GregorDGrim

Really cool idea. Nice job! Mama, I just killed a bot, Put a Dark Bow against his head, let loose both arrows now he's dead Mama... my bank had just gotten big, But now I've gone and diced it all away Mamaaaaa oooh, Didn't mean to make you cry, If I'm not logged in again this time tomorrow, Carry on, carry on cuz Runescape doesn't matter.

Thanks guys! Super-short post, but at least I have a picture. I spent the entire session chopping ivy, earning 218K (my highest one-day total in woodcutting) and level 97: [spoiler=Moved To The Trees For A Better Photo] As you can see in the picture, I also picked up nine nests, and a maple seed and yew seed which I sold for about 100K in total. While I was chopping, I was sent to the mime for a random, and I used the experience to level herblore (56). I still need a shade over 2.3 million woodcutting experience to reach level 99. It's going to take me awhile yet, as I'm not the type of person who can train the same skill every time he plays. To get the cape by the end of September, I'd need about 385K experience per week. That's a lot for someone who doesn't have many hours per day to play. I'm not in a rush - this is a meandering journey, after all. Total levels = 1,708

I spent most of my last session chopping ivy (to use up the clan ring bonus) and fletching. I did level twice, both thanks to the Gielinor Games - level 71 agility playing Head-To-Head and level 56 farming playing Resource Race. I also had a total of four spins on the SoF, and received four small experience lamps, for use in any skill. Seems like that wouldn't happen very often. I used all four of them, and the Jack of Trades bonus, on herblore, so I am very close to leveling that skill. I wasn't feeling motivated to go 'do' anything of significance, so this is all there is to this update. Total levels = 1,706

Nice work...combat just hasn't really clicked with me yet. It takes a real effort to get out there and kill things. Looks like you'll get 99 fletching before I get 99 woodcutting. It could be close, though. Have fun in Good luck with school.

Grats on 99 fishing! Now for the fun skill, mining.

I'm very busy this week, but I did have time the past two nights to play for a few hours. Here's an edge-of-your-seat summary of my achievements: - Earned another 51K agility experience playing Head-To-Head (that event has to be ending soon, doesn't it?) and some experience farming playing Resource Race. - Fletched yews for a little while, then sold about 1,500 strung bows and purchased a 6K shipment of yew logs and bow strings. I'm still making a small profit selling the bows, so I'm going to keep on doing it. - Traveled to Daemonheim and completed floors 11-13 on complexity six. I wasn't in a huge rush, so I spent some time skilling, earning experience in various skills. I defeated To'Kash, Bulwark Beast, and the Divine Skinweaver bosses in succession without any deaths, or really any difficulty. The three floors resulted in about 5,700 dungeoneering experience and level 57, and took a total of about 42 minutes. - Received a pendant of agility from SoF, which will give me 10K bonus experience whenever I decide to actually train agility on a course instead of at the Geilinor Games. - A friend of mine gave me an obsidian cape as a gift. Sir Noob-I-Am has never had a cape to wear during combat before now. Thanks, Maha! - Trained in the clan citadel last night. Because of the need to gather certain resources for the new clan avatars, the crafting plot was locked for training, so I spent about 80% of the time training cooking. I earned 241K experience, the second highest daily total I've ever earned in a single skill, and reached level 81. Only one of my 10 best individual skill daily gains is in woodcutting (#10) - it's funny to think that I'm level 96 in woodcutting and have never earned more than 176K in a single day of chopping or cutting. That is proof that it's very difficult for me to spend more than two hours in a row at any one skill. - Charged my clan ring at the woodcutting plot, but was too tired to cut ivy or do anything more. Total levels = 1,704

Glad to see you still following along, Turnpike. I only spent about 30 minutes this weekend playing the game, but I hit two milestone levels: Agility - level 70 via Head-to-Head: [spoiler=I Was Not As Agile Snapping The Pic] Herblore - level 55 via Jack of Trades bonus tome: [spoiler=Should Be Called Herb of Trades] I will definitely be making some super strength potions to use on slayer tasks. I chopped ivy for a bit, but the past couple days have been very busy so nothing really else to comment on in this post. Total levels = 1,702

Do you have all of your cumulative stats for tasks/SoF/stealing in a spreadsheet? I didn't read your entire thread, so I apologize if you've answered that question somewhere in your blog. Nice total levels - I just hit the same amount this morning, although we're not too close on many individual skills.

Great job moving up the ranks in thieving...and cooking!

Level 1693 - I fletched yew longbows and strung them (93): [spoiler=Shirtless Pics Friday] Thanks to picking up my free Tropical Top at Solomon's, I'm now running around showing off the muscle-bound upper body that I've earned chopping ivy for months. 1694 - I alched 700 of the strung yew longs, leveling magic (72). Exciting stuff. 1695 - 1697 - I had 725 gold charms in my inventory, so I purchased 725 chunks of raw bird meat (which cost about 150K) and ran back and forth between the Falador Bank and Taverly, making spirit terrorbird pouches. I leveled summoning three times (54, 55, 56): [spoiler=Summon Please Help Me!] I completely forgot that there's a bank hidden in the SW corner of Taverly, which is a quicker run than to Falador. One more example why I the subtitle 'A Noob's Journey' is still on the header of my blog. Leveling summoning three times also increased my combat level to 93. I took a walk down to fill my bucket at Tears of Guthix, earning me some hunter experience, but no level. That filled the bucket with my own tears. 1698 - after some ivy chopping to buff up, I used the Five-Finger aura and stole hankies for an hour at the Thieves' Guild (65): [spoiler=Seriously, Where Does This Guy Store All The Handkerchiefs?] 1699 - three different days' worth of Head-To-Head training all led to me leveling agility this morning (69). 1700 - My 1000th level was in farming, and my 1700th level is in farming (55), thanks this time to Resource Race: [spoiler=How Does Your Garden Grow? Damn Fast] So...I was hoping to reach 1,700 total levels by the one-year anniversary of this blog, and I'm three weeks early. I'll take it. [spoiler=Total Levels =]

Time for a short update of the past couple of sessions: Agility - reached level 68 playing Head-To-Head. The cow card is really annoying. It lands in my and the gold player's path every single time. This one is still the best of the three mini-games, however. Firemaking - reached level 84 relaxing by a bonfire at the Grand Exchange. As a nice change of pace, the conversation was actually interesting and I added a new friend. Herblore - reached level 54 thanks to a random event (finding a cooked fish and uncooking it, for Bob the Cat). Bad kitty. Crafting - reached level 82 while skilling in the clan citadel. Other than the 10% allowable resources at the summoning plot, I gathered all of my allowable resources for the week at the loom. This earned me 184K experience in crafting, which is the 7th highest daily total I've earned in a single skill. Fletching/woodcutting - spent some time doing each, chipping away at the amounts needed until 97 (woodcutting) and 93 (fletching). Almost 100% of my play time over the last few days has been while engaged in some multi-tasking. I haven't had the opportunity to really focus on something like combat, questing or dungeoneering; hence, the relatively boring updates. Total levels = 1,692

Master_Smither's article was a good one. Between that summary of the botting activity, all the gambling that's constantly going on at the Grand Exchange, and the crucible glitch that's caused untold billions of gold to enter the economy, I'm feeling pretty dismayed.

Thanks, Fredrow and Sydan. Woodcutting is certainly a bit of a slog, but I did reach a nice number in that skill: [spoiler=10 Meeeeee-lyun Experience] I didn't do all that much other than chop ivy and fletch, although I did play the Gielinor Games a couple of times, leveling agility (67) at Head-To-Head and farming (54) competing in Resource Race. This was a nice, relaxing session. Total levels = 1,688

Great job keeping this going for more than a year. It definitely takes a lot of dedication to be a DIYer.

If you don't already know about it, definitely play the Head-To-Head event at the Geilinor Games in Varrock Town Square. It takes about 10 minutes to get more than 20K agility experience, and you can do it daily. That will get that last level knocked out quickly.

At the end of my last post, I promised more activity in my next session, and I think you will find that I made good on that pledge. Upon log-in, I discovered that I had reached 25 million in total experience earned while in my clan, which earned me a promotion to captain. It doesn't really mean much other than a measure of longevity in the clan, but I can also host clan events if I choose. I took a couple of runs through the Head-To-Head track, earning just over 23K experience and leveling agility (66). I played the Resource Race twice as well, once earning farming experience and once performing woodcutting to see how that experience would be. Earning almost 8,800 experience was quicker than chopping ivy, so it is certainly worthwhile. After the Games, I logged into world 31 (House Parties) and joined the House Party friend chat looking for a gilded altar upon which I could sacrifice some of the big bones I had collected from my cyclopes tasks. I found one quickly, wore my Mad Necklace for bonus experience, and trained prayer long enough to level three times (53-55): [spoiler=Altar-nate Reality] This was the first time I had ever used a gilded altar in a player-owned home. I am intrigued by the fact that there are players willing to build an altar and invite players to use it, while they keep the incense burners lit at all times to maximize players' experience. This particular player is named YuriZ, and he seemed to be quite friendly. I gave him a 25K donation as thanks, which I'm sure is a pittance compared to the amounts other players sacrificing dragon or frost bones could donate, but he seemed appreciative. I had plenty of bones left and a 33% charge remaining on my Mad Necklace, but I wanted to move on to something different. At 50, hunter was my lowest-leveled skill, so I decided to try out something else new - the falconry. Notwithstanding the long walk (I wasn't sure if I could get any closer than Seers' Village with my abilities), hunting spotted kebbits using a falcon could not be more simple. The only thing that took any time was dropping the fur and burying the bones that came into my inventory each time I retrieved the falcon. I got two strange rocks within five minutes of training, which meant I had to drop/bury items a little more frequently for the duration of my stay. I stuck around long enough to level hunter three times (51-53), at which point I was sick of kebbits. I spent the rest of the session earning a lot of experience - first by fletching, then by chopping ivy and finally via firemaking at a bonfire. While chopping ivy I scored a magic tree seed, which sold for just over 200K at the Grand Exchange. The bonfire conversation was actually interesting last night, and I added a friend while leveling firemaking (83). That level means I can now burn curly roots, which I'm certain I'll try at some point. I earned 161K experience in total on that skill, which is a daily record for me. This is not a difficult record to beat as firemaking is very fast experience, but for me it is significant because I don't typically stay with a skill long enough in a single session. Last, but certainly not least, I bought a fish mask. Wha...wha...what?? Yes, I decided that I didn't really need that cash, so I spent 5.5 million on a mask. All that means is that I made a 1.3 million profit for doing nothing. I'll take that any time. Eight levels in total on the day, and my fifth-highest daily experience total (431K). I'd say that's a bit more activity than in my prior session. Total levels = 1,686

Great job on 99 fletching. Now to 99 fishing?

Occasionally there are days when I play for a couple hours but don't level or accomplish anything picture-worthy. Yesterday was one of those days, making this update almost unnecessary. Since I've already started typing, however, I'll just continue and finish off this post so that you (and I) can get to more interesting things. I purchased the Herculean ring upon log-in, and whattya know, it gives bonus experience while participating in the Games. I tried it out on the Resource Race, and it offered a 10% bonus to the farming experience I earned (a total of 5,200 in two attempts). I'll try it at Head-to-Head next session. I fletched for about 30 minutes, and then chopped ivy for about 90 minutes. I'm not close to leveling either skill. I did get three bird nests, two of which contained seeds that in total are worth about 40K. Whew! What a day. It was time for a nap, so I logged off, slept and then played poker last night. Next post will contain a little more in the way of activity, I promise. Total levels = 1,678

Great job earning that fire cape. I'm following your progress.

Keeping it off-topic for a bit: what exactly is the effect on the arrowhead of running it through the Argon Plasma? On-topic: is that good fletching experience?

Interesting how the Cow Card seems to have different results for different players. A_Gardener, I have not purchased any of the rings from Oomad, and had no idea about the Herculean ring's bonus experience effects until I looked it up last night. An obvious xp waste that will be rectified today. Yesterday I spent the day maxing my resource gathering in the clan citadel, focusing on summoning (using the Mad Necklace), mining (leveled to 68), firemaking (to gather coal so that I could smith) and smithing (level 65): [spoiler=Mr. Smith Goes To Citadel] I used the Mad Necklace while training smithing, and still have 42% of the bonus experience to use. I'm still planning to use most of the remaining amount on prayer training. I charged my clan bonus ring at the woodcutting plot (naturally) and chopped ivy until the bonus experience ran out. Interestingly, about halfway through the chopping, two bird nests dropped within two ticks. That's the first time that's ever happened so quickly for me. The clan cape fealty and Jack of Trades aura bonuses were both used on summoning, so I leveled that skill to 53. Finally, I took part in the Head-to-Head event (for the last time without the Herculean ring!) and earned about 21,000 experience in agility. Total levels = 1,678

The only plan I have for certain is to reach level 99 by the end of this year. Chopping ivy is a decent way to pass the time, but I have a hard time staying on task for more than an hour or two at any one skill. I think it would take about 45 hours of steady chopping to reach 99, but the thought of using my limited playing time to just do that makes me shiver. My best guess is that I'll reach 99 in October, unless I get a strong urge to finish it off. Actually, just typing all this out makes me want to reach 99 more quickly. That feeling will probably pass. While I did not play for all that long over the past two days, I felt as though I accomplished a fair bit. A summary post is probably in order: - I used most of my 93K loyalty points to purchase the Master Reverence (I had to buy Tiers 1 and 2 first) and Penance auras. They should both help me while training combat. It took me awhile to figure out what to purchase, but I figured that since I didn't already have any auras to steer me towards combat training, these would be a good idea. I'm sure, though, that I'll be forgetting to wear the appropriate aura for a time. - The Squeal of Fortune graced me with a Prized Pendant of Fishing. At my fishing level, this provided 18K bonus experience. This was a really sweet pendant, as every lobster I caged in Catherby earned 270 experience instead of the usual 90. I leveled fishing to 68 before the pendant became worthless, giving me access to the Fishing Guild. - The Squeal of Fortune also provided 500K coins in a single spin, which was nice: [spoiler=I'd Like To Make A Withdrawal, Please] - That was a fortunate spin as it helped fund the purchase of 2,000 oak planks which I used to train construction at my house. Total cost = 940K. Total return = five levels so far, with enough planks left over for 100 more oak larders, and 70K experience, the most I've earned in a single day on construction. Training this skill 'efficiently' (oak larders) is extremely boring, which is why I didn't use up all of the planks in one go, but my faithful butler doesn't ask questions (like 'why, Sir, do you continue to tear down the oak larder you have just completed?' or 'Sir, is this your OCD again?'), he just follows orders. That's the kind of help worth keeping. I hit levels 53-57; here's a pic of level 55: [spoiler=I Need A Larder To Store All Of These Larders] - I continued to take advantage of the fantastic agility experience offered in the Head-To-Head contest, earning a total of 41K and leveling the skill to 65: [spoiler=I Beat Usain Trollt] This is a fun mini-game, but there are certainly improvements that could be made to it. I don't like how the cow always falls in front of me and the gold racer; that should be randomized. Also, there are times where the effects of a card don't work for the exact duration claimed. The suggestion I wish they would implement first, however, would be to randomize the lane assignments before each race. The 'adjacent to red' or 'adjacent to blue' cards only ever help the same single racer, and that's a design issue. Overall, though, it is 100x better than the Cheese Rolling event. - I played Resource Race a couple of times, earning about five thousand experience in farming. - Using the Jack of Trades bonus tome on prayer, I leveled that skill to 52. Total levels = 1,675

This is the sort of news that helps push the annoying things to the background. I'm going to need more levels.

Now that's what I call a real update! Well done, particularly on the 99 dungeoneering.

I think you will have to pay the increased rate, but if you are planning to re-up for membership, do it by tomorrow so you're a member all through August and September. The bonus experience you'll get is well worth it. I know pretty much exactly how you are feeling, because my son got his account keylogged by clicking on something he shouldn't have, and they wiped him out as well. He regained control of his account quickly, but the damage had been done, and he's barely played since. Such a shame.