BloodAngel

Monkeys offer the best thieving xp in the game from L70 onwards. At L70 you will probably get around 150k-170k xp/hr and at higher levels you can get over 300k xp/hr, I've even seen 400k xp/hr floating around as well. They aren't too terrible for money either with their D Scim drops.

Stepping away from the EPL for one post but the SPL is getting really quite interesting up top after Hearts beat Rangers yesterday. Celtic - Played 22 - 52 Points Rangers - Played 20 - 47 Points Hearts - Played 21 - 45 Points Hearts play Celtic (Away) on Wednesday and then Rangers (Away) again on Weds 2nd Feb. Hearts have scored 28 out of a maximum 30 in their last 10 games so if they beat (although it's probably a big if) both Celtic and Rangers they could end up 2nd, 1 point behind Celtic with a game in hand. These next 2 weeks are pretty much going to decide if the SPL is a three horse race or not I think. Should be good :thumbup:

If the person is a jerk then chances are I wont bless it because that's karma for you. If the person hasn't bothered me or seems nice enough I'll most likely bless it and if it's a random grave I'll bless it. If there's a grave with a load of opportunists around it I'll bless it just to annoy them :P

Monkey Knife Fighters are the best xp in the game, depending on your concentration and thieving level you can get anywhere between 160k to 300k+ xp/hr and they aren't terrible for money either with D Scims at potential loot. It can get pretty tedious though so doing Pyramid Plunder or another thieving method every now and then is probably a good idea if you don't want to burn out too soon. Good luck!

It can do a lot of damage very quickly with its magic attack. I got hit a few times in the few seconds it was alive and I came pretty close to dying but that's because I wasn't paying attention since it takes forever to spawn :P

Probably before they even released the first poll, it was pretty obvious which way the players would vote so it would have probably made sense to them to work on it before and during the poll. The poll just got extra publicity for it. Hopefully we'll get a post outlining changes being made soon to save speculation and so people can prepare for it.

Bot Hunting has always been a sport in RS and now that the prevalence of botting has been thrown out there again with Jagex's mention of it with the free trade and wilderness referendum more people have started specifically looking for bots to report. I've been fletching a fair bit at the Soul Wars bank recently and fairly often someone would come in and accuse everyone there of being bots and saying stuff like "If you don't talk, you're a bot and I will report you" which I personally ignore since I refuse to give people the satisfaction of thinking they've scared me into talking :P Something that really amused me was the other day when I was fletching one of the Top 5 Overall Players was also there and someone reported them for botting because they wouldn't reply to them :rolleyes: Another factor is that people who desperately want to be PMods see going out of their way to locate and report bots as a sure fire way to get the silver crown. And there are also some people who think anyone with better stats then them must have achieved it through botting... So yea, people have been getting worse and the return of free trade probably wont improve the situation immediately but it will probably die down eventually. Best thing to do is just carry on with what you're doing and if someone accuses you of being a bot either ignore them or accuse them instead :P

I do wonder if they plan to release more of these xp gloves through seasonal events instead of doing bonus xp weekends. Either way hopefully I can get some decent ranged xp from these :thumbup:

Personally I'd suggest not bothering with golds and greens, as you pointed out it's a pretty tedious process turning them into pouches and they don't give much in the way of xp.

10 Herbs and 5 Maples will give you the chance for the highest profit, however 10 Herbs and 5 Coal will give you the most consistent profit. I personally go with the first option because usually I will get a few 'high value' seeds and I don't think I've ever made less than 1m profit per week from it but if you would rather play it safe go with coal.

According to the Runescape Wiki there is a 1.6% chance of getting a +6 boost from a 3 spice spicy stew compared to a 9% +5 and an 18% +4 so it really isn't worth doing. If you want to save money training herblore, turn the herbs you get from MTK into potions and sell them, while it is less gp than selling the herbs and a less efficient way of training herblore you should just about break even (or you did when I did this a few months ago, I think I even profited). There are much better ways to train it though :P Hope this helps!

Lunar Magics offer some of the best none-combat magic xp/hr in the game through string jewellery, plank make and hunter kit. String jewellery offers around 130k xp/hr, plank make doing mahogany planks is around 165k xp/hr and hunter kit can be over 200k xp/hr so I would definitely say it's worth getting Lunars :)

Looking at your stats you will probably struggle to make 4m in 2 days. Your best bet would probably be to either fish swordfish/monkfish or try and kill green dragons and bank their hides and bones.

If these gloves work for chinning it will make for some pretty good xp and really the only use I personally will have for them. I am interested to know why the player has a blue aura though :unsure:

Oh right sorry I misunderstood that part, I thought you meant getting double loot :P You can indeed loot them twice per knock-out.

You could probably get away with doing monkeys at your level, at level 80 you gain at least 160k xp/hr and you steal enough lobsters so that you don't need to bring food so it might be an idea just to bring a bit of food with you if you do monkeys. In terms of GP it seems from my experience you make just under 100k gp in 100k xp unless you get lucky with a D Scim drop. As far as I know they can't be double-pickpocketed. They can get quite monotonous though so you can swap between Monkeys, Blackjacking and Pyramid Plunder :) Hope this helps!

I heard about this, did anyone get screenshot? Scroll up a few posts to the top of the page. Sadly I didn't get a screenshot because I stupidly decided to refresh the page to see if they really had removed it so I lost it :P @GuideForScapers: Runescript on IRC usually announces the latest news on the RS website as soon as at appears there so that's how, though I prefer your theories :P

Well that was fast :blink: I'll keep it there anyway, Jagex seem to have been doing that a lot lately :rolleyes:

It's coming back then :thumbup: Edit: The part in italics was in the original news post, however within 5 minutes of them posting it they removed that line.

My thoughts too, unless they have been very pre-emtive they've probably got a lot of work to do if they decide to implement this so we probably wont see it for a couple of months at least. Glad we're seemingly going to get a quick response from Jagex on this though, should hopefully end the speculation about if it is going to happen :thumbup:

Agility: Yep the Ape Atol agility course is the best way to go. Thieving: Again yes, blackjacking is the best way to get to 80 though you can do Pyramid Plunder to break it up a bit. Fletching: Stringing Magic Longbows is around 200k xp/hr and you don't make a huge loss off them either. Hunter: I think Red Salamanders are best, though I'm not 100% sure on that. Mining: Granite for definite until 77, that can get you between 35k-60k xp/hr. Then you can either do coal in the LRCs which is slower but afk-able or keep doing granite to 80. No idea on fishing though, I'd say Monkfish probably. Hope this helps!

My sentiments exactly. While we're at it why don't we add another day of the week?

This pretty much for the reason Linus stated, the monsters you're not praying against rarely hit particularly high so any damage taken can usually be covered by EE(E) or a healing familiar. You need to use a DFS/Elemental/Mind/Body shield against wyverns to avoid taking heavy icy breath damage which can't be blocked by anti-fire potions or shields.

It's supposed to be 2 weeks, however I think it hangs around longer if the person that changed their name doesn't play much.

The best xp/hr would be to power mine granite in the Desert which can get you anywhere between 30k-60k xp/hr. Once you get to level 77 you can swap to mining concentrated coal in the Living Rock Caverns if you want a more AFKable means of training and concentrated gold at level 80. Hope this helps!