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Be prepared for a riot when this update's released. It happened with New HP, and it'll happen with revamped hitsplats =-/ (the two are related in some way, right?)

Quite a few. RuneCrafting, Summoning, Herblore, Prayer, Slayer, Farming, Mining. Dungeoneering too, depending on how well you know how to level. Hardest in my opinion? Summoning.

This. Just like it's been established that Tip.it is now filled with cheaters. Or people that benefit off of said cheaters. Well irrespective, it seems that any select group of players will be pleased with the recent drop in some raw materials. Understandable. But does that not mean that we can't probe into exactly what the source of this price drop is? One man's tragedy is anther's celebration. If it benefits you, good for you. But one thing: Other players will always have a different view from you, because they are not like you. The situation that Dragon brought up is very real. The problem at hand here is not solely ours, it's Jagex's as well. As soon as Jagex is involved in their game, keep your mouth shut. They don't care if bots are beneficial or not for YOU. You are one person out of how many that bots are ruining the game for? Yeahh. Not to mention "bargain-buyer" types like some I see in this thread are compounding the problem by trying to exploit it. Less money will be circulated around (as in, money being offered in trades) in the game because bots gather large raw materials and sell for low prices. This "decrease" in demand makes it hard for legitimate players to sell their own products at fair compensation. Bots are forcing down prices of many raw materials; No one should be forced to undermine their own efforts at the expense of someone else in this game. This extends out of the world of trade and into PKing and other activities as well. After all, what we have at some point has been the result of trading. Secondly, as soon as it has been established (which it has) that bots are illegal (against a set of official rules), don't try to pull that "b0ts R b3n3f1c1al" crap on anyone. Bots are illegal. It doesn't matter HOW hard you try to defend it. As long as there's any downside to the subject, for a legitimate group of players, an argument can be made against it. So don't also pull that "stop hating plox" crap either. At the end of the day, it's Jagex's game. Jagex is aware of this problem and is most likely looking at not- too-invasive ways to deal with the problem. I'd love to see the looks on the faces of the players who are exploiting the problem, when they see that Jagex has banned some 100,000+ bots. "Oh noez fish prices/raw materials will go up, how will I ever afford to PK/train skills now." Guess what? That means other prices will go up too. Find a resource, then, that you can collect for a fair (and FAIR) profit, so you can continue to PK or whatever you do without really even a substantial loss of...anything. Or maybe you're not into skilling for money. That's fine, a lot of players aren't. Find something that you're good at that can make you a lot of money while fairly compensating both sides when it comes to trading that material. Everyone wins. A bot-sustained industry is less productive than a player-sustained industry, merely because one side will always be at a loss. And eventually, you will see that that kind of an economy has worse consequences in attempting to sustain it then a player-ran industry, because the consequences will come back to bite you in your ass. It may have benefits for people who use the efforts of bots to help level expensive skills like Prayer and Construction, but those skills are connected to other skills that are connected to other parts of the game. Somewhere, where it strokes you in one place, it will kick you in the other.

I had heard of this guy being talked about yesterday, by, whom I initially thought was a spammer because of the vagueness. But the guy mentioned that this other guy was glitching by "laying back and moving around" on World 2 Grand Exchange. Lo and behold, today I spotted him and took this screenshot, around the same place (Varrock West Bank world 2): ^ Laying down in an awkward position Thoughts? I'm also a very bad cropper, so don't mind the white spaces >_> EDIT:

QFT. Summed up the whole problem perfectly. I need to know how summarise my opinion into a short, to-the point post like yours. I pull out like, 1000-2000 word essays just trying to explain the entire problem >_>; I r not good at summarising ^_^;

ITT: Pseudo-intellectuals try to pretend that grammar isn't important. Hey, since language is nothing but a tool that humans use for communication, lets say its not important and grasp of language is not an indicator of intelligence. Really nice logic. By the way, just wondering, why is your post so grammatically correct if it doesn't matter? Looks like you're trying to make sense when you write. Don't be so pretentious. :rolleyes: I suppose you never read my first post in this thread then. In no way does Improper grammar indicate that the person using it has a careless disregard for it. When it comes to communicating on-line, writing is the most preferred tool. A sub-set of that, in a lax community such as this, would be preference. Preference is determined by bias; in other words, you know when to use which kind of way depending on where you are, and who you are talking to. I choose to use proper grammar here, because none of these people around me know me personally, and I want to make a good impression, and not come off as an idiot by using "1337sp34k" in an environment, where, many people have opposing views and are able to present them intelligently so others can see where they are coming from. I also am imperfect, just like you, and others around you, and everyone else on this planet. I make mistakes with grammar all the time. Should I be chastised and scrutinized for it? No, especially considering that...a very small mistake, such as using "their" for "there", where applicable, has no life-threatening results. Small mistakes are also relative. I'm imperfect, but I shouldn't be chastised for any grammatical mistake, because it has no large end result, as should you. It's not as if you or I pressed the wrong button somewhere on a nuke and now everyone is going to die in five minutes. No. As I said earlier, there are no strict rules towards proper grammar in this community. When I say this, I mean you don't get banned just because you wrote "their" when you should have wrote "there". (which happens in a forum I go to occasionally, and let me tell you, the absolute strictness of proper grammar there has a very large effect on what kind of people make up your community) Here, I feel that, in a casual topic, as long as you can understand the other, you should be fine. It DOES get annoying if the person messaging you overdoses on "1337sp34k" and can be an eyesore to read, but the occasional grammar slip-up, such as using "there" instead of "their" or vice-versa depending on the context is fine. Remember that this isn't as if you're writing an essay worth 30% of your English mark. And another thing, as well as coming down to preference, as I choose to write using correct grammar because I think it looks neater, if you think using grammar correctly while defending the mis-use of it is hypocritical or illogical, you would be very wrong. It simply indicates that others who advocate such are more open-minded than yourself, and know that either: when communicating online, usage of correct grammar comes down to preference, provided the person using has a pre-existing grasp of the grammar needed to do so, OR that the person writing to you may be someone who does not have a native background in the English language (immigrants, for one) or have a disability like dyslexia which can be frustrating for them. They are people just like you, who are intelligent just like you, but you need to have empathy when judging someone just by how they use grammar. If you judge people by their grammar without knowing where they come from first, how does this reflect you in real life: You can't judge people by how they speak, or dress, or look, but you can judge others by how they judge you. Point in-case, the ones doing the judging first are usually the close-minded ones, evidently such as yourself. Furthermore, regarding shorthand speak, as a way of measuring intelligence (what kind?), you would actually need to have a pre-existing grasp of English grammar to even use shorthand subsequently, otherwise how would you know how to use shorthand such as "u", "r", "y" "b/c" in the correct context (shorthand which is used on-line for convenience, and rightly so)? So that invalidates your point. Another thing is that, as I said before, as far as the internet is concerned, grammar usage is not a reliable indicator of intelligence. Why? Because the trade-off of shorthand, which you mistake for incorrect grammar, for convenience is generally accepted in an environment where correct grammatical usage comes down to preference. BUT people know when to switch usage. It's why open-minded people such as myself can use shorthand and use proper grammar as well, but I know when to use which one and where. For example, I would normally use shorthand/"leet"when talking to friends. BUT that's okay because they can understand me, and they know personally enough to know I'm not an idiot. BUT for people who don't know me as well (not in real life), such as in debate forums, where there are many people with opposing views that we discuss, I would use proper grammar so I don't come across as an idiot, and so that, when discussing a topic, I can at least hope that others will take me seriously by how I present myself, and I would treat them the same. In other words, bias is one factor that determines when I use proper grammar. Let me put it this way: If proper grammar is not an indicator of grasp of a language (it isn't), it cannot be an indicator of intelligence, for the reasons I stated above. One final note, in my opinion (this does happen and will, but is not always the case, so take this with a grain of salt): I have stated this before in this thread, and I will again. If you use proper grammar as a way to bash others who don't or can't use it properly, as if you're writing an English essay, you're a tool. A tool with a deep inferiority complex, criticizing those who can't speak in your language properly, despite everyone being imperfect. Why do you do it? To achieve the feeling that you're better than them, to fill in that area of ability you might not be so good in, and feel others scrutinize you for, although you're prone to the same mistakes. Because only insecure people would stoop down so low as to bash others, who are trying to master YOUR NATIVE language so that you can understand them, where as you probably only know one, English, and they know at least two. You try speaking in their native language properly and see what happens. Maybe they'll be kinder to you. OR, maybe they're dyslexic and no matter how hard they try, they screw up a sentence. But they try. OR, it comes down to preference. In a casual-themed topic unlike this one, some lax grammar /shorthand would be accepted, because you don't need to be Einstein to tell everyone what your favorite RuneScape past-time is, or something. In an debate topic such as this one, but particularly in an anonymous setting, where people who don't know you personally, evidently have many contrasting (but biased) viewpoints, as I said before, you need to present yourself intelligently so that others can take you seriously. /post (and hopefully, /thread).

Everytime that I've logged in to RuneScape today, I find that the friend and ignore lists are never loaded. I have a fine connection, and I always choose the server with the lowest ping to play on. Other people in the game have experienced this at the same time as me. I'm just surprised because there are no threads about this here. Is this just a client-side issue, or are others experiencing this loading problem too?

I understand it's summer and that's part of the reason the prices were rising at the beginning of such. But don't you think it's a little too early for prices to be dropping this badly? We still have a month left of vacation, for most of us. I feel that a bigger force is at play here...either merchant clans, or that in conjunction with a couple of the recent game updates =-/

I salute you. What are your other two languages? I only know two languages fluently myself. I can read, write, and speak English, naturally, but I can read, write some, and understand spoken French. I'd say, on a measure of understanding, 100% English, 60-70% French, 30% Russian, 30% Spanish (I believe my understanding of the Russian and Spanish language would've gone up, as my ancestral roots are Russian and Cuban, if I wasn't put in an ESL for like, the first year of grade school. Ontario's education system is really messed...)

Grammar is by no means, a proper tool of measuring someone's intelligence or behavior, as far as when the Internet, being on-line is concerned. If you honestly think that, on a place where there are no rules concerning the usage of correct grammar, that people have to use correct grammar/spelling all the time....no. Just no. Using to/too there/they're/their/etc. out of context on the Internet, or shorthand on-line, should not matter. How a person spells on the internet does not reflect their intelligence at all. That is an extremely biased and unfair assumption if you think that gives you leeway to treat people differently by how they talk on the internet, and you think you're so smart and elite because you talk on the Internet the same way you would write an English essay worth 30% of your final mark. It doesn't make you better or more intelligent then someone else, it makes you look like a tool. I mean, if you write solely for that reason, to insult other people that don't write like you do. The Internet is much like any other public place you can hang out or around in. It's casual and relaxed, and no-one is uppity on how someone else presents his or herself, unless, how that person is acting, is grossly disturbing the peace. Otherwise, it's all good. This carries itself onto the online world. All it comes down to, at the end, is the place. As long as you can understand the person in the language they're speaking (Correct me if I'm wrong, but English seems to be the only language that can be used shorthand on-line and still be understood), you should have no problem. On a relaxed place such as here, I don't see any rules strictly forbidding a little lax grammar. People have a good reason to type shorthand too. It's merely convenient and saves time. And if the other person understands, hey, it's all good. And you know why correct grammar shouldn't matter as much also? Because the Internet, is in no way, shape or form, the proper medium to measure a degree of someone's intelligence, or "laziness" just by how they type on it. You cannot base someone's behavior or intelligence just by how they type on the internet. If you do use on-line grammar (where there are no overall explicit rules regarding such use thereof) as a tool to measure someone's worth, and there is no legitimate reason to not type in shorthand, (because there's no law or social norm saying you can't save time, right?) then you do not have any right to scrutinize people who have made their own, personal, choice. Because as far as the Internet goes, this website in particular, well....proper grammar usage, comes down to choice. This site isn't an debate forum discussing real issues where you have to present yourself intelligently for your opponents to take what you say seriously. The OP seems to recognize that "U" is you and "r" is are. What's the problem? As long as you can understand what the person is saying, you don't have any argument. If you also think that, a person must be extremely lazy just because he/she types shorthand/uses grammar out of context where it doesn't matter, you are ohh so wrong. I choose to type in grammatically correct sentences because I think it looks better, but I don't have any qualms against someone using shorthand or placing commonly misspelled words out of context. As long as I can understand them, and they have a point, there's no problem. And for the record, I use shorthand/misspell words very often, for convenience, when I play RuneScape, and people still understand me. On here, I must be at least 95% correct in what I say when it comes to syntax and grammatical convention. Just saying. Grammar isn't by any means, a tool to measure someone else by their behavior (i.e. how lazy they must be) or how intelligent they must be, because it comes down to the place grammar is used, and preference. Does the preference hurt anyone? Absolutely not. If you're choosing to have a problem with how people choose to speak online, then you have bigger problems to face on the road ahead. Oh yes, I forgot, silly me. Immigrants and people who are learning new languages, meeting new people and better opportunities for their future.The post above reminded me. You especially have a problem if you can't cut these people some slack. When it comes to them, it's not so much preference as a learning curve. There's no rule saying you can't use the Internet before mastering a language widely used to communicate on it, i.e. English. For what we know, these people could be using the Internet as a tool to help them improve themselves without the need of meeting harsh scrutiny, or are relaxing after a day of making your day possible. And as well, God bless them, the people with LD's such as dyslexia, dyscalculia...not need come under such harsh scrutiny. Remember that not everyone is like you, having a vast superiority complex just because they use a language so correctly on the ONE place it doesn't matter. Good fight :thumbdown:

Thank you =]

Can someone give me an idea or a list of the most common areas that botters hang around? I'm asking because I have a gnome ball, and I heard it can freeze up a bot if you throw it at one. Yeah, it won't have an effect in the long run, maybe, but I haven't seen any bots in forever, I'm bored, and I want to at least delay them in some way.

^Taken before May 2006, before the Varrock graphical update. Taken at level 68 Combat ^_^ I was a huge noob back then, still am now XD By the way, does anyone have pictures of old looking Falador and Barbarian Village? I don't remember them anymore >_>

Yet magic completely destroys range, obviously a problem there. Range is underpowered HUGELY. I agree. It wouldn't hurt jagex to add a new super powerful range weapon, like a gun or something, range would own magic if it had an ak-47. Mm. Melee=knife Ranged=gun gun>knife ranged>melee, tbh Oh, but yeah, is Ranged "underpowered" when compared to Magic? Possibly. By that much? Depends on the gear. I'm sure with the right Ranged set up you can dominate even a Mager who has the Arcane Stream necklace.

This is coming form a guy with 58 mage and 65 range. Nice. 1) You clearly don't understand the nuclear analogy. It's really not hard to understand at all. Melee and Ranged are far more powerful then Mage in comparison. Magic got a boost to match their level of brokeness, hence the adding of two "nuclear warheads" to "magic". 2) One of the highest. Ranged and Melee can easily match Magic DPS with a combo. You also clearly haven't seen D Claws in action or a Dark Bow if you think Magic has the highest DPS in the game...rofl. D Claws can hit over 930 damage in one special that takes about a second....Magic just matches that. Not to mention even if it doesn't max out damage, it inflicts high damage consistently none the less. Both the AGS and D Claws special have been acclaimed for their incredibly high accuracy - the same you cite for Magic. It is not more nor less accurate than Magic attacks with an Arcane Stream Necklace - it is the same. Not to mention the EXTREMELY HIGH risk you carry when you even PK to get that kind of accuracy with Magic. Pkers would need to risk tens of millions to hundreds of millions if considering to pk with Magic to get the consistency and damage you claim. Ranged and Melee have the same consistency for much, much less of a risk financially. Dark Bow can two hit people with it's special for about 900 damage a special which also takes about a second in the video I linked to. Again, Magic is balanced with Ranged. 3)AGS special is one of the most accurate attacks in the entire game....Magic is balanced with that. If someone worked to 94 mage, a feat in itself, it deserves to have that accuracy. 4) Melee and Ranged can hit consistently as high as Magic considering you need all three of them to go all out to even reach about the same DPS...so no. 5) The funny thing is, you have 90+ Magic and Ranged and you have no idea what you're talking about. From the second you make the statement that Magic is overpowered, anyone can tell you've never PK'ed before, or even PK'ed with Magic, because if you had fought long enough to see what Melee and Ranged can do, you would come to the correct conclusion that the combat triangle is finally balanced.

RSOF thread: 164-165-931-61189980 <-----Recommended reading. ^QFC for a brilliant RSOF thread. The author breaks down Mod MMG's explanation of the price change as well as rebuking it. As well, he suggests Jagex could have found several better ways to approach the "Rock Climbing Boots" problem. One of them is that Jagex could have released Climbing Boots Item Packs, say 1 pack contains 10-50, in large stock quantities, for a cheap price, from Tenzing. I can tell that the current solution was brought about by thinking about the solution without actually considering the cause of the problem. If Jagex truly thought the boots were in high demand, and they TRULY didn't want to change the value of an item based on its stats, they should have made Boots more accessible. The author's suggestion (on Page 3) perfectly outlines what Jagex could have done to correctly approach what they thought was the problem: By making boots more accessible, by releasing them in Packs that contain 100 or so boots, for a cheap price (1200gp - 100*12=1200), in large stock quantities of those Item Packs. (100K+). That allows for ten million boots, which, if the Packs are able to be noted upon purchase or stack on top of each other, would considerably cut demand for them. Considering the relative ease to obtain these boots either way, also discussed in the thread, Jagex would have eliminated the perceived "demand" instead of mirroring it by increasing the price to what they thought the demand for it was (the "demand" for those boots clearly was not that high, which is why boots such as Rune and Dragon are now favored instead of Rock Climbing Boots, not to mention RCB protect over the former. Jagex clearly mistook paying for convenience for "street demand"). It's just a perfect thread. It completely destroys Mod MMG's defense for Jagex's actions, as well as suggesting a very good idea to cut down demand (Item Packs). Two birds with one stone. Sorry for my rambling, I'm also distraught by this issue. Jagex is just...very untrustworthy, with all the tipping-off merchanting clans (scum of this game) and lying to their own players through their own poorly thought out reasons. For the sake of this game, the explanation was a lie and there is something deeper going on, rather than the result of poor planning. Again, read the thread on RSOF: 164-165-931-61189980. Simply brilliant. Also, honestly, this just doesn't feel right. I think I can say with utmost certainty this is the first time that Jagex has publicized how truly corrupt they can be. Giving several undeserving players several hundreds of millions of coins, for doing NOTHING! Others slave away and get nowhere near to close that amount! Even the ones who have 99 RuneCrafting, potentially the fastest moneymaker in the game, with the lightest equipment and the best familiar for RC, have to slave for several hours straight to get a FRACTION of what these people have earned, in the blink of an eye! For comparison, it takes at least several tens, to hundreds of hours, and a lot of cash, to get 99 RuneCrafting. Another 3-5 days from that, to get close to forty million gp cash, if you slave for 3-5 days straight. For 1000 climbing boots, it only cost 12K to buy 1000 before the update, and maybe 20-30 minutes to obtain 1K of them. THEN resell them NOTED to the Sherpa for forty million GP in half a second! Absolutely ridiculous. This is Jagex at its worst. Jagex has hit rock bottom. Jagex is giving free hand outs to undeserving players, tipping scum off about the handouts, and even muting or banning players who know the truth, who took the stand up to the big bad Jagex. This is the point where Jagex has become truly corrupt, and there is no turning back if Jagex does not repent and change back to the way things were before. Jagex should be ashamed. Also note many, many solutions. Bringing the source of boots closer to a trading area, such as Varrock. Jagex did that with Dragon Scimitars less than two weeks ago. The Item Packs when players training summoning found it very hard to collect shards. And much more... Honestly, when Jagex listens to the players, things go well. When they think for themselves...not so much. I mean, either Jagex is really corrupt or really stupid. For the game's sake, I'd rather it be that they were stupid, because corrupt people do not have morals or a sense of right and wrong. They may realize they made a mistake but are too proud to admit or do anything about it. You can't convince them to admit that they are wrong. At least with stupid people, you can show them their mistake and guide them....if they are smart enough to realize their mistake.

As most of us know, yesterday on June 24, 2010, Jagex updated all existing Climbing Boots into Rock Climbing boots which had the same bonuses as the former, but cost roughly 75k more. As before the update, you are now able to buy both the no-stat regular climbing boots for 12gp from Tenzing the Sherpa, or buy the more expensive Rock Climbing boots for 75,000gp from Tenzing that have a Strength Bonus. You are able to buy both, correct. However, The statless climbing boots are untradeable (keep this in mind). All the existing climbing boots before this updates were turned into Rock Climbing boots, with the same bonus, just a different name and price, that are TRADEABLE. Why did Jagex make a pay-off to everyone who collected the boots by increasing their price 75,000 coins? They could've released Rock Climbing boots as a completely SEPERATE item, instead of "upgrading" all existing regular climbing boots into rock climbing boots, as well as making regular climbing boots a statless and untradeable item. This would mean that Rock Climbing boots could still be bought from the Sherpa for the same price of 75k, but be untradeable to other players, as well as UNALCHEABLE (so there would be no sudden billions of gp flowing into the economy that cause worries of inflation, through either trade OR alching). The regular boots would remain at 12gp while remaining tradeable and alchable, instead of being untradeable and unalchable. Yes, you might be thinking, but no one would pay 75,000 coins for those boots, because there are other boots, similarily priced, that have the same strength bonus and much better defensive stats (such as Rune boots), HOWEVER, there would be no UNECCESSARY INTRODUCTION of excess coinage into the economy and prompting worries of inflation as such. I believe we would all prefer no major inflation by making the new boots untradeable and unalcheable, with a little more demand for rune boots as a result, instead of having potential major inflation in the economy, ranters (debateable), and a major demand for rune boots as a result. For it's better to have a greater demand for rune boots as a result of this update, than say, a greater demand for every single consumable resource because there is excess coinage in the economy. So, then, onto my question. Why did Jagex feel the need to pay-off hoarders this way, bringing in unnecessary billions of coins into the economy, making many undeserving players millionaires overnight, rather than making the 75k boots untradeable and alchable, with the same stats as the (former) regular climbing boots? That seems very suspicous to me. Considering the contradictions in Mod MMG's official explanation for this update, (implying that Jagex was changing the value of an item based on their stats, while at the same time outright saying it is NOT their intention to change the value of an item based on their stats), it seems to me it could possibly some kind of inside pay-off. Maybe a few of Mod MMG's close real life friends who played RuneScape wanted a few billion because it was his birthday, let's say. I don't know. I just find it very suspicous that Jagex decided to go with the solution that had a seemingly random payout to undeserving people. It's just...illogical at its best. At worst, it's unfair, deceiving and manipulative, with major ill-effects on the economy, and some of the worst of all, undeserving hoarders get massive pay-offs and they got them because they were lucky. Did Jagex know that? Yeah, but did they care? No. Did Jagex consider the effects on the economy? No. Does Jagex know their own game? Very unlikely. (See Mod MMG's official explanation on the update. He says the street price for regular climbing boots reflected the current price of rock climbing boots. According to many source, climbing boots never approached above 10K street. Liar much?) The logic in this update is just very suspicous. Mod MMG seems to be hiding something, at worst. At BEST, he REALLY does not know his own game: His numbers for the street prices of boots contradict accounts of people who traded them in PvP worlds for much lower prices than current. The highest amount of boots that someone possessed, he cited, was 1.8K (there are sources that confirm 7K+ boots in an account's possession). It just sounds like an insider tip-off, a big pay out to some undeserving close relative or friend of MMG, while other lucky hoarders who stocked up on boots in between the time they were released and this update, got lucky and became multi millionaires, and Jagex did not care for the results. Thoughts?

As most of us know, yesterday on June 24, 2010, Jagex updated all existing Climbing Boots into Rock Climbing boots which had the same bonuses as the former, but cost roughly 75k more. As before the update, you are now able to buy both the no-stat regular climbing boots for 12gp from Tenzing the Sherpa, or buy the more expensive Rock Climbing boots for 75,000gp from Tenzing that have a Strength Bonus. You are able to buy both, correct. However, The statless climbing boots are untradeable (keep this in mind). All the existing climbing boots before this updates were turned into Rock Climbing boots, with the same bonus, just a different name and price, that are TRADEABLE. Why did Jagex make a pay-off to everyone who collected the boots by increasing their price 75,000 coins? They could've released Rock Climbing boots as a completely SEPERATE item, instead of "upgrading" all existing regular climbing boots into rock climbing boots, as well as making regular climbing boots a statless and untradeable item. This would mean that Rock Climbing boots could still be bought from the Sherpa for the same price of 75k, but be untradeable to other players, as well as UNALCHEABLE (so there would be no sudden billions of gp flowing into the economy that cause worries of inflation, through either trade OR alching). The regular boots would remain at 12gp while remaining tradeable and alchable, instead of being untradeable and unalchable. Yes, you might be thinking, but no one would pay 75,000 coins for those boots, because there are other boots, similarily priced, that have the same strength bonus and much better defensive stats (such as Rune boots), HOWEVER, there would be no UNECCESSARY INTRODUCTION

Magic is nowhere near overpowered. The fact is that all the powerful "end-game" weapons are all ridiculously powerful, some belonging to melee, others to ranged. The fact that Magic seemingly got "overpowered"with the Arcane Stream necklace, despite the only way to use it at its best is to go absolutely all out with 99 Magic and one of the best Magic offensive bonuses possible, actually means Magic is much closer to being balanced in power then being overpowered. Magic is once again close to where it should be in the combat triangle. To help you understand, nuclear weapons are overpowered. One country can have 5 nuclear warheads. Another has 5. The third country has 2 or 3 nuclear weapons, meaning there's no balance of power between those three countries. Said country builds 3 more nuclear warheads to keep up the balance of power between them. Magic may be "overpowered" on the surface, but it's actually a balance of power in respect to the damage melee and ranged can do (which were superior to magic before this update). Not to mention you have to go 100% all out w/stream Necklace and the best Magic boosting gear to even match the brokeness you can inflict with Ranged and Melee w/o even trying. which means Magic is actually barely balanced with Ranged and Melee now. A player with level 86 strength with a 148 Strength Bonus (Armadyl Godsword, Dragon Gauntlets, Dragon Boots, Helm of Neitiznot, Amulet of Glory) with Ultimate Strength prayer, Super Strength Potion and AGS special can potentially inflict 580 damage. 99 Magic, which is a lot longer to get, with Arcane Stream necklace and the best offensive Magic bonus possible, can hit over 600 with Ice Barrage. The player with the same strength-boosting gear but with 99 strength can hit 676...which is about the absolute maximum Magic can hit with one attack. Melee can hit even higher with a maximum +205 strength bonus and 99 strength, inflicting over 900 damage, with a single AGS special. Ranged can two hit someone with over 900 hp in a single special: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzpanCqXuL4 (old HP system). You think Magic is overpowered? Not by a longshot. and lol@people saying Ranged is underpowered. Ranged generally dominates melee in the PvP triangle and can freakin' 2 hit people with 1 DarkBow special. That is not right.

In my day, we didn't have any fancy Grand Exchange - we had to walk to meet up with other players to make transactions, and the possibility of getting scammed was very high. People would stand in the banks or around them in certain pre-designated sections that told you what category of items they were buying/selling - for example, there was a rares section, a rune armour section, an amulets section that was located in that anvil place south of west Varrock bank, etc. It was more convenient than the GE, technically, if you knew where to go + waited for some good deals, as there were always people selling/or buying on World 1+ 2. And I mean ALWAYS. Back in those days, World 1 was always almost full no matter what time of the day it was. Ahh, good times.

How did Salmoneous even make it above silver much less gold?? Their guides are rarely even updated in their guides and their tools are outdated as well!! RuneHQ should be a tier lower and Tip.it should be in RHQ's place considering how RHQ had more link to phishing/scam/RWT sites for longer than Tip.it, and their community is no where as good as ours. I'm shocked and appaled >=[

If they have released a Demo to let new players get a feel of the game and how to move around in it, does that mean the Tutorial you have to complete after registering will be removed?

Just last week I got up to barely over 12.5M xp (by 47 points) to post on the forums >_> I'm actually kind of dissapointed that they made the requirements this low. I can earn that much experience in a couple of months =-/ They should make F2P like me feel like it's worthwhile that they earned it

It's like there's always some massive glitch this time of year. Last year we had the µ glitch (February 25 2009), lol

This post is right on the money, if it wasn't posted I would have, you could edit the files, change data items etc because it's stored locally on your computer and not on jagexs servers True. But even if it were hackable, you're not connected to a Jagex server. So any changes on the account on your computer won't affect your online in-game account. So it's almost like a private server, actually. The only difference is that you need an internet connection to connect to a private server. This would be a good idea I think, in a way. It would get rid of the problem of private servers for the most part, and you wouldn't need to connect to the internet, so you could play even if your ISP crashed or something, and you have the free will to edit your stats and items =P