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Nice guide. Its different form the other guides, and I'm looking forward to it.
Cuttingly getting 99 range, 86 atm, and no intention of getting 90 defense, unless I decide to become maxed out. 75 def atm.
I'll get the E.E soon I guess, but you should really change the blessed dhide setup. You only need 1 zammy item, and black dragonhide armor is jsut as good as zamorak blessed dragonhide armor. Thus, use the cheapest zammy item (from the choice of body or chaps) and use black for the most expensive one.
And although the void setup is awesome, the lack of zamorak item makes the zammy followers attack you. I went there once without a zammy item, and zammy followers really slowed me down.
Looking forward to it though.
Good luck :thumbsup:
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I have to agree. For the vast majority of cases, clues are not worth your time, no matter how fast you do them or how skilled you are at completing the trickier parts. It's only if you have god-like luck that they are.
In my opinion, clue scrolls should be a rarer drop, and the reward should have a minimum value proportional to the overall difficulty of the trail. I'm all for some insanely rare and valuable drops to mix it up, but it's the rewards that us average joes get should at least be worth our time.
I have horrible luck on runescape. Proof is in like 4+ years of playing RS, mostly members, I've only gotten 2 dragon drops, the Dragon left half (70k at the time) and a coinshared dragon med. Considering how long I've played, I think that's pretty bad (I rarely get rune armor/weapon drops too, cept when I kill monsters that only drop them). I'll admit I've gotten very bad clues, but lvl 1 and 2 clues usually give bad rewards. I do most of my clues, and lvl 3 clues generally give me 100k+ in rewards. Althoguh I have no luck with drops, I have great luck with clue scrolls. My first level three clue scroll had saradomin legs. I once did a lvl and got a rune plate (t), and hte next day, I got a robin with zammy vambraces (coincidentally, I had bought a robin the week before lols). Jsut last month in the beginning of the month, I got a 3rd age mage top.
Considering How much luck I have with clues, and how little I have with drops, I think those with bad luck on drops should do clues.
anyway, just my opinion.
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Chinning is godlike.
:shock:
I'll be chinning around once every two days. Its a shame prayer potions are 10k+ still for 4 doses. Once I get the hang of it, I'll be getting xp rates like that.
Btw, how long did you chin for? I assume that was 2 hrs with grey chins?
edit: considering grey chins are around 380 each, and reds are around 590 each, (compared to 350 for greys and 650 for reds in your guide) I'll be buying red chinchompas from now on.
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So I decided to do a test at 61 prayer, 85 range, with 1.3k grey chins. I couldn't get it for the first 50 or so chins. I then reread the section about chinning, and finally got it. Accidentally, I dropped my prayer to 0 twice #-o , and My rol saved me on the second one :D . I used up around 510 chins, and got about 80k xp from it (my sig says 102k atm, but I ranged a little yaks and tzharr, so its probably 90k. I assume for 510 (460 had I know what I was doing at first), roughly 80-90k isn't too bad right?
dividing 80k by 510 chins gets me about 156.8 xp per chin. Dividing by 460 (after the fist 50 horribly stupid mistakes) I get 173.9 xp per chin. its not 200 per, but again, I was liek a headless chicken the first 50, and this was my first try. I also used snakeskin boots, since ranger boots are too expensive to bring here.
Anyway, once I get 99, I'll be sure to thank you more :lol:
epic guide once again. I'll be chinning more often.
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This is a nice guide, buy you always compare it to the fury.
A simple glory has the same offensive stats (less prayer and possibly str).
A Dragon scimitar + glory is as effective when training on yaks as a Dragon scimitar + fury. Yak aren't exactly the strongest thing in world...
And a glory costs what? 40k? Honestly, Glory + D Scim/Long beats the Obby Sword + Zerker necklace. Maybe not in max hit, but the accuracy makes up for it actually (on Yaks and such, it makes less of a difference since they have almost non-existent defense)
Still, nice try, but I'll keep my fury + whip/scim
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Awesome guide 10/10.
It has everything you need to know and more, and its simple to read + contains summoning information :D
Just a small notice on the dagnotth (sp?) guide.
You use a games necklace to get to the Barbarian Outpost, not a dueling ring :lol:.
Still awesome guide, but if you get 99 range, is it still worth using a cannon to speed up kills, since range xp after 99 is sorta worthless?
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Is sacred clay worth using? pretty simple question, I know its the equivalent of green d hide.
Two words: Hell no.
hell no indeed.
You can get like 3 coifs an hour and they only last for 50k xp or what? So you gain 25k extra ranged xp at the cost of 1 hour. That's totally not worth it.
bumpidy bump.
What am I missing for AOW? :cry:
I guess its not. It doubles the xp you get for like, 300 or 400 chins or so right? the only reason people think its worth it is because you get 2x the xp, so if you get like, 200 xp per grey chin without it, they assume that 200*2 = 400, but thye don't factor in the 20 minutes to get the coif right?
Either way, brilliant guide. Too bad prayer pots are at 10k each now, I'll just do one of 3 things lols
1. suck it up, buy them, and use them before they drop and I hate myself for not waiting (Choice I won't choose)
2. wait till they drop, then buy them and get 99 range from 99 (possible)
3. Get ranarrs myself, and make them myself (cheap lols)
honestly, well thought out guide. 99 range is gonna be so helpful for so many things.
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Secondly, this is too confusing for most 8 year olds.
IDK. It was a 9 yr old that counterfeited the first 100 dollar bill. Don't underestimate how smart kids really are. Beside its up to the one that can understand it to break it down for the ones that can't
Don't overestimate how smart kids really are. So many things were wrong with your answer.
A: MOST 8 YEAR OLDS He was not referring to slightly less stupid 9 year olds, he was talking about 8 year olds.
B: So what if a 9 year old was the first to counterfeit a 100 dollar bill. its easier to jsut steal it out of someone's wallet, and probably safer :lol:.
C: From what I've seen, there are less smart kids than there are smart kids, and unless the 8 year old in question is a genius, he wouldn't understand this.
Also, I don't see how this gets you logs faster. Example is that being alone does in fact get YOU more logs. You get all the logs in the tree, whether the tree has 1 or 1,000,000,000 logs, you get them all alone, whereas if you share the tree with 5 people, assuming you all have the same wc lvl and axe, you would get roughly 1/5 of the logs, since rs is basically a rng of some kind (might not be, but it seems to me, so correct me if I'm wrong, seriously). This means, cutting alone or with 100 other players on the same tree, they don't affect you other then the fact that they increase the chance of the tree getting chopped down. This means that the time you spend walking to a new tree because someone else cut it down is time LOST, not SAVED. This means that cutting a tree alone is better, since you get all the logs, and no one else increases the chance of the tree getting chopped down, which leads to time lost. This makes you get logs SLOWER.
Prove me wrong, but having more people chop the same tree manes the tree has a higher percentage of getting chopped down, which means you have a higher chance of losing time by walking to a new tree, which had it not been for the others, you would have gotten more logs and not lost time moving to a new tree.
Now, I'm not in a big, fancy programming school, but was that simple programing or what? It didn't seem to hard to understand. Otherwise, nice attempt. As I pointed out, you lose logs by having more people chopping a tree, but prove me wrong.
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Not bad. A few errors, but not bad.
First: the Pie graph. The visage isn't represented on it. Yes, its so rare that it doesn't make a difference, but still. Unless you didn't put it on because its so rare and it would be a thin, almost unseeable, line, cause that's what I think it will be.
Second: The range guide. 65 range is quite low. I did a trip with like 83 range a month ago, and even potted, I wasn't hitting as often as I would have liked (I'd hit 0's multiple times in a row)
Third: the Mage guide. The dfs lowers your range/mage attack value, so the anti dragon shield is recommended, since it does not. Also, most people recommended using Fire Bolt with chaos guantlets, which hit 15, 5 less than fire wave. Considering the cost of casting it and fire wave, I think Fire bolt is more cost efficient.
Forth: the melee guide Not much to say :lol:. I don't melee them, since ranging is 1000X times easier, and cheaper. And even if you brought like 20 prayer potions, you would get far less kills than you would with range using only 10 anti-dragon potions. Just my opinion, maybe with 99 att/str, you would get more.
Overall, good guide. I didn't get any rare dragon/visage drop, but I got a clue from an iron dragon...
Best clue scroll ever For me :lol:
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Awesome guide, 9.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999/10
10/10 if it wasn't for this error
[hide=Darts Error]
Darts: Darts are the fastest weapons in the game, and damn, they hit fast. Of course, this also means that they hit pretty slowly.
I find this error hilarious for some reason. I think you meant, "Of course, this also means that they hit pretty low"
otherwise, informative guide, everything a range slayer like me needs.
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I feel stupid
I had 40m, so I bought a bgs.
But I never thought about buying the dragon claws :wall:
Least I still have 23m+ bgs
so... I need to make 5m or sell my bgs back
WHY IS CHOOSING A GOOD WEAPON SO HAD.
OT: not a guide, but it does explain the must basic function of a weapon in combat minigames. That being a deadly weapon lols
I couldn't decide between bgs or saving up for a sgs, so i went for bgs.
PS: I'll loan it, jsut pm me or pm ss4goku264 in game lols.
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Woo I was looking forward to this week's :
EDIT: Good articles I was a little confused about the aviansie one...How can other players with Godswords KS :?
And the Obama interview made me chuckle :lol:
Same, how can you kill avianses with a whip or gs?
Obama one was hilarious though :lol:
Edit: I agree with the prayer one though
If you have it, use it. Everything is fair in war (except back stabbing or attacking an opponent after a fight, at least for me)
and if you spent millions getting 70+ prayer, use piety+pro melee all you want (because of the huge def boost, I'd telly away for being unable to counter that lols)
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Ok Reny, ill help you out here. Everyone else seems to have no idea.
Ok. you have +22 Prayer, and you have 21 inventory spaces for prayer restore.
With +22 Prayer, you will loose 1 Prayer point every 5.2 Seconds
Lets assume level 50 prayer. At 50 Prayer, a Super Restore will replenish 20 prayer points, and a Prayer Potion will replenish 19 points, per dose.
At 50 prayer, you will be able to restore 1680 prayer points with 21 Super Restore, and last for 149.93 minutes. 21 Super Restore (4) will cost 183,078gp, therefore 1221.06 gp per minute.
At 50 prayer, you will be able to restore 1710 prayer points with 21 Prayer Potions, and last for 138.32 Minutes. 21 Prayer Potion (4) will cost 160,650gp, therefore 1161.43 gp per minute.
Picture it like this, is 11.61 Minutes extra at the avainses worth the extra 22,428gp?
Super Restore potions will cost you an extra 59.62 gp per minute at the avainses.
In one minute, you can probably kill 3 avainse? Netting on average, 2.7 Adamant Bars.
That is 6045.30gp per minute there.
You are gaining an extra 11.61 minutes from super restores, meaning an extra 70,185gp made off adamant bars. You have only spent 22,428gp extra for those 11.61 minutes, therefore using Super Restores, you come out 47,757gp ahead.
Now, all you morons spamming his topic, get off?
If you don't know what you are talking about, don't post. Simple.
Ring of wealth: Personally, i wouldn't wear it. Avainses have no *rare* drops worth obtaining. Remember, it's not called the "Get more of what i want" ring, it will not increase your Adamant bar Drop rate. IMO, wear the lumbridge ring, it gives a prayer bonus and has free low alchs + you get extra run energy when running there, and a free teleport to draynor (No need for ectofial)
The level 3 ring is quite easy to obtain and i'd reccomend it over anything.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but your math is wrong.
you said ppots would restore 19 points per dose, compared to super restore's 20
so how is 21*20 less than 21*19?
Lets assume level 50 prayer. At 50 Prayer, a Super Restore will replenish 20 prayer points, and a Prayer Potion will replenish 19 points, per dose.At 50 prayer, you will be able to restore 1680 prayer points with 21 Super Restore, and last for 149.93 minutes. 21 Super Restore (4) will cost 183,078gp, therefore 1221.06 gp per minute.
At 50 prayer, you will be able to restore 1710 prayer points with 21 Prayer Potions, and last for 138.32 Minutes. 21 Prayer Potion (4) will cost 160,650gp, therefore 1161.43 gp per minute.
And you can use the holy wrench with 20 ppots to get extra prayer from each dose.
its I believe, equal to 20 super restores, so you lose 4 doses, but you save money. And if you have enough, you can restore your prayer, bank, replenish supplies, and return before you would finish your next potion, so I think that would make up for it.
and I jsut noticed, my signature's been replaced. Quite Frankly, it doesn't bug me, I was about to delete 1 image lol
PS: Ignore my previous post, I explained it better in this one,
you were wrong about how many points a super restores and how many a prayer restores tho
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My friend's been tanking them, made around 1m in 2 days, so its not bad
I tried the prayer method, and I made a lot with it
I'm gonna try the tank method, I feel like it will be more beneficial
only difference is I will use the blk dhide instead of zammy d'hide
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Guys, let's not flame him any more. He should have gotten the message by now.
Either improve the guide or simply remove it. If you put a bit more time into it, maybe you can have a good general armoured zombies guide.
yes, i can accept that
but there are already 2, both infinitely better then this, um... what do you call this??????? :oops:
the point is, there is enough info on these, and this doesn't add to it, so its unneeded.
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prices need to be updated
raw rabbit is 63 at the shop now
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Nice thread.
Level 1 clues CAN be a source of great money. :thumbsup:
Though I highly doubt they surpass a 53m reward from a lvl 3 clue :!:
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I agree. I've played Wow for one year, but during that year I kept coming back to runescape. I found Wow boring. Sure, the quests might give you good xp in wow when you are a love level, but they are boring as hell. During that year, I got to lvl 39. I stopped then because I found it was too boring. I could have probably been at level 70 if I truly had wanted, but it was too boring (and my comp couldn't play wow to well, despite the fact that it was almost brand new :().
Wow skills are horrible. i got to around 135 engineering, and after that it was basically buy able. Either you spend cash getting it, or you waste hrs getting the stuff. Sure, making dynamite is cool, but its not that good. Sure, the skills help at high lvls, unlike some rs skills that have nothing new after lvl 80-85, but at least you don't really need to. yes, there are many buyable skills in rs (fletch, firemaking, farming, construction, herblore, range, magic, runecrafting whit zmi alter), but not all of them are, and you don't really need to buy them (cept construction) as you can train them yourself. You can argue all you want, Wow skills are pretty bland. max lvl of like 255 for skills? how much of that is buyable? how many people actaully collect the ingredients themselves?
What do most people spend their time doing? raiding. Sure, its fun, but once you get lvl 70 and your set of armor of prefence, thats all that there is left. How many people are gonna spend time frolicking in the meadows? 1 in a million. That 1 in a million is also going to waste his time, because runescape as far more side activities than wow.
What's that you say? People can play Wow's fun minigames? wrong. Sure, its got decent pvp minigames, but are they fun? not really. You capture this place, move to capture the next one. Yes, its similar to soul wars, but at least soul wars has a boss.... I admit, i haven't played too many of wow's minigames, but I lost interest in them quickly. Runescape, on the other hand, has dozens of minigames, ranging from pvm to pvp. Barrows, pest control, soul wars, castle wars (does any still play this since soul wars lol), trouble brewing, ect. Runescape has not only more minigames, but they are also varied. Its got something for everybody.
Sure, wow has better graphics and sound, but it also requires more specs for your computer, and you have to buy the game + pay a monthly membership. Runescape has low specs for low detailed, and mid specs for high detailed, and its about $6 a month... the only thing Wow seriously does better is combat, and even then, I'd sick with runescape's rng + slight variables combat system. At least until they come up with a new one :P
so lets compare the price content for wow and runescape.
Wow installation pack = $40??? Wow expansion packs 1 and 2 =$70 together??? Wow membership = $18 a month??
using the expansion pack for the first month, thats a hefty sum of $128 dollars.... and what do you get? an expansive combat oriented game that gets old quickly. for $128, you could get almost 2 years of rs membership
rs price: $0-$6 dollars a month (f2p and p2p respectively) What do you get for so little cash? A constantly updated game with already so much to do that the comparably bad graphics, combat system and sound can be ignored, and even if they aren't, trying finding this big a game at such a low price that gets such constant upgrade? the answer: there is nothing like that. :shame:
Also, you can change worlds in runescape, unlike in Wow (I mean switch your character's server to a different one)
and why pay $18 a month when you can play hswow for free? I'll admit, I found hs wow to be far worse :lol:
in the end, you get far more for your money by playing Runescape than Wow. Feel free to argue, wow is mroe boring than rs
wow in a nutshell is: combat, combat and more combat. hmm. Im forgetting something. Oh right, did I mention combat?
ps. Hswow is a hack of wow that you can play for free and by donating to them you can get unattainable high hp/mana levels, I only played it cause it wa an easy lvl 70 to see which class I would like at lvl 70. I in no way am advertising hswow, only explaining what it is. Its sorta like [ForbiddenSite], which I do not play nor suggest you play. DONT'T PLAY IT! :shame:
Another biased remark. How can you judge a game if you haven't fully played it? The best content comes with higher levels and is when the game fully starts.
I'm one of those who enjoys "frolicking in the meadows" as you say. Try not to push everyone into one category without any proof because at least 30% of my friends never train combat. Hey, you know what, 50 people at the rate of 1 in a million makes 50 million! When did the population shoot up so much!
How can you sit there and type that every aspect of WoW is boring? It's called an opinion and you're misleading people that might actually enjoy the game by declaring statements such as "Sure, its got decent pvp minigames, but are they fun? Not really."
Why complain about a higher cost for the game? It's widely known that Blizzard spends much more on development and has many more people on staff 24/7. Ever had a Jmod help you ingame upon request? No? Well blizzard gives access to a living member of their team within minutes. Besides, it's your choice to pay more for the game. And with that higher price, many younger kids tend to stay away so you have a much more mature community overall.
I don't understand why you were bragging about RS late in your post. It sounds like you're implying that Warcraft never gets updated. This certainly isn't the case.
After reading your last paragraph, I finally understood why you didn't stay with WoW. The game was quite simply too hard and complicated for you. If you immediately go to a website where you get the top skills and gear straight away, then it's obvious that you don't have the patience to play a game like WoW.
I honestly don't know whether to take you serious or not Sonic. You haven't even reached endgame and tried it out but you're already posting remarks about how much it sucks? I guess you really do belong at runescape.
For those who didn't read any of my post: Try the game out for yourself before believing these biased posts.
Note: If you didn't see my first post, I actively play runescape and WoW. I'm am not trying to give anything extra to either game, I just don't like seeing something unfairly taken away.
ok just to clarify, seeing as it seemed off, when I said don't play it, I meant hswow, not wow
i've played endgame. its boring. could that be why my maxed friend quit? who knows.
wow, blizzard helps you in game. so what. if you can't play a game without the aid of the creators (other than tutorials), you shouldn't be playing at all. Friends helping is another very different matter.
yes, wow combat IS superior to rs combat, no one can deny that. btw, hswow was a home-server my friend and i played to test the different lvl 70 classes and to goof of in raids. I only played for a few hrs, and that was over the course of like, a month, before it got boring (few hrs being like, 4). Runescape has far more depth than Wow storyline wise. The actual dungeons to get to the bosses are far better. Some have extremely powerful foes till the end where a super powerful foe awaits you. These are some of wow's strengths, and wow does that well. Granted, doing just that well doesn't cut it. Wow is more combat oriented than not. Runescape is as well, pking and pvp are probably the most common and most enjoyed activities, and they deserve to be, just like raiding and dungeons is to wow.
Now lets look at some skills in wow.
Engineering seems like a good pick. These will be random numbers im using, but my point will stand.
pretend you and your friend are maxxed in their skills and combat. lets say you need 150 engineering to make tnt. Thats not too mush right, and you can us it. Lets say your friend doesn't have engineering. He will nto be able to use the tnt you made. True, some you can used, but some you need engineering. Runescape wins in this, as everyone has access to the same skills (getting it to the lvl needed is another story, but yeah, lets ignore that for now). If in rs oyu made a rune 2h, and both your friend and yourself are maxxed out in combat, but your friend doesnt have the smithing lvl, he can still oyu that 2h sword (granted, tis not tnt, but yeah, rs doesn't have too many bombs or related objects) see why rs wins in this.
yes, bliizard may have 24 hr support, but do you really need that much support. I guess for a game as big as wow, maybe you do. But I honestly rarely require support from the creators. The only way would be if my account was hacked, but otherwise, I don't need them for much.
as you said, I have not fully played wow, yet you say you get more content at the higher lvls. Why is that? Rs has content for all lvls (tis starting to be more for higher lvls, but more people are becoming high lvled, so its natural). yes, wow has some content for the lower lvls, but its nor that good. If you say wow gets more content at higher lvls, its cause its easier to get higher lvls. I've heard of people getting lvl 70 in a few days. That's maxxed combat lvl and not armor, but how many people have you heard getting 99 att/str/def/hp/range/mage/prayer in a few days? I didnt count summoning for obvious reasons, and maybe i should count prayer for the same reason. But how many? none. you can't start getting 150-200k xp per hr at early lvls, and 99 is more than 13m xp. I don't know how much wow xp is needed, but I think its in the millions 7-10m? i knwo tis a decently long stretch from 69-70, as i was there with my friend when he got it. but yes, back to the point.
has anyone maxxed rs combat in a few days from 1? no. even if they they had the money, it would take days. I've heard 65 hrs of chinning for 99 range from like, 70 range or so. Thats 2 days, not counting the time to get to 70 range and getting the cash. my point is that it is easier to max wow combat than rs. Prove me wrong, I doubt you can on this one, but shoot away. I'll listen.
I am not maxxed rs, and I ahvent done any of the gwd bosses, dag kings, or even KQ. but so what? I'd rather have fun. THis is why I quit wow. yes, it be fun at 70, but getting 70 is kinda boring. Do the quests make it fun? hell no. Wow quests are kill this, get that, ect. Rs quests have depth, and some are fun (notice i said some, as some are great, and some are god awful). yet, in the end, rs quests have more variety.
As you said, tis your choice to spend more cash on wow, or save on rs. thats true, but dos wow deserve the extra price? well, thats based on opinion. I find that it is cool, its got good graphics, has some good things, but its not for me. i can play rs while listening to music from my computer without it slowing down too much (depending on my internet connection) whereas ow would slow down without anything else running. too me, the size of wow is what really hurts it for me (not as a game, as the program and its specs for you computer).
yes, most of what I list IS based on opinion, but this entire thread is too. I favor rs combat to wow combat for its simplicity, yet ability for become complex. yes, wow combat can be simple, but its rarely simple.
Lets agree to disagree ok?
I didnt say was was bad. I just think runescape is far better. Again, you say otherwise because its your opinion.
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Good guide Overall. 10/10. Explains everything well and explains everything.
My only complaint is this
Why Castle warsCastle wars is the best minigame in runescape. Many cant agree, because they havent really ever understood the point of the game. Castle wars is fun and exciting.
You can't say Castle wars is the best mini-game. That is opinionated, and thus many people truly can't agree. I've only played 1-2 games of castle wars, but only because it didn't interest me. Maybe if I follow your guide it will, but I still doubt it. I'd prefer soul wars, as you get xp rewards lol.
and speaking of soul wars, you should make a guide on it. If it is as in-depth as this one, well, um, it'll be plain awesome lol :lol: .
But still, awesome job.
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why
what?
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WHY? Simple answer
Why did you make something this bad. :wall:
There are far better guides on the subject, so this needs to be closed. No point having a guide that tells you nothing at all
:shame:
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Your post is ridiculously biased. Runescape is no more of a sandbox than most other games out there. While you may argue that runescape is more than getting maxed stats, you're incorrect if you assume that game such as WoW don't have other activities also. Warcraft gives frequent holidays, an achievement system which gives endless goals for a character to do, and skills (which can be switched if desired) that are all necessary to choose from. If you want to really get down to the inner layer of runescape, many of the skills really serve no purpose. Now while many of you will want to argue that skills like agility, smithing, crafting, and fletching actually have a practical use, you are kidding yourself. Each of these really does not add to the game in any constructive way or can easily be bought from a vendor. In WoW, the game is a finely oiled machine. Every skills contributes to the game at end-levels and could not be played without them. While runescape may have much more content, the overall contribution from many skills of the game add up to no more than wasted playing time to a person.
Note: I play both runescape and warcraft. I have played WoW for 3 years and do not have a maxed character. While many believe there is nothing more than combat and raiding, I am proof that isn't so. I enjoy the holiday content and skills implemented and that is enough to keep me playing for hours.
No hurry, flame away how I'm biased.
No matter how you play WoW, it's impossible, absolutely impossible, to call that game a sandbox.
It's anything but.
It's the poster boy for theme park MMO.
Now, I've played WoW, I love my tauren drood. But no matter how you dress up WoW's achievement system and its talent system and its holiday events, it's a dictionary definition for not-a-sandbox. Sandbox would be some of the more oldschool MMOs, like Ultima Online or Shadowbane, though a truly sandbox MMO hasn't really been made yet. Just read up on what the designers for Mortal Online are trying to do and compare that to Warcraft and you'll see the difference.
World of Warcraft and it's 20 million knockoffs are linear. You go in one direction. You up your combat, following your class specs, wearing your class armor. You pick your two production skills, usually something that compliments your class. Some of RS's skills are flawed, but for what they are, they are sandbox. There's a freedom there that WoW can't imitate.
I agree. I've played Wow for one year, but during that year I kept coming back to runescape. I found Wow boring. Sure, the quests might give you good xp in wow when you are a love level, but they are boring as hell. During that year, I got to lvl 39. I stopped then because I found it was too boring. I could have probably been at level 70 if I truly had wanted, but it was too boring (and my comp couldn't play wow to well, despite the fact that it was almost brand new :().
Wow skills are horrible. i got to around 135 engineering, and after that it was basically buy able. Either you spend cash getting it, or you waste hrs getting the stuff. Sure, making dynamite is cool, but its not that good. Sure, the skills help at high lvls, unlike some rs skills that have nothing new after lvl 80-85, but at least you don't really need to. yes, there are many buyable skills in rs (fletch, firemaking, farming, construction, herblore, range, magic, runecrafting whit zmi alter), but not all of them are, and you don't really need to buy them (cept construction) as you can train them yourself. You can argue all you want, Wow skills are pretty bland. max lvl of like 255 for skills? how much of that is buyable? how many people actaully collect the ingredients themselves?
What do most people spend their time doing? raiding. Sure, its fun, but once you get lvl 70 and your set of armor of prefence, thats all that there is left. How many people are gonna spend time frolicking in the meadows? 1 in a million. That 1 in a million is also going to waste his time, because runescape as far more side activities than wow.
What's that you say? People can play Wow's fun minigames? wrong. Sure, its got decent pvp minigames, but are they fun? not really. You capture this place, move to capture the next one. Yes, its similar to soul wars, but at least soul wars has a boss.... I admit, i haven't played too many of wow's minigames, but I lost interest in them quickly. Runescape, on the other hand, has dozens of minigames, ranging from pvm to pvp. Barrows, pest control, soul wars, castle wars (does any still play this since soul wars lol), trouble brewing, ect. Runescape has not only more minigames, but they are also varied. Its got something for everybody.
Sure, wow has better graphics and sound, but it also requires more specs for your computer, and you have to buy the game + pay a monthly membership. Runescape has low specs for low detailed, and mid specs for high detailed, and its about $6 a month... the only thing Wow seriously does better is combat, and even then, I'd sick with runescape's rng + slight variables combat system. At least until they come up with a new one :P
so lets compare the price content for wow and runescape.
Wow installation pack = $40??? Wow expansion packs 1 and 2 =$70 together??? Wow membership = $18 a month??
using the expansion pack for the first month, thats a hefty sum of $128 dollars.... and what do you get? an expansive combat oriented game that gets old quickly. for $128, you could get almost 2 years of rs membership
rs price: $0-$6 dollars a month (f2p and p2p respectively) What do you get for so little cash? A constantly updated game with already so much to do that the comparably bad graphics, combat system and sound can be ignored, and even if they aren't, trying finding this big a game at such a low price that gets such constant upgrade? the answer: there is nothing like that. :shame:
Also, you can change worlds in runescape, unlike in Wow (I mean switch your character's server to a different one)
and why pay $18 a month when you can play hswow for free? I'll admit, I found hs wow to be far worse :lol:
in the end, you get far more for your money by playing Runescape than Wow. Feel free to argue, wow is mroe boring than rs
wow in a nutshell is: combat, combat and more combat. hmm. Im forgetting something. Oh right, did I mention combat?
ps. Hswow is a hack of wow that you can play for free and by donating to them you can get unattainable high hp/mana levels, I only played it cause it wa an easy lvl 70 to see which class I would like at lvl 70. I in no way am advertising hswow, only explaining what it is. Its sorta like [Caution: Jagex Rule Violation], which I do not play nor suggest you play. DONT'T PLAY IT! :shame:
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Awesome Guide :thumbsup: 10/10, well organized, and simple to follow. I actually read this a long time ago, but never took the time to actually post on it. :lol:
Also, the first section is kinda long, maybe you should create two different sections, 1 for melee and 1 for range. Just seems like it could make it easier to find the sections.
Another plans to make a Fourth Fifth section? Anyway, great job on this guide =D>
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Awesome guide. I sometimes use kebabs. 1gp and all that health, you'd be crazy not to try them! \
you asked for info on super kebabs correct? Well, they heal 9 hp each (always) and are made by using hot sauce on kebabs or Ugthanki kebabs (these heal 19 always). Using hot sauce on Ugthanki kebab is plain stupid because then they will heal 9.
Also, might want to add a link to the ge db for kebabs. They are worth around 45 gp each atm. with an average of 11 hp per kebab, buying them for 45gp at the ge averages a 4.09 gp per hp. Not bad, but 11 hp per gp is much better (yet more time consuming :lol:)
great luck on future updates/goals (nice stats)
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Wouldn't it be faster to use a dueling ring, bank at castle wars, then use the telly to the zmi alter? then you could use a fury for massive defense boost right? still great guide, just got lunar mage a few days ago, and as soon as i finish getting full void range/melee and maybe mage, i will definitely do this.
well, once i get 50+ rc that is :wall: only 49 lols
and yeah, good guide =D>
The guide to using brawling gloves (WIP)
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Hey, just a question about the ecto prayer brawler method
Wouldn't it me smarter and safer to grind the bones and collect the slime on a non-pvp world? Yes, you don't get hotzone, but is that really such a big deal?
Just my opinion, tell me what you think
And awesome guide, if I am ever good enough to pk, and if I ever get brawlers, I'll use this :P