Achievement Capes' Respect

[ShadowFire]

I agree that Firemaking is far more difficult to 99 than people seem to think, just looking at the total number of people with 99s it's rarer than Attack, Strength, Defence, HP, Ranged, Magic, Cooking, Woodcutting and Fletching yet it's still treated as dirt compared to them.

 

 

 

Not only is there no "Make X" option, but it's 2 clicks per fire made and you HAVE to keep full concentration on the game window at all times. Browsing websites or even typing messages means your character sits doing nothing and then you have the nasty relighting animation every time you are slightly too slow clicking the next fire. Then you've got the issue of finding a place to FM that is empty so you don't have line stealers, meaning eiter using the G.E and spending half your time hopping worlds or going to a quiet place and slip into a coma with the lack of interaction.

 

 

 

As it is, my hand is already in pain from all the clicking to get to 85 firemaking and the complete lack of interaction is driving me insane, yet I'm still 10m exp off 99. Anyone who says Firemaking is an easy 99 either did it with Yews, hasn't even tried it or has the patience of a saint, because it's already driving me mad.

[Kenshinjapan]

edit: And no one better use the "why don't you have it if it's so easy" argument. If i wanted to, i'd get it in 2 weeks. But i prefer a harder achievment. Such as Range or Defense. I like spending months on a skill instead of having it under a month.

 

Range along with prayer, magic, smithing, construction, crafting, and herblore are all buyable capes. Just, b/c they are more expensive does not mean they are not buyable.

 

Range-Chinchompas

 

Magic-Ancientz

 

Prayer-D-bones and Poh...might be fastest skill to get to 99.

 

Smithing-Gold ore

 

How can you look down on fletching and cooking, while you highly upon these skills. They should all be under the same category. "Can be done in two weeks with enough money."

 

Hunter is looked down upon too and you cant buy it.

 

 

 

I can do that pretty easily.

 

 

 

Range-Yes it may be buyable, but cost 3x more as cooking. Which means it takes 3x as long to get(i.e. making the money) and requires attention. I cannot stress that enough. That is the deciding factor in most capes.

 

 

 

Magic-Once more, about 60m? 6x more than cooking and fletching? And you need attention

 

 

 

Prayer-100m.10x more than either cooking or fletching. AT LEAST 10 times harder to get.And attention

 

 

 

Smithing-You need money and attention for this. PLUS the low exp rate.

 

 

 

I've never said anything about hunter.

 

 

 

You see, you can get the money for cooking or fletching and never look at your screen again. All the above require constant clicking and a LOT more money.

 

 

 

I got cooking before cook x and I strung yew bows to 99 with the string all option, is that very fair for people like me?

[Zox]

I respect every cape. If you can take the time to get 13M experience in one skill you should be proud. I can't even do 5 slayer tasks without switching to something else..

[SwreeTak]

For me, a player wearing a skill cape is worth a lot of respect, whatever skill cape it is. But all skill capes are for me not equally valueable, since some, like slayer, take much longer time to get than others, for example the cooking one. And I think the most valueable skill cape is the runecrafting ones.

[Zox]

I hate it when people thought I bought my way to 99 cooking.

 

I say "No, I only spent money on the ingredients and cooked the fish I caught."

 

They then look at my fishing fishing level and call me a complete liar.

 

Who says I didn't bake cakes until 99 cooking?

 

People are so ignorant these days. -.-

 

 

 

Sorry, but with the other 40k people that have a cooking cape it's kind of expected that almost all of them bought it.

[bigtoy]

Fletching and Cooking capes are worth nothing to me, sorry. They are just another skill you can pay for and not pay any attention, then in 2 weeks you have your 99.If that level 83 had level 70 slayer, that 83 would get more respect from me than anyone with just Fletching and Cooking Capes.

 

 

 

Firemaking is iffy, it's not hard, but it is a bit harder than Fletching or Cooking. As it actually requires a lot of attention. I still respect someone with a Fm cape.

 

 

 

Quest Cape, well i'm not sure about this one. For all we know they could've used a guide on every quest. Of course that works both ways. They could've not used guides at all. Nevertheless, the low skill requirements (I think it adds up to like 3m exp in all?) make it not so repspectful. But the fact that they have to continue working on their cape redeems it. Making the quest cape a pretty respectful cape.

 

 

 

Woodcutting is one i have no say on. It has some qualities of cooking and fletching, but some of harder skill capes, like low exp rates for a decent profit. I'd put it around the middle of fm-quest cape level of respect. (Quest being more)

 

 

 

Most respected would probably be Runecrafting. Can't be bought, must pay attention, low exp rates but a good moneymaker.

 

 

 

edit: And no one better use the "why don't you have it if it's so easy" argument. If i wanted to, i'd get it in 2 weeks. But i prefer a harder achievment. Such as Range or Defense. I like spending months on a skill instead of having it under a month.

 

how can 99 rc not be bought? are you on crack? *goes and buys enough ess for 99 rc from lvl32* runs back and forth from alter, oh look i just bought 99 rc

 

and made some profit.

[bigtoy]

As a Farming and Slayer Cape owner, I rank Farming over Slayer. Besides, Slayer cape is too common :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

nub, it wasnt common when i got it :D

[bigtoy]

For me, a player wearing a skill cape is worth a lot of respect, whatever skill cape it is. But all skill capes are for me not equally valueable, since some, like slayer, take much longer time to get than others, for example the cooking one. And I think the most valueable skill cape is the runecrafting ones.

 

 

 

Yes IT WAS SO HARD TO USE W66 law company, all u do is stand there and trade people and click an alter, it was sooooo hard to get 99 rc.

[manitstinks]

Prayer and runecrafting are the most valuable. Cooking, fletching, firemaking probably just to brag that you got a nooby 99

[Zierro]

Yes IT WAS SO HARD TO USE W66 law company, all u do is stand there and trade people and click an alter, it was sooooo hard to get 99 rc.

 

 

 

All you do in Agility is click the next obstacle. No, not hard, but takes a whole lot of time which is why it is a respected cape. Same goes for RCing, or else it wouldn't be respected.

[ddaanniiellh]

The one thing that really destroyed the respect of the majority with cooking is with Cook-X.

 

 

 

I remember having to click food-->click fire, repeat. This actually made it even harder than firemaking to get 99, as you don't get back raw foods that you failed at cooking (as firemaking, where you keep a log even if you failed at making a fire with it).

 

 

 

However, I know myself how and when I got my cooking xp, so I am proud of wearing it, irregardless of what others say. Also, I still enjoy cooking things such as pies and pizzas, which is a lot less boring than fish.

 

(Wrote at 12:30 am, may be a little hard to read because my head is hurting)

 

~Dan

[doomy]

Prayer and runecrafting are the most valuable. Cooking, fletching, firemaking probably just to brag that you got a nooby 99

 

How can you even compare Firemaking to Cooking and Fletching?

 

 

 

Fletching is like 75k xp/hr, Cooking 200k and Firemaking 50k xp/hr, and you can't afk at all.

 

 

 

Its alot harder then most people think....

 

(unless you can afford like yew logs+ or something)

[ddaanniiellh]

Prayer and runecrafting are the most valuable. Cooking, fletching, firemaking probably just to brag that you got a nooby 99

 

How can you even compare Firemaking to Cooking and Fletching?

 

 

 

Fletching is like 75k xp/hr, Cooking 200k and Firemaking 50k xp/hr, and you can't afk at all.

 

 

 

Its alot harder then most people think....

 

(unless you can afford like yew logs+ or something)

 

Where did you get those numbers >.<

 

 

 

Firemaking is definitely more than 50k an hour...even using willows.

 

 

 

Firemaking is 90-100k per hour with willows and 135-150k per hour with maples.

 

~Dan

[The_Avatar]

I have my cooking cape, I think it looks nice. I bought it for 6m. I'm not proud of myself, as its nothing to be proud of. I saw something I wanted and got it. I still cook very often for ranks. While I don't think I should be respected, I shouldn't be hated either.

[Smavey]

I don't like them any more - everybody has one...have you noticed?

 

 

 

I wear a backpack -i look like an adventurer. ( aka i don't have any loool -except for the quest cape which i'm proud of (NEVER USED A GUIDE! Even if it takes me a week to figure something out lol))

[ShadowFire]

Prayer and runecrafting are the most valuable. Cooking, fletching, firemaking probably just to brag that you got a nooby 99

 

 

 

I'm sorry, but you really aren't in a position to comment on Firemaking considering you are only level 66 in it. Not only do you have to keep full concentration on it at all times (i.e. no Tip It, no watching TV, no typing messages) but it is complete murder on the hands due to the complete lack of any "Make X" option and the fact you need 2 clicks per light.

 

 

 

It's much more difficult than any skill with an X option.

[Hedgehog]

Prayer and runecrafting are the most valuable. Cooking, fletching, firemaking probably just to brag that you got a nooby 99

 

 

 

I'm sorry, but you really aren't in a position to comment on Firemaking considering you are only level 66 in it. Not only do you have to keep full concentration on it at all times (i.e. no Tip It, no watching TV, no typing messages) but it is complete murder on the hands due to the complete lack of any "Make X" option and the fact you need 2 clicks per light.

 

 

 

It's much more difficult than any skill with an X option.

 

You're just trying to sugar-coat it. You may click a lot, but not as much as mining or runecrafting or other slower xp skills. Firemaking has such a high xp per hour that you click relatively little to get to 99.

[killotroll]

With the increasing number of achievement diaries do you think that there once will be a cape for those too?

[Kietaro1]

Respect is a funny thing. To one person it means one thing and to another, a completely different thing. I personally do not look at skill capes as all that impressive. Anyone can do repeated actions for months at a time to achieve a skill cape. Hell I did it fletching in about 8 days, no lifing. That isn't impressive at all (except maybe the patience that I had to have had). I have heard that cooking is even easier, and thieving is a joke in regards to how quickly 99 can be achieved. Likewise I am not really a combat person, so things like slayer or maxed combat is not impressive to me, though range and magic 99s will always be more impressive than any melee stat as far as I am concerned). Instead I respect Quest cape owners in that I have no idead whether they use guides or not. Since I am not sure I default to thinking that they do not and for someone that has done every quest without using guides, I find that very impressive.

 

 

 

Mini games are another thing that holds my respect. Gold armor at Castle Wars, full penance, or even the combat robes from FoG are things that I can look at and say, "Wow". These are things that are not garanteed. You have a chance of being on losing CW teams every game, a chance to be on a team that has a hard time doing BA, or even being put up against someone who is much better at FoG than you. These take a level of skill that most of Runescape does not require. Like I said, anyone, and I mean ANYONE, can continually complete slayer task, or burn a log, or even amass so much gold that a house turns into a mansion (though gathering gold + constrution holds my respect as well) but when it comes down to my respect, you need a little more than time invested. One of the main reasons I will never switch to WOW, there is nothing impressive about be able to play more than me.

[ShadowFire]

You're just trying to sugar-coat it. You may click a lot, but not as much as mining or runecrafting or other slower xp skills. Firemaking has such a high xp per hour that you click relatively little to get to 99.

 

 

 

Where exactly did I state that Firemaking is one of the hardest skills? Firemaking is obviously not even in the same league in terms of difficulty as Mining, Runecrafting or Summoning, however it is much harder than Cooking and Fletching which it is lumped with, or even Fishing and Woodcutting which are both held in much higher regard.

 

 

 

I'd much rather have a lower rate of xp per hour, but be able to just click once and then just do something else while I wait for my inventory to clear, 200 hours of barely concentrating or clicking is far more preferable to 100 hours of solid concentration and endless clicking. You don't have that option with Firemaking, so why is it still considered to be easier than Fishing/Woodcutting?

[Sea_dragon35]

Evry 99 should get some respect, sure some are easyer to get then others, but still they put work/time into the skill.

[Great_one]

i personaly dont "respect" someone with a certain skill cape but i think

 

 

 

oh wow that guy has 99 rc he has alot of pacience

 

oh that guy has 99 fishing it is a relaxing skill

 

oh that guy has a quest cape he must enjoy quests

 

that guy has 99 cooking i hope he enjoys it and it wasnt for the cape

 

 

 

it is not a matter of respect like you would a war vet. but more like a matter of hanging with your friends talking about cars and going "niiiiicccceeee"

[IeatWindex]

Yea Fletching isnt so easy. Mebbe the fact im making un-strung mapes to get to 99 alters that...:/

[Woodcut Lvr]

I'm liking the opinions on this thread. I saw Slayer being brought up a lot.

 

 

 

Slayer is one of those capes where some would say "no lifer". I don't see it as that. I see a dedicated player who sat through AROUND 156k monsters(If you get ~120 per task, with about 1.3k tasks) to get the cape. That cape gives you 4 99's. *Only 1/4 of combat xp is in slayer. 90 hp monsters give 90 xp to slayer, 360 to combat. [Just to those unfamiliar with slayer]* THAT is dedication.

[Robert_de_Sable]

Yea Fletching isnt so easy. Mebbe the fact im making un-strung mapes to get to 99 alters that...:/

 

Er.....

 

Why would you do that? Unstrung maples don't sell. :wall: :wall: :wall: