Sumpta

Well, am I late to this party. Regarding the "older men" discussion: I dated an older guy over summer. He wasn't that much older, 6 years or so, but he made a rather big deal out of it. In any case, while he may have had the good job and the houses and all that shit, he definitely didn't have it together any more than any guy my own age I've dated. He was terribly insecure, kept worrying about the size of his penis and about me leaving him for a woman, only to eventually break it off because he didn't love me. People tend to be conflicted at any age. They also tend to hope that as they age, they'll gain wisdom and clarity in exchange for losing their youth, but I don't think it really works that way. Still, I do tend to be attracted to older men. I love a good head of pepper and salt hair on a guy. Sadly, most men lose their hair as they grow older :razz:. Also, I don't know who said that "older" women who are still single, are single for a reason and should be steered clear of... but I take offense :wink:. Relationships go awry, end,... and not all women can or want to jump from one relationship to another. Especially since we're now able to get the good jobs and the good houses all by ourselves too. But I suppose that some would argue that self-sufficient women should be avoided.

I did a convict mission and a missionary mission today... between the two of them, I don't know who's the worst! The convict threatened to report me to the white knights (how did he know I used to train on white knights back in my noobie days? :razz:) and the missionary's a religious nut who calls the sea orphans beasts and wants to bash in zamorakian skulls... this is not going to end well. I should be getting my third ship today, though I'm not sure if it's going to help much initially. I'm having troubles manning just my two ships adequately to reach the 12k stats. I also get the impression that the system is made just so that we're always going to have to take risks to get the trade goods and the scrolls. The reqs are always moving out of my reach. Time to man up, I guess, and start sending out more slightly lower % voyages.

Is this compared to the slate rudder? Because if it is, then yum!

I'm struggling at the moment... Today, I've had either 11 or 12k voyages, or "easier" (3 x 2.8k) trait voyages that don't get me the necessary slate to upgrade my ship. Only have the hull updates left anyway, they won't get me reasonably close to those stats either. I'm loathe to reroll, especially now that I can still do all the voyages in one day. I'm 61% in the Hook region, but I'm happy to hang around here a bit longer to get more slate for a few port buildings. The Scythe looks scary... I'm hoping that a badass 10k chimes captain will show up soon in my crew roster, now that I've saved nearly 12k chimes. He'd make things a bit easier I'm sure. It's a bit sad to see the voyages lengthen in time. I liked spending time in my port, but with the longer voyage times, it'll become more of a 2x and maybe even 1x daily activity.

Yup, I lost my one of my Overseers (still miss that guy) at a high success rate. Don't remember the exact %, but it was in the 70s.

Honestly, I think it's luck of the draw plain and simple. My first two missions in the Hook were a 10k and a 10.5k req one, to my great horror.

This thread seems to have a different effect on people than intended by the OP. Thanks for the heads-up :grin:. I just bought the golden membership -- after my long lapse of two years and my renewal a few months ago, I had to pay 6,95 € a month. Now it's 5,41 €. Thanks to player owned ports I didn't hesitate about the year long commitment either. You instantly get all the perks, except the extra spin, btw.

I'm considering it, as of right now most of my slate missions are 5k+ requirements and I'm lucky if I can get 60-80% on them. I've got a few tier 3 crew members and I'm thinking about going back to skulls to get gun powder and leveling them up. I'm leaving the hasty path too. I had a good day at the Hook today, completed most missions with ease, got myself a Chimera and a Clansman for each stat. Still, tomorrow I'm waving the Hook (mostly) goodbye and sending the bad-ass team out to get gunpowder and bamboo for all the port upgrades. I'll be dging mainly for the next few months anyway, so I don't need all the scrolls and the gear and the xp-boosts that urgently anyway. I want to concentrate on building my port and getting the adventurer's stories completed.

I think you can skip them, but I'm not sure. It might be worth getting the gunpowder rudder anyway. The Hook missions are quite long already, 2 to 3 hours, so spending that bit of gunpowder may be worth it, considering that you'll be wanting your first few hundreds of slate for crew and the bigger ship updates, not for the slate rudder.

I'm thinking of doing a few slate missions now to get the resources to buy the upgraded crew and then taking that crew back to the bamboo and gunpowder region to collect resources for the buildings. It's no use training the old crew, I want those newly trained big shots who can then go do the harder slate missions with a bit more ease...

Well, I had a really bad port day today. Yesterday I didn't fail one mission, today I failed four (one in the 80% range and another well over 90%). Plus one bannerman dead after a 67% trip. I just sent out my last mission at 53% - couldn't reach the 7k requirement even with good crew and all the ship updates available. Anxiously awaiting the mayhem that will come of it. You win some, you lose some, I guess. I wonder if it's better to skip the mission when you can't reach +70% or to take the risk rather than gain nothing at all. What tactics are you guys following? Doing all the missions, or do you guys leave some open at the end of the day if they're unattainable?

I remember seeing/reading this too. I'm at 85% in the skull region with 4 voyages left. Don't think I'll make it to the next region either today :sad:.

I do 1-30 C6 small rushes, killing only GD rooms. For my 30+ meds I aim for 10% mod. They take 20-25 mins. Usually you can get 10% by killing all monsters except for dead end rooms. In dungeons with many dead ends, you may end up with slightly less % though. Same goes for only doing GD rooms: if there happen to be very few in the dungeon, you'll go deep into the negative percentages only doing them. It may not be recommended for optimal speed and xp/hour, but I find I get very inattentive and start making mistakes (leaving doors unlocked, rushing into boss room by accident,...) if I rush dungeon after dungeon. I get more fun out of DG and can play it longer at a time when I "complete" dungeons. Not saying I recommend my tactics -definitely not if you're looking to maximize xp/hour-, just pointing out that you should find the style that suits you.

Is anybody else getting a lot of "trait" missions? I had an "eager" and an "eagle-eyed" one yesterday and another "eager" one today. All my captains already have that trait (one captain even has two 'eagers', yes, I checked, it's possible - morale stacks in that case), so that's basically a useless voyage I can't do and can't replace by a better one :sad:.

Hmmm... I just chose my whaler scroll special voyage out of 3 possible voyages for his character, but they didn't give me normal voyages extra instead. Maybe after its return? I still have two assassin special voyages in the list though, maybe that's a factor too. I am absolutely adoring this update by the way. It's been a long time since I was this keen on logging in.

DG bosses are a mess right now. I didn't encounter too many problems with cursebearer on C6 yesterday though, as long as I kept ability spamming. But I also experienced Thunderous grabbing you without the time to hide. Worst of the crowd: Blink. He's lethal. Downright crazy, which is in keeping with the character they created for him, I guess. He hits for nearly max life points very regularly (here it comes - kapow). He's also glitched: if I tele out while he's stuck at a pillar, he remains there for the rest of the fight, spamming his kapow effect. Only way to get him down is a routine of tele - hit - tele -hit. As for the usual DG monsters, they hit a bit harder, but are still very easy to take down. They're nowhere near their pre-EOC difficulty.

I'm just trying to make the ground feel noticed But does it ever notice you back? You can't keep giving and giving yourself to it!

The thing is that alcohol clouds the judgement. Just because you think you're an awesome, upgraded version of yourself when drunk, doesn't actually mean that you are. Alcohol is tricky that way. There's a very fine line between pleasantly buzzed and annoyingly wasted. Plenty of guys who approach me drunk think their game is great. They also think I can't tell that they're drunk and misconceive toleration (as in, I don't sock them in the eye) as scoring. I agree with Donnie and Omar about starting out with simple things. My aunt once gave me the pro flirting tip to just seek eye contact with people on the streets, in bars,... It makes people feel noticed, which in its turn makes them notice you. You wouldn't believe what a difference that makes. It may be a more successful tactic for girls, but I'm sure it would benefit us all to do this instead of always looking at the ground as if we're looking for lost change.

Ouch. That's a painful situation. I think you'll just have to wait and see for yourself how she's doing. Maybe she is just putting on a brave face, but she might also be genuinely relieved. Right now, you don't know what happened between them. All you can do is ask her how she's doing and show her you'll listen if and when she wants to talk. If she is putting up an act and refuses to deal... well, I think you should go with it, up to a point. It's no use prodding her, but I don't think you should blindly go with the fake 'happy happy' either. If I were you, I'd probably look for some non-committal middle ground and keep alert so I could catch her if and when she did reach her breaking point. As for the drunk/sober issue. I despise it when drunk guys try to make passes on me. Always have. There are the uncommon occasions when a bit of mutually tipsy flirting is a lot of fun, but it's rare for both parties to hit the inebriation sweet spot at the same time.

Thank yoooouuuuuuuuuuuuu Jagex. I'm pretty excited for the combat change after all. I might lay low for a bit until the first guides pop up though. /lazy

The Cabin in the Woods is pretty awesome indeed. And I usually despise horror flicks :-). Finally went to see Skyfall. It was good, but not as great as it had been hyped up to be. Loved all the references to the old school Bonds though.

All of this sounds... awesome. I'm confused. Two new skills! Man, they just never give me the chance to be maxed.

If you don't want to go in person, you can pay your respects in other ways, like a phone call to the family or a handwritten letter. I wouldn't feel guilty about not going; it's a very personal choice and I think it would be wrong of people to say that you don't care simply because you didn't go. What I would say though is if the issue makes you feel emotional, perhaps going would be a good way of obtaining closure. I don't mind what other people think, it's more the standards I set for myself that continually bite me in the a**. He is dead, I'm alive, the least I can do is go to the service. And as you say, it will bring me some closure. I'm living in dread of the service because of what it'll bring to the surface, but I'll be relieved when it's over, when I've done what I feel is right. And maybe I do need a good cry. I'd just rather not cry in public, but funerals with their pictures and their music and their personal testimonies are brutal every single time, even when it's people I hardly knew. Thanks for your reply. I rarely share my romantic woes (if you can consider this one), so it's nice to get a reaction. Okay, maybe at the point of saying "me:you me and whoever else I feel like", you could have thrown her a bone as well... either by saying "just you and me, what do you think?" or "you me and whoever else I feel like or someone you'd like to invite". I have to admit, although I completely agree about what you said on assertiveness and at least leaving the question on her side of the court, there's nothing in that exchange which makes me think she's interested at the moment anyway. When she asked, "Who is going?" it's implicated that she expects other people to be there. I'd have to agree. In a super optimistic interpretation, you might see her question as a way to confirm if it was a date, but the fact that she didn't message later that day as she said she would, is not a good sign. Women who seem to "obey" rarely actually do. If they do, it's usually because it suits their own purposes :). Any kind of new surroundings can be used as a turning point. I do think you need some new environment to make the change not too awkward, though. I don't think it's wise to set all one's hopes for college. First of all, it's far from the be-all and end-all. If "life" doesn't happen with college, there are still plenty of opportunities after that. Plus, radically changing yourself is hard and rarely desirable. It's more a process of growing into yourself, maybe? College is a very good start to break away from home, to start developing your adult self and to meet new people who are more likely to be suited to your personality. I found it very liberating. I didn't feel like I changed myself going to college, but rather that I could finally *be* myself.

Okay, maybe at the point of saying "me:you me and whoever else I feel like", you could have thrown her a bone as well... either by saying "just you and me, what do you think?" or "you me and whoever else I feel like or someone you'd like to invite". Just an idea. Being assertive =/= telling people what to do or calling all the shots. In other news, my ex died in a traffic accident. We broke up some years ago and didn't have much contact, but it was an intense relationship with a lengthy fall-out. He was a smart and good guy, even though he pushed my buttons, and he'll be sorely missed by many. Ugh. I've been wondering if I should go to the funeral and decided that while I really really don't want to go, I'll feel terribly guilty if I don't. So I'll have to toughen up and find a way to get through it without turning into a puddle of tears.

Aha, so the update is nigh upon us. I haven't played the beta enough to judge its balance or whether it's ready, but I have to admit I dread the update. My main use of combat is while slaying and dging. Combat-heavy at a reasonable difficulty level for lengthy periods of time. In these circumstances, I don't like how the adrenaline system turns into a spam clickfest. There are far too many abilities, the tabs within tabs are messy and confusing. I like that there's momentum, but I'm not sure if it's really the right answer to this problem. Feels like a quick fix tbh. I also fear that the multi-combat set-up will turn slayer into even more of a dog eat dog business in order to get kills.