quote please Done so already, read further back. Wrong, you are operating under the assumption that you have a finite number of skills you can do. you imply that if i buy magic logs to burn, i cannot go woodcutting later. you are implying that if i buy my ores to train smithing i cannot go mining later. you are implying that if i buy herbs to train my herblore i cannot go farming later time is the constraint, not the number of skills you can train You have incorrectly quoted me on here so please quote accurately as I have not made such a blasé statement. I am implying that simply buying your way to a 99 may be fast for that 99 but may not positively influence other skills. Most players think this way in the game because they’re desperate for 99’s but my personal preference is not to do it that way. Of course you can do any skill you want in any fashion you choose but do not assume that your own way is the ‘correct’ way or the most efficient way either because they’re neither here or there if the players choice doesn’t suit it. Nobody implied that you couldn’t do one skill then the other, YOU did. I’m illustrating that trying to bludgeon your way to single 99’s without making use of other related skills may not necessarily be that efficient, and for me certainly, not fun, and its not costing me a penny to do it. That’s MY choice, you know for me, moi, so I’m not wrong. all skills are completely independent of other skills, except perhaps summoning slayer and hitpoints which can be isolated by reduction of a system of linear equations anyway the ore you mine is independent of the bars you smith - i can mine iron and smith adamantite. how many times must i say this - you can train the production skills completely separately from the gathering skills if you want and generally not lose out, a few notable exceptions being superheating while mining gold and using the adze while chopping trees what you just said (your most recent post) matches up perfectly with your previous post and with my criticism thereof.