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If I could rate posts this would get like a 1 billion, mostly cause it was what I was going to write. ;) I would only add that I have some friends in-game that Ive made who are quite high leveled and still seem to enjoy the game. Honestly, bots are a fact of life in any MMO these days. You might as well get used to it and learn to work around them. Also, this has sort of been mentioned but I want to reemphasize: if you want to powerlevel skills in the most efficient way possible, bots are actually a very good thing for you! I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out why. ;)

Fantastic stuff guys, feel free to update if you think of anything else. And although the Void Knight armor doesnt take much in the way of stats to wear/use, the prereqs for the quest are somewhat more stringent ;) To the extent of my knowledge you don't need to do a quest to get void knight armor. you do need to do a quest to get the deflector. Really it won't make much of a difference at a low level not having the deflector. The most common use for it is to equip a platebody along with it. I'd go for the void armor ASAP. You dont. I was reading the wiki article on upgrading the void knight armor when I wrote that. Derp.

Fantastic stuff guys, feel free to update if you think of anything else. And although the Void Knight armor doesnt take much in the way of stats to wear/use, the prereqs for the quest are somewhat more stringent ;)

So I'm a WoW refugee and for those of you that okay or have played that game know their is a fairly well defined gear progression. I was wondering if someone would be willing to lay out the rough path for gear progression in RS. Please minimize the abbreviations 'cause I'm still learning them.

So I was wondering what people's thoughts were on what order skills should be trained? Obv there will be some jumping back and forth but at the same time their are clearly skills that should be focused on in the beginning as a newb. I've already been convinced that farming is one of those skills. Who wants to take a stab at this one?

Pretty good mtk discussion going on just a few topics down

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Fantastic reply Tug. What online resources do you recommended besides tif and the wiki?

Thanks for the replies. So it seems the consensus is that the slow XP/hr skills are where you want to spend your lamps...is that a fair assessment of it?

Fantastic guide. Thanks for the link. Incidentally, the 60 ATK/STR and DS are the bare min according to guide. what he actually recommends is a little closer to what you you recommended.

Yeah no where close to being able to afford a Black Mask right now.

Can you explain what you mean by the black mask and other necessities? (obviously I'll look up what the black mask does but what are the other items considered necessities?)

So at what point would people recommend to start doing Slayer in order to capture the combat XP that you get while doing Slayer missions? My current combat skills are 20 ATK/ 25 STR/ 23 DEF / 24 CON. Combat lvl is 28 and total is 174. Thanks guys!

The best advice i can give is to look at your runescape career as a whole. For example you only get 13m exp in a skill until its 99 and then dead to you (i assume being a power gamer min/max guy once a skill is 99 you are done with it) and any exp after that in the skill is wasted time. That being said you dont want to 'waste' any exp and that excludes some of the better (faster) training methods. ill use armored zombies for example very fast combat exp however if you get al your combat stats to 99 at armored zombies all the combat exp you get while training slayer is wasted. Also, you have to use the skills that make cash to pay for the ones that cost cash. You dont want to waste time grinding out cash to pay for something you could have paid for if you would have trained smarter. For example you could train WC at ivy for fast exp, and if you do the math you only really save about 50 hours at ivy but it costs you close to 50m cash in the end. That 50m is enough to pay for c99 construction. Train smart. You are afk watching movies while training WC anyway why not make 50m while you are at it. People say start farming now, what they mean is start doing herb runs now, you can crank one out every 90 min and over the course of a year you can make the cash for a few 99s from herbs. Also, get a megavideo account so you have something to keep your mind occupied while you train, this game can make you want to slit your wrists sometimes. Train RC at the zmi, its the exception, that skill makes people want to murder themselves. Maxing out a runescpae account takes years plural. your biggest roadblocks will be: 1: family and friends. 2: other commitments (school etc) 3: your sanity (get a megavideo account and watch stuff) You need a way to hide the oceans of time you will be using to max out. Thanks, very informative post. Problem with doing farming runs is that I still have to run most everywhere I go. :( No worries there, I appreciate the concern though. :) To everyone else, Thanks for all the great replies. I wish this forum had a rep system; I'd rep every one of you. Please keep the great replies coming.

What are generally considered the best skills to use exp lamps and the like on ?

Thanks for taking a look. I guess I should point out that I am quite new and so am not likely to meet many lvl requirements.

Hello all, Looking for a clan of mature individuals who are active later in the night in the Eastern timezone. Although Im new to RS, Ive been active in several MMOs, WoW and Eve to be exact. I like to do a lot of min/maxing when I game so Im interested in a group that is strong on that sort of discussion and doesnt mind lots of questions. My RS name is Regalita, feel free to PM me or ask more questions here.

How would you rate the Mother GAia farming guide in AOW?

I know its a pretty broad question so I appreciate you taking a stab at it. Why do you advise starting farming asap? Also, to any reading or who have already responded can anyone recommend some good RS blogs, websites, Youtube channels, etc; bonus points for ones that deal with the metagame, min/maxing etc but the man req is ijust be of good quality.

Hi guys, New to RS and found tip.it's forums. I'm getting the hang of the basics of RS but I want to get into more advanced stuff. When it comes to games I've always been a serial min-maxer and so I want to start learning all these things about RS. What Im looking for from you guys is good guides, blogs, etc, that will help me learn this kind of stuff. I mean X 99 guides arent that hard to find but Im looking for the sorts of things you guys are talking about in this forum. Thanks for any and all help.

Hello all, Just started playing RS. I am an MMO veteran so Im not completely helpless when it comes to the genre. I do have to say it seems like there is a lot to do in RS and I really have no idea on what my focus should be right now. All Ive been doing is working through the easy tasks and the novice quests. Also, I upgraded my account to P2P(gamecard) which I belatedly discovered a lot of people recomnend you dont do. So anything I can do to take max advantage of my member status would be much appreciated as well. I know this is a little open-ended and a lot of it depends on me; I'm just looking for some of you more experienced players to toss me some ideas and also let me know if there are things that are considered "must-do" stuff for any new character. Thanks for the help in advance.