killerbeer0

I guess I'll melee my 100 slayer assignments (I want the slayer helmet real bad)

This is fun to look at, I was so close.... I registered in RS like 2 months after RS2 was opened up. Missed all the current super-rares. Very nice thread to read. Makes me wish I were a couple years early.

To begin with, I've lurked here for a while and have failed to find a thread that addresses my question to a satisfactory extent. I've been p2p for a few months now and am unsure how I should continue training; balanced melee or range. My stats are at the moment: 70attack 70strength 70defense 51prayer 71ranged 52magic 73hitpoints 10summoning My character is worth a total of about 3.5m ( :oops: ) and I much prefer to make money on drops (I'm working towards God Wars or KBD soloing) rather than grinding at woodcutting or fishing or whatever. I can afford 99 in Ranging so melee of course, being cheaper to train, would be easy to max as well - but I really don't think I have the patience to max both. I've weighed both the pros and cons of melee over ranged or vice versa and really cannot seem to make a decision. Ranging: [*:4hjzm23g]Pro: Cheaper to get top level gear. (For blessed dragonhide and ranger boots, robin, etc. is only maybe 10m - in melee I could spend well over 100mil on gear) [*:4hjzm23g]Pro: Less money used on food. [*:4hjzm23g]Pro: I like having a sense of uniqueness that melee fails to provide. [*:4hjzm23g]Pro: Only 1 skill to max out! [*:4hjzm23g]Con: No truly awesome weapon to buy, for looks the Seercull is all I can find, and the magic shortbow looks really stupid with blessed dragonhide (I prefer guthix, and I am a stickler about how my character looks) [*:4hjzm23g]Con: Doesn't hit as high as melee, crossbows are too slow (and unrealistic - in real life they required 2 hands) to really make up for this. [*:4hjzm23g]Con: Ammunition cost can be high... though this is no big deal to me as I plan to be making money on whatever I'm shooting. Melee: [*:4hjzm23g]Pro: Cheaper to get to top levels. [*:4hjzm23g]Pro: Hits hard and and can do so at high speeds (though the slower weapons generally make up for it). [*:4hjzm23g]Pro: Some truly awesome gear available such as the Zamorakian spear and the barrows sets (I want Guthans)... not to mention the Saradomin Sword. [*:4hjzm23g]Con: Top level gear can cost ridiculous sums of money. (I'd probably want full Bandos, maybe a godsword) [*:4hjzm23g]Con: Nothing unique about choosing melee. [*:4hjzm23g]Con: Many level 99 skills required to "max out". I hope I can get some help here (things such as time taken to max out and usefullness in team-based events like godwars would be helpful). Please keep in mind that I plan on killing things for money, so long term costs put melee in a position where it seems to be more expensive. Please help, I want to go to godwars with friends and want to be as effective as possible (big surprise). I also want to be able to make my money with other combat-based things like slayer.