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Dragon Scimmy vs. Longsword?

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Which is better to use, dragon scimitar or dragon longsword?

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Ahhh i can almost bet you this is going to turn into a flame war sooner or later, for some reason people hate all d cimi vs d long threads...

 

 

 

OT 90% of the people will tell you d scimi is better... id rather say use what you enjoy more...

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You'll love see the high numbers of the dscim. Quest is annoying to do, but so worth it.

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You'll love see the high numbers of the dscim. Quest is annoying to do, but so worth it.

 

The dragon long hits higher. It's slower though, so the d scim is better for training. Use a dds to spec.

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Both are horrible tbh

 

 

 

Get a sara sword, or if thats to expensive, you should use obby sword with berserker necklace, on lunge for str training

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The reason I ask is because I haven't done the quest yet and I'm wondering if it is really worth it. I'm on the puzzle section and frankly I don't care to do it (I'm really bad at those), and if I pay, that adds another 200k to the cost of the scimmy, essentially. I am happy with the longsword, I like it, I am just wondering if a scmimmy is a lot better, and if I would benefit from the switch.

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The reason I ask is because I haven't done the quest yet and I'm wondering if it is really worth it. I'm on the puzzle section and frankly I don't care to do it (I'm really bad at those), and if I pay, that adds another 200k to the cost of the scimmy, essentially. I am happy with the longsword, I like it, I am just wondering if a scmimmy is a lot better, and if I would benefit from the switch.

 

 

 

The quest gets you combat xp too. You'd get 35k xp/hour if you complete the quest in 3 hours, which is quite possible. Just do it.

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I like the scimmy, but I guess it basically just comes down to a personal preference of slightly more power for the longsword vs. slightly more speed for the scimitar.

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Both are horrible tbh

 

 

 

Get a sara sword, or if thats to expensive, you should use obby sword with berserker necklace, on lunge for str training

 

 

 

They aren't horrible. Scimitar is better than the long, so go with that

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Thanks guys.

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the same question can be asked for rune scim vs. rune long...if you find the rune scim better you will prefer the d scim too and vice versa so just ask yourself which weapon is more commonly used...d long would be for power and scim for speed but personally i feel that the extra speed > extra power

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The scim deals more damage per second. Period. The only exception is if you're fighting something with high defense that is weak against stab, like metal dragons. This is because the scim doesn't do so well at stab.

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Yep, "personal opinions" do not count here, its a matter of raw damage output. If seeing bigger white numbers inside of the red splotches is worth less XP for you, go for the longsword. For everyone else who wants faster XP, use the scimmy. Unless, as mentioned, your attacking metal drags with stab. I'm still unconvinced that that's actually better, but I haven't done tests so I can't argue :?

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Yep, "personal opinions" do not count here, its a matter of raw damage output. If seeing bigger white numbers inside of the red splotches is worth less XP for you, go for the longsword. For everyone else who wants faster XP, use the scimmy. Unless, as mentioned, your attacking metal drags with stab. I'm still unconvinced that that's actually better, but I haven't done tests so I can't argue :?

 

For the record the whip beats both, but I do see a significant accuracy boost with the long over the scim.

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the same question can be asked for rune scim vs. rune long...if you find the rune scim better you will prefer the d scim too and vice versa so just ask yourself which weapon is more commonly used...d long would be for power and scim for speed but personally i feel that the extra speed > extra power

 

 

 

Opinion? Whether or not speed>power or vice versa should not be affected by your personal opinion, unless you are an idiot.

 

 

 

D scimmy is better for most situations, anyway. The exception is metal dragons, where the dragon longsword has an advantage because it has a stab option.

Ah, this reminds me about the noob on the Runescape forums who was upset with the quest "Cold War" because apparently his grandparents died in the war. :wall:
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I guess I'm gonna have to go for the scimmy. Who can argue against faster xp? Once again, thanks.

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