December 25, 200817 yr Data I've collected about Runecrafting pouches: [hide=Giant Pouch]From a fully repaired state: Giant Pouch to decay: Total clicks to decay: 21 Number of fill: 10 (11th fill decays) Number of empty: 10 Conclusion: 10 full trips, 120 essence crafted before decay. ___________________________________________________________________ Giant Decay status (75% fill, or 9 essence): Total clicks to decay: 6 Number of fill: 2 (3rd fill decays) Number of empty: 3 Conclusion: 2 full trips, 18 essence crafted before decay. ___________________________________________________________________ Giant Decay status (66.7% fill, or 8 essence): Total clicks to decay: 10 Number of fill: 4 (5th fill decays) Number of empty: 5 Conclusion: 4 full trips, 32 essence crafted before decay. ___________________________________________________________________ Giant Decay status (58.3% fill, or 7 essence): Total clicks: 22 Number of fill: 10 (11th fill decays) Number of empty: 11 Conclusion: 10 full trips, 70 essence crafted before decay. ___________________________________________________________________ Giant Decay status (50% fill, or 6 essence): Total clicks: 28 Number of fill: 13 (14th fill decays) Number of empty: 14 Conclusion: 13 full trips, 78 essence crafted before decay. ___________________________________________________________________ Giant Decay status (41.7% fill, or 5 essence): Total clicks: 42 Number of fill: 20 (21st fill decays) Number of empty: 21 Conclusion: 20 full trips, 100 essence crafted before decay. ___________________________________________________________________ Giant Decay status (33.3% fill, or 4 essence): Total clicks: 132 Number of fill: 65 (66th fill destroys pouch) Number of empty: 66 Conclusion: 65 full trips, 260 essence crafted before pouch is destroyed. ___________________________________________________________________ Final conclusion: 124 full trips (125th trip destroys pouch), 678 total essence crafted.[/hide] [hide=Large Pouch]From a fully repaired state: Large Pouch to decay: Total clicks: 61 Number of fill: 30 (31st fill decays) Number of empty: 30 Conclusion: 29 full trips, 261 essence crafted before decay. ___________________________________________________________________ Large Decay status (77.8%, or 7 essence): Total clicks: 20 Number of fill: 9 (10th fill decays) Number of empty: 10 Conclusion: 9 full trips, 63 essence crafted before decay. ___________________________________________________________________ Large Decay status (55.6%, or 5 essence): Total clicks: 42 Number of fill: 20 (21st fill decays) Number of empty: 21 Conclusion: 20 full trips, 100 essence crafted before decay. ___________________________________________________________________ Large Decay status (33.3%, or 3 essence): Total clicks: 130 Number of fill: 64 (65th fill destroys pouch) Number of empty: 65 Conclusion: 64 full trips, 192 essence crafted before pouch is destroyed. ___________________________________________________________________ Final conclusion: 122 full trips (123rd trip destroys pouch), 616 total essence crafted.[/hide] [hide=Medium Pouch]From a fully repaired state: Medium Pouch to decay: Total clicks: 91 Number of fill: 45 (46th fill decays) Number of empty: 45 Conclusion: 45 full trips, 270 essence crafted before decay. ___________________________________________________________________ Medium Decay status (50% fill, or 3 essence): Total clicks: 268 Number of fill: 133 (134th fill destroys pouch) Number of empty: 134 Conclusion: 133 full trips, 399 essence crafted before pouch is destroyed. ___________________________________________________________________ Final conclusion: 178 full trips (179th trip destroys pouch), 669 total essence crafted.[/hide] [hide=Small Pouch]From a fully repaired state: Small Pouch to decay: Total clicks: N/A Number of fill:N/A Number of empty: N/A Tested with over 500 fills and empties. Final Conclusion: Small pouches never decay.[/hide] Some conclusions can be derived from this data: [*:3ll8kths]When a pouch can no longer decay any further, it is destroyed [*:3ll8kths]The rate in which a pouch decays does not follow any geometric pattern [*:3ll8kths]Each pouch is independent when determining the rate in which they decay (Using all 4 pouches will decay a Giant pouch at the same rate as if it were to be used alone). [*:3ll8kths]The rate in which a pouch decays is based on number of essence put in said pouch, not the amount of clicks. Therefore, you could fill a Giant pouch 120 times by putting 1 essence at a time, or you could fill it completely 10 times. [*:3ll8kths]The first values in which a pouch degrades remains constant (Giant is 120 essence, Large is 261 essence, Medium is 270 essence). Further decaying has shown to have a precision error of several whole numbers (Eg. Giant pouch first level of decay, or 75%/9 essence has shown to decay to the second level of decay, or 66.7%/8 essence, at either 18 essence [2 fills] or 27 [3 fills] [*:3ll8kths]It is inferred that the reason Small pouches don't decay is because the decay value would result in only 1 essence being held, therefore making said pouch obsolete. Q.E.D The Complete MTA Handbook | Runecrafting Pouch Analysis | Mobilizing Armies Locator Index
December 25, 200817 yr Wow, well done! Good research, and pretty cool to look at. I never had one of my small pouches decay, but my large one does all the time :( I don't see this as insanely useful but cool :) 10/10 for Effort.
December 25, 200817 yr Definetely A for effort. Good job, this was interesting to know. Somewhat trivial to know all the details, but still. :thumbup: [Summoning guide (AOW)] [Slayer guide] [Melee & Brawl player]
December 25, 200817 yr Nice. Very interesting to know. Dungeoneering isn't a skill. I'm faster than bots at Sorceress Garden. PM me if you want to chat. My PM is always off. My keyboard is on fire. Want some?
December 26, 200817 yr Short, sweet, and to the point good job 9/10 :thumbsup: PSN: Skaterguy1224 Tactical Nukes - 22
December 26, 200817 yr Quod Erat Demonstrandum :thumbsup: 10/10, it's just so danged scientific :ugeek: JOIN CHICKENSWEEPERS TODAY! FUN, FREE, AND IT WON'T MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE JUST BEEN ATTACKED BY A PACK OF WILD DOGS, OR YOUR MONEY BACK!
December 27, 200817 yr You destroyed your giant pouch to write this guide. Awesome :D Good to know, now let's see if I can get myself to repair my giant pouch every 10th run.
December 27, 200817 yr For the advancement of general knowledge 10/10 :thumbup: Its interesting to note that there's no math involved, but I guess jagex doesn't want to complicate everything into higher math when a simple decreasing for-loop will suffice. Oh, and thanks for that little side note on the small pouch... the implication was not necessary but appreciated.
December 28, 200817 yr I read through most of it and it looks like this took awhile for you to collect. THis will help me when I need to runecraft later on. You would make a good PMG mod. :D -bballer Oh but I am a PMG mod, you should check the Moderators list at the top. ~Who [software Engineer] - [Ability Bar Suggestion] - [Gaming Enthusiast]
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