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Is granite faster? Sure, once you figure out the rhythm, and figure out that you need to concentrate to make those 60-80k/hr rates possible. You won't have to concentrate nearly as much with gold, especially at higher combat levels. Granted, I'm not going for 99 - but I've been doing Living Caverns since it came out and have made it to 87 with no pain. Granite made me hate my life, but gold is actually somewhat enjoyable. You might consider alternating - doing granite when you can spare the concentration, and gold when you can't. That might help stave off the inevitable burnout.

Well, with life being pretty busy, my play time has been cut back to a minimum. That's not a bad thing at all! I log on after 7PM EST, buy my seaweed, get my sand and essence, kill Bork - you know, daily stuff. I might play a little longer afterward, which is how I got my 85 Hunter last night. I tell ya, those Pawya and Grenwall are horribly annoying to hunt. I go hunt them once I get around 100 papaya banked - and it's so frustrating when 20 papaya nets you 8 Pawya, which gets you roughly 3 Grenwall. That's with me smoking the traps, too! I know the Grenwall spikes are very valuable on the street, but I'm using them myself because I range, and I don't have junk to sell them with. I think next time, I'll go bathe in the mud spring to help catch those critters. I also really need to get to Runecrafting. I've got the essence for 85 RC banked, but kinda dread the (roughly) fifteen hours of making Astrals. And to think I have to make it to 87 by Astrals if I want 99 mage by stringing. I hope to have 85 by roughly... 20 Nov? Two weeks + change? That sounds reasonable. After that, I need to spend some time in Fast SC to get my hammers for 90 Construction and Smithing. I need roughly 60 games - that's another twelve hours of just SC. Granted, the levels themselves will come quickly after that, but still. I want to do some combat. I do have several combat levels as part of my goal for 2030 @ 89 combat. That's going to involve some slayer - currently I have Banshees. I'll go cannon/range the Mighty Banshees, which should get me 86 range. After that I'll switch tasks to the Edge or Canafis master, so I can melee them. Oh, except for the 10th task, which will be Sumona. I'm hoping for 70 Attack, 81 Slayer, and 79 HP from that.

87 Mining 2007: Living Rock Caverns 2008: Gold Ore 2009: Mainly red chins, a few Pawya and Grenwall

2005: Gold ore 2006: Last bit was stringing amulets. Mainly teleports though. And, oh no! Final stats @ 88 combat:

Which was exactly what I was asking. Now, does anyone on the staff have a useful response?

I didn't ask what exists, I asked what CAN exist.

Well, that sucks. I figured there would be more to it.

Stormrage, you don't know that. You really don't know how they implement it. I'd be willing to bet that it gets tweaked soon to cover loopholes that people uncover. Either way, it slows things down, EVEN IF SLIGHTLY, while they work out a good fix. I take this as a positive indication that they know there's a problem.

So there goes PvP tricking. Will prices fall? I think people are going to panic at first, and prices will drop rapidly. Then they'll realize that Jagex didn't nerf it as hard as they thought, and prices will recover somewhat. Glad I sold my rares on a hunch, 2 hours before the update.

Half of the difficulty of Prolog is getting your base predicates right. Hang in there - it takes rewiring your brain a little to think in Prolog. It's been 5years since I used it, so my brain has reverted. I have a Masters degree in CS, so feel free to PM me if you need any assistance.

Sometime on Saturday, I re-injured my lower back. Not sure how, but experience tells me the smallest thing can set it off. This is the worst it has ever been, meaning I sat in a chain in pain all Sunday. Missed church, dang it! So, I played RS. I decided to quest. I must have done ten quests! All novice quests except Wolf Whistle are done, all Intermediate except Spirit of Summer are done. 256 QP! "Only" 22 quests left, several of which I can't do due to lack of Summoning.

Thanks all! Once I rolled 80 Slayer, I went and used a load of pies at Abyssals. When I walked in, I got a lot of "get outta here noob", but as soon as I started hitting 20s on the demons, I got some respect. Haha. Not a bad 15 kills - got a clue and key half. Clue Results:

86 Mining - Concentrated gold ore from Living Rock. 86 Smithing - The gold I mined from Living Rock. 86 Agility - Advanced Gnome. 80 Slayer - Mainly penguin points. Once I rolled 80 Slayer, I went and used a load of pies at Abyssals. When I walked in, I got a lot of "get outta here noob", but as soon as I started hitting 20s on the demons, I got some respect. Haha. Not a bad 15 kills - got a clue and key half. Clue Results:

Only Ard came. Oh well. 1999: Ivy 2000: Green Hides 2001: Living Rock 2002: Gold Ore 2003: Advanced Gnome 2004: Penguins

Online now.

Party tonight! I killed Bork for the first time today. Not difficult at all, really.

So, I got 2000 total tonight, 88 combat. I invited everyone, but only my (real life) friend Ard Choille came. I can remember when I got 99 FM and like 50 people came. It was awesome :-) Guess that's what I get for taking a two year hiatus. Oh well. :-) 2000 Stats: 66 Attack 66 Strength 68 Defense 85 Range 69 Prayer 90 Mage 84 Runecrafting 84 Construction 78 HP 85 Agility 99 Herblore 99 Thieving 99 Crafting 99 Fletching 79 Slayer 84 Hunter 85 Mining 85 Smithing 99 Fishing 99 Cooking 99 Firemaking 99 Woodcutting 99 Farming 1 Summoning

30 hours!

99 Mage will happen for me at roughly 87 RC. Thanks! However, I might sell them all and buy bloods for rock lobsters. But that's neither here nor there.

I know, I made assumptions to ease the calculations. ZMI profit wouldn't change the outcome unless it was massive. As for me, I'm going to make astrals until I have enough for 99 mage (stringing amulets), and then switch to ZMI. I don't care about cash.

That would have been a massive lie, so no. To me, that would be like finding out your future spouse used to be the opposite gender.

I'd be interested to see the analysis on whether or not it makes more sense to get to 91 faster, then spend the time you saved making natures. Here's a rough idea: 82 to 91: 3,481,744 xp Assume: 3000 essence an hour for astrals = 26.1k/hr xp, 340gp profit per essence, 1020k/hr, and 133 hours to 91. 135.6m profit. Assume: 3000 essence an hour for ZMI, @ roughly 18xp per essence = 54k/hr xp, 0 profit per essence, 64 hours to 91. Then you make double nats with the 69 hours you saved. Assume: 3000 essence an hour making natures = 406gp profit per essence, 1218k/hr - 69 hours of that is 84m profit. So doing ZMI to 91, then making natures with the time it saved you costs you roughly 51.6m in opportunity cost. Yes, if you want to maximize your profit, do double astrals to 91. If you just want the levels and not the cash, ZMI all the way.

Frankly, even as socially conservative as I am, I find it silly that it's not controlled much like "real" painkillers and anti-depressants. Those are legal, but you can't just get them whenever you like. So, legal? Yes. Legal to have without a prescription? No.

Confirmed. I have not done the quest, had full summoning points (ha, 1), and was able to complete the task.

Smurf, it's easy to say "easy 99 in less than a month" - but honestly, you're missing the time spent a) making the cash to buy the items and B) time spent playing SC. Heck, that's like saying I could get 99 summoning in a week! Back to MtP's rant. Do you see more concentrated ores in our future?