Looking Back on Skill Capes, A whole Year Ago

[Nivek180]

Hehe, this update didn't really affect me since I'm f2p.

 

 

 

I know from a lot of my friends that *most* people now say "nice cape" instead of "wow, 99 ___". I think to have a 99 in a skill is great to have, and a cape makes it better, but the cape isn't everything.

 

 

 

Also, I can't believe a year has passed since it came out. I wouldn't have even noticed until I saw this post. :ohnoes:

 

 

 

I think this deserves hot topic :thumbsup:.

[Aneron]

Probably wouldn't have been motivated to get 99 fm if not for the cape :P

[Skate4u]

when it came out i was like...cool i guess..i don't really wanna put that much effort into a game but now its like..i want a f2p skill 99 to be ownage :P so i guess it kinda changed me :lol:

[Freesia]

It gave me the last form of motivation I need from "mastering" the skill to a 99. That update just really changed how skilling is looked upon in RS.

[Zaaps1]

It rose prices of a lot of things, like yew lobs and raw lobsters.

[VjuliusT]

It gave me an urge to get 99 ranged instead of 95 that is the level where you cannot hit higher with magic shortbow.

 

 

 

Why ? It's because of that darn green cape -.-

[SwreeTak]

The skill cape update probalby affected many of the RS players, and I think that it made many of my friends to try even harder to get that 99 that they have dreamt about. And some of them achieved it, and now they have one or more of those skill capes.

 

Myself though, I haven't really cared about those skill capes. I think it's because I haven't gone for any 99 yet. But when I start going for a 99, that skill cape will probalby make me work even harder to get it, so I can show the world that I have achieved a 99 :)

[Manafi]

It's given people a reason to get 99(a flashy cape) and it when you wear it it's easyier for people to see that you have 99

[Mazurizi]

Yeah, before the Capes of Achievement came out, I was awed by my friend who just got 99 Woodcutting and Firemaking. This was the first time I heard of someone to get that high of stats before. After the update, I would be more than 75% of blogs and what not were changed or had added a 99 goal.

 

 

 

So I definitely believe this has changed the way the gamers looked at the game.

 

 

 

*bows* :)

 

 

 

But yeah I'd say that it has affected the way I play. I only got 99 Hitpoints for the cape. Although I'd put 99 Hunter onto cash. And 99 Woodcutting and Firemaking was a goal I was doing ages before skill capes were released. I started at 88 Woodcutting, I was 95 before the update was released, and already 99 Firemaking.

[Harrington]

I can't believe it was only a year ago.... it feels like so much longer.

 

 

 

The new capes have definately changed the way i play RS. Before the capes there was little reason to advance skills to such a level. In fact, when they were released, I had only one lvl 99 skill. Since their release last october, I have gained an additional 7 capes lol, bringing my total to 8.

[Jason321]

So its been a year already...When the capes came out I guess I had little interest in any 99s, except woodcutting. Here I am now and only gained 3 99s :wall:

[drgnslyer_15]

Skill capes didn't change the way that i played the game. I just wanted a nice total with some nice stats. 99s are quite nice so i got a few to help boost my overall total.. I really didn't care too much about the skil capes

[EWSentinel]

Skill capes didn't change how I lvl or what i lvl, but they did enhance my enjoyment in having 99s, allowing me to not have to answer "str lvl?" questions as much. ;)

[Smavey]

The only part of the update that applied to me was the quest cape and yeah I'm pretty stoked about the update actually because I rarely buy stuff (always gather it myself right) so yeah it's awesome :D

[Maximusa]

Its obviously effected the prices and everyone has a goal for 99 it seems.

 

 

 

For me it just made things more difficult. I liked the look of the fm cape and decided I wanted it.. except I need a partner skill to train with it such as wc. So instead of my goal of 99 mining and smithing I had previous the update, I now got to cut stupid trees and burn things. :P

 

 

 

It hasnt effected the way I train or the cost for me. I am maybe more motivated and glad you atleast get SOMETHING at 99 but thats about all. Its a nice way to show off your accomplishment to others while feeling proud yourself.

 

 

 

Btw I dont have a goal for 99 actually but rather just train them and know they will be 99 sooner or later while I train other stuff too..

[YokazenoKyoukan]

it hasnt really changed the way i play, i skilled back when the capes wheren't out and i still skill now...mind you i stick to one skill at a time now to get 99 but i did the same thing, almost...i often bounced from one skill to another.

[hatebringer]

Yeah, i remember when they came out, and i was already at around 80 fletching, so it made me want to get 99. I bought the supplies on that same day, before the massive jump in prices, and made like 5m profit from making all the bows. If the capes didn't come out, i probably wouldn't have gotten 99 Fletching.

[Lizzard]

Skill capes massiveley increased the amount of 99s especially in Cooking and Fletching. So, yeah, I'd say this update was maybe one that affetcted game play and players most. Though I'm a Freeplayer..

[andufusthebronze]

I only own one cape, and at the moment I do not have the ability to wield it, the quest cape. I would have gone for all quests done without the capes probably, because they where the reason I became a member.

 

 

 

I admit my current main long term goal is influenced by capes of achievement, because I am going for the fishing cape. I doubt I will ever get certain capes however. Slayer is one of them, and mining.

 

 

 

I used to hate ranged, but I have recently taken a liking to it, so if I do ever get enough bone bolts, I probably would go for 99 ranged.

 

Andu

[primadog]

I haven't got a chance to go through the conversation yet, but i'll just add a little historical info.

 

 

 

food for thought

 

2006:

 

[GreyNite]

prolly still would of been a pker now if it wasnt for that update :D

[Ice_and_Spec]

didnt affect me much i tryed to go for 99 hunting but gave up at 67 not much a goal oriented person i guess but whatever -.-

[jsboutin2]

I didn't really go for it...

 

 

 

I was like 80 fletch and loving and told to myself:"I should get 99!"

 

 

 

Actually 95 :D ...

[That]

I didn't quite get what it was.. so I looked it up. And it seems that the term 'Achievement' cape seems to sound right :P. I just started my first RS account about 10 minutes ago, and I SWEAR ON MY LIFE I WILL HAVE AT LEAST 1 99 SKILL BY THIS DATE NEXT YEAR.

[DRUMINATOR17]

I didn't quite get what it was.. so I looked it up. And it seems that the term 'Achievement' cape seems to sound right :P. I just started my first RS account about 10 minutes ago, and I SWEAR ON MY LIFE I WILL HAVE AT LEAST 1 99 SKILL BY THIS DATE NEXT YEAR.

 

 

 

I should have died a few times for real life reasons and one of them being the fact that I believe way back when a whole year ago I prolly even said the same thing, that I too would have at least 1 level 99 Skill within a year of Skill capes being out.

 

 

 

But I didnt, and im not dead