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Levelcists
in Rants
What you are saying is nothing more than what thousands of others have said for YEARS. I've seen plenty of people with low combat stats but high overall skills. It's their decision on how they WANT to level.
If combat levels is all that ever mattered in Runescape from the very beginning, then cry me a river. The OP doesn't have all melee stats to 99, so is it right to just turn lower leveled combat players down just for wanting to participate in a party for Dungeoneering?
Pure leveled players don't care about the other stats. They made their character that way, that was their decision to fight in PvP worlds earning loot.
Jagex has SAID that Dungeoneering was made to use all your other skills to train it. Level 3s have trained it. So I don't get when people say that only higher levels (120s-130s) should train Dungeoneering.
Where did they ever say that COMBAT STATS mattered the most? You may complete dungeons faster sure, but not everyone does it that way.
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What does it matter what they're using? Why do you feel you're better then anyone else and what happened to respecting other people?
this is the internet, nobody you don't know gets any respect.
The situation has only gotten worse.
This can be applied to not only combat, but also such skills as Woodcutting, Hunter, Mining, and in some cases, Ranged and Magic.
Unfortunately the Internet is fair game and every day thousands of people are harassed that really don't deserve it.
The community in Runescape is horrible because of this feel for competition, and that applies to the MMORPG genre in general. Levels to me determine nothing, attitude determines everything. I've had level 3s and level 138s insult me, whether it be competition for spots, something I said, or just for the heck of it.
As the game gets older I believe it will only get worse. I appreciate those who try their best to play a fair game. From what I see daily is egoism and testosterone at it's worst. Just a bunch of random people who feel they need to bring pain to others to get what they want.
I've had more than enough experiences of being crashed and burned to write an entire short story on it.
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What? Cutting yews is a retarted choice. Sawmill or Ivy or go back to cooking.
Cutting yews is great profit, Sawmill is no profit, and Ivy is very little profit. Cooking? What?
*edit:* Cutting Yews is crap profit per hour but it's the best speed to profit ratio for 99 WC (ivy is faster, mages are much much slower)
If you do ivy to 99 and then spend the time you save doing something else, you will make more. Other things include runecrafting nats, collecting snapegrass, Slayer, Godwars, collecting bones from chickens, or using the amazing JAGEX BRONZE DAGGER to take down the kbd. (well, maybe not the last one, but the possibility exists.)
Ivy ruined Woodcutting, plain and simple.
I did Yew Trees to 90 Woodcutting years before Ivy and Sawmill Training came out. Magic Trees were always considered for profit, not for training.
But today there are far too many high leveled Woodcutters to really consider Woodcutting a profitable skill anymore. It's now a grind fest because even a new player can get a high Woodcutting level in little time.
Members get unlimited opportunities to make money. I recommend doing anything from collecting flax and snapegrass to going on a few Barrow trips.
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I own a wii myself and enjoy it when I'm on it. And there are times when I'm really glad that I got it. Even though I have a PS2 and an Xbox 360, i still play my wii sometimes. I own Super Smash Bros Brawl, Mario Kart, and Rockband 2 and I find them all fun, along with tons of gamecube games. So if you ask me I think it's a good console, it provides hours of fun and I'm glad i have it. I hope this has helped. :thumbsup:
I just think the problem is that some people find that the Wii has too many titles geared to little children. Throw away titles that can be found at a bargain bin. Then again, the PS2 had too many bad games to name, but had the biggest collection by far.
I would think twice before bashing Nintendo because they laid the ground work for what IS the gaming world today. I believe that the Wii is a more laid back approach as opposed to the audience the PS3 and Xbox 360 draw in. The first mistake is judging a game by it's graphics and cover work, because that is not the entire game. I've played countless games over the years where the graphics were flat out ugly, but the gameplay was on an entirely different scale.
I grew up with a Nintendo NES/Super NES and Sega Genesis system, which is probably a little too old for most of you here. I hope that these Wii games will live up to my expectations, hoping that I don't throw away $300 for it.
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Levelcists
in Rants
You know who they are. The people who won't invite you to a dungeoneering party because you're, apparently, "too low leveled". The people who will take a level 130 with 1800 skill total and 40 dung over, say, someone who is level 120 with 2100 skill total and 80 dung. The people who, somehow, haven't figured out that combat level isn't indicative of what your stats really are (I had a level 129 refuse to invite me to a party because I was too low leveled. So I looked her up and, wouldn't you know it, the only stats she had higher then was attack and strength. And she had something like 1700 skill total, to boot). Yeah, those people. I hate them, because their ignorance is appalling.
To start off, people have the assumption that in Runescape, it's all about the levels and the melee skills.
Truth is, it's not. These days levels garner little or no respect from the community, and because training methods became so much easier, it's not hard to stereotype a lower level as someone who has barely touched the game.
This is becoming a big problem in Runescape and the communities supporting it. Sly Wizard I feel your pain because I see a lot of lowered leveled players getting bad treatment from higher leveled players who only care about the levels and the wealth. They really are ignorant, because they have been raised in an era where Jagex gives them free stuff, and therefore, they are spoiled and lack discipline.
I have been too busy with other things to really do Dungeoneering, thus why I am only level 1. Based on what I'm hearing, people still rate players there on their combat levels rather than their overall skills.
A general lack of respect I should say...
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This is nothing more than a pointless argument.
Why should Dung bother anyone? It's only short for 'Dungeoneering'.
You are too focused on the English definition of 'Dung' as opposed to the skill itself.
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Most of you fail to see that it goes both ways...
BOTH low levels and high levels feel that they're entitled to anything and everything. I feel that it is more of a shift in the overall community and a new generation of players as opposed to years ago.
To me, when you got places where people often crash and make due with their offensive comments, that's when it's time to consider Jagex opening up the game a little more, or just turning Chat to OFF. If people blindly report you for macroing if you don't talk (probably don't even realize it), then let them. You should only be scared if you have a macro program yourself.
The issue is, we got people playing this game that really shouldn't be playing. That is a common occurrence on the PvP worlds and on the mini-game based worlds. It's the community in general and how society has changed over the years. If you can't play nicely, then you should be doing something else to bide your time. Take a lot of breaks, and that way you won't have to feel too stressed out with the game.
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They banned my lvl-3 friend Xao Nyugen whom I met while chopping yews because they thought he was autoing and RWT'ing. Racist bastards...
To me that is nothing more than stereotyping those who actually WERE botting at yew trees years ago.
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Personally, I think it's definitely worth it to get one. It's the only console I've ever owned, and since I don't enjoy many FPS games, I have no problems with the game selection (It's great).
The FPS genre in general is saturated. There really hasn't been anything new since Half-Life and Halo, thus I feel that the genre is well past it's prime.
Does the Wii have good Internet capabilities?
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Great guide, but why did you put the Ardougne Cloak at a higher "rank" than the Soul Wars cape? Soul Wars cape gives a +12 prayer bonus, the Cloak only gives a +6.
Well I think because you can go to the Monastery and back (with a Sceptre).
As said, it is some of the fastest experience in the game. I had Enhanced Excaliber, Spottier Cape, Boots of Lightness, Prayer Book and Symbol of Saradomin and I was still getting 250K+ XP per hour at Pyramid Plunder. But I didn't 'Check for Snakes' first, because I felt that they were too slow. Had I known this beforehand I wouldn't of wasted all that food and antipoison potions.
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For the past few years I've speculated in getting a Nintendo Wii, but never really tried because I felt that I would be disappointed...
Ever since Sony came into play with the Sony Playstation, Nintendo has been on the short end of the stick for all the wrong reasons. It is not cool enough. It is not geared for older players. It focuses too much on certain themes (Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, etc).
Sadly many of today's gamers fail to realize that Nintendo has been in the business for over 30 years. I'm proud to say that I have been hooked on Nintendo for about 20 years now. It is doing well in places such as Japan, but in the United States, it seems to play second fiddle to the PS3 and Xbox 360. Let's admit it, both the PS3 and Xbox 360 look slick, cool, and fit for those hardcore gamers who desire to see lots of action and violence in the game content. But both Sony and Microsoft fail to support a lovable mascot, or a merchandising chain of characters that can only be found with that label.
I've stuck with Mario for a long time now and I'm coming to the point to buy a Wii or just wait it out. I know there are several older gamers out there in their late 20s and 30s who have stuck with Mario from the beginning, and as such, I feel that I'm missing out. Since SEGA and Sonic the Hedgehog joined forces with Nintendo, that just makes me want a Wii that much more. Both mascots were a big influence in my childhood and even in my mid 20s I still enjoy playing their older games.
I don't however, really support their fitness games. While I enjoy Nintendo's efforts to try to be a little different, I think going with the whole fitness program was a big mistake. Obesity has been a huge problem in the past couple decades and playing video games all day certainly has one becoming lazy and out of shape. There are more than enough fitness programs out there for the average child/adult to follow through and be a strong, healthy person.
Other than that, I really don't mind shelling $300 for a Nintendo Wii and a couple games because $300 is hardly any money. I've heard that Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Mario Galaxy 2 were good, and was wondering if those would be good to try.
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That's way too high for me (only in the 2100s).
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Pyramid Plunder is fastest method at 91+ Thieving.
However, even with XP rates of 250-275k per hour, getting 200M XP in the skill seems a long ways off.
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Based on what people have said:
Miscellania Kingdom (need 100% approval rating and at least 1 Million GP in coffers)
Farming Toadflax, Snapdragon and Avantoe herbs
Farming Marigolds
Zaff's Battlestaves
Baby Yaga Battlestaves and Death/Earth/Water Runes
Magic Guild Death/Earth/Water Runes
Buying Broad unfinished Bolts, adding feathers to them, selling them on GE
Brewing Greenman's Ale
Daily Run of Flax
Daily Run of Sand Buckets
Daily Run of Karamja Pineapples
Daily Run of Pure Essence
Killing Green Dragons for Dragonhide and Bones
What does this all equal to?
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I leave this game quietly.
I find that people who grow all emotional when they post their threats to quit Runescape are the ones who shouldn't of been playing in the first place.
Based on my experiences, the only people who quit that others gave a damn about was those who were top ranked, or were popular among players. Quitting to me is nothing more than moving on to something else in life.
Despite a load of content, Runescape can be very boring. I space out my playing time, so I won't feel that I'm just sitting on my computer chair all day long grinding a skill to death.
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Mind if you tell me what MTK stands for?
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Thing is, the OP doesn't have a specific skill related goal. He is not "asking advice on how to get 99 cooking, the skill he likes that much". He IS asking us which 99 he should get, which indirectly implies: which one do you think is easiest or do you think is "best". He's not telling us what he likes or not, that doesn't seem to matter, he just seems to want a cape and asks us which one.
That's how I stand on the whole "easy 99" issue. As long as someone really enjoys the skill or really thinks it's a nice goal to achieve, then all the more power to them. I don't have any 99s after having my account for 7 years. From slow internet connections back to when I was playing RSC to my early days of RS2 when I still wasn't playing efficiently or very often, I've logged lots of time on my account without doing too much. Only recently have I begun to play a little more and be a little more efficiency conscious about it. Do I regret playing inefficiently back then? Now I do just a bit, but back then not at all. I enjoyed it.
This is a game and you should have fun and set goals you want to attain. I know people who just grind themselves out for the extrinsic motivation of just having a 99 cape, hating every second of even the easy 99 fletching or 99 cook. They don't intrinsically have any motivation for doing it; they don't enjoy the skill itself.
So for 7 years and no 99s to show for it, I'm preparing to shoot for 99 farming as my first. Is it going to take a long time? Yes. Am I going to be the most efficient about it? Maybe not. Am I going to enjoy it? Except for the odd dead snapdragon patch, absolutely yes.
I haven't seen better words spoken on this thread than this...
Skill Capes and the GE have ruined a lot of what made a '99' special back before these updates were implemented. Back on Classic and early RS2 I used to run into only a few people who had 99s, and those people who did have them trained those skills to that level because they enjoyed doing them.
Firemaking for example, didn't have much of a purpose before Skill Capes were added. If you had a 99 in that skill, you were one of the very few. Now look at it today. People see it as a skill where they can equip that nice looking Skill Cape to show off.
Fishing only had 100-300 people with a '99' in that skill before the Skill Capes update. Today there is more than 31,000 of them with a '99' in Fishing...
Skill Capes have made a huge impact on the way people view 99s. Years ago they were looked at as a major achievement because training methods were much slower back then. There was no Grand Exchange to buy your way to 99s, no Red Chins, no Living Rock Caverns, no Ivy, no God Wars, etc. Today I simply look at them as just another stat number.
I somewhat enjoy seeing people level beyond 99 Dungeoneering, but many of them still aren't doing it for the fun. They are doing it for the levels, to try to be the most efficient player, to achieve a high rank. I don't see a point to rankings in mini-games either, because they are supposed to be played for fun.
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Lazy Jerks
in Rants
You don't know what world is occupied until you get to that training spot...
I highly recommend using foreign worlds or ones with low population if you are looking for training spots that you know are crowded...
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Quick chat
in Rants
You people say that age isn't a factor, but look at you. Lying about your age, trying to pass yourself off as an adult, it's not worth doing.
It's a good reason that Jagex has made users under age 13 to be restricted to Quick Chat. We've had enough problems on Internet bullying as it is already.
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Many low levels play FOG for magic exp, and many high levels play FOG for battle robes. It takes ~250ish FOG games in f2p for the robes, and obviously they want to finish the games as fast as possible so they can collect their reward.
Oh, so we suddenly have a moral obligation to fulfill their purpose for playing FoG?
Sorry if I misunderstood you. Try to make clear your stand instead of simply stating the obvious.
So you are still here flaming others aren't you?
Do yourself a favor and GTFO.
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I wouldn't be complaining. Runescape membership is very cheap compared to other MMORPGS such as World of Warcraft.
At it's lowest price I can earn that much in less than a hour working at minimum wage.
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Cmon you people, grow up and accept that this is has actually become a big concern....
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Hunter Bots
in Rants
See people, this is why I don't post on these forums anymore.
I'm going to go ahead and stereotype you people as bullies who are willing to a pick a fight. All doing this while sleeping in your mom's basement playing Runescape for 5-10 hours a day with little to no sleep.
I have found better communities out there and I'm not even going to bother to list them for you wannabe losers. TC, I understand your frustrations and I agree that a lot of Hunter bots are ruining the experience for everyone else.
You people make me sick. Grow up, get a life, and try to understand where Rants like these are coming from. I'm not even going to bother wasting time for you idiots to flame back as I see this quite often in the Tip It Forums.
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The problem here is that these skill capes are common and thus for many... easy to get.
Don't feel bad because Fletching was my 1st 99. Maxed levels will look at an achievement like 99 Slayer or 99 Runecrafting to be much more significant than they would for 99 Cooking, Firemaking, or Fletching.
If people try to make you feel bad, you can always put them on ignore.
Is it worth getting the Wii?
in Off-Topic
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The problem here is that Nintendo has been thrown around here and there since the N64 era.
I forgot to mention, the first month that Brawl came out I was playing it at Gamestop. And, it was lacking. There is no momentum, the characters move just slowly as they did in the original, and furthermore, it's all about the style and the looks.
I bought a Gamecube solely for Melee and I spent hundreds of hours playing that game. It stood out and for good reason: It was competitive. I wish I could say that Brawl was a competitive game, but all it is is a casual slugfest fit for those kids who have never played a past Smash Bros title.
The thing with Nintendo is that they refuse to give up a legacy that has gone with them for over 30 years. I'm glad to have been around to see much of it happen, and it's difficult for me to let a childhood memory burn up in ashes. I don't have any console from this generation, primilarily because I really think that today's games are taking ones from the past and regurgitating them into a new format. A sleek cover with the same boring gameplay.
Shelling out $300 for something that I might be able to play for a month or two is NOT worth it. Nintendo has always appealed to kids and being well past that age group I wonder if it's really paying that much more for titles that feel too much like the ones I grew up with.