theoxman2

When completing a task, the gp reward you used to have to collect from explorer jack is now automatically added to your money pouch as soon as you complete the task.

Sounds like you're a 'system's person, a logical and systematic approach to your game play. I can be a bit over the top about trying to keep all my skills fairly level but I'm not as organised as you :-D I dont keep my skills equal. I have skills ranging from lvl 53 to lvl 80 right now. (again except dung which is 41). Some skills I only do long enough to get the 2 strange rocks for the week (agilty, hunter etc). My highest skill is woodcutting and I only train that with evil trees and the cutting afterwards without banking reward.

I train every skill every week (well besides dungeoneering). I also make sure to do at least one quest (but usually more) each week. I also do various D&Ds each week.. penguins, circus, tears etc. The only thing I do every day is farming... When I log in I do a complete farm run to all trees/bushes/allotments/specials. While doing this tun I pick up my daily rewards (sand,pineapples,flax,essence etc) and do my kingdom stuff. I dont think I could ever find it fun to grind one skill to 99. Do I have a goal to get 99s? Sure.. but they will come in time. The only actual xp goal I set for myself is I try to do 1 mil total xp each week.

Hmmm anyone else notice that digging up tree stumps from farming is no longer giving roots?

The irony about the first article is.. when I first started playing this game back in 2007-2008 there were so many people complaining that there wasnt enough content for high level players... and it seems Jagex answered that by adding more content for high levels plus master and grandmaster quests.. Now people are saying there isnt enough mid/low level content. But for herblore.. it sounds like the author is saying the only way to make things matter would be to make em non tradeable. If the high level potions were tradeable wouldnt that make the skill just as useless at high level as it is midlevel? So to make skills more relevant should more things become untradable?

Regarding the first article... What he said about RS is true of anything. Anything in life can become too consuming if we let it. One can work too much, play too much, eat too much etc etc. Keeping things in perspective and balance is one of the keys of happiness in life. Lately it seems as if a lot of tip it articles are written to make RS seem like its a horrible thing.

Not sure if this has been mentioned so if it was I apologize ahead of time but... I got about 40K thieving XP from the master farmer in draynor and didnt get a single potato or onion seed. So Im thinking they no longer give them

I would like to comment on the 1st article "noob again". I have recently chosen to be a noob again. I had played RS from 2007 through early 2009. I built my account up to combat level 106 and total level about 1650 with like 220 quest points. And then due to some real life issues I left the game. And I gave my account to my nephew who, at the time also played RS, but wanted a stronger account. fast forward to about 6 weeks ago... The friends I used to play RS with (and had been since playing another game with that is slowly dying) all started talking about how we missed playing RS. So we decided to come back to the game... BUT.. they still had their accounts. I didnt. So if I wanted to start playing again I had to start all over.. And its been extremely fun. Now I guess you cant say im a noob since I have all the expierience.. but there was a lot about the game I had forgotten and had to remember or relearn. ANd because I had the knowledge from my previous account, I knew more effiencient ways to level up but I still have to redo all those quests and go through all the steps. ANd like I said Ive enjoyed every minute of it. I think one of the problems the author has, is they gave themselves a time limit and wanted to get x amount of stuff done in that time. WHere is the fun in that? I have always loved exploring the game, finding new things. And with the amount of updates RS does, coming back after 2 years, there was a lot of new stuff to find. I remember going to make air runes for the first time after doing rune mysteries quest... and wondering what the heck happened to the air alter and what all those new buildings were south of falador. I think that was when I decided to finally bring up tip it again lol. Runescape has soooo much stuff to do, but it seems some people (like the author) bring the real world stress of wanting to just get stuff out of the way as fast as possible so they can rush to the next thing. This is a game.. sit back and relax. Enjoy exploring. Enjoy finding new things. Even with the expierience of my past account I know I have much I havent done yet. Ive never played a game of castle wars. Ive never been to the god wars dungeon. I do understand the author's mindset though.. if you let it, the goals of the game can take a life of its own. In all of us, there is a sense of competition. Wanting to climb leader boards or whatever. In my first account I no longer quested for fun. I would read the quest quide top to bottom and then follow the step by step guide. I just wanted to continue getting the quest points. This time around Im going by memory (for the quests I had done before) and using the in game quest journal as I go along. Only if I actually get stuck, do I bring up tip it. When I first started playing RS, I didnt know there were fansites or quest guides or anything. I went around and talked to any NPC that would talk back. I looked at every store and building. Obviously thats not a very "efficient" way to play. But isnt one of the reasons we play games is to get away from having deadlines, burdens and such of real life? My thought processes are kinda weird so I probably rambled in this post, so im sorry.. but I hope I got my point across.