Iantiger

I'm nowhere near as knowledgable as Duke in this field, but I would estimate that wearable rares are more valuable because you can actually show people you have them all the time (without trading). ~Ian

1) Fletching: 70 2) Runecrafting: 52 3) Thieving: 61 4) Agility: 56 5) Slayer: 66 6) Herblore: 51 7) Farming: 33 (lol at the number of people who can't spell Herblore) Not too hot I know but I'm heavily into Combat at the moment. Trying to help my clan reach 110 average. ~Ian

Yeah, the community has definitely shown some decline, but there are still nice people out there. I try to be civil to everyone I meet, even if they are bugging me slightly (had some Lv38 asking me every question under the sun while I was at bandits the other day... bless :) ) Good to know that some people still make the effort too ~Ian

My 4th anniversary of Iantiger + Runescape is coming up next month :oops: ~Ian

Well done Lode! I used to have a purple one, but traded it for a whip as they were passing each other in value. *kicks self* ~Ian

I like runecrafting, mining and smithing. I hate herblore, agility and farming. I got bones to peaches earlier today from the Mage Training Arena so my new favourite skill is about to become combat :wink: ~Ian

It's a ROOK. Sounds like a pretty crazy idea, I'm not sure about the christmas hats, as not everyone has them. ~Ian

Be a bit more grateful. That's more than most people got. ~Ian

That was pretty frantic! I guess everything was dropped in the space of 5 minutes. I didn't get anything, only saw 2 pairs of rune legs but lag ensured I didn't get anything. It was still a great time though, Thanks ebony and good luck irl. Who got the masks btw? ~Ian

Use the search button and find the previous topic :roll: ~Ian

Ooooh exciting :D Count me in. ~Ian

Never knew that! Thanks, ~Ian

:shock: ~Ian

I really like the feeling I get when I'm walking around Runescape wielding my Book of Balance (Guthix). Or maybe I'm just weird! ~Ian

Dam, I love reading these sort of posts - a bit of personal history is always good to share. Pre-Main Account Made my first account in January 2002. Wandered around in the cow fields around Lumby for a very long time, not really knowing what I was doing - remember there was no tutorial island back then. I remember some person with the word Angel in their name helping me out. I was asking how to cut logs, how to light fires, how to cook meat, simple stuff like that. I got bored and left the game. 1-10 2 Months later I returned (dunno why - boredom I guess) and created the character which is now my main. It took me WEEKS to learn my way around the map, I was continually getting lost. One day I was in this large market place which I later learned was Varrock. A very kind person gave me full iron and I was happy. 11-20 Eventually found my way to Edgeville, and trained on Men, with the help of these 2 very kind people (Jandrew and Mizz Killa), who were bf and gf. I didn't get on that well with Jandrew, and eventually we just started avoiding each other. 21-30 Mizz Killa gave me a black battleaxe. I was so happy, I held onto it for ages and ages, eventually buying full black. I trained in Goblin village with Mizz Killa helping me and keeping me company. Later, Mizz Killa quit the game, I wasn't to see her for another 2 years. And somebody scammed me out of my black armour and battleaxe with the Trust Test. 31-50 Met a really nice guy called Daryl88, and we spent many a long afternoon training in the Ice Caves, venturing down to the Ice Warriors just to see if we would survive, and generally having fun. I somehow got full addy armour. 51-70 I came home one night from Karate practice and my Dad had bought me members. I was so happy! My mining, which has always been my favourite non-combat skill, finally reached 60 and I started to mine a lot in my spare time, eventually reaching addy mining - in these days, you had to repeatedly click on a rock to get the ore, and the rocks didn't change colour - so mining was much harder to level. I bought a green mask and a santa hat, the day after they were each dropped for 50k each. 71-80 I don't recall much of this period. I was mainly levelling up skills and just getting the odd combat level here and there. 81-90 RS2 was released as I hit the low 80's. I did the LEGEND'S quest at I think level 86. In the guild I made a friend, who would eventually lead me to the clan I'm now in, Echo Of Silence. 91-100 (PRESENT) With long breaks of several months, I was probably only active on Runescape for 1/10th of 2004-2005 inclusive, which saw me only gain 10 combat levels. I somehow afforded a purple party hat when they were only 3 million, right after the dupe from RSC had been cleaned up. I later sold this for 9 million and bought a whip, which was a mistake admittedly. I also joined Echo Of Silence in the low 90's. I also got 85 mining sometime in the low 90's. A lot of other random stuff, and here we are today =) ~Ian

Long long ago, in a game far far away... well actually I'm referring to the days of RS Classic - especially in the early stages - it was very exceptional to see people walking around in full rune. Then, as the game progressed, it became more accessible/available/affordable to the lower levels, and lower levels... and yet lower levels... and so on, until the current stage we have been at for a few years, where every newbie and his dog is wearing full rune. Now perhaps I'm just getting paranoid in my old age, but I am convinced the same is starting to happen with whips. They are NOT cheap items, no matter what some of you millionaires may claim. 2.5 million or whatever the current going price for them is, is hard earned money, yet I'm now seeing the majority of level 70+ players running around the world with whips in hand. What do you think? Is the community becoming more efficent at making money in general, and thus the average Joe has no trouble affording such an item? Are too many whips being introduced the game at once? Am I getting paranoid in my old age? Or is this just another extremely pointless thread with no discussion potential? ~Ian

Zezimamaz Pl0x!!11one!!! Now give me fr33 st0ff!

Imaketoilets Nice guy too. ~Ian

FACT: Every time an update is made in RS, there's always SOMEONE finding fault with it. FACT: It won't get changed. ~Ian

Ar - Dough (as in the uncooked bread) - N Basically the same as zerox1112 said: ~Ian

Echoing my thoughts exactly. When do you call it a day and cash your rares in? If you continually keep hold of them, and don't ever sell them, they have no value if you see what I mean. Obviously they have value, but if you never sell them they don't... I think :? ~Ian

No I'm sorry, I think this is a bad idea. I just don't see the point. As many have pointed out, this is just like having an extra inventory slot, thus making the game easier than it already is. ~Ian

Loved reading every minute of it. You write some great material Duke. Loved the graphs as well, but I don't agree with your prediction for the future prices of some items, especially over such a short space of time. I think there are too many unaccountable factors to make an accurate guesstimate. And judging by the previous price rises... excluding the craziness of p hat exponential rise in the last year, the majority of increase has suffered so many setbacks it always seems to rise more linearly than exponentially. ~Ian

The same happened to me as a young'un. Some higher level gave me a set of iron armour. I was over the moon. Unfortunately 2 years later, when I was the higher level, the same individual outright asked me for my password and went straight to my block list. ~Ian

Lol that's awesome. It's the first significant thing I can clearly remember in my Runescape career - I passed you guys as you were going through Fally :oops: ~Ian