taleswapper

I am just not sure what, I'm not a big KQ fan, although I might do some with a friend. Was also thinking fo doing something completely different like mage training arena.

Yeah :) Hmm, can't think of a topic for the new video... :/

The voice over is unscripted so I do forget things, the video description does say "I've used karils, but black hide is okay". In this case Rune boots is for the defence, mith addy, climbing, rangers, mystic are all fine. Archer helm is merely because no one was selling Karils helm at the time I bought the rest. Archers, Karils, Rune, Torags, Robin, Veracs, God Coif, Third Age are all fine. That said I'm trying to avoid discussing the "best" equipment and only bother pointing out the important points. In this case I probably should have mentioned I was trying to get the best mage and range defence combination I could.

Lots of details in there but there are a few problems... First and foremost there is nothing that expresses the effectiveness of one bonus vs another (for example a range attack bonus might be 1.5 times more effective than a defense bonus). As an extreme example from mage, if you have -67 mage attack you never hit, so it wouldn't matter if your melee defence was 300, in a fight to the death vs a melee'r you would always lose, because you can't hit them. This doens't negate your guide but I think you should at least make it clear that there is almost certianly not a 1 to 1 relationship between the two statistics. Even better would be run extensive statistical tests in the duel arena, fight wearing the different combinations and record the difference in damage done over many fights. You may even find (in fact I think it likely) that there is also dependance on level. For example a situation where the higher your range level becomes the less important range bonus becomes, so for a 99 ranger your suggestion might be perfect but for a level 75 ranger it might not be. This is probably further compounded by considering defence which may further effect the relationship.

Mithril Drag Guide is Finished ... being uploaded as we speak :) EDIT: UPLOADED ... enojoy! :)

I did update the comments to reflect this but thanks for pointing it out :) In other news I made a mith drag guide using vercas ... but they changed the drags! Jagex hates me! Expect a mith drag guide without veracs this weekend :)

You are right I failed to mention it :s. I'm using plain addy bolts, but most bolts should be fine.

The guide is good but these monsters aren't good xp or money. For low levels try: chaos druids (very weak and good herb drops) Medium levels: green dragons (bones, hides, clues), ankous (150+ an hour in runes plus lvl 3 clue drops) High levels: blue dragons(bones, hides, clues), bronze dragons (bones, d legs, clues), ankous (again)

Actually it wasn't written at all, and although it went good for Wyverns (one take), I kept stuffing up on the KBD one. Maybe next time I will write a script :)

* Dagannoth King hunting * Kalphite Queen hunting * Chaos Elemental hunting * new Mith Dragon? etc... I'm sure you've got plenty of material left hehe :) Well I was going to do some non combat things, but now that the new dragon is out I can't ignore that! Hopefully Mith Dragon video guide will be online by the end of the weekend :)

I'm very interested in suggestions for the next guide... does anyone have any ideas...

Added RS calculators via Google Spreadsheets ... still under construction.

Solo KBD Guide has been uploaded ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh8Zn_wd5WA

That's one of the things I didnt mention in detail (didn't write a script :o), I havent unlocked proselyte so it's not an option for me, although as you point out the mage defense would probably mean the prayer robes are better.

Thanks guys, those comments make me want to do more!!

Taleswappers Video Guides Easy to use guide to various Runescape tasks. (Note these are about 80-100M big which is kinda large for a you tube vid_ Episode 1 - Skeletal Wyverns The original (and still the best?) ... Skeletal Wyverns with pray. -= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzlfvjeOMCc =- Episode 2 - Solo KBD KBD Guide has been created (although it's not as polished as the wyvern one). -= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh8Zn_wd5WA =- Episode 3 - Mithril Dragons with Range new Start your quest for the Dragon Full Helm! -= http://youtube.com/watch?v=JA60vNP-aWk =- ------------- Runescape Calculators (Under Construction) If you have a google account (gmail, gtalk, etc) you can make a copy from the file menu (File > Copy Spreadsheet...) and edit the values in order to adjust the calcultors to your needs. Cost to Level Calculator new -= http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key= ... g7Iw&pli=1 =- Calculate how much it will cost (or gain you) to get a certian amount of xp. Look up the prices and xp on your favourite tip site, fill them in and away you go. * These are still under construction and I'm planning on adding a proper guide to using it but if you are familair with spredheets it's quite easy to understand. -------------- Hope you enjoy feel free to post ideas for this and other guides here or on you tube.

Dont you see that your not increasing your chance when the other person can just use it too? It will even out and all it will do is slow down the fight and waste prayer points that could be used for 15% prayers. Fairish point, but that's not why they call out 'noob' I'm sure. Many a time I've been PKing and called noob by paranoid idiots for using 15% prayers, even though I wasn't. Besides, nobody sticks to their own honor codes anyway. Every time I'm called a safer they have over half their health! If I don't use prayer my enemy probably is. Please at least read my post before commenting, I know it was a little bit long ;/ 1. You ask the question: "why the [bleep] is prayer allowed in the wild if you're not meant to use it?" The several examples I list are there to suggest that the wilderness mechanics aren't so crash hot, its too easy to get away. An honour system provides an alternative to these which although it can't be strictly enforced can make PK'ing a little more exciting. Yutahon was exactly right! 2. If you bothered to look at my stats you would see that I can use protect prayers and that in fact being a "hybrid" high melee (all melee stats well over 90) and high mage (99) that I would infact benefit by using protect prayers vs the standard melee (we both fight melee and pray melee, but i can throw in random spells for extra damage, if they switch pray my melee has more chance of hitting etc). The reality is though that in that situation unless we are in p2p high wildy (which is generally empty) my opponent can still escape because of the extra protection afforded by prayer. Sure if it was a fight to the death I would win, but no one seems to want to do that when they are clearly at a disadvantage! Further to this you may have noticed that I was focusing on high level players, even at level 90+ you will find it rare that PKers wont have prayer because the 4 or so combat levels gained for getting 15% prayers is more effective per combat level gained than training more str/att. Once youy have 34 prayer it's only 1 (and a bit) combat levels to get all the protect prayers, so most will do this even if just to protect from pile jumpers. It's generally only duellers who stick at one prayer because they can explicitly turn prayer off (and maybe some f2p only pkers because they dont have pray pots) . 3. Regarding use of 15% prayers, I have never seen an honour code (or the rules of any PK'ing clan) suggest that these can't be used, and you may notice that I specfically listed no "protect prayers 1v1". 4. May I also point out that I explicitly said that I dont think abusing those who break the rules serves any purpose. But also note that you get called a noob for just about anything in RS, I was wearing addy armour (not PK'ing just wandering about) because I liked the look and was called noob many times. But I was called noob just as often for "wasting" money on 3rd age mage. I've been called noob for killing someone, for being killed, for having high levels, for having low levels, etc, etc. I'm sure many have experienced the same. 5. Finally note that the rules I listed werent meant to be "the" honour system. Just some examples of the rules that are most commonly chosen. Sorry about delayed reply, I rarely use tip it forums and forgot to check back.

I read the article on tip.it times and although I do agree with some of the article I also think there is a valid reason that honour codes have come about. I've written a fair bit and I hope it's not too obnoxious of me to post this as a seperate topic as opposed to posting on the discussion topic. Also note this was written in bits and peices while I was at work so it may be a little "non-linear" :) To me the motivation for PK'ing honour systems comes through a desire to increase the fun of PK'ing. Some of the things that make PK'ing fun are: - The risk - The chance of reward - The challenge The problem with RS comabt mechanics... Unfortunately the game mechanics mean, particualrly at high levels, that the risk and corresponding chance for reward can easily be reduced. Here are some case studies: In f2p it is extremely hard to kill a high level in rune if they are praying. Recently I was PK'ing f2p at the rune rocks and was attacked by around 6 other players they were a little lower level than me, but being thus outnumbered I decided to run. Despite the fact that I was bound, twice in multi, I managed to run/walk all the way from rune rocks to level 5 wildy where the highest of the group ceased being able to attack me (I was down to a single swordies). If I had of had teleports it would have been even easier. In p2p you can PK reasonably effectively by 1-iteming, that is to say you use one expensive item (a ddp++ for example) and have nothing else of worth on you (say prayer robes a str ammy and an addy large, prayer book). Even if die you use the protect item spell to save this one (slighlty) valuable object. You can now even extend this with al almost full kit of items which you wont lose on death (as they are non tradable and you can pick them up before they dissappear after being killed). This kind of PK'ing has little risk, and reduces the challenge and reward for opponents. In p2p if you are below level 30 you can teleport to saftey (glory/ring). Even above level 30 you can use various portals and levers. This basically renders more than 50% of the wilderness useless unless you teleblock. Requring teleblock means that pure range or melee is effectively useless for much of the wildy. It also means you can't use ancient magiks, by far the most powerful spells for PK'ing mages. On top of this even if you do have teleblock you need that teleblock to succeed before your opponent teleports, if they are praying mage protect and wearing a little d hide this can be quite difficult. Furthermore if your teleblock does succeed your opponent may immediately start running, the slight delay caused by the teleblock spell can quite possible be enough to let your opponent get so far ahead of you that your entangles don't work! 1v1 battles are effectively pointless if pray is involved, even with switching of attacks as a hybrid. If you want to ensure your opponent cant tele you are also ensuring your on weakenss (3 spots for TB runes, mystic/ahrims to allow your TB to be successful, inability to use powerful ancient spells, another 3 runes to tangle, another 3 runes if you want to do god spells, effectively half the food of your opponent). The only consistent way for high level players to kill people is to PK as large teams. This means the challenge is reduced, the risk is reduced, and the reward is reduced (need to spread loot). Even if you run into other teams in mutlizones you still don't have much chance if they decide to run (sure you might kill a few of them, but once you spread that reward between your team it spretty low). The honour system as a means to enhance the PK experience The honour system was at least partly developed to redress these issues. Simple rules like: Don't bring teleport runes, dont run from a clan/team battle, don't use protect pray 1v1; in my opinion certainly have a positive impact on PK'ing. They increase the risk, they increase the reward and they increase the challenge. Thus they increase the fun. Exactly where to draw these lines I'm not sure. Personally I have no problems with "safing", but be aware the less you safe the more likely you are to KO. I remember recently reading an achivement post by libum1 where he discusses his PK'ing, losing and winning many barrows sets. Certainly the impression I got from him was that by not safing he wins more sets. As I mentioned this was pretty non-linear or should I say it's quite rambling, but I think I have made a vague point in there. Self-enforcing honour I would also like to add that I don't support the people who actually abuse others for breaking these rules. In my opinion they are self enforcing to a degree and it would be much more pleasant if they stayed (or went back to) that way. That is to say if you want to get in to (and stay in) the top high level clans then you will need to obey their rules. If you pray at the start of a fight expect your opponent to pray at the start of the fight and most of your battles to end with no result. If you carry teleports don't get frustrated when your opponents tele, etc. Well that's enough rambling for me, have fun crushing my puny arguments ... if only they had a protect pray and teleports :o