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I think it's pretty fair to say that they are ignorant to the communities and don't spend much time actually playing their own game, referenced by a big load of mistakes and mishaps, none of which they've ever admitted.

Training skills beyond 99 is very much legit and shows you didn't train the skill just for cape/etc. However, i don't see any reason to cut willows at 99 wc. Ivy is faster(not 100% sure on this as i got 99 before ivy) and more afk, teak is faster/more money/more fm xp, sawmill is much faster xp.

Well, the theory is, that because rapier is always better than 2h for stabbing and can keep up with it for slashing(up to medium defense), and because you'd use box for crush/magic weak opponents, the rapier is a good alternative(an alternative, it's not better) for 2h, let alone baxe(which is in almost every way worse than 2h). I'm 100% sure a team with 4 2h and one rapier is better than 5 2hs, so even when a weapon isn't better, because of the diversity of monsters, it's better for a team.

Well, in theory, if it's worth using spear, it'd definitely be worth using rapier, so that logic should still apply. As evidenced by your great DPS calcs, at infinite defense, rapier and spear are equal for stabbing, so it's really the best stabbing weapon in daemonheim. Add to that that it's always around 25% better for slashing(and the difference actually goes up with defense level, 23% at 0 def, 33% at infinite) and it just strengthens this theory.

If it was, why was this posted on general DISCUSSION? No discussion value about giving us that information, really, and as i said, fightcaves aren't affected by updates anymore, so only dungeoneering really suffers, but not alot(you don't actually lose anything).

Because you have to give them a reason gto level up beyond a certain point. Once it becomes more of a grind, then their needs to be goals and objective rewards that you can look forward too. Then again, everyone can't have everything. It'd be stupid to expect to win the nobel prize in physics and the super bowl MVP. It's just not realistic. Specialization within the game would actually be a great thing(and it already is).

Umm, as far as i can tell, rapier is always better than spear if don't need crush. The max hit for spear is about the same as rapier on berserker(~19%). For stab, rapier is alot less accurate but is 25% faster, if you use stab on stab-weak monsters, it's always better(up to ~25% better). For slash, the accuracy bonuses are very close where as rapier keeps it's speed advantage, rapier is always around 25% better. For crush, you'd use surgebox...

Sorry, this is 2010, not 2007. If it takes you 10 minutes to finish a fight cave wave or a boss monster, you really suck. Dungeoneering is the only place really that could suffer from an update, but the maximum time you could lose is around 20 minutes(and also it's very thrilling to finish a dungeon just before update). Since jagex hasn't promised us an update today, there is no reason to feel let down by them(not that letting people down isn't their thing). I've really learned alot about not expecting anything from jagex reacently.

Unless the update date doesn't end with November in the month column, they've done nothing wrong, learn some patience.

Because you'd have to work to keep up with the Joneses. Just sayn', people are lazy, particularly adolescent teenagers, and want everything instantly.

Actually +5 boosts are frequent enough(~9%) assuming you do a load of effigies at a time. One skill that isn't boostable at all is summoning, but fishing and agility are really easy to get a +5 boost for(pies). +2 rc boost can be gotten in the goblin city.

This is one of my favorite Runescape stories. First person to 99 ranged gets banned so he does it again (was legit both times, apparently) . . . and becomes both the first and second person to 99 ranged. Lol. And the most ridiculous thing about it is that nobody really knows how stupidly hard ranged was in rsc, so they can't appreciate the achievements(there were like 100 99 rangers at the release if rs2).

Well, more than likely, looking at how he is approaching the goal(and i don't think there is anything wrong with how he is doing it), Jebrim V won't even be in the top 100 at 200M. Most likely, only two of those accounts will be on the front page. And well, going by what was cool, look up the history on snake slava/slavik.

I think they were introduced with the release of rs2, but they have never really been very popular due to the lack of a dragon warhammer(which has been rumored for years). Statius warhammer is basically the only good example, but even that is only good for it's special.

The fact that the moneymaking is spread around a period of many years doesn't make it faster. Fact is, in p2p, you make around 10M an hour merchanting and much less in p2p, meaning rune platebodies are never the more efficient method(and even then we are assuming you are a great merchanter, which not everyone is), not to mention, you'd be better off using that money on other skills. Also consider that because you have two ge slots, atleast one of them if not both NEED to be filled with offers for rune bars and rune platebodies(because max money can only buy you runite bars for 8m xp).

It's not about the particular items but the fact of efficiency(and really, sure, thrones are costly, but when money grows on trees, they are the most efficient method). If you can't understand comparisons like that no wonder how you'd not understand how mindless making rune platebodies is(particularly going for 200m xp). Making rune platebodies is around 28 gp/xp and rune 2h's are 7 gp/xp, meaning that you'll need 4x the money, 4x the time of moneymaking for around 30% faster xp. And please, don't try to be as stupid to say that making 5.6B in f2p takes no time. The ge doesn't make offers for you, doesn't let you put new offers in(and doesn't plan for you) while you are training and whatever else, not to mention, you can't make ANY money while actually smithing(2 spots for rune bars and platebodies). Fact is, For any realistic purpose, smithing runite 2h's and platelegs is much more efficient, particularly in free to play.

Are you implying that this guy is a hypocrite? :unsure: You better watch your language... :lol: Anyway, while everyone considers this achievement could have been gotten a year ago(when odin got 199m), you also have to consider larryrs achievement- he could have gotten 200m like 5 years ago(and was a real legend).

Firstly because they wouldn't be significantly better xp than smalls or mediums, so there really isn't a need for it. Secondly, because it would cause too much lag and be too 'costly' for the servers. If you want to solo large for fun you can, so there is no reason for an update.

I also only got 45-48k xp an hour from 86 to 87, so i just stopped. Never crafted a rune since i killed myself for that level. For higher xp, you need perfect internet connection, high attention, fast clicking ability and mousekeys, otherwise i'd say your xp rate is normal.

Just because one wasn't enough... In any way, the two possibilities of moving forward are to max other skills alongside or start separate accounts to max the same skill on, both already well in use.

Clearly, because they weren't traded for cash before trade restrictions were put in place... Like you'd know anything. Partyhats would would actually crash very hard as there would be no difficulty in acquiring them and they'd have no arbitrary value in addition to strong ge value. Free trade would also work wonders on reducing inflation and giving ge more value. Really, there is little downside(jagex would actually have to start working on banning bots) and alot of upside(REAL pking, staking, reduced inflation, no arbitrary money, ge working as it's supposed to) for the idea, so there are alot of reasons it could and should be brought back.

I can already see where this is going. Calling people stupid who disagree with you... So you'd bring back free trade like it used to be, along with the host of problems we had before. In reference to the OP's original question, I'd have to say no. Anyone who thinks free trade excludes the possibility of a stock-market-like system really deserves to be called stupid, and there is nothing to disagree about(our financial systems rely on it working, and the example of runescape just proves restricted trade and stock-market don't work). And well, if by bringing back a host of problems you mean bringing back gold-farming and botting, i'm fine with it(imagine only if Brett Favre came back...oh wait..).

There would be no percentages. Go learn something about how stock markets work(of which, again, the ge is a cheap ripoff, if there were no price restrictions, the ge would work as it's supposed to). You are only showing stupidity right now(like alot of others). A stock market is supposed to work with no price restrictions, adding restrictions is the reason for it not working properly.

The major reason free trade was removed was to eliminate botting and gold-farming. Now that it's back, it's safe to say jagex screwed themselves over by that update(the game was growing until that particular update and hasn't been as popular ever since).

Simple. Because they don't pay for it.(this really is getting off topic, i'm sorry)