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Not sure what want...sadly. I'm not the type of person that goes into a store knowing exactly what i want to buy. I kind of go in, browse and if i see something i like i'll buy it. Whether i need it or not.

Why play a game when you're not going to pay attention to it? Do you enter a game of COD and sit there holding your finger on the trigger while watching TV hoping someone would run into your line of fire? No. You actively participate in the game. Same concept should apply here. People are no longer "playing" the game, they are simply rewarded with exp for logging on the Runescape. I get your point, but people see some skills (like firemaking) as very boring and repetitive while COD shouldn't be repetitive and boring at all. When fming you're constantly doing the same actions while when playing COD you are free to run around and try some things out. Alright then, why bother training a skill when it's not fun? Everyone seems to always jump at the point "RS is a game, not a job." If you dislike an activity or skill, don't do it. you don't see my complaining about how Pest Control or Soul Wars is boring as heck? No, because i dislike it so i avoid it. It should be the same for skills. And if it's Max/Comp Cape you're after, you should be willing to do something a little less fun for a great reward. Do you expect to go to work every day, sit behind your desk staring out the window and get a good salary at the end of every month? No, you go in, you do your shit whether you like it or not, and you get your reward. Now before anyone calls me a hypocrite for comparing RS to work after just saying it isn't, the same can apply to any activity. You need to put in the exercise to stay fit. It's not just going to happen by sitting your fat ass on that couch. Yes, a certain degree of work might be required for certain skills (actually all of them require some degree of work, but some skills just require a bit more), but if you don't enjoy that, like i said stay away from them. Sorry for my repetitiveness. it's been a long day.

Why play a game when you're not going to pay attention to it? Do you enter a game of COD and sit there holding your finger on the trigger while watching TV hoping someone would run into your line of fire? No. You actively participate in the game. Same concept should apply here. People are no longer "playing" the game, they are simply rewarded with exp for logging on the Runescape.

That's okay, because people are/were complaining on the combat rework thread about how they're not going to be able to AFK combat anymore. Can't wait to hear the kids [bleep] and moan about that.

Nope, had 6 brews left on Boss. Purple Sweets would have made no difference. It was lack in tactics not food.

So i decided to go ahead and get 95 Mage, Ranged, and HP. I really thought this would put me over 80 Combat but i was surprised, and delighted, to find that i am still level 80 :D

Awesome :D You'll see it's really not as hard as it seems.

I'm not exactly sure what your stats are, but if you say you;'re not a great PvM'er and you have ~85 Def with 90+ Mage and Ranged and 88 Summoning it should really be no problem at all. And it can also be done for much, much cheaper too. If you're a higher level you can pretty much get away with using just PPS and Broad Bolts which cuts the cost a lot.

I like how Jagex now gives people exp for not playing their game.

Did about 5 proper attempts. I think 7 in total though. The other 2 i would realize that i am either too slow, or i used a dose of something by mistake and there was chance of not getting to the final wave with enough supplies. It cost that much because at first i was being stupid and only used Blood Barrage instead of the PPS spell. I think on my last attempt i did it faster and it cost me a lot less because i made use of the PPS a lot more (i also stopped worrying about staying at full HP the whole time so i sued Ranged a lot more).

Okay so what happened on Friday night. Me and a friend flew to West Plan, with the girl backseating us. We got there and he went his separate way. We went for dinner, and we talked (a lot). I told her about everything. I told her about my friend back home, how a lot of them were girls and that we were like a big family. We would be flirty with each other, but that was basically it. It has never, and will never, go beyond that. I know that and they know that. A lot of them have boyfriends as well. She seemed to understand that. Of course she's always going to be a bit suspicious, but that's human nature and i understand that. I told her about my ex, and how we basically "finalized" our break up. I told her that i really have no intentions of getting back with my ex. She has put me through enough emotional stress and that's the last thing i need right now. Being in a similar position as i am (career wise), she understood. I went on to explain that we have been talking over the past few weeks, but i have not had contact with her for a while now and i plan on keeping it that way. Whether or not she contacts me, i am feeling strong about not talking to her. I want to take a break from her in every way possible. She once again showed that she understood. This she took a bit more lightly because she knows that my ex is far, far away from me and offers no threat at all. This i found a delight, to be honest. I continued to tell her about my hoped for my future and that i plan on going back home to work and live there, and that i am not willing to reconsider that. I told her that for once i am putting myself first. This is where things got a bit weird. I could see that it was something she did not give any thought at all before my mention of it, and she clearly did not realize what this could mean for the two of us now, and later on. I told her what could possibly happen between us and gave her a few scenarios. One of which was the two of us staying friends, which would mean no more getting physical because i know neither of us can be physical without getting emotionally involved. The other being that we continue as we are now, see how it goes and then once the time is right, start talking about other possibilities. I told her that if it ever did come to that, Doha has a top rated Flying School, my dad has more contacts than one man needs, and Qatar us a gold mine. I did tell her though that mentioning this is very risky because it could put false ideals in both of our heads, but i wanted everything out on the table before another step is taken. We ended up having a really great night. It was really amazing. Something i have never done before, something i have always wanted to do. Something i can get used to. She came back to our house. We talked for a long time. Lying on my bed, listening to some back ground music, just talking. I took her home around 02:30. I'll be seeing her again tomorrow at school. I told her on Friday night to take time to think about what she wants to do and where she wants to go with this. I am not going to ask her for an answer but i do expect she gives me one (whenever she is ready). I told her that we should take things a bit easy while she thinks about what she wants to do and while i figure some things out myself. I'm pretty sure i know where i want things to go, now all i need is some time to think things over.

99 herb :)

Untrimmed be mine@@@

After saying i wasn't going to try again, i actually did try again. I didn't make it to the final wave. i ran out if prayer because one of the Jad's took me way too long. I think it took me about 79 hits with PPS to kill him, which used up a lot of prayer. On the double Jad wave the same thing happened and i ended up running out of prayer during the last Jad. I've been doing herblore the entire weekend, almost 99. should be getting it either later tonight or tomorrow. I'm going to move on to melee then, get 95, might get 95 mage and range as well (only a few 100k exp to go anyway), then i'll make my way back to the Kiln and try again.

Alright, so i decided to give it another go. I pretty much have everything figured out now up until the last wave. As it stands i' on Wave 32. I still have all 3 Mage Crystals, Restore Crystals and 2 Invulnerability Crystals, along with 7 Brew Flasks, 1 Super Restore Flask and about 1 and a half Super Prayer Flasks. I'm planning on using the 1st Mage Crystal on the Double Jad wave and use whatever is left of it during the final wave. I was planning on using the Mage Crystals first, while i still have Brews for healing. I'm hoping that the 2 Crystals and 7 Brews should be enough to get me through it. If not, then i'll first use an Invulnerability Crystal and then start using the Restore Crystals. Now my tactics for the boss is this: I'm going to try and find a corner, during the first few minutes, that has either no or one tentacle and pray whatever attack style he is using. As i progress i'll probably have no choice but to stand in a corner where there are more than one tentacle both using different attack styles. If this is the case i'll pray Ranged and Blood Barrage the Mage tentacle. Now the one thing i am a bit unsure of is this. Watching a guide on Youtube the guy mentioned that the fish head surfaces every 30 seconds, for 25 seconds, or something like that. Now if this is correct, should i start looking for the head every 30 seconds and risk taking a large amount of damage, or should i wait it out until he's in close range? Any other tips would be great. Edit: Are the tentacle spawns the same on the South as they are on the north? Because, if they are, i assume it would be best for me to stand in either the South West or South East corners since this gives me a few of 2 spawn points?

Not possible for you to use Magic crystals? It was active for the first part of the boss fight, i still splashed for some reason. Wasn't hitting great at all. Then i used the Constitution and the rest. Was pretty frustrating. Spending about an hour and 40 minutes getting to the boss then dying in what, 10 minutes? :| I know how you feel, i attempted 4 times, first 2 times i died on wave 26, you know with the 2 lvl 400's magic with the rangers and meleers, was trying to lure them and got piled, it didn't help i had the wrong prayer. Third time i finally got to the boss then decided to use karil's crossbow.. that did not go well, i even used the ranging crystals but i found it completely killed my def ( lvl 98 def).... and got piled by the tentacles, the final time i got to wave 30 then i forgot that jad moves out of his safe spot once the last melee monster is killed so i had the wrong prayer and got piled. Kudos for you trying on a pure account! I'm thinking of keep trying until i get to boss and using the polypore staff to try and own and stay away from the range/mage crystals at the boss.... I also play in fixed mode so i can't tell how much of the boss hitpoint i downed before i died. Difference is, i'm 80 Combat lol...

Me and the girl went to West Palm last night. Things went well. It's 6:30 am and i am yet to sleep (which i'm going to do now). I'll give more details when (if) i wake up.

Not possible for you to use Magic crystals? It was active for the first part of the boss fight, i still splashed for some reason. Wasn't hitting great at all. Then i used the Constitution and the rest. Was pretty frustrating. Spending about an hour and 40 minutes getting to the boss then dying in what, 10 minutes? :|

My final attempt at The Kiln: I have decided to stop trying. Getting to the boss is pretty easy now that i managed to get all the Safespots right, but the boss itself is just too difficult with what little supplies i am able to carry. So far i've spent around 20m in my attempts to get the cape, if not more, and i don't see it as worth it. It's sad for me to give up a goal like this as it would have set me part from the everyday average scaper, but sadly the Kiln is not something i can do with my current levels. If i ever decide to become a Zerker, i might give it another go, but as for now, as long as i have 20 Defense, it's no longer a goal.

Even though i failed, i am pretty happy with how far i got. I splashed a lot on the boss, was getting combo'd like crazy by tentacles and finally died after getting the boss to a mere 8/10th health. Edit: I don't think i'm going to be able to complete this goal. I've already spent well over 20m trying to get the cape and even with purple sweets i can not see myself getting much further.

First attempt failed, but it was a good trial run. Messed up here and there with Safespots, which cost me big. I didn't have to use any Brews up to wave 20, but then it started getting messy and i found myself having to use 3 Flasks in 5 waves. Wave 26 killed me. Was standing on the wrong side of the Safespot, tried running over to the right side, got combo'd just as i was clicking the Invulnerability Crystal and ended up dying. It should go better the next attempt. The setup i'm using seems to work pretty well too, so i'm not worried about changing anything. Might switch out the robes though. Use full God Robes instead of Dagon'hai to boost the Prayer up a bit and give me 1 or 2 extra spots for some Brews.

Last quest on my list is done :D The Elder Kiln

The Elder Kiln completed :D

Super Restore potions were ~8gp/exp last time i checked, might be closer to 9 now. Super Defense potions are ~12gp/exp at slightly higher exp/h.