The most respectable 99s?

[J a m e s]

Hey, 99 fisher here.

 

 

 

Mining is a LOT harder than fishing. That's all I have to say about that.

 

 

 

Slayer is the best cape overall imo. Second would be summoning, and then runecrafting.

[Robert_de_Sable]

That's only half-true to barbarian fishing.

 

And clicking's not exactly strenuous.

 

And whoever said that about runecrafting makes a good point.

 

Runecrafting just feels different somehow lol.

 

And I don't AFK whilst fishing, and most people don't either. Spots move, you know.

 

I have 82 fishing, and I can say from experience I find mining WAY easier.

[Erichermit]

Mining may be faster xp per hour than fishing, but it also is much more boring. I'd never be able to survive fishing if I couldn't browse forums during it.

[J a m e s]

Mining may be faster xp per hour than fishing, but it also is much more boring. I'd never be able to survive fishing if I couldn't browse forums during it.

 

 

 

Exactly.

[Robert_de_Sable]

You have made your point. I'm too lazy to go and edit my first post, so let's tie mining with agility and fishing.

[Yomyth105]

i believe that every skill needs time and patience and even buyable ones r hard to earn since they r expensive...

 

 

 

i believe u underestimated mining. mining is a hard skill to achieve.

[Dexek]

My Top Four

 

 

 

1. Slayer

 

2. Runecrafting

 

3. Farming

 

4. Summoning/Hitpoints

[Robert_de_Sable]

So far I think yours has been the best besides mine.

 

Obviously it's a matter of opinion, that's why I'm saying I like mine better.

[The_Avatar]

I'm not going to insult ANYTHING he puts there, just that particular list because it clearly wasn't particularly well thought-out.

 

 

 

He thinks different than you, so it isn't well thought out? Sorry but you've lost whatever little respect this forums users had for you.

 

 

 

I have 82 fishing, and I can say from experience I find mining WAY easier.

 

 

 

But you only have 66 mining, so you can't say from experience how boring and tedious it can be in comparison to fishing. While fishing there is others to talk to. While mining its you and your pick axe.

[Str4lif3]

I love how everyone puts mining so high up, but in reality it's faster than fishing and the suchlike even if you powermine iron.

 

 

 

i'd like to see you click 370k time on an iron rock and drop/bank the ore ;)

 

Btw why would I show respect to someone that level up a skill to 99? =|

[Who]

I'm not going to insult ANYTHING he puts there, just that particular list because it clearly wasn't particularly well thought-out.

 

 

 

He thinks different than you, so it isn't well thought out? Sorry but you've lost whatever little respect this forums users had for you.

 

 

 

I have 82 fishing, and I can say from experience I find mining WAY easier.

 

 

 

But you only have 66 mining, so you can't say from experience how boring and tedious it can be in comparison to fishing. While fishing there is others to talk to. While mining its you and your pick axe.

 

 

 

Ok, from my experience, I wanted to get both 99 Fishing and 99 Mining. I got 99 Fishing, but stopped at 90 Mining. Why? Put together the pieces boy :-w

 

 

 

Most of the time, players will have higher Fishing/Woodcutting than Mining. I just wonder why Jagex made Mining different from the other two resource gathering skills, or they made the other two different from Mining. Half empty, half full, whatever.

[Riza]

If runecrafting isn't buyable,neither is fletching, cooking, prayer, firemaking, or herblore.

 

 

 

What items do you need to level runecrafting?

 

Essence, pure or the plain - both buyable

 

Talisman/Tiara (unless using abyss) - both buyable.

 

 

 

The pouches you may use along the way aren't buyable, but how is Runecrafting not buyable?

 

Runecrafting isn't considered buyable because it takes so freaking long to 99. :-P I think a skill being "buyable" usually implies spending a lot of money in return for very fast experience. If Runecrafting is "buyable" just because all of the components needed can be bought, then I think Woodcutting (axe), Mining (pickaxe), etc. are all buyable too.

[ajk822]

:thumbup: :thumbup: That is why it's not right that he organized the list by buyable/non buyable.

[blacksurge]

Imo the most respectable cape would have to be mining. It's the one skill that really hasn't changed much at all.

 

 

 

Then for the 3 skills obviously looked down upon, here are my opinions: fletching > firemaking > cooking. Mainly because of the looks. They're all easy (well not easy...just easier than the other skills) but I only got 99 fletching because it was my favorite looking skill cape. Firemaking and cooking are both ugly to me. Same with defence, I hate the cape but I love the skill :|

[Lugia_Lvl138]

Getting 99 Prayer takes like 300m (correct me if I'm wrong)

 

 

 

Dragon Bones are 2253 ea as I type this. It takes 51724 Dragon Bones used on a Gilded Altar with both burners for 1-99 Prayer. So about 117-120m for 99 Prayer at current prices. I myself got 74-99 Prayer, which is about 47000 Dragon Bones, in May-July 07 before Piety when they were about 1.3k ea. 51724 at 1.3k ea is about 67-70m.

[Infernosage4]

If mining is so much easier, I wonder why your fishing is much higher than your mining. But then, of course, there's the factor of whether you like one of those skills more than the other.

 

 

 

The thing is, mining is much harder than fishing/woodcutting. Even if you don't afk those skills, you can still talk to the other people around you to keep yourself from becoming bored with the skill. And with mining, as someone said earlier, it's just you and your pickaxe. You're constantly clicking with mining and that makes it hard (at least for me) to also type messages to my friends. And then dropping your ores is just a one way ticket to carpel-tunnel-ville.

 

 

 

Anyways, here is my list.

 

 

 

The Skills

 

01.) Slayer

 

02.) Runecrafting

 

03.) Farming

 

04.) Summoning

 

05.) Agility

 

06.) Mining

 

07.) Fishing

 

08.) Woodcutting

 

09.) Hitpoints

 

10.) Defence

 

11.) Attack

 

12.) Strength

 

13.) Prayer

 

14.) Herblore

 

15.) Smithing

 

16.) Crafting

 

17.) Range

 

18.) Magic

 

19.) Construction

 

20.) Thieving

 

21.) Firemaking

 

22.) Fletching

 

23.) Cooking

 

 

 

The Reasons*

 

01.) Slayer is just slow and unbuyable. There is a lot of patience involved.

 

02.) Quite profitable, but slow. ZMI made it faster, but still the skill is extremely slow.

 

03.) I respect Farming because it tells me you are smart enough to know how profitable farming really is.

 

04.) Charms are a pain in the neck to obtain. Burst your rock lobsters and fight your waterfiends if you must.

 

05.) Why don't I just put a hammer to my fingers now and save myself some time?

 

06.) Powermining just bores the hell out of me and if you can put up with that all the way to 99... You sir, are better than me.

 

07.) Fishing, although afkable, is boring.

 

08.) Woodcutting, although afkable, is boring.

 

09.) Hitpoints give you 1.33 xp per damage point you do while...

 

10.) ...Defence gives you 4 xp per damage point.

 

11.) ...Attack gives you 4 xp per damage point.

 

12.) ...Strength gives you 4 xp per damage point.

 

13.) Prayer is buyable. But same reason as Agility.

 

14.) Expensive.

 

15.) Expensive.

 

16.) Expensive.

 

17.) Chinchompas, albeit expensive, make it too quick.

 

18.) Many ways to get 99 and many are quick as long as you have the money to burn.

 

19.) If you have the money, Construction will take you 4-5 days to get to 99.

 

20.) Pyramid Plunder.

 

21.) Cheap and slow or expensive and fast. Whatever.

 

22.) Way too many people have it.

 

23.) Way too many people have it.

 

 

 

I got lazy on the reasons part. Oh well.

 

 

 

*I am entitled to my own opinions and whether or not you agree, flaming and insulting me will do nothing.

[Laura]

If mining is so much easier, I wonder why your fishing is much higher than your mining. But then, of course, there's the factor of whether you like one of those skills more than the other.

 

 

 

The thing is, mining is much harder than fishing/woodcutting. Even if you don't afk those skills, you can still talk to the other people around you to keep yourself from becoming bored with the skill. And with mining, as someone said earlier, it's just you and your pickaxe. You're constantly clicking with mining and that makes it hard (at least for me) to also type messages to my friends. And then dropping your ores is just a one way ticket to carpel-tunnel-ville.

 

 

 

Anyways, here is my list.

 

 

 

The Skills

 

01.) Slayer

 

02.) Runecrafting

 

03.) Farming

 

04.) Summoning

 

05.) Agility

 

06.) Mining

 

07.) Fishing

 

08.) Woodcutting

 

09.) Hitpoints

 

10.) Defence

 

11.) Attack

 

12.) Strength

 

13.) Prayer

 

14.) Herblore

 

15.) Smithing

 

16.) Crafting

 

17.) Range

 

18.) Magic

 

19.) Construction

 

20.) Thieving

 

21.) Firemaking

 

22.) Fletching

 

23.) Cooking

 

 

 

The Reasons*

 

01.) Slayer is just slow and unbuyable. There is a lot of patience involved.

 

02.) Quite profitable, but slow. ZMI made it faster, but still the skill is extremely slow.

 

03.) I respect Farming because it tells me you are smart enough to know how profitable farming really is.

 

04.) Charms are a pain in the neck to obtain. Burst your rock lobsters and fight your waterfiends if you must.

 

05.) Why don't I just put a hammer to my fingers now and save myself some time?

 

06.) Powermining just bores the hell out of me and if you can put up with that all the way to 99... You sir, are better than me.

 

07.) Fishing, although afkable, is boring.

 

08.) Woodcutting, although afkable, is boring.

 

09.) Hitpoints give you 1.33 xp per damage point you do while...

 

10.) ...Defence gives you 4 xp per damage point.

 

11.) ...Attack gives you 4 xp per damage point.

 

12.) ...Strength gives you 4 xp per damage point.

 

13.) Prayer is buyable. But same reason as Agility.

 

14.) Expensive.

 

15.) Expensive.

 

16.) Expensive.

 

17.) Chinchompas, albeit expensive, make it too quick.

 

18.) Many ways to get 99 and many are quick as long as you have the money to burn.

 

19.) If you have the money, Construction will take you 4-5 days to get to 99.

 

20.) Pyramid Plunder.

 

21.) Cheap and slow or expensive and fast. Whatever.

 

22.) Way too many people have it.

 

23.) Way too many people have it.

 

 

 

I got lazy on the reasons part. Oh well.

 

 

 

*I am entitled to my own opinions and whether or not you agree, flaming and insulting me will do nothing.

 

Actually, I'd say I liked your list much more than any other. Though I'd put magic above ranged. ranged is more exp and cheaper while magic is a bit slower and more expensive.

[Dragons_Might]

I pretty much agree with alot of lists really.. However in my opinion I'd put Farming Higher than rc (Not jut because I have it).

 

 

 

Rc ZMI gets 30 - 35k an hour, and makes a small profit or always breaking even last I checked.

 

 

 

Farming's best is 200k ish daily, at the cost of nearly 2m. If you're going to go with a lower exp rate, it may only cost under 200 or 300k, at the cost of onyl getting under 100k exp a day. In those terms I really think farming takes more.

[Troacctid]

I rate respect on usefulness, or in other words, how jealous I am of it. None of them are hard, per se. It's almost all repetition of the same thing. And so here's my list.

 

 

 

Top 10 Capes of Achievement:

 

1. Summoning. Definitely the skill most worth having at 99 in my book. Every single experience point is worth getting and it doesn't stop getting better until the very end. Steel Titan ftw. 99 Summoning shows very good taste in skills.

 

2. Runecrafting. It's true that it shows a lot of dedication because of the long time it takes, but it has the advantage of making you obscenely rich. And it's hard to argue that being obscenely rich isn't useful.

 

3. Slayer. It shows a well-rounded experience of the game, it tends to earn a lot of money on the way, and it generally represents maxed combat stats, which is a pretty big side advantage I think. And the black/red color looks hawt.

 

4. Herblore. Okay, it's not actually useful, but you need to be smart to train it properly. It takes shrewd analysis of shifting prices to pick the most efficient methods.

 

5. Farming. Again, it's not actually a hugely useful 99 since it stops so early on, but I like that it's mostly inaccessible to stupid people. They get stuck at "Wow this sucks it's boring standing around watching grass grow farming is lame" without realizing they're doing it wrong. And it's also the only skill that you can get to 99 without mindless grinding, which I like. Interestingly enough, a player who plays 1 hour a day can easily get 99 farming in the same time that a player who plays 4 hours a day can get 99 fishing. I consider that a good thing, since it gets you outside.

 

6. Magic. Sure the usefulness stops about 3m experience earlier than it ought to, but there are still some great perks to having 99 magic. Mostly it's because I'm jealous of Spellbook Swap. I want to be able to do all my farming runs on Lunars without needing to skip the Trollheim patch! 99 Magic isn't tough, but it shows good taste in skills.

 

8. Agility. I don't think it's very difficult to get, and restoring run energy a little faster isn't what I'd call the most useful ability. But I like the hopping on the poles thing.

 

9. Thieving. The skill is meh, but the purple and black cape looks sweet.

 

10. Quest points. Same reasons as slayer, except the cape doesn't look as cool imo. The reason I ranked it so much lower is because I view it as something I could easily do, and because it doesn't give +4 prayer like the other capes, so I'm not so jealous of it. One of the things that sets it apart is that you can't just get the cape and forget about it. If you stop doing quests, the cape rejects you for neglecting it and you stop being a Master Quester. It's not like other capes where you can be a Master Chef and then never cook again and keep your skillcape. Once a quest caper, always a quest caper, that's how it goes.

 

 

 

I'm not jealous of the other capes, so there you go. My top 10.

[doomy]

I suppose in respect for me:

 

 

 

1) Rc (Long and boring)

 

2) Slayer (Long but pretty fun)

 

3) Mining (Long, and lots of clicking, boring)

 

4) Farming (costs a bit and long, and boring)

 

5) Summoning (Costs alot, rare)

 

6) Smithing (Costs alot, or is very slow)

 

7) Herblore (Costs a lot, and is rare)

 

8) Construction (Fast but expensive)

 

9) Agility (Takes along time, repetitive)

 

10) Pray (Money but fast xp rates)

 

11) Craft (Costs alot, rare but fast xp)

 

12) Hunter (Pretty slow xp, boring)

 

13) Mage (No Comment)

 

14) Fishing (Boring and slow but you can afk easy)

 

15) Woodcutting (see fishing)

 

16) Range (Can be very quick with chiing, costs a bit if you do)

 

17) Hp (Gotta have good other cbs for this :P)

 

18) Firemaking (Slow xp and repetitive- here because it took me 3 months >:()

 

19) Strength (Best Cb Skill, and slower xp)

 

20) Defence (Second Best Cb Skill)

 

21) Attack (Least favourite cb skill for usefulness)

 

22) Thieving (fast xp, boring)

 

23) Fletching (Easy...)

 

24) Cooking (Redicously easy)

 

 

 

Hey, its the capes I respect the most so live with it.

 

(And its also based on high score numbers, and Firemaking based on it taking me 3 months for 99 :P)

 

 

 

Don't care if you agree or not.

[MoeSzyslak]

If mining is so much easier, I wonder why your fishing is much higher than your mining. But then, of course, there's the factor of whether you like one of those skills more than the other.

 

 

 

The thing is, mining is much harder than fishing/woodcutting. Even if you don't afk those skills, you can still talk to the other people around you to keep yourself from becoming bored with the skill. And with mining, as someone said earlier, it's just you and your pickaxe. You're constantly clicking with mining and that makes it hard (at least for me) to also type messages to my friends. And then dropping your ores is just a one way ticket to carpel-tunnel-ville.

 

 

 

Anyways, here is my list.

 

 

 

The Skills

 

01.) Slayer

 

02.) Runecrafting

 

03.) Farming

 

04.) Summoning

 

05.) Agility

 

06.) Mining

 

07.) Fishing

 

08.) Woodcutting

 

09.) Hitpoints

 

10.) Defence

 

11.) Attack

 

12.) Strength

 

13.) Prayer

 

14.) Herblore

 

15.) Smithing

 

16.) Crafting

 

17.) Range

 

18.) Magic

 

19.) Construction

 

20.) Thieving

 

21.) Firemaking

 

22.) Fletching

 

23.) Cooking

 

 

 

The Reasons*

 

01.) Slayer is just slow and unbuyable. There is a lot of patience involved.

 

02.) Quite profitable, but slow. ZMI made it faster, but still the skill is extremely slow.

 

03.) I respect Farming because it tells me you are smart enough to know how profitable farming really is.

 

04.) Charms are a pain in the neck to obtain. Burst your rock lobsters and fight your waterfiends if you must.

 

05.) Why don't I just put a hammer to my fingers now and save myself some time?

 

06.) Powermining just bores the hell out of me and if you can put up with that all the way to 99... You sir, are better than me.

 

07.) Fishing, although afkable, is boring.

 

08.) Woodcutting, although afkable, is boring.

 

09.) Hitpoints give you 1.33 xp per damage point you do while...

 

10.) ...Defence gives you 4 xp per damage point.

 

11.) ...Attack gives you 4 xp per damage point.

 

12.) ...Strength gives you 4 xp per damage point.

 

13.) Prayer is buyable. But same reason as Agility.

 

14.) Expensive.

 

15.) Expensive.

 

16.) Expensive.

 

17.) Chinchompas, albeit expensive, make it too quick.

 

18.) Many ways to get 99 and many are quick as long as you have the money to burn.

 

19.) If you have the money, Construction will take you 4-5 days to get to 99.

 

20.) Pyramid Plunder.

 

21.) Cheap and slow or expensive and fast. Whatever.

 

22.) Way too many people have it.

 

23.) Way too many people have it.

 

 

 

I got lazy on the reasons part. Oh well.

 

 

 

*I am entitled to my own opinions and whether or not you agree, flaming and insulting me will do nothing.

 

Actually, I'd say I liked your list much more than any other. Though I'd put magic above ranged. ranged is more exp and cheaper while magic is a bit slower and more expensive.

 

I agree, that is a pretty reasonable list imo.

 

 

 

But man, its crazy what RS has become in this aspect. This subject "ranking 99s" has come up sooo many times.. back in the day ANY 99 was pretty highly respected. But noone really had ways to show their 99 off ;)

 

Now there's "noob 99s" and people getting 99s just for the cape. My one friend was talking about how he was thinking about buying 99 crafting or smithing... 100$ says he wouldn't think about it if there was no cape to show for.

[Ryuuka]

i would say firemaking is the most respected skill :pray: (ima get 99 today)

 

 

 

anyways i would say you have a fine quess though i put rc farming and slayer over summoning

[mrmyk]

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