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Thanks for the information. the only concern that I have is that i got this modem less than a week ago, and runescape has never actually worked form it, so I'm not sure that reseting it will do much good. i'm thinking it it maybe an issue with my host. (i don't really know what the hell i'm talking about, so please bear with me if i'm not making any sense)

I won't push this any further off-topic, sorry I even mentioined that P.C comment, it is just my personal experience with this computer. How would I go about reseting my modem? are there any potential negative side-effects of doing this? I contacted my ISP, and they said that those ports were probably not being blocked by my modem, and if they are, would reseting the modem do any good if it came that way? My computer does not have a router. I was reading a completely seperate topic on another forum, and they were talking about editing something called a "host file" in order to open up runescape ports. Is that possible?

i am bumping this topic. Please, if you can help me, any advice would be much appreciated.

Never get a P.C. I am almost certain that Vista is the problem here.

Actually, I just moved to a completely different area. I am now using a broadband connection instead of a wireles connection. I couldn't tell you what the model of my router is, but I would be happy to find out if you could tell me how to figure it out.

Already tried the client, and just about everyhting else. thanks anyway, I am just hoping that some amazing tech genius comes in here, sees my topic, and saves the day lol.

Is this the right place to post this?

TCP ports that Runescape uses to function are being blocked by a Firewall, Proxy, or router on my computer. Although I unblocked them where the Firewall is conerned, RS is still not running so something else must be blocking them. Can someone give me some examples of thisgs in Vista that would block TCP ports ( other than the firewall) or other ways that TCP ports could be being blocked, and how to remove them? To give a description of what is hapening, when i attempt to load runescape, it loads at a very slopw rate, takes as long as 40 minutes, and then when I am able to get to the log-in screen, i cannot log in. when I press "log in" the message in the upper left corner says "connection lost" (regardless if i am connected or not)and then says "loading". After a few minutes, it says "connection lost" again, and then cycles back to loading, and this process repeats forever.

TCP ports that Runescape uses to function are being blocked by a Firewall, Proxy, or router on my computer. Although I unblocked them where the Firewall is conerned, RS is still not running so something else must be blocking them. Can someone give me some examples of thisgs in Vista that would block TCP ports ( other than the firewall) or other ways that TCP ports could be being blocked, and how to remove them? To give a description of what is hapening, when i attempt to load runescape, it loads at a very slopw rate, takes as long as 40 minutes, and then when I am able to get to the log-in screen, i cannot log in. when I press "log in" the message in the upper left corner says "connection lost" (regardless if i am connected or not)and then says "loading". After a few minutes, it says "connection lost" again, and then cycles back to loading, and this process repeats forever.

[sarcasm]Sailing is inevitable. Its now an irrefutable, confirmed fact, and I confirmed it and broke the news. Thank you for your cooperation.[/sarcasm] But seriously, it looks like cold war 2.

I can see how long it takes to put an indivuidual quest together from all of these updates.

Glad to get a new Slay monster, but with that low 78 requirement, the dungeon will be packed for the first few days. Duradel does not assign anything in that dungeon so I hope this isn't a Sumona only thing.

The half that you buy in the legend's guild is already worthless. No one uses the D Sq, because the people who would actually have a use for it cannot afford it. The D Hally and D B axe are close to alch price anyway. I actually dont mind the idea of ditching one big drop and including better secondaries. If you read the options that I suggest in the first post, that is option number two. There are many items in this game that have a much higher street price than shop price, all this would do is include one more. To end this nonsense about Nechs being weaker than Gargs, Zarfot lists Gargs at 25k xp per hour (with piety) and nechs at 24k xp per hour(with piety). They both have the same number of hitpoints. They are effectively identical. Nechs are about 5% slower. You can dispute Zarfot's numbers, but he has a long track record of accuracy, and I believe that these figures are good.

All of these points have been answered in this thread multiple times. The exp rates for gragoyles and nechs are nearly the same, so they arent much weaker, if they are weaker at all. Abby Demons are much weaker than Nechs, and have a valuble drop.

To your point about slayer being a grind or not being a grind, I personally feel that slayer is not a grind, but I know that many feel it is a grind. It is entirely relative wether or not slayer is a grind. Reagrdless, it can take 80 to 100 hours to achieve 80 Slayer. That is a proven fact, and that means that it takes longer than many 99 Skills. Abyssal Demons can be done with a bunyip, too and they drop a whip. Spiritual Mages take very little effort. They can be torn apart very quickly , and they drop D boots. Other than paying attention to prayer, I really have very little difficulty with any Mages task. Other than the minor annoyance of the Rock hammer, Gargoyles can be killed quickly and easily. None of these monsters are harder to kill than nechs. Black demons have no Slayer requirement. It wont take long to train cb to a level where you can fight them decently. Its even easier just to cannon them in traverly with a c'bow in the safe spot.

That 1 sentence and 1 paragraph really annoyed me. All drop items decrease in value over time, there are maybe 5 which haven't. I dont think you actually read the post you quoted. This is not intended as a flame, I am just pointing out an obvious fact. As I said in the post you quoted and did not read, rune boots did not naturally decline as more people camped them, they crashed because of the inclusion of Dragon Boots. I am not suggesting tha t Jagex include a new item everytime an item falls as more people camp, and the market is flooded.This is why I have been consistently opposed to the idea of entering a new drop to Dark Beasts for this entire thread. As long as the drop is fairly high value, I really don't care. I am not proposing anything that is overly complex. In fact, there some suggested items that would benefit from declining in value, like the Dragon Sq, because they would cheaper and thus more open to people who would actually have a use for them.

I have never seen any data on the DFH Drop rate, or the D2H. The D chain drop rate is about 1/300 accodring to Rune Wiki. The KQ also drops D2H, and the KQ is arguably easier to kil.

Do smoking kills. Even without Slayer Helmet, you can still make some Masked Earmuffs. Use the sle amulet, and cannon with protect from magic on. You should make back some of your money, but not all. Wear Verac's/Monks Robes to save prayer pots, or prossy if you have it.

I do believe in a creator, and although it may seem ridiculous to take something entirely on faith, with no proof, the bible actually says that Christians mush expect to be mocked for their beliefs, because they would seem to many to be ridiculous. I never attend church. I can't remember most of the bible, and I could not understand half of it when I read it anyway. To me though, religion seems to have some kind of moral significance or something. I consider it to be important. I would equate my feeling of not going to church with not spending enough time with my family. I know I should do it, but I choose not to because I can't stand it.

I guess thats support? If it is thanks, lol. They are not the only monster that could use better drops, but in my opinion, if you made a list of monsters that should have better drops, nechs would be high on that list.

"Obselete" was used in the unclear connotation that they are no longer the best of breed in their armor slot. It is an incorrect word to use to people who just saw my signature and who had never seen my argument, and I will change my signature. Regardless, they were 200k before and they are very low, only 50k now. I am not suggesting, as I have said before, that Jagex change drops as more people naturally camp and the item declines. But Rune boots were made obselete when GWD was released and crashed. Before the rune boots went down in value Nechs dropped herb seeds, and death runes, and rune items, and all of the things they drop now. I am suggesting that one of these items be added to the drop list to replace the value that was not lost as a result of expected decline, but because it was made obselete. Spiritual mages are torn apart very quickly by the whip + def combo and they have a decent drop. Abyssal Demons have a lower max hit and no death spawns and they drop the whip. Gargoyles are not difficlut beyond a minor inconvienience of hammering them. Nechs are no easier than any of those monsters. They require nearly 100 hours of slayer at 20k per hour to fight, and they deserve a better drop.

I know im a VERY lazy person, i think i only wc'd about 3-4k willows in 3 days then quitted the second time, first time was on a pure of mine of which i got 1-74 really fast, gave away the char to my cousin and that little bastard got 80 on it in no time :thumbdown: Also, i already got 1k steel arrows and i can buy some more, any good guides about what monsters to kill? i preffer nice loots =D> Maybe you could kill avainese untill 80 range, and then use the earned cash to chin to 99. I'm not sure if that would be enough money though.

.........am I the only one who doesn't think that it matters very much?

Thanks for the support. I think that any signficant cash encourages people to camp though, avainese are packed and all they drop is the noted addy bars. That is one of the reasons that Dragon items like the D B Axe and the Hally or the Schimmy, or Right Half, are in consideration is that they are pretty bland items and I think they would probably be seen as just an on-task bonus rather than something to camp. If people did camp though, the D B Axe and the Hally would stabilize at their good alch prices. The D Right half would go down and bring the D Sq down to a level that better reflects its usefulness. I'm no longer very sure about the scimmy though. After looking a a few items in a similar situation, I think it would probably crash. Might just remove the scimmy from the list.

Nech drops are okay, but it is very difficult to get 80 slay, and when D boots came out their main drop crashed. I think one of these items that have been proposed should be added in order to help replace the boots. The suggestion to make certain drops only on task is something that I have personally wanted to see for a very long time, but I suppose that is another debate.I would probably not want to see that sort of thing happen with any item that is already out, but I would like that to be considered for future Slayer Monsters. With the crowding problems, while the campers did work to get 85 slay, and thus have earned the ability to farm demons, it becomes an issue when every world has 5 people in the room and you have to use Air Strike runes just to get a kill. Maybe they could alter a few worlds to make Slayer monsters respawn much faster than they currently do, and be geared toward Slayer. If they did too much though, it might cause Slayer drops to crash.