muggiwhplar

There's a fine difference between being challenging to get and being nonsensically ridiculous to get. It's obscene that Maxed players have to gamble in order to get level 80 gear. And most of us have settled for the second-best armours(due to a variety of reasons), it doesn't suddenly mean that we should abandon our desires for a more sensible RS. So we have settled for the moment, but on the sidelines we are still advancing the arguments that we shouldn't have to settle. I have nex sets and I never gambled. Sorry that you want everything given to you for free, but that's not how this game works. That you use gwd rather than nex armour is your choice, not your fate. I don't go around IRL complaining about not being able to afford a Ferrari with a part time min wage job. Some things may just be out of reach or not worth the time for you, and you have to accept that. The point was, in the past you basically needed top-level gear that costed billions and required countless hours of grinding to obtain, in order to be capable of Nexing for money. I don't think anybody's complaining about the current state of Nex and her drops. Just the sheer lack of balance prior to EOC.

Reminds me of another point I forgot to make earlier... The release of GWD pretty much started to kill skilling as a means to earn a reliable income. Why runecraft double nats for 1M/hr when you and 3 friends with subpar stats could easily kill Kree and split a hilt drop for 30M each? Making money via PvM blew skilling out of the water. Meanwhile, bots continue to devalue skilling profits, and the cost of buyable skills more or less remains the same while average income skyrockets. Number of maxed players suddenly begins to increase at a faster rate... Just another one of those updates (like the achievement capes) that seemed awesome at the time, but would go on to have negative long-term effects on the game.

I noticed her response is random regardless of which choice you pick. If you tell her unicorns, she might say, "Really? Are you sure...?" but if you cancel out and talk to her again and choose unicorns again, she might say "Brilliant!" In other words, either your responses don't matter, her responses don't matter, or you should keep resetting the conversation until she responds to each of your suggestions favorably.

Not sure how I feel about that. Two wrongs don't make a right...

Got all 4 death lotus chestplate scrolls. Gonna research the rock crushing scrimshaw next

Damn. I feel like I wasted my money on slate golems then In case no one mentioned it earlier, the hook merchants give +20% rewards instead of +10%

Jagex should make that RuneScape's new slogan: "No one said this game would be easy or fun!" :D

PM me too :D

I like how this has gradually turned into a legitimate argument :P

It depends on what your idea of "work" is. I don't mind working for 20 hours to get the best gear, but 200? Uhh, no thanks.

Well nobody really wants it anymore. People wanted it in the past because it was ridiculously OP compared to the next-best gear. And mostly for PvP and competitive bossing, not slayer.

Added you. My name's I--Am-Rak--I btw. The spacing confuses some people.

How about you add me and teach me how to DG like a pro sometime and I'll see if I enjoy it :P

I'm slightly intimidated :P

Yeah that sounds like too much work. I'm buying a 3rd ship. :D

Right now it seems like if I want to do a 5:5 large, I have to choose between going with strangers in W77 who have no clue what they're doing, or joining a group of overbearing efficiency mongers who are a little too intense for my liking. Just wondering if there are any DG clans/groups out there that are somewhere inbetween those two extremes. In other words, a group of people who know how to DG but aren't extremely hellbent on perfection >_>

Well keep in mind the special missions are 2.5 to 3.5 hours each as well. And there's 6 of them. And I have to sleep for at least 8 hours :P For today, for example: 6pm: 2 special missions (3.5 hours ea) 9:30pm: 2 special missions (2.5 hours ea) Midnight: 2 special missions (2.5 hours ea) -sleep- 8am: 2 missions (2.5 hours ea) 10:30am: ditto 1pm: ditto 3:30pm: ditto 6pm: ditto Still unable to complete the last two missions. And also keep in mind you're probably going to fail more missions if you do 2 at a time

Probably going to buy a 3rd ship first, considering right now it's hard to finish 12 hook mission in a single day with only 2 ships.

I wasn't trying to debate anything. Just making an observation on the psychology of people's reactions. :)

What components are included in that price? Just the helm/top/bottom? Or are the gloves and boots included now too?

I suspect the people who failed 100% have faulty memories or are pissed off because their favorable odds didn't pay out :P

Well blaming mental health is basically the same thing as blaming guns, video games, etc. Except in this case, yes, I'd argue that mental health was the primary (not sole) cause of this. But that doesn't mean everyone should go blaming mental health and pour all of our resources into improving mental health. These things are not preventable. We can lower the frequency of such events, yes, but we cannot prevent them altogether. Regardless of how low the frequency becomes, they'll still happen. And when they do, people will continue to blame things beyond their control, even if the things they're blaming can't be improved upon any more. Like I said, it's easier to blame someone or something else than it is to accept the fact that something terrible can happen anywhere at any time for no reason.

I have 3 scrolls from attempting them with 40%ish success rate >_>

I thought the BTS said some voyages would take days

Beat a whole storyline and you get a ton of trade goods and XP at the end. How much exactly is "a ton"? Does anyone have any idea? About 2000 lbs.