RangingRoy

I can see everyones points, and using the armadyl godsword is a smart argument. Oh. Except for the fact the majority of people CWARS don't use an armadyl godsword. They use things that arn't as good as armadyl godswords. They use dragon schmitars and whips. Which, may I add, produce a constant stream of xp at a one time cost, and also happen to to be a lot more powerful than my mith bolts, which cost 85 gp each. So for the same price as a DRAGON schmitar, which lasts forever, I get 1.2k mith bolts, which don't last forever. Infact, hardly anywhere near as close. What I am suggesting, is a one time purchase, usable in castle wars and pest control (where there is no risk of dying and losing your expensive melee armour), that provides unlimited shots/runes to a reasonable level. For instance, average player probably wears full rune and schmitar. Sell me a bow for 500k that fires unlimited bolts close to the strength of addy (i'm not even asking for rune or dragon), and I'd be entirely happy.

I would never claim crafting my own takes too long, but the fact of the matter is, it's an unfair system. Say in CWARS... Someone wears a melee get up worth 2 million, with dragon weapons, or a whip. That's 2 million coins, and they never have to spend another one. If a ranger wanted to do the same, and fight with the best reasonably priced armour, bow and arrows. He'd get 200 arrows he needed to replace after that. The system doesn't work.

Assuming that all Mages and Rangers train their selected skill by safespotting, the following is true: Range uses Arrows and no food Mage uses Runes and no food Melee uses armour and food. So, if that is followed as being true, then everyone is generally in the same boat. You need armour/weapons, and one non-renewable resource. It's a fairly fair system, and while everything is different prices, it works out ok. My problem arises when it comes to Castle Wars, or pest control, where the need for food is removed, or not entirely necessary. However, for mages and rangers, the need for expensive arrows and runes remains. I am not content having to fight with iron or steel bolts against people in dragon armour when they are fighting me for free. What would everyones opinion be on what is effectively a single fixed price weapon for castle wars or pest control? My example would be a staff, buyable at the entrance to castle wars, for a fixed price, that is able to cast several spells within castle wars. High end spells, that would put them on a level playing field to the melee fighters. Do you find that the rangers and mages are also mistreated?

Coming up on 7 years for me, completely on and off though. I take a year out, then come back for 6 months :P It's wierd to see how much the game has evolved.

So what is the fastest way to go to and from the dragons? I'm assuming it's jump over the wall in fally, run through the dungeon, kill the drags, teleport to falador. Aside from the agility shortcuts inside the dungeon (a skill which I abhor and consider to be ridiculously slow).. is there anyway to get there and back faster?

I'm pretty sure you used to be able to trade across the water, just wondering if you still can

Across the water between catherby and the island above the black dragons? I'm thinking if I killed drags and popped up and traded with people in catherby, I could sell the hides and bones for bottom price and thus having a continual trip to the dragons.

That's a myth :P

Not tips about the holiday, but rather... Things you are willing to share with people, as a Christmas gift, then you tend to keep quiet on RS! Here is my favourite: Cockroach Workers (lvl 54) are actually a great way to train for high mid levels (80-100). They hit reasonably often, but 15 tuna get's me the following, roughly, in 35 minutes or so: 80 Natures 150 Chaos 2 Ranaar 150 Earth Runes +gems, clues and other herbs. 25 Crimson Charms 15 Gold Charms They are great! Easy to kill and close to a bank! Try them out!

Doesn't mining granite give 120k an hour? Surely that doesn't take 6th months? If you no lifed for two weeks, couldn't you get 14 mil xp?

Not to mention every single one of you should be using Firefox too.

What are some of the best places to train with chinchompas? I am willing to sacrifice faster xp for better drops as I am poorish.

This happens to me frequently. All that happens is I don't play for a while, and then one day, I get an itch. An itch to play. And that's it.. I'm back on it just like that.

Fantastic goal and stats. I was wondering.. How many Chinchompas an hour do you use? I'm level 83 range and I am starting to get frustrated with the slow method of shooting arrows. How many chinchompas can you use per hour and roughly what return of xp do you get from them?

Consider strength like having an enourmous willy. Having one bigger than others impresses your friends, but really it matters what you do with the strength you have. Attack is better. Say, 90 att, 75 def, 85 str.

It can be simplified to this: If one combat style was overpowered or underpowered, by more than an insignificant amount, you wouldn't see any other type of pker in the wilderness, other than that typethat is overpowered.

I consider myself a veteran, despite never really having any high levels or characters or whatever. I've been playing since 2001 or 2002, and have seen this game change completely. Then again, if someone had completed this game and got 99 everything ina year, they would also be a veteran.

It wouldn't work. Tv is about aesthetics. You don't advertise something like Runescape, when the next add on TV is going to be for Gears of War or whatever else. You can't get across the POINT of Runescape in a TV add, it would be a complete waste of money.

msb? what are the new crossbows?

Thanks very much. I take it they have become somewhat of a standard for ranged pking and staking?

How much is a rough cost and also how much do dragon arrows cost? I'm a ranger that has taken an extended leave of absense from the game and want to catch back up.

Theyll just make the max level 199 instead of 99. That way all the players with XP that would get them to somthing ridiculous like 150 would be happy. Add another 100 levels to the wilderness and bingo.

I love the fact we as a geek community are saying stuff like: Yeah, defo a str pure. i'd be like 99 str cus im really strong, but im only 5 foot 5 so my defence sucks. You'd all be like 10 10 10. Except me. I am 10 10 15. :lol: