Its amazing how much slayer gets all the time. Thats an outdated point of view, slayer is not good anymore.

 

 

 

In its beginnings, slayer was pretty hard. All you had were dragon weapons or a whip if you were willing to pay the big price, no godswords, piety or anything like that. I reckon it took 6 months @ 4 hours a day for my friend to get 85 slay. Back then, to have 85 slay was a guarantee of richness.

 

 

 

Time passed, and more and more people got high levels of slayer. Several updates speed up the levelling speed quite a bit. Dark bows and dragon boots gave slayer a boost, for a while, but when there are so many people with these levels, its bound not to last a long time.

 

 

 

People keep saying all the time Slayer is good exp and good money. You do get exp, and drops, since youre killing monsters. But, good exp? You get twice that powerleveling. Good money? Not anymore, you can get 20x that boss hunting.

 

 

 

Slayer is useless as it is right now. The only reason to train slayer is if you plan to go beyond level 90 slay, ~95+, in the off chance Jagex decides to add a new monster with good drops that requires a very high slayer level. The new whips. Thing is, thats just wishful thinking. They might never, in which case it was all a waste of time and you could have gained a lot of money using that time boss hunting.

 

 

 

As for people who are training slayer right now, and dont plan or are not capable of going beyond level 90, then youre wasting your time. Its great if its your passtime, but dont kid yourself into thinking the time youre putting into slayer will have any rewards, it wont.

 

 

 

Slayer used to be good money, not anymore, that's over since a long time already.

slayer breaks the monotony of training on normal monsters, and infact, is a decent money maker

 

 

 

you get

 

-runes

 

-half keys

 

-rune armour/wepons

 

-seeds [snap/ranarrs?]

 

-herbs

 

-pure essence

 

 

 

quite often in alot of tasks

 

 

 

in some cases you may even get a visage, d chain/2h, from dragons and d'devils and kalphites[queen] respectively.

 

 

 

then theres the slayer drops-

 

 

 

mystic [cheapish, yes]

 

mauls [also cheap]

 

rune boots [cheap, but can add maybe 80k to a nechs task profit

 

then you get dragon boots, whips and dark bows. they may not be the most common [well, d boots are kinda common-ish], but whips/bows are 1.2 and 1m, approx. ive had a triple whip task before, and 2 double whip tasks

 

 

 

the higher drops arent the only things you get, remember. theres also the more common drops which, in almost all tasks, get you a profit if you have room to pick them up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also, the +15% Att/str boost of the slayer helm/mask makes up for the time you spend switching tasks, in the exp speed boost.

 

 

 

 

 

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bascially, slayer is still better than you seem to think, in my point of view

I think slayer's still worth it in the enjoyment factor alone. It's not half as monotonous as any other form of training, and the excitement of getting one of those nice drops is an added bonus. Game statistics? Screw that. The enjoyment is what matters to me.

Yeah, I think Slayer these days is mostly just useful for the "fun" factor in it.

Coming from an original 85 slayer, slayer was never that hard nor any more profitible than it is now. Whip have gone down O NOOOOOO....wait...you can get the same money now doing d boots? Dark bows? O...thats right i forgetted. Slayer is better now. Until you actually get 90+ slayer you shouldnt be the judge.

as more people were able to kill the monsters it was guaranteed that the value of slayer exclusive drops was going to decrease.

 

 

 

it is fun as it is, and with the right setup you can probably camp at abyssal demons for triple whips. oh and boss hunting can make you more money, but it can also make you a lot less as well.

Slayer is just another skill.

 

 

 

Its not profitable anymore...but name one skill that is.

 

 

 

The closest would be 91 RC, but that too is nothing close to GWD.

 

 

 

D boots are almost worthless. Since there are thousands flooding the market daily. Its impossible to sell these above min. D bows? Pretty useless since no PKing. WHips? SS and GS plz

Slayer is just another skill.

 

 

 

Its not profitable anymore...but name one skill that is.

 

 

 

The closest would be 91 RC, but that too is nothing close to GWD.

 

 

 

D boots are almost worthless. Since there are thousands flooding the market daily. Its impossible to sell these above min. D bows? Pretty useless since no PKing. WHips? SS and GS plz

 

 

 

I took the liberty in naming a few.

 

Fishing, Woodcutting, Mining, Runecrafting, Theiving, Hunter, Farming.

It's really still great money. This not from a wishful thinker, but from one who brought home 1.2m from a Mid Level monster trip.

 

It unlocks so much more of the game. Many of the big combat items are in some way related to slayer.

 

 

 

The fact that you say that you could use a whip in the early days of slayer, while mentioning Godswords later though... #-o . That's just how much the skill still contributes. It may not be the most practical, or useful, but you can't deny that it has its uses, like every other skill.

I see what you mean. Without really high slayer it's pretty useless. Only when you get 70+ do I think the dough starts rolling. I personnaly hate slayer. I always get totally crappy assignments. The only thing that keeps me going is the black mask. :D

I disagree. Slayer is actually one of my favorite skills, and I was working to get 90 well before Dark Bows came out (college slowed me down, rightfully so). It's not nearly as profitable as it used to be, I'll give you that, but it doesn't mean that it's a crappy skill.

 

 

 

Smithing doesn't give you nearly as much cash as it used to before, but that doesn't make it a crappy moneymaker. Same goes for Crafting and Fletching.

 

 

 

I guess it's about your perspective (or rather, Slayer level). If you've got a lower Slayer level, then of course you won't find Slayer profitable. However, I see that I normally make 8-13M without trying or really counting my cash intake.

He actually does have a valid point. Slayer isn't as good as it once was. His other points are stupid and not backed up with any facts.

 

 

 

* Godsword is slower than a whip, a Saradomin godsword helps a little.

 

* Dragon boots ... wow, very miniscule.

 

* Dark bows - ... they suck

 

* Piety - Did you factor in the time to make the money back from the p pots?

 

* You gain 30% better xp from other locations, not 100%. Also, Slayer is a decent method for money...

People keep saying all the time Slayer is good exp and good money. You do get exp, and drops, since youre killing monsters. But, good exp? You get twice that powerleveling. Good money? Not anymore, you can get 20x that boss hunting.

 

Slayer IS good experience. How much experience per hour do you get by powerlevelling, up to 100k? In slayer, in is possible to get upwards of 22k Slayer xp/h by using melee only. That is 88k xp/h. In some cases you can get over 100k xp/h. Not only does it equal (and sometimes beat) powerleveling, are you honestly going to tell me that powerleveling is more exciting? Or that it provides better drops?

 

 

 

Slayer is useless as it is right now. The only reason to train slayer is if you plan to go beyond level 90 slay, ~95+, in the off chance Jagex decides to add a new monster with good drops that requires a very high slayer level. The new whips. Thing is, thats just wishful thinking. They might never, in which case it was all a waste of time and you could have gained a lot of money using that time boss hunting.

 

I don't see how Slayer is useless. Going past level 90 Slayer is far from the only reason to train it. Also, it is possible that during the time you train Slayer, that within the same timeframe that you may never get any drops from Boss hunting. Boss hunting requires luck and there is no guarentee with drops. If you are going to bring that in, you could also realise that in one task of Abyssal Demons that you could get a Whip on every drop or every 10 drops. While incredibly unlikely, it is still possible.

 

 

 

 

 

As for people who are training slayer right now, and dont plan or are not capable of going beyond level 90, then youre wasting your time. Its great if its your passtime, but dont kid yourself into thinking the time youre putting into slayer will have any rewards, it wont.

 

 

 

Slayer used to be good money, not anymore, that's over since a long time already.

 

Slayer makes profit regardless of what you say. Getting 99 Slayer has other benefits than money also. In the process you will gain level 99 in Attack/Strength/Defence/Hitpoints/Range if you train them evenly. You will also gain enough charms to get into the high 90's for Summoning. With the point system implemented Slayer becomes even more profitable with due to buying the Runes. So Slayer is still good money.

Slayer is just another skill.

 

 

 

Its not profitable anymore...but name one skill that is.

 

 

 

The closest would be 91 RC, but that too is nothing close to GWD.

 

 

 

D boots are almost worthless. Since there are thousands flooding the market daily. Its impossible to sell these above min. D bows? Pretty useless since no PKing. WHips? SS and GS plz

 

 

 

I took the liberty in naming a few.

 

Fishing, Woodcutting, Mining, Runecrafting, Theiving, Hunter, Farming.

 

 

 

None of them even comes close to the money at GWD.

Yes, Slayer was awesome for money.

 

 

 

Now d bows are below 1m and whips just above 1m. It's stupid. We need a new 90+ Slayer monster. Maybe a 95.

Slayer is just another skill.

 

 

 

Its not profitable anymore...but name one skill that is.

 

 

 

The closest would be 91 RC, but that too is nothing close to GWD.

 

 

 

D boots are almost worthless. Since there are thousands flooding the market daily. Its impossible to sell these above min. D bows? Pretty useless since no PKing. WHips? SS and GS plz

 

 

 

I took the liberty in naming a few.

 

Fishing, Woodcutting, Mining, Runecrafting, Theiving, Hunter, Farming.

 

 

 

None of them even comes close to the money at GWD.

 

 

 

Point? You asked to name a skill that makes money. Comparing what you told me to do isn't revelant.

Someone a couple post above said Slayer wasn't profitable anymore, are you kidding? I make money every single task.

 

 

 

As for slayer not being as great money, of course it isn't, GWD was also a lot better when it first came out too, it happens to everything. The experience obviously can't compare to the experience gained when powertraining because you're making money while you train and it's still decent experience. Personally I can't stand not training melee through Slayer, all other methods are boring, that, is the point of Slayer in my opinion, for a change of pace. Slayer also brings in a steady cash flow with pretty much guaranteed income, can't exactly say that about GWD. ;)

Slayer points alone make you profit decently from slayer. I did 98-99 with piety on every task and cannoning where possible to power train and I still made money! I only spent like 6M on ppots/cannonballs and made back 14M in drops and an additional 1.5M off slayer dart runes probably.

 

 

 

With slayer points being cashed in for slayer dart runes (35 points per 250 casts) you make an additional 1.5M per 1M exp probably, and you dont spend anywhere near that in supplies. So by this every drop you get on task is profit.

Slayer is just another skill.

 

 

 

Its not profitable anymore...but name one skill that is.

 

 

 

The closest would be 91 RC, but that too is nothing close to GWD.

 

 

 

D boots are almost worthless. Since there are thousands flooding the market daily. Its impossible to sell these above min. D bows? Pretty useless since no PKing. WHips? SS and GS plz

 

 

 

I took the liberty in naming a few.

 

Fishing, Woodcutting, Mining, Runecrafting, Theiving, Hunter, Farming.

 

 

 

I said to name a skill that is efficiant at money making, and profits near GWD.

 

 

 

If it was any skill that made money, then obviously every single skill qualifies.

 

 

 

None of them even comes close to the money at GWD.

 

 

 

Point? You asked to name a skill that makes money. Comparing what you told me to do isn't revelant.

 

 

 

Common sense is required.

Not good money? lol :lol: For one example, I just did an Abyssal Demon task and got 2 Whips and 4 Rune items which will high alch for about 200k. The day before that I got a Dark Bow plus a few various Rune items. Sure it's not as profitable as it used to be, but it still is. You usually never go an entire Duradel task without getting at least 1 Rune item and a few various other items which can sell good. By the time you get 99 Slayer, you'll have gotten hundreds of Rune items and you'll get at least 1 rare item, even if it's your first one by the time you just get 99...which I've never heard of. Whether it's Steel Dragons or Abyssal Demons or Aberrant Specters, you'll eventually get Dragon Legs or Dragon Med or a Whip and so on. I myself have made over 200M from Slayer, but I also started it when stuff was a bit more than it was today. I sold one of the first Dark Bows for 25M for example. But you can still make millions with Slayer even today.

 

 

 

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And obviously it isn't money like monster hunting, nothing is.

Well, I like slayer. It may not be as fast xp, but slayer mask helps make that up. Take today. I did a 145'ish troll task, and made over 150k-two granite shields, rune warhammer, rannar seed, some charms, alches, etc. Slayer is still worth it.

Well, if you consider the 500k+ at any GWD boss, even WITHOUT significant drops...

Aww come on, slayer is simply the golden middle road, the all-in-one solution for every well-rounded player.

 

 

 

You train your combat levels, while gaining additional slayer levels (yay for your total) and lots of lovely charms for summoning.

 

You still earn a fair bit of cash while doing so.

 

 

 

And if you're a really good boy/girl, you even get one of the shiniest, prettiest and rarest capes in the game.

 

 

 

Seriously, slayer got me 99 in 5 combat skills and 112 million cash, not including the money I spent along the way on MTK, summoning, prayer etc. Slayer was also invaluable to my farming and herblore. It got me a very decent stack of natures, deaths and pure essence. And enough gems to gain quite a decent number of crafting levels.

Well, if you consider the 500k+ at any GWD boss, even WITHOUT significant drops...

 

This whole thread you have basically been saying that any skill that doesn't make more money/hour than the average GWD trip is a fail skill. But anyway, doensn't, say, 83 Slayer make it a lot more fun to get your GWD kc?

 

Also, Diesel, you're saying that Slayer isn't good anymore based solely on the low prices of Whips, Dark Bows and other Slayer monster drops. So what if it doesn't make as much money anymore as it did in the old days, it still does make quite some. Of course prices drop with time, yet that doesn't mean every skill "degrades" in goodness with time.

Well, if you consider the 500k+ at any GWD boss, even WITHOUT significant drops...

 

This whole thread you have basically been saying that any skill that doesn't make more money/hour than the average GWD trip is a fail skill. But anyway, doensn't, say, 83 Slayer make it a lot more fun to get your GWD kc?

 

Also, Diesel, you're saying that Slayer isn't good anymore based solely on the low prices of Whips, Dark Bows and other Slayer monster drops. So what if it doesn't make as much money anymore as it did in the old days, it still does make quite some. Of course prices drop with time, yet that doesn't mean every skill "degrades" in goodness with time.

 

 

 

Yep. And I belive that explains the point.

 

 

 

Sure maybe 83 slayer is funner than getting KC. But then again, I'd go with a boss killl over any slayer task.