twice, but got frustrated at the third or fourth attempt. My Chaotic Rapier seemed to have a little moment and I couldn't do as much damage as I had been. I yelled and got angry and ragequit that quest for a day. Came back with magic and annihilated them.
     

     
    I finished the quest, sure, but had no idea what the problem with my technique was, I didn't change it at all, I just wasn't doing the right damage. So after the quest, as I was sorting my bank, I saw my Rapier there. Degraded. Face met palm and I pieced it together. Ah well, quest cleared, and now I can finally get an Imcando Pickaxe! Man, I hope that's not annoying to do.
     

     
    And it's not! Hooray! Nice little shiny new thing, I'm gonna get a ton of Mining levels with this...
     

     
    Woo! But that means my Smithing level is out of sync with Mining, and I WILL NOT ST-
     

     
    Oh, cool. Man, that Artisans Workshop gives some pretty cool stuff for FashionScape, if only my Golden Cannon could become even MORE ridiculous. It can? Oh!
     

     
    Man, that's cool. If only I could use that cannon well, my Ranged level is pretty crap, comparitively.
     

     
    Hmmmm.
     
     
    Nah.
     
    I can't link the last two to that well enough, here's a couple of Divination levels for ya:
     


     
    And a nice shiny Dungeoneering level, freshly obtained this morning, just for you, yeah, you, you're cute, I like you, wanna go out for a coffee or something sometime?
     

     
     
    And that's about it. Unless I get something I'm particularly proud off, I'll just stick to monthly updates, I have way too many other games to play and RS no longer gets the attention it used to. Catch ya next time (Holy crap man, that'll be at the end of this year/start of the next, crap man, this year's gone way too fast, I don't like it), ~Dax.
  13. Dax
    Just the one level this week, thanks, Runespan, for making Runecraft tolerable, if at least only for a little while!

     
    I'll be spending a while here. I'll definitely get Wicked Robes (Already have the cape) and the recolour. I'll probably grab esteem levels when I can after that,. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  14. Dax
    Thanks, Runespan!



     
    Good week. Also finished off another Elite task. Only have to get a Fire cape, a Summoning level and do a bunch of Temple Trekking, then tasks are gone. Though it looks like I'll be taking a break from Runecraft soon, maybe going to try getting 99 Magic with someone. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  16. Dax
    Did a clue, got a terrible reward, as usual.

     
    I then decided enough was enough, and powered through the last 30 or so Temple Trekking levels. Worked out that the exp from the lamps would push me over to 95 Summoning, so that's what I did.

     
    Only two tasks to go, both requiring a Fire cape. So I did the only logical thing, went and tried for a Fire cape.
     
    And I didn't get it. Got distracted and a 360 hit me.
     
    So I tried again.
     
    And I didn't get it. Jad's new since I've last seen him, so I didn't know his sounds well enough.
     
    Ah well. I might be 138 before it happens, but I'll get it one day.
     
    Now I'm going back to Runecrafting!

     
    Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  18. Dax
    First up, I got a Runecrafting level.

     
    Then, with the necklace bonus from May (Which I used in about 30 minutes), continued on and had around 120k exp to the level. Luckily, I hadn't cashed in my Penguin points for the week, nor Troll Invasion for the month. So I got them done and was within 8k. Ah-ha! I thought, I'll just use Jack of Trades and finish it all off. Alas, I had to wait two hours for that, but when I did:

     
    Feels pretty awesome not being able to ever get a Combat level ever again (Well, unless they release another skill that may increase it). Theeeeeeeen I'd went off to Runespan and got another level:

     
    And accidentally got this one while doing my dailies:

     
    And I still haven't got a Fire cape! Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  19. Dax
    Got all these levels throughout the week, but I'm not sure in what order, and I'm too lazy to check, but here they all are!




     
    Also did a couple of clues while getting the Ranged and Magic levels, here they are too:


    (Didn't even realise I didn't crop this one. The secret's out! I listen to Neil Young! D:)
     
    That's all for now. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  20. Dax
    Awesome week. First I got 98, as you do.

     
    Then I got 99!

    (Waited to try and get both messages in, missed it by a second, I regret everything D: )


     
    And that's another 99! Quite a few to go. Looks like I'll be spending some time at Stealing Creation to get the hammers I need for Construction. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  22. Dax

    42: 534/534.

    By Dax,

    So I was forced to finally get a Fire cape by my girlfriend, and so I got it. That allowed me to finish off the last two task sets and get a pretty cool new emote. Another thing for Completionist gone!
     

     
    Also did a clue, but I don't care about that that much.

     
    Also did the new quest, but I forgot to screenshot the Quest complete. Good quest though. Looks like my next goal will be to catch up with some of my lower skills and get 90+ stats. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  23. Dax
    Only got back from a week away yesterday, so I wasn't able to get this posted, here's my single level and a terrible clue for you. Next week is looking like it'll be a lot better already.
     


     
    Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  25. Dax
    Got a nice selection of levels this past week, also got bothered and finished the last Fremennik Saga (Moia's, I failed it so many times around release because of stupid things, like getting all the way through and only then realising I messed up one of the memories at the start, so I just left it and ignored it). Plus I bought myself a Scroll of Cleansing, so when the money I need for Herblore turns up (It will somehow, I promise), I can save a little of it for other pursuits.
     

     
    Got another 90!

     
    Got closer to another 90!

     
    Did a reasonable amount of Dungeoneering this week.

     
    Also experienced this famous little glitch while doing it.

     
    Catch you next time, ~Dax.
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