GregorDGrim

See ya if/when you get back. Have fun with real-life - you definitely have your priorities straight (give it time, girl may eventually > sports).

This is how I feel as well.

To me, it seems more likely that they will introduce something similar to the fish mask - a different species of fish, or a different color, or a different shape. That way they can build on the theme and keep people coming back for more. Eventually players will be able to 'collect' an entire set of masks.

As mentioned in my last post, I logged off in the Runespan within striking distance of level 75, so upon my most recent log-in that's where I spent a fair amount of time. I was able to locate a number of skulls, jumpers, shifters and nebulae, making it easy to level runecrafting to 75: [spoiler=A Little Slow on the Print Scrn] I left the 'Span with a few thousand points and a desire to fletch, so I wasted took about 45 minutes to fletch and string yew longbows, while listening to some of the most inane chatter I've heard to date in Runescape. Usually the Varrock Bank in world 86 is a little better for conversation, but not yesterday. Once I had read enough stupidity for one day, I equipped myself with the Greater Surefooted Aura and my Mad Necklace and traveled to the Wildnerness Agility Course. I was not attacked for the entire 40 minutes that the aura lasted, a first for me. I'll need to visit that particular world again (I had moved from w86). I managed to level agility twice (to 61): [spoiler=Alone And Loving It] Perhaps the Werewolf Agility Course is next in my agility-training future. Total levels = 1,612

Changing your name to 'vote4obama12' will hinder your chances to make friends with a significant segment of the population before they even talk with you. <_< Of course, it may help your chances with another significant segment of the playing population. Political or religious discussion or names can be very polarizing, both in Runescape and real-life.

Three million donation is sweet. Very sweet. Nice going with your farming levels - that's a skill that I just haven't gotten into yet.

As has become my Tuesday routine, I spent the morning skilling in the clan citadel, focusing on summoning (level 49), smithing (level 62), firemaking (to make charcoal for smithing) and crafting. I did not leave enough resources available to level crafting, the first week since I joined the clan (I think) without a level in that skill. That must just mean I'm getting to a decently high level. I used the Mad Necklace to get bonus experience while training summoning and smithing, and still have about 88% of the bonus left. After maxing resources, I charged the clan ring at the woodcutting plot and then chopped ivy until the bonus ran out, leaving me with less than half a million experience to level 95. When I'm looking to be lazy, chopping ivy/yew seems to have been supplanted by fletching or runecrafting, so my guess is it will be a while before I get another woodcutting level. Speaking of runecrafting, I spent the remainder of the session in the Runespan, leveling to 74. I found a trio of nebulae, and one was on the steps, so of course I grabbed a pic: [spoiler=Steppin' to the Nebula] I logged off with just under 100K remaining to level 75 in runecrafting, so I'm sure that's where I'll be spending the first chunk of time in my next session. Total levels = 1,609

See you (Warsaver) when you get back. I'm sure that a DIY account can seem like a real grind at times. Cool that you ran into Kingduffy. I felt the same way when I saw Green.

You have a few charms to use for summoning, I'll bet. Nice job starting a blog. I've found it to be a great way to stay motivated and help reach goals.

Thanks, JAMjE! It's definitely a nice little milestone. After yesterday I need just three levels in farming and two each in herblore and summoning to be at least level 50 in every skill. I reached level 48 in herblore thanks to the JoT bonus tome. After that I spun the Squeal, and received a Queen's Guard Top. There's something that will likely just sit in my bank in mothballs. After receiving this, I remembered that I had a bunch of costume points saved up from various random events, so I visited Iffie in Varrock and collected a full mime outfit, camo kit, frog kit, zombie outfit and lederhosen outfit. Now you may notice me wearing some different (likely goofy) outfits when I'm skilling. I ran around most of yesterday in the camo outfit. I spent most of the last session fletching (carving and stringing yew longbows), and reached level 90 amidst some dead soldiers in Taverly: [spoiler=Death By Carving?] Even though they're two of the absolute easiest skills to level, it feels pretty good to have fletching and woodcutting at 90+. After my fletching mini-marathon, I headed to the swamps east of Canifis to the swamp lizards, where I picked up levels 49 and 50: [spoiler=I Saved 15% On Car Insurance By Hunting Lizards] It took me a fair amount of time to find a world that had an opening for this hunt. I suspect that there are a number of bots working hard at this skill, particularly because there is decent money in swamp lizards. I caught and sold 110 of them yesterday for 154K. That's quick money for someone poor like me. I think that next time I try hunting, it will be at the falconry. Total levels = 1,606

Congratulations and great job on maxing!

My immediate plans are to get all skills to 50+. I likely won't have all skills to level 60 until around 1,800 total levels. As far as dungeoneering, I definitely would consider being part of a team, although I'd prefer to not randomly group up with people. If I found a small group of players willing to team up regularly, I'd be all for it. Thanks for the positive comments! Let's start this update with a picture: [spoiler=1600 Levels] The last 100 levels seem to have gone by quickly. A lot of that is due to the Runespan update, responsible for 29 of the 100 levels. I've played for exactly 28 days (672 hours), which seems like a fairly fast pace for my total level. The four levels I gained to get me to 1,600 total came from cooking on a bonfire (level 78) and hunting swamp lizards (levels 46-48). Those lizards are selling at very attractive prices right now. I sold 111 for 136K immediately. After reaching my milestone, I activated my Greater Surefooted Aura and trained at the wilderness course, and used the Mad Necklace for the first time. I was killed within five minutes by some random idiot, losing absolutely nothing but the few minutes it took me to switch worlds and come back to the course. With the bonus experience provided by the necklace, I leveled agility twice (58, 59) before getting hit again (supposedly accidently this time - yeah right) and poisoned, which killed me with about two minutes remaining on the aura. Now what? I foresee leveling to 1,700 total at a slower pace, as I really plan to focus on some quests and combat skills. I've said that many times before, however. Total levels = 1,602

C'mon, post announcing 2,000 total levels! You're so close and keeping us all in suspense!

As most everyone has, I received the Mad Necklace yesterday upon logging in and visiting Diango. 250K bonus experience to be used in any skill we want - that's a nice bonus, particularly for players like me who aren't high level. I've been thinking about the best use of the bonus. The consensus seems to be using it on the expensive buyables (herblore, prayer) or summoning. Any of those would work for me, but a slow training skill like agility is also a possibility. Even wearing the necklace while training combat and slayer would be a good idea for me, as I would like to start leveling strength, attack and defense more quickly. As of now, I haven't used the necklace on anything. I'm still figuring this out. Since my last post, I passed one million experience in runecrafting, leveling twice (72 and 73). I also passed five million total experience in fletching, and level 90 is quickly approaching. The biggest milestone for me, though, was reaching 25 million total experience. I meant to save a screenshot, I really did, but my intentions did not translate to action. So...a wall of text is all this post will be. A few other things from my last session: - I went through floors 1-4 in the Daemonheim dungeon, averaging about 9:30 per small c6 floor and earning 5,300 dungeoneering experience. - I spent time around a bonfire outside the Draynor bank, leveling firemaking to 79. I helped out five fire spirits in about 10 minutes, gaining a nice selection of charms. After leveling, I spent some time cooking lobsters on the bonfire, although I quit before leveling. - I spun the Squeal Wheel two consecutive days. Rune plate and a few lamps were the best rewards received, and I used two medium lamps on summoning, leveling that skill to 48. Total levels = 1,596

You'll come to realize that responses come along much less frequently than views. Don't let it get you frustrated or keep you from continuing to post. You'll have regular readers who just normally don't post, some that will post occasionally, and if you have in-game friends who read your blog you may have more frequent commenters. The best advice I can give is to blog for yourself, not for everyone else...you'll get your audience over time. Keep up the leveling!

Thanks for the inspiring comments, guys. Trey, you're right, I do enjoy the game very much. I will say, though, that I am significantly more interested in the efficiency aspect of the game than I was when I started this blog. Although it is still far off in the distance, I can see reaching 2,000 levels as a realistic possibility, so I tend to think about the amount of time (both in calendar days and game hours) it might take to get there. At 1,000 total levels I was not sure whether I would even be playing to 1,500 levels, let alone 2K. Still, most of what I choose to do is based on whether I'll enjoy it. I've had a couple busy sessions, with yesterday's being extremely productive. Not necessarily in order, here's what I accomplished: - I spent some time in the Runespan, leveling twice (70, 71): [spoiler=Spending Time on the Shifter] Something I certainly did not foresee being able to type a couple of months ago: runecrafting became my sixth level-70 skill. Since reaching 1,500 total levels, 27 of my levels have been in this skill, all but one in the 'Span'. - I completed five floors in the dungeons of Daemonheim (24-28). I spent about an hour in total and earned just over 12K dungeoneering experience, leveling that skill to 55. Frustratingly, I forgot to paste the screenshot into Paint so I have no picture glorifying this minor achievement. I fought Night-Gazer for the first time on floor 26, and then again on 27. The second time was much easier, as protection against magic and the ability to duck away from it before it strikes hard makes this boss a nearly food-free battle. I was able to complete floor 27 in 8:06 (c6 small), which I feel is a good time given my level and the floor number. After clearing floor 28 I had to reset my prestige, so my next session of dungeoneering will start with the first floor. - I spent my weekly couple of hours skilling in the clan citadel. First I used my fealty bonus on farming, reaching level 47. Next, I trained summoning, and then cooking (level 77) and crafting (level 76). I set a personal daily best in the crafting skill of 119K. All that told me is that I don't train crafting outside of the citadel, because a few hours dedicated to that skill would far surpass that experience total. Since I seem to be unable to spend more than two consecutive hours doing any one thing in Runescape, however, it's unlikely that will happen any time soon. Before I left the citadel, I claimed a ring and charged it at the woodcutting plot. - I chopped a fair amount of ivy, and passed eight million total experience in woodcutting. I'm currently less than 600K away from level 95 but feel no pressing need to focus on leveling it once, let alone to 99. The current odds for my first level 99 skill, as I see them: 1-2 Woodcutting 4-1 Fletching 10-1 Runecrafting 12-1 Firemaking 20-1 Cooking 50-1 Field (any other skill) - I used up my green charms (about 85) on making compost mound pouches, leveling summoning to 47. I have a few hundred gold charms to use, but marigolds have become extremely expensive so bull ant pouches are out of the question. Granite crab pouches, while much cheaper since iron ore is down to just over 100 each on the GE, give lousy experience, so I'm going to wait until level 52 to use the golds on spirit terrorbird pouches. - I rescued the six corgis that escaped from Varrock while in preparation for the Diamond Jubilee. A friend helped me by giving me locations, allowing me to complete this task in about ten minutes. I got my own pet corgi as a reward. Who knows if it will ever leave my bank? - The JoT aura bonus tome got me level 47 in herblore. - On my first post-update Squeal of Fortune spins, I won 5,000 coins (certainly better than 50) and ten uncooked apple pies (worth about 10K on the GE). Better, but I still don't see the point. - I earned a total of 440K experience yesterday, good for my fourth-best daily total. Just one of my best 25 daily totals is from 2011, and that will likely fall from the list altogether at some point in June. Total levels = 1,592

Glad to see that you're back. At one million experience per week, you'll be at 200 million total exp just after the end of the summer. That will probably put you very close to 2,300 total levels as well.

I am a noob because I've played for just under a year. I am a noob because I'm posting in this thread. I am a noob because I don't do many quests or tasks, even though they're easy and would help me out tremendously. I am a noob because my bank and coin pouch are nearly empty. I am a noob because I was happy to break into the top 300,000 in the high scores.

I second this comment. It's thorough without being boring. Hopefully, you are able to stay motivated to continue writing and adventuring. Best of luck!

Guess what I did last session? [spoiler=My Highest-Level Skills Get Even Higher] Can't really make a story out of the session, but I did get a lot of chatting done, and sold about 1,250 strung yew longbows. Those bows, by the way, have gotten more profitable over the past month. I wonder if that's a direct reflection of the recent bot nuke. Regarding the upcoming combat beta, I really don't have an interest in being part of the beta. I figure that any hours beta testing the new combat system would be hours I couldn't be spending on my main character. Even though it would be advantageous to gain an understanding of the system before it's implemented, I'd rather put the time that I do have available into improving my skills. Also, I think I fall about a month short of the one-year member requirement for automatic acceptance into the beta version. So you'll have to let me know how it is. Total levels = 1,584

I won't get anywhere close to where you are by the end of summer. My work gets busy towards the middle of July, and I won't have nearly as much time to play. Skilling is getting quicker though, that's for sure. Based on my plan to get to 1,700 levels, I think I'll need about 200 hours of game time. Major league baseball, or do you have a game?

The game's called Runes Cape for a reason.

Other than firemaking, woodcutting, and ranged, I can see my skill levels looking very similar to yours when/if I get to where you are. If you don't mind mentioning it, how many days/hours do you have logged? I have plotted out my path to 1,700 levels, but am trying to figure out a general approximation of how long it will take to get from 1,700 to 2,000 total levels.

Been reading your blog for awhile, first time poster. Do you think you'll get 2496 by the end of this year?

Last session was completely nondescript. I used the JoT experience on farming to get level 46. Then I spent a couple hours fletching yews and chopping ivy. I'm getting close to leveling both of my highest skills. My next fletching session should result in level 89, and I'm less than two hours of woodcutting away from level 94. Some short-term goals: - finish the bloodveld task and continue slaying - do some quests! - do some tasks! - 1,600 total levels Total levels = 1,582