What is wrong with "buying" skills?

[Rollyboy]

I know that some 'buyable' skills such as fletching and cooking are easier compared to other skills. This was the precise reason why I trained fletching. At that time of training fletching I thought that it would be my only 99 skill, as I was too pre-occupied with having fun e.g. pking, clan wars (in old wild), castle wars and some other mini-games.

 

I always try to find the easiest and fastest way to train a skill. Fletching was actually fun as well - I got to chat to friends or the random people who were at the bank.

 

 

 

But, when it gets to the point where another player wants to mock your cape, that's pretty sad.

[blacksurge]

Well after chinning from 87-90 range...I no longer hate the people who buy skills. It still takes a long time (although much less) and is VERY expensive. Is it worth it, idk, but I see no reason in hating them for spending their money that way.

[beniscool218]

In my opinion, there's nothing wrong with it.

 

 

 

If you've got the money, hell, why not? You worked to get that money in the first place.

 

 

 

I think it's ridiculous that anyone should look down upon a "bought" skill.

[Viv]

could also apply to speeding up certain unbuyables like slayer, woodcut, fishing

 

 

 

like if you want 99 woodcutting not so sure on exp rates :|

 

yews 35kish/hr if you started at level 73 then it would make you 28m gp getting 99 but take 343 hours

 

 

 

teaks 65kish/hr you wouldnt make money but it would only take 185 hours

 

 

 

so thats 159 hours saved!!!

 

 

 

28m/159 = 176k/hr if you can make that money in one hour then u should do teaks not yews just for the money

 

 

 

so technacally you could be considered "cheating" to 99 woodcutting as you are sacrificing 28m gp to get it the fast way

 

 

 

nothing wrong with training a skill the faster way

[Trojann2]

Well after chinning from 87-90 range...I no longer hate the people who buy skills. It still takes a long time (although much less) and is VERY expensive. Is it worth it, idk, but I see no reason in hating them for spending their money that way.

 

 

 

If you thought that Chinning for only 3 levels was slow....Goodluck ever getting 99.

 

 

 

EDIT: Now I remember than they nerfed Chins. I remember getting 2-3 levels a DAY in the 93-97 area.

[bluehooloovo]

 

 

 

So, since your smithing is level 72, I assume you do all you melee fighting in mithril armor with a mithril weapon (or, possibly, an adamant dagger or mace), that you made yourself, right? Because if you buy things to help you train, that's cheating! :shock: Yeah, sounds stupid, doesn't it? So does getting to 99 prayer without buying bones.

 

 

 

buying weapons and armour doesn't count. For all you know, I could've fletched my way to lvl 80 and high-alch the bows to get the money (which I did). I didn't buy a single bow and I increased fletching while I was at it to raise the money for my whip/rune/dragon armour.

 

 

 

and getting your bones from the dragons you kill yourself doesn't make you look stupid...it makes you richer.

 

 

 

So how is your spending money you raised by skilling to help out other skills different than anyone else who does the same, just for a non-combat skill?

[3hitm4g3u]

I get called a noob/cheater etc on my pure all the time for using an AGS because I'm lvl 73.

 

 

 

I earned the money yet it seems I am not entitled to spend it on what I want to. It always strikes me as odd.

[cameron5004]

I get called a noob/cheater etc on my pure all the time for using an AGS because I'm lvl 73.

 

 

 

I earned the money yet it seems I am not entitled to spend it on what I want to. It always strikes me as odd.

 

 

 

so you are called a noob/ cheater because you earnt money for an armadyl godsword and bought it?

 

if you earnt the money yourself spend it as you like.

 

if you like you could buy 10k tinderboxes(wouldn't be useful but still your choice) \

[SuperS]

I always level my skills up the quickest way possible except combat where I use slayer.

 

 

 

I earnt the money I have so I have the right to spend it how I like.

 

 

 

I don't see anything wrong with buying skills, if you have the money do it.

[Sam]

Nothings wrong with it. It's just people who can't afford to buy them whining about it.

[doomy]

Whats money for, if we can't use it...

 

Well, use it without "cheating" :roll:

 

 

 

Imagine if it was like this IRL....

[Knite]

It's all about will and determination. All you have to do is put some effort to the game to get rich. Such as: Doing lvl 3 clues, godwars solo or other. I use to have nothing when i was too lazy to put some effort on and surprise after i spend few hours on moneymaking the difference is huge. Also, don't be afrade to spend your money on skilling, because if you don't, you will get bored of the game and quit eventually. For low level people who can't solo godwars, you could just solo DK rex. I did that when i was lower level and earned over 40 million.

[bbjoe282]

well people dont understand that you still have to make the money to buy the skills and I think that it can be just as mentally draining to spend 60 hours chinning in ape attol dungeon as it would be getting 99 range the "old way" at fire giants. Most of the time you buy skills there is no variety in what you are doing.

[mrpez]

i maintain that if anyone criticizes someone for pcing then that person should not use any shortcuts to gain levels such as guilded altars. hypocrisy.

[whocares]

Runescape has become a competition and a means for people to show off online and get respect online. It's not a game to everyone anymore.

[SirHartlar]

i maintain that if anyone criticizes someone for pcing then that person should not use any shortcuts to gain levels such as guilded altars. hypocrisy.

 

 

 

I don't see why people get so worked up about PCing anyway, the exp has been nerfed now and if people wanted to get really fast exp instead of Slayer exp or cash from monster drops why should they say it isn't alright? I agree with you.

[muggiwhplar]

i maintain that if anyone criticizes someone for pcing then that person should not use any shortcuts to gain levels such as guilded altars. hypocrisy.

 

 

 

I don't see why people get so worked up about PCing anyway, the exp has been nerfed now and if people wanted to get really fast exp instead of Slayer exp or cash from monster drops why should they say it isn't alright? I agree with you.

 

 

 

It was more of the fact that most people who PC'd their stats spent so much time at PC that they ignored other aspects of the game and therefore lacked "common sense"

 

 

 

Especially the influx of pures from PC who contributed to ruining the wilderness... they had awesome stats but when they realized they couldn't PK for [cabbage] they resorted to starting a fight by wasting all 4 specs, failing to KO you, then running away or tele'ing and calling you a noob

[JosseB]

There is nothing whrong with buying skills but there are a lot

 

of ppl who can't buy a 99 skill. So they are a bit yealous I

 

guess and that's why they say: You've got to work for your

 

skill and not just buy it.

[cameron5004]

There is nothing whrong with buying skills but there are a lot

 

of ppl who can't buy a 99 skill. So they are a bit yealous I

 

guess and that's why they say: You've got to work for your

 

skill and not just buy it.

 

 

 

i'm sorry but how do you get the money without WORKING for it.

 

i am going for 99 firemaking im buying 90k maple logs

 

it isnt really much work but i am working for the money to buy them.

[jsboutin2]

There is nothing whrong with buying skills but there are a lot

 

of ppl who can't buy a 99 skill. So they are a bit yealous I

 

guess and that's why they say: You've got to work for your

 

skill and not just buy it.

 

 

 

i'm sorry but how do you get the money without WORKING for it.

 

i am going for 99 firemaking im buying 90k maple logs

 

it isnt really much work but i am working for the money to buy them.

 

 

 

Hmmm...He said there was nothing wrong with buying skills.

 

 

 

And I also consider skill buying to be okay. You always buy FM. You could choose to sell the logs you cut for, let's say 20M, but you don't want to and you burn them, so you lost 20M. Basically, it cost you the same thing than someone who bought all the way...

[Kill_Thomas9]

I've always wondered the same thing. Jagex has always just been "Nerf nerf nerf nerf. Nerf this, nerf that. But NEVER buff anything. Buff=bad." (I bet you $200 that over half the people on this forum have never even known what a "buff" was.)

[Troacctid]

I've always wondered the same thing. Jagex has always just been "Nerf nerf nerf nerf. Nerf this, nerf that. But NEVER buff anything. Buff=bad." (I bet you $200 that over half the people on this forum have never even known what a "buff" was.)

 

Summoning batch 2. Gf.

[Great_one]

I've always wondered the same thing. Jagex has always just been "Nerf nerf nerf nerf. Nerf this, nerf that. But NEVER buff anything. Buff=bad." (I bet you $200 that over half the people on this forum have never even known what a "buff" was.)

 

 

 

well i suppose some1 needs to pay you $200 because it took me untill i realized that it was probably the oposite of nerf due to your post to ever know what it meant

[Great_one]

I've always wondered the same thing. Jagex has always just been "Nerf nerf nerf nerf. Nerf this, nerf that. But NEVER buff anything. Buff=bad." (I bet you $200 that over half the people on this forum have never even known what a "buff" was.)

 

Summoning batch 2. Gf.

 

sorry for the double post but yea that is probably the only one. (even though it was like the biggest thing to happen to rs lol)

[muggiwhplar]

I've always wondered the same thing. Jagex has always just been "Nerf nerf nerf nerf. Nerf this, nerf that. But NEVER buff anything. Buff=bad." (I bet you $200 that over half the people on this forum have never even known what a "buff" was.)

 

Summoning batch 2. Gf.

 

sorry for the double post but yea that is probably the only one. (even though it was like the biggest thing to happen to rs lol)

 

 

 

c'bows/bolts too