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Cheers. I had originally planned on getting the rapier, but more recently went on a boss-hunting spree where I duoed/trioed Bandos, Sara and Zam consistently across 3 days. I was using whip/claws combo for Bandos and Zam, whilst using Verac's for Sara. My mate had suggested that CLS would make life a lot easier for me and would probably leave me better equipped to do FFA Bandos with him (though he has CLS, is maxed and has Ovl/Turm, so don't think so just yet). I guess with rapier I can replace whip, but I'll keep Verac's for Sara until I get maul, 'cos apparently rapier doesn't work so well for Zily. Should definately help me speed up metals tasks though, as they're weak to stab. 'Specially cos I now have super antifires.

Having read through the first 20 or so pages of this thread, it seems fairly clear to me that the overall better option is Rapier over Longsword. I was just wondering, though, what would work out best for me. I'm 90 attack, 91 strength, 80 defence with Piety (Turmoil to come soon) I have the supplies for 85 herb (so I can brew all melee extremes) and can currently already make Extreme Attacks and am a mere 176k (and a lovely 6-7m with current prices) off 84, for Extreme Strengths, too. The main bosses I do are Gwd/TDs, but of them, the only ones I'd consider soloing are TDs, and I still duo them sometimes, too. Despite this, I also occasionally do DKs and at the moment seriously considering getting slayer up to 85+ for charms for 88 summon and better melee stats. I also go through phases of playing where I get so bored training skills that I just go and camp in safe PvP games for prolonged periods of time, the main two being Castle wars and Clan wars. I couldn't care less for looks - in my opinion CLS looks awesome, but Rapier looks very good as well so doesn't have a major effect on me; as per most posters here the main thing I care about is efficiency of the weapon I choose - I don't nolife RS (I've been playing since '03 and you can happily look me up [it's iTease_You, though] if you want consolidation of this fact) and thus I just want to gain the most I can with the time I do play. Like anyone, I do enjoy seeing myself hitting high (which would push me towards CLS) but I also want a weapon that's decent for all-round use as well. Maul isn't a problem for me, unlike most people here I don't mind dungeoneering (probably because as a rule I only ever do it with friends, never in a team from W117), so will happily dung to 88 to get my Maul, but I don't want to bother getting both CLS AND CR, I'd just like one of the two. I have friends with CLS, one of whom absolutely adores it, but the other who says he regrets buying it etc, so I'm really, really stuck here >.< Any help would be much appreciated, but I'd like reasoning behind whichever sword you choose just to make things a little clearer for me.