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I would definitely hope Holland gets their act together. But I don't think they'll manage a two goals lead over Portugal, who unfortunately are most likely too strong for that. It's not impossible, but...

Charming monsters and luring hunter creatures can better be done with their own skills, namely slayer and hunter. Sure you *could* implement it, but it seems rather forced to me. Weekly xp also seems more of a thing you add to an already strong skill, not a major benefit of one. Was thinking of something like a Renown skill, since pretty much everything we do has us gaining fame. Things like quests, miniquests, completing slayer tasks and recovering "artifacts" from monsters or skilling which could work like strange rocks would gain xp, and the skill itself could be used to like you said, buff and debuff other. Other benefits could be ability to wear or receive legendary items and some kind of bonus to the new abilities (fame would be a good measurement of real world experience). Its going to be a gather skill paired with a artisan skill. Not guaranteed. Just an idea of them.

What exactly do you mean by "ages"? Videos can easily take a few hours to render. If it's huge files, obviously going to be more. As long as you don't have to keep your pc running for two days straight...

That'd the problem. I did. My ID just expired so out of no where she won't sell to me because I grew up. (I have no problem with the guys that work there, they don't care) I don't care what the law is or not, she's a [bleep] who should learn some common courtesy. Especially when I've went there for years and she apparently can't remember people who come every week. Umm...seriously? You realize that she might get in serious trouble if she was selling you alcohol? You want her to break a law for you and then complain she's not doing it?

...what exactly did she do? :blink:

Depending on when exactly the release is, it may or may not delay SUOMI from getting 200M in all skills. At his current pace, he's looking likely to get 200M all skills around March next year. If the new skill is released before then, it'll take longer, obviously. But somehow, knowing Jagex, I don't think it'll come out that soon. They already said end of 2013/start of 2014, and that's just a rough guess, they haven't even started working on it yet. So yeah, Suomi should definitely get 200M all skills before that.

Yeah Ireland fans were amazing. I feel bad for the players though. It was very likely that they'd lose, and more than 1-0, but damn, I wish they had fared a bit better. 4-0 is bitter, even if understandable against such an amazing team as Spain.

If denmark loses without scoring a goal and Holland wins with a two goals lead, Holland, Denmark and Portugal would all be on the same position considering points and goal difference. Not sure what happens then.

I'm waiting for some fanboy to remind you about Jagex's disclaimer on estimates and release dates... OOPS! Guess I'm that fanboy :P. @pui: Yeah I think even on 10x smaller grid system it would be immensely different. I would really enjoy seeing that, but one problem might be recalculating monster melee/ mags distances. I would like to see this in the very near future and would welcome it well as part of their Combat Update V2. Did they mention what they think of that idea? Gods I hope they don't do that lol. Would most likely make me stop playing...

That's a good point, especially since there seems to be SOME sort of relationship between the two (or some reason for the immense hatred sparked when compared to Amon). Exactly. I personally also felt that Tarrlok's "Amon" sounded a bit like he knew him and was surprised he turned up. That might be reading too much into it though. Another interesting thing is that in the Season finale trailer, there are two scenes where it looks like Mako and Korra are being bloodbended (You know, those shaky, jerky movements). Unless Amon himself is a bloodbender, it would mean that Tarrlok has to retain his powers.

I agree with both of these statements. -looks up who yakone is- Ok. I totally thought it was Tarrlok in the flashback. I guess it would be that Yakone guy. Still. I don't have enough information on what happened to Yakone, but is it possible Yakone = Tarrlok? Since this happened around 40(?) years ago and they look somewhat of the same age, I doubt it. Maybe his father though? They look somewhat the same... He's a powerful blood bender which makes him a powerful water bender, and water bending can also be used for healing. It's not that much of a stretch that he also uses his bending to slow down/stop his aging via water bending healing. Which would also explain why he's such a good bender - he's had lots of time to practice. I'd need to hear more about Yakone's story tho, to determine how likely it is that he's still alive and kicking. Either way, it can't be a coincidence that they look the same. I like this explanation a lot more than the Yakone was his father fact. Would have made him severely more bad ass. And now I feel the series is moving too quickly, because just as soon as they build Tarrlok as the bad guy, they strip him of his powers. Although, Amon is now #1 bad ass again, and I'm okay with that seeing as how he aparently isn't exactly human. ...Perhaps he truly is one of the Spirit World creatures like someone mentioned a dozen pages ago. and I totally called the Tarrlok is evil bit :P Did they strip him of his powers? I kinda feel that there is a significance to the fact that they didn't show it directly....

He could potentially be a bender, but still doesn't explain how he takes bending away...

I think the connection might be that both are "freaks" that get unique powers that no one else has. Apparently Combustion Man got his because some spirit disliked how his village evolved. Not quite sure where that information came from tough :unsure: Amon has eyes so I doubt Koh stole his face...

I haven't seen it wholly(mostly the second half) but gods, was that a boring match....

Last exam of school ever, [bleep] yeah!

Yeah I have korasi and dds(I think I just forgot that one in some other tab). I'll think about buying claws.

Are you a wizard? June and July are the worst months in the year for this reason... <_< I don't see how one can easily get them mixed up. Understandable in some languages, but don't know how common mixing June and July up is. Yeah, in english it's far better than in German....we have Juni and Juli - easy to mix up, especially when spoken.

I don't think they will become completely useless, but I guess there's a possibility there are better/similar but cheaper options with the combat rework?

I also didn't notice any serious diving though I will admit I'm no expert on that. Anyhow, Italy didn't get any distinct advantage out of it. I don't watch every match (Exam tomorrow -.-) but Italy vs. Spain was the best one I've seen so far. Some very great scenes and overall fast-paced and enjoyable. Both teams also have shown they have a lot of potential. Unfortunately, this means it will get quite hard for Germany, especially if they don't improve from their performance on Saturday...

Thanks for the help everyone, definitely helped me out :) Quyneax, generally I'd say I'm an allrounder, I pretty much only thought about SoA as I spend quite some time in the Wilderness, herding pengs, and I'd like a way to relatively easily get back at PKers attacking me without having too much PvP/general combat experience. I'm not sure if buying claws right now would be wise, considering that all specials will get reworked into abilities? Could be that claws get the short end of the stick....

Basically just creating this thread because it's not there yet, in case there is interest in discussion. Might come back later for a bit of editing when I have time ;)

There's a difference between them saying they're not going to do it and they have no plans to. No plans to means it's not something they're working on. Wouldn't do means they have something against that idea. I can guarantee you that they were thinking about doing a 2nd BXP before the first one even finished. But, they needed to see how well that one fared first. The Squeal, well that... happened. Not sure what these J coins you're talking about are, or these discontinued items. But, um, holiday events have been around for years and have items you can only get at that event. I have nothing against Jagex introducing more things like these. I'd rather see people pay for the SoF for limited time items then for exp. The thing is they SAID on the forums AND in clan chats after the first BXP took place that they had no plans on doing another, and a lot of people believed them, until that BTS came up that said they were doing another, and that wasn't years afterwards either. Jcoins are what you buy spins with, microtransactions, Real money giving you an advantage over others, something they said they would NEVER do. Though to be fair is in direct relation to the squeal, so I guess technically Squeal and Jcoins count as 1 example. I've been on RS since RSC, I know about holiday items, I guess I should have specified, the Fish mask, a new TRADEABLE discontinued item, something they said they would never do again after Santa hats, because of people selling for crazy profits and it not being in the spirit of why they were dropped, they tried untradeable stuff (Bunny Ears and Scythe) I don't know why but after that they stopped holiday items altogether until the Yo-yo was released, which was over a year after. (i think) Honestly none of that stuff even bothers me, I've never taken RS too seriously, my stats reflect that, haha. I just think its funny when people say something will never happen because a J-mod said so, when that doesn't really mean anything anymore. I have never heard of them saying they wouldn't be doing another BXPW and I'm willing to bet that it was due to misinterpretation of players("We have no plans atm" is just that, not "we won't be doing this") The release of a new rare was YEARS after the release of the last one. Back then they might have said we are not going to do this anymore, but you cannot reasonably hold people to what they've said ages ago, when the situation has changed a lot. Same with what happened with F2P adverts. While I don't like it that much, the outrage because MMG said in 2009 they wouldn't be doing it is ridiculous. And in this case, they have said that it WON'T come with this update and that there are *still* no plans for it. Yes, it might come in the future. I even think it will. But if there are no plans right now, at least not for another 6 months or so.

I don't think that would ever happen, I think if any of them were to be raised, it would only be Constitution. Also big difference between saying no plans to do something then an update does it a few years later and the fact they have said in videos and answers specifically about THIS update they are not raising combat stats beyond 99. The only major instance where they went against their word (Excluding statements that were made a few years ago, because you honestly can't count that) would be the Wilderness without an Anti-PJ timer. Apart from that, can't think of anything. And yeah, they specifically said they will *not* raise the skills in this update. There is absolutely no reason for them to lie about this, it would be incredibly stupid.

Congratulations, very well deserved!

I've decided that my equipment is pretty out of date, so I wanted to upgrade a bit. I'm not really that much of a combat person, usually slayer if anything and won't do dangerous pvp except to get back at those who attack me in the wilderness. Anyways, this is what I have in my bank for equipment (Doesn't necessarily mean I use all of it) and I have 99 Magic 82 Strength 80 Attack 77 Defence 79 Ranged 81 Prayer 75 Summoning No access to Extremes.(68 Herblore) I have around 65m, of which I'd like to spend about 40m max. I plan to train some dungeoneering next to get access to the rewards/chaotic weapons. Apart from that, what would be the most important changes to make? I've thought about possibly getting bandos for armor, upgrading to fury, maybe decent range armour (Though I don't like ranging that much). I've also thought about getting an Armadyl Battlestaff, since Magic is my highest combat skill and it would give me a nice edge. Does it make sense to buy now or should I wait until after the combat rebalance? Obviously though my budget is limited and I don't have much experience with combat setups, so any advice is welcome (On what to buy, but possibly also on what to train or similar tips)