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Hi, i recently started a new account and wanted to make a blog for it. When looking, i was disappointed to be unable to find signatures based on your Adventurer's Log stats instead of your hiscore stats. Adv. Log stats show unranked stats, not only those over a certain level. Being a very low level, i wasn't able to use standard hiscore stat signatures. So i decided to try and make it myself. I started in VB.NET (which i am most familiar with) and i was able to make a program to simply download the source of the Adv. Log dependent on the username entered. It would then parse the different stats from this source and display them. Here is a quick video of that, it is fairly quick as you can see: http://www.screencast.com/users/HaxMuch/folders/Jing/media/89965725-80c3-4ff1-9864-40c3873cf9b8 I started to convert this to PHP, which i am not AS experienced in as i am VB.NET but i am still capable, and i have now finished. Of course, i haven't perfected it yet and i am still working on converting it to an image, but at the moment it is working well. It uses GET data from the URL to get the username and then downloads the user's Adv. Log source. It then performs all the same processes as the VB.NET version to extract the stats and echos them onto the page. Here is another short video showing speed/what it looks like so far: http://www.screencast.com/users/HaxMuch/folders/Jing/media/0def9328-6845-4735-9e10-d7516566c5c7 I will be working on it still, and will hopefully finish it off and be able to use it straight off the mark. Just wanted to know whether Tip.It would be interested in using it. Thanks :)

Not done an update in a good while, so here we go... Current stats: Going to be working my balls off to get 70/29/70 by Tuesday. It will be a mission, but i am willing to try :P. My bank is now 10m, which is pretty epic. It means i will be able to buy full verac, torag (without the hammers) and whip when staking returns. In other words, i will be able to destroy some pures, heh. I completed Lost City and got myself excalibur, so i now have DDS/Dragon long and a +8 defence bonus for dueling. I'm currently training at the ogres near castle wars, they don't hit very much. An inventory of trout can last me a good while and they occasionally drop some nice seeds (eg snapdragon). Working on getting 70 attack, buying a whip and then getting my defence up to par. I also made a quick dueling video, testing out how i would do at 60/29/60. Here it is: Quick note, i am currently working on a dynamic signature script that creates the signatures from your adventurer's log stats instead of hiscores. This means that i will be able to have an up to date signature in my OP, even if my stats aren't ranked. Thanks for reading, looking forward to some replies :D

I know there are a lot of sites that provide dynamic signatures, i was just wondering if what you guys thought about the idea of one that is based on your Adventurer's Log stats instead of your hiscores stats. I have just finished up my vb.net version and wanted a little feedback before i continued to convert it to PHP. Thanks :) EDIT: Just incase you weren't aware, adventurer's logs display all stats, ranked or not. Quick video of the vb.net version: http://www.screencast.com/users/HaxMuch/folders/Jing/media/89965725-80c3-4ff1-9864-40c3873cf9b8

I always find that people just comment on how cool things like skill capes/barrows etc are, never really experienced much hate. I guess it would be from jealousy, though.

I would like to know what level range the dungeon will be, or if there is not set level range. I would also love to know whether anyone will be able to attack a revenent regardless of it's level. If so, i'm going to be 1 iteming me a few imps :)

If you are a member: Kill hati, get the hati paws. Then get 40 attack for rune scimitar, kill rock crabs when you are playing. You should get roughly 35k experience per hour when you are using hati paws. This is the best training spot as when you are levelling defence you dont really take damage past 20 - 30. If you are F2P: Get 40 attack, grab a rune scimitar and camp cockroch drones in the stronghold of safety. Pick up coal and water runes and you get a nice amount stacking up. From 40 -> 60 defence i made about 350k, which isn't a huge amount but it is good considering i didn't bank once. On my account i got 1 -> 60 defence in about 4 days in F2P.

I don't know if it was pointed out but quests aren't appearing on the quest page. If you search the results are still the same. I don't know if any are missing, but here is a link that still shows the quests (i just searched " "): http://www.tip.it/runescape/index.php?rs2quest=&search=1&keywords=%20&difficulty=&length=any&members=&hidedone=1 Hope this is the right section :S

I had an old staking range tank, people would be SO cocky and over confident about killing someone just a few levels lower than them that they couldn't care less if i turn prayer, food and pots off. If not, it is pretty simple... Just decline and continue.

I pked a lot pre-current wildy and I only ever got 2 whips. People aren't that stupid. I can't see myself depending on someone else's stupidity for profit. I PKed a lot back then too. I got more than 10 whip loots + multiple dharok helms on a main account, so it can be done.

Pissed off because the music got removed -.- Oh well, i will just have to find a different song and re-up it... Comments appreciated :) I will be releasing staking videos after my account is better/the update. EDIT: Epic :) Apparently i'm a wizard and the music works when embedded, go me :D! EDIT EDIT: God damnit why did i have to audioswap it >.<?

Smite is your friend. You can easily get whip loots or better because people simply don't bother to pay enough attention to their prayer, get a few nice hits and they will concentrate more on HP than prayer. Good news is pures will be back in their place and not so cocky, losing cash constantly and never getting nice loots.

I'm sorry, but I just find everything you say very hard to believe and/or take seriously. Same goes for GuidesforScapers. You find it hard to believe that i successfully rush people, get kills and that when i die to gain DP i get better loots? Hmmm...

Stupid people will be stupid, no form of security can prevent their stupidity having concequences.

Staking when it is back :D

You trash talk like a lil bish tbh.

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Right. Which is why Turmoil isn't your only reward, your reward is Ancient Curses. And you have required levels of 92 for Soul Split, 89 for Wrath, going all the way down to 50 for Sap WArrior. And don't even start with the whole "you can get this level without gaining a combat level." Odd prayer levels NEVER give combat. Level 9 to level 10 Attack gives approximately .33 of a combat level, which will eventually show up in combination with other skills. Level 95 prayer from level 94 gives 0. Nothing. Nada. Because the combat level specifically removes ALL odd prayer and summoning levels, hence why 95 prayer and 99 summoning can not get you to level 138, but 96 prayer and 98 summoning can. I like how you disregard one side of an argument but feel free to use it yourself: That .33 of a combat level could remain forever never gainin a combat level. Just because it is inconvenient for your argument doesn't make it an impossibility/redundent. Extra boosts of extreme potions and the ability to make the aren't the sole reward for attack and herblore. Soul split, wrath and sap warrior are represented in combat directly anyway. There is 0 representation of extremes in your combat. Attack, yes. Extremes, no. Just because i have 99 attack doesn't mean i have extremes, so how are they represented in combat? They aren't.

You're saying attack is a "requirement" of ext. attacks and a representation of them in combat. Incorrect. You argue this based on the fact that there is no advantage from using extremes up to level 9? Okay then. That settles it. There is your answer, everyone. Because players with 88 herblore and under 10 attack get no advantage from using extreme attack potions, they are fair to have in PvP. Once again, thanks to Soma, /thread. Isn't that exactly your case with Turmoil? "Oh you don't benefit unless you have prayer levels so it's fair to have in PvP." Honestly, are you trying to mock the "See, you need CB levels to make it useful in PvP" argument? Because so far that's your ONLY argument as to why Turmoil should be allowed. The difference is that Turmoil is a REQUIRED level. Not a required level for the maximum bonus. Having level 10 attack i would still have an advantage over someone else, and i bet that in a lot of situations people can get 9 -> 10 attack without gaining a combat level.

You're saying attack is a "requirement" of ext. attacks and a representation of them in combat. Incorrect. You argue this based on the fact that there is no advantage from using extremes up to level 9? Okay then. That settles it. There is your answer, everyone. Because players with 88 herblore and under 10 attack get no advantage from using extreme attack potions, they are fair to have in PvP. Once again, thanks to Soma, /thread.

I've come to the conclusion that they are simply arguing for the sake of arguing. There is no logic to what they are saying.

That isn't an argument, lol. You lose. Close your face hole.

they do boost your strength, magic, ranged etc..What are you doing in the wilderness anyways, with all those at lvl 1? Hence you do not have the combat levels from 10-95 prayer and not the ability to use turmoil. perfectly fair. Herblore is a mad expensive skill. The smithing requirement for devious minds is trainable in a few hours. If 96 attack made you able to use extremes that'd be fine, as it would be displayed in your combat level. I'm fairly sure someone dedicated to getting 95 prayer won't mind doing the quest. We can safely assume that someone with 95 prayer has done the quest. Can you name anyone that hasn't? Retired players don't count Correct. Correct. Do you agree with '85 herblore is a (10x+) harder requirement than 60 smithing'? They do not boost your stats any more than Super potions do. That is a huge misconception. Level 9 Attack is boosted 6 levels by an Extreme Attack potion, and 6 levels by a Super Attack Potion. Level 10 prayer is the same deal as level 9 Attack. If you don't have the prayer to use it, you don't get the benefit. The same applies to Extreme Attack - all the herblore in the world will not make an Extreme better than a Super when you're level 9 Attack. The benefit is graduated, and at certain levels, you'll begin to benefit from the Extreme Attack, just like at certain prayer levels, you'll begin to benefit from Curses. If the difference was 200M RC and Level 3 Attack, I would agree, but it's not. Just because you think 60+ smithing is easy doesn't mean everyone does. Just because you think 90 herblore is mad expensive doesn't mean everyone does. Unless it's something that can be universally agreed upon (like, level 3 attack is easy since even someone new to the game can achieve it within about 5 minutes with a little instruction, or 200M RC experience is borderline impossible for most players), then the magnitude is irrelevant. Look up "Madmanpur3." He's not actually a pure, either. He's already 89 (or 90? don't remember.) prayer with 95 prayer banked. He hasn't even done Devious Minds, and probably won't for a while. He's not retired, and I bet he's not alone. Also, there's quite a few F2P players with 95 prayer, because 95 prayer has its own benefits that are NOT related to Turmoil. When/If these players get membership, maybe they'll get ancient curses, maybe they won't. And no, I do not agree that 85 herblore is 10x harder than smithing. I personally feel herblore is much easier. You can throw a lot of money at it and the routine doesn't change much. Whereas, Smtihing is slo-mo if you smelt gold ores, but if you go for the faster and expensive methods, you need extra clicks (use the bar on the anvil, right click on the item you want to make, etc, etc). Also, there's the personal preference of herblore over smithing - I feel like I'm making something useful which in general makes me feel better about spending money on it. It's easier for me to make 1,000 potions that I'll use one day, instead of 1,000 mithril platebodies that I know are just going to be alched. And again, even if it were 10x easier, that doesn't change the fact it's irrelevant. 33 woodcutting is 10x easier than the smithing, and that unlocks the Dragon Dagger (represented by a whopping 25k risk and 60 attack), but you don't see me [bleep]ing that smithing is "omagawd too hard no fair." Oh, thank you for solving the debate for us. /thread because if you are 9 attack the boosts of extremes and supers are the same. Thanks again. I love invalid points and people that relentlessly argue them, just saying.

They do not give similar boosts. The boosts you get from Herblore are similar to the boosts you get from Smithing and Questing, NOT from Prayer. Prayer is the ability to USE the boosts, just like Attack is the ability to USE the boosts of an Extreme Attack Potion. Attack is represented in combat, so therefore there is no difference. There is something wrong with you in the head. Attack isn't a requirement, you can use an ext. attack potion at 1 attack and still get a boost, which is an advantage. You can't use turmoil at 1 prayer, can you?

So you are saying that having 95 prayer has no advantage unless you have turmoil? Regardless of what quests etc you have done, prayer is displayed in your combat level. Not turmoil, prayer. NOTHING of herblore/extremes/overloads are displayed in your combat level. Nothing.