BobbieK

Where is the shop that converts legs to skirts? And do you know if they do leather? I can't seem to key in the right words to search, if I remember vaguely it's in Varrock somewhere but that is a big place to go wandering in hope.

I guess it does profit if you're gathering yourself, as then it is free, gp wise. I was just disappointed that when I saw how much the ingredients sold for I thought gee I should have just sold them and made more gp, however I wouldn't have gained the xp I was amazed how much guam sold for, I mean that is the easiest herb to gather, so commonly dropped and the seeds get annoying how many get pickpocketed. I was glad however that the grown product does sell for more than the seed. you're right about the deterrent to level too easily. it is tedious though standing at the bank, mixing mixing mixing mixing TO get that level up to then sell the potions at what might be profit if the ingredients sold for cheaper. I would be happy if the price rose at least a bit.

So I've done the slog to up my herblore to a decent level, enough to make anti-fire potions. By then I had quite a few spare lower potions I wouldn't be using myself anymore so decided to sell them at the GE. I got what I thought was good gp for them, however ... later I checked what standard gp price the ingredients sell for, and put together, the potion sells for much less than the ingredients. I find this pretty poor because I've heard many discussions by other players who can't be bothered upping the herblore skill themselves to be able to make the potions themselves, the main comment was was that it was too expensive - because they buy all of the ingredients instead of gathering/growing them. So wouldn't the potions, especially the higher one's, then be worth more? Saving them the effort and expense of getting there themselves? For example, a combat potion, which saves space in the inventory by being both a strength and attack potion in one, contains harralander and goat's horn. The clean harralander by it'self on the GE sells for 444 gp, yet the final combat potion sells for less than that, can't remember the price, but it is less. That's not taking into account the goat's horn yet either, which isn't all that simple to gather, there are only a cluster of 3 goats closest to the desert entrance, with a bank quite far, the better cluster, of 3 and 4 are right down the bottom of the dessert, with a handy bank, but there is no water source so you need to use up whatever water source you have in the bank to keep going, as well as adorning a boring dessert robe. Heaven knows what price goat's horn sells for on the GE but I'm betting it's not cheap. I've found a similar trend with finished products on the GE. Pineapple pizza, any pizza actually, ends up selling for way less than the cost of the ingredients if you weren't to grow/gather them yourself. Similarly, goods that include the container, such as a pie - using a pie dish, don't include the value of the container. This goes for the potions too. I make all my own vials to save buying them and gain a bit of crafting xp at the same time, they are free with the potion it seems, as well as the loss on the potion ingredients. The only finished product I found, that I checked, that actually made a profit on the combined ingredients, were the gourmet potatoes ie with toppings higher than cheese, and thank goodness/rightly so for that! as they are quite a bit of effort to make, the butter being the worst. This trend needs to change. Those of you who are selling potions, food, armour etc, I hope you start selling them at a price that includes the cost of the ingredients plus your labour and skill level you worked hard for to be able to make them. In the very least, because I'm guessing the current prices are to deter easy levelling thus profiteering, the price should be raised somewhat. anyway ..

Ok, thanks mate. Bobbie xxx.

by the way, what can I do to make the game stop being so jittery? like lag. is it like that no matter what anyone does or is it my internet speed or my computer? My computer is not bad, I play the Sims2 with all of the expansions and stuff packs on it quite fine and if you know anything about that game, it's a BIG game. I realise the game is just so big now but ... it's so annoying!

so they're already on it, even though it was in the bank? Thanks mate.

so I'm doing the string of tasks the game asked me to do when I entered Taverly for the first time since I've re-become a member in many years, and played for that matter. The reward was a dwarven axe thingy and with each further task the NPC rewards me with some kind of attatchment for it. My problem is, I can't see the attatchment in my inventory to add it to it. My question is: were the attatchments automatically added to the dwarven axe thingy, even though I put the axe thingy in the bank during some of the times I received an attatchment thingy reward? If not, am I supposed to go back to those NPC's to get the attatchment thingies again? and what am I supposed to do with it? how do I use it? wield it while I'm mining, smithing etc or just carry it in my inventory? Thanks Bobbie K xxx.