Thanks for the replies guys, and I think you've all made some good (and some bad) points.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First of all, I dont think it is fair to compare the situation to F2P. In the free servers, magic and ranged REALLY stink. The best ranged armor is green hides and the best mage armor is...wizard robes, the blue ones. Compare this to melee. Even in members, a majority of the meleers are wearing rune armor. This means F2P basically has acess to the same ammount of melee armor as P2P. Theres TONS of mage/range stuff that F2P is missing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another thing that most people aren't realising is that melee fighting requires food (or Guthan's). For the price of full Guthan's armor, I know that I could make it from 70-99 range. If you used food instead, it probably wouldn't cost as much, but isn't food a consumeable good? With melee + food, you have to even leave your training area to replenish food. The only time you have to leave when ranging is when you run out of arrows, which could take a week or longer depending on how much you bought.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My new question is this: is this the fault of Pest Control? Meleeing there requires NO resources, where as it is a complete waste of resources for Magic or Ranged. Is this the training that everyone was thinking of while answering the poll?

I like melee alot because it doesn't use any consumables. I voted for that.

Well, I believe melee is dominant because of all the different methods of attack for every weapon and the special attacks, compared to the magic spells and ranging methods.

Has best Def, and is mainly what your combat is based on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That about sums it up for me.

Has best Def, and is mainly what your combat is based on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That about sums it up for me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

exactly, it lets you last the longest in battles. Mage has horrible deffensive armor and range you have to have a high lvl to get decent armor. Unless you safespot of course, but those are mostly pures.

AFK training :wink:

when you first started the game i bet no one of you came off tut island and the first thing you did what buy 1k bronze arrows to train ranged, or mind runes before you punched or kicked a goblin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plus i dont get why theres so many complaints about this game and you conutune to go back and countune playing the game

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i actauly trained mine mining and runecrafting first :oops:

Melee= Cheap, easy, powerful, and fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's just an all around fun thing to do. I hope Jagex's poll won't do any drastic changes to the combat system :ohnoes: ....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i hope it does. i hope that they make mellee equipment degrade like barrows and crystal maybe even a bit faster then those 2

 

Melee= Cheap, easy, powerful, and fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's just an all around fun thing to do. I hope Jagex's poll won't do any drastic changes to the combat system :ohnoes: ....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i hope it does. i hope that they make mellee equipment degrade like barrows and crystal maybe even a bit faster then those 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doesnt the melee barrows equipment degrade already? im not too sure what you are getting at here =\

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think it's most popular because melee is the easiest/cheapest/simplest way to raise your combat lvl, which is what most of runescape holds as the ultimate goal.

 

 

its the easiest to train and people think cause they have high melees they are gods...

 

 

 

Exactly. I'm sure someone who just started would want 99 Strength or Attack over 99 Magic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you asked any of my friends that they would immediately say 99 magic without a doubt and would "lmao" the crap out of me for even asking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99 Mage + Ancients = Killer cw games (they all cw as if their lives depended on it, and its because its the most effective in castle wars (in my opinion))

 

 

 

i would agree with that.99 mage with ancients is the deadliest combination in runescape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i would agree about melee being popular because its the first thing and most imprtant skill you train when you start but later on in the game when youre taking on big monsters like steel dragons,the kings and jad 85% of the time youre using range or mage

I'm also appauled at that. I can guarentee you almost all of those people are literal newbies who just can't afford the other things. Since so many people voted for that option, you can bet Jagex are going to release something to "fix" that, but instead ruin it even more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I voted for the option that is has the most variety. Which is true, since it's the only thing they ever update...

Could you please be so kind and stop the whining about the mage shortbow special?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mage shortbow is faster than DD.

 

 

 

Mage shortbow is used throughout the fight, DD is only for specing.

 

 

 

Ranged got the update that gives a boost with prayer to the range, range 90+ hits constant 18-20s trough melee armor...

 

 

 

Mage shortbow is worth almost nothing, while DD is 30k+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If there hadn't been two special in a row for MSB in the old days, you wouldn't be missing it now.

I'm also appauled at that. I can guarentee you almost all of those people are literal newbies who just can't afford the other things. Since so many people voted for that option, you can bet Jagex are going to release something to "fix" that, but instead ruin it even more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I voted for the option that is has the most variety. Which is true, since it's the only thing they ever update...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This brings up a good point. Are most of the people who vote in polls just new players who can't even afford arrows? I mean honestly, ranged is very cheap to train in comparison to melee. Mostly because theres more ways to MAKE money while still getting good exp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If new players are the only ones who vote in polls, does this mean that all of the awful updates that we recieve are because of them?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And supernoob, shortbows and daggers attack at the same speed. Also, after all those reasons you listed for ranging being so good, why don't people use it?

 

I'm also appauled at that. I can guarentee you almost all of those people are literal newbies who just can't afford the other things. Since so many people voted for that option, you can bet Jagex are going to release something to "fix" that, but instead ruin it even more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And supernoob, shortbows and daggers attack at the same speed. Also, after all those reasons you listed for ranging being so good, why don't people use it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, the specials, when weapon hits twice, are the same speed, but the attack speed is not. MSB is faster...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DD is as fast as whip, and i know for sure, that MSB rapid attack is faster than whip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What? People are not using range? Of course, melee is more poplar than range, but not because ranged is weaker. As a matter of fact, MELEE is supposed to beat ranged, as ranged beats mage.

easy cheep people like to see high numbers

for me its cos it hits the highest but thats just me right?

I think it's because it is more effecient. It's not just one but three different skills combined. More diversity,Higher hits. I personally like Mage a whole lot better than Combat.

Omg, they are just noobs. Plain and simple. (Sarcasm) I personally have no idea why they say melee is the cheapest. You use the most food, or if you have guthan you have to repair. I've gotten 3.9m mage xp for free, all from barrows. I'm sure there are even cheaper ways of ranging, (bronze arrows at PC perhaps?) Also, I do not pk, some people might say I don't have the gutsto risk my items, this is true, but overall, I hate wjhat it does to the game. If I kill (Or PK you could say) someone, I'd feel guilty that I made that person lose valuable items. But, if I die, I'd be mad that I lost valuable items.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just my two cents,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~Saruman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Range has an "unending cost", with melee you buy a weapon and thats it - as long as you like, not talking about barrows because all classes have to pay for it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think the main reason is that it gives you combat levels more and because its better to pk with. Melee isn't overpowered, range is just underpowered. :wink:

No, really, the fact that melee uses up no cash except the initial buying of the weapon is the reason why I use it all the time.

While this IS the third most voted answer, at 8% of the votes, I cannot understand why the "consumable goods" answer is most voted.

Simple. It's cheaper. I know that I would prefer to mage everything, but it costs WAY too much, so I just melee. 100k up front for a d long is much cheaper then 1k per spell.

 

 

 

The reason it is the most popular is because of one thing: the dragon dagger special attack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most people who are working hard on melee training these days are people who intend to PK. If you want a KO while PKing, all you need is high strength and a DDS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The MSB (magic shortbow) only gets ONE special that delivers two quick hits, but the DDS gets 4 specials. Not 2, not 3, but 4 special attacks that double hit. Add on the fact that melee can harder than a MSB and you've got yourself the best pking weapon in the game.

 

 

 

If I could get unlimited runes, then I would give up the ability to use specs. I think a lot of other people would prefer to cast constant 30s on 9 people then 4 dds specs.

It is just that people cannot think outside the box. Melee is cheapest, so people by dds. The more intelligent people train magic, freeze/bind the meleer and own him. The even more intellingent people then take with them melee AND range so they can own meleers and rangers with dds and own mages with range. Personally, I don't care that melee is the most popular. Use this factor to your advantage and destroy your enemies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I trained melee first because it was a one time buy for me. Then I trained mage not only bacause it helped me with magic defence for melee training, it gives me a feeling of superiority over melee pures because I know I can destroy them. Then I trained range because I realised people will follow the same path, so I could feel even more superior. That's how it works.

Instead of making the topic "Why do you feel melee is the most popular combat choice?". They should have done "Why do you cry about range being weaker"... that'd p-o some pures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Imo melee is just cheaper. Once you have a weapond your good forever but runes and arrows don't last forever.

i love range slaying with crystal bows..however it is very expensive and with msb it is very boring. Very good but expensive or cheap and boring

Well think about it...RS just voted that Melee is their favorite, so Jagex is going to make it better and better...

 

Omg, they are just noobs. Plain and simple. (Sarcasm) I personally have no idea why they say melee is the cheapest. You use the most food, or if you have guthan you have to repair. I've gotten 3.9m mage xp for free, all from barrows. I'm sure there are even cheaper ways of ranging, (bronze arrows at PC perhaps?) Also, I do not pk, some people might say I don't have the gutsto risk my items, this is true, but overall, I hate wjhat it does to the game. If I kill (Or PK you could say) someone, I'd feel guilty that I made that person lose valuable items. But, if I die, I'd be mad that I lost valuable items.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just my two cents,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~Saruman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Range has an "unending cost", with melee you buy a weapon and thats it - as long as you like, not talking about barrows because all classes have to pay for it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think the main reason is that it gives you combat levels more and because its better to pk with. Melee isn't overpowered, range is just underpowered. :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, you can sell that whip.

 

 

 

It's not like you can use 1k mith arrows and then sell them on, because you've lost them.