Summer time

Summer time is here again so I thought I would impart my wisdom onto others.

Summer time = 2-3 months of F2P'rs getting members in the school holidays. For the past 2 summers I have been around this has had an impact on the trading prices and training spots.

So for long term members it's best to change your training methods. Here are a few points.

1. MTK - Maples, flax, and coal are all popular money making schemes for new members. Prices plummet (last year flax dropped from 100ea, to 63ea). I suggest reviewing your MTK strategy often.

2. Train solo skills - Runecrafting is fine to do with thousands of others. Hunter is not. Make sure you're training solo skills if you want max XP per hour.

3. Train skills which need raw materials - Cheap flax = cheaper crafting XP. Cheap iron and coal = cheaper steel bars. The made product will eventually drop too, but take advantage of the early days.

4. Merchanting - Don't merchant now, prices will drop. Instead buy in late August and dirt cheap prices. By December the prices will be back to normal and you'll make a mint.

5. Questing - If you find yourself fighting others for Fire Giants it may be a good time to do those quests for your quest cape.

6. Minigames - These become more popular towards the mid-end of the holidays, when people reach goals or get bored trying to reach there goals. Take advantage of this and have a decent round of Castle Wars or Barbarian Assault.

7. PK'ing - Plenty of people like fighting, new members are not so good at it. May be time to dust off your Ancient Mager to own at Bounty Hunter. Likewise there will be some decent tournaments held I'm sure.

Feel free to add more.

NB: This year is the first year of the GE. The impact on prices may be less, it may be more, than previous years.

NB: This isn't a rant, the influx of new members has both it's pros and it's cons. Please do not flame.