Making Money: Skill Or Luck?

[Warrior_B666]

Most people who play Runescape want to be incredibly rich (including me :D ) and they will spend a long time scheming up ways to do so. But is earning money now more on skill or luck?

 

 

 

If you earn money by skilling, it will probably be slow and gradual with almost no risk of loss and you would gain experience in the process. (Ex. woodcutting, fishing, etc.)

 

 

 

If you earn money by luck, you could gain the same amount of money as if you had spent weeks skilling, but the only true reward, in my opinion, is just the money. (Ex. GWD, Treasure Trails, etc.)

 

 

 

For example, if you go to GWD and get a hilt, you just got money that you could've spent weeks or even months to get by fishing sharks or woodcutting yews. But if you constantly die or actually lose money doing so, is it really worth it? Would you have been better off skilling?

 

 

 

But sometimes, two and two go together and you can technically skill while earning huge amounts of money. But this usually isn't the case since the luck reward is relatively small.

 

 

 

So is it better to skill your way to money, or to rely on luck?

 

 

 

Discuss.

[Kenneh]

Bit of both. Never been lucky with drops but i'd say my skills only cost cash :|

[darksonic45]

Luck is a major factor. I think that I have some of the worst luck on Runescape (6 years of playing and 1 dragon drop[med])

 

Skilling is something just to fall back on if your luck runs out or if you enjoy skilling, you can make some cash with it too.

[Flamewhisker]

For me its mainly on skill. Before the trade limits, i never merched. The luck i get from drops are 1 obby sheild and a few rune meds...thats about it.

 

 

 

I rc, hunt, or wc for my money.

[Carl]

Perhaps both, in some peoples cases.

 

 

 

I, when I used to train skills made money from them. Now, I never really needed the money but making it as an extra while training was nice. (most noticeably hunter).

 

 

 

I've never ever relied on luck for money, because I simply don't monster hunt, never did and never will. My best drop was a pair of Dragon platelegs, which I was only there killing for fun.

[3hitm4g3u]

I pked all my riches.

[walka92]

90% of all the money i have ever made on rs was from monster hunting [luck], only a few mill over came from skilling.

[Patrik001]

Luck is a major factor. I think that I have some of the worst luck on Runescape (6 years of playing and 1 dragon drop[med])

 

 

 

Try 7 years and only a dragon spear :)

[Fools_Taco]

Dont cut any corners (like when people level to 99 wc on willows), do the math, and keep skilling. Thats all you need to do. I have never killd a gwd boss and i have heaps of cash. And i have spent hundreds of millions on skills. You can make 100m alone getting 99 wc and fishing.

[Fools_Taco]

Luck is a major factor. I think that I have some of the worst luck on Runescape (6 years of playing and 1 dragon drop[med])

 

 

 

Try 7 years and only a dragon spear :)

 

 

 

 

 

Whats your combat level, is that your rs name?

 

 

 

Darksonic the original quote is only 25% of the way to max meele stats. In the grand scheme of things he hasn't even killed that much. He can train slayer and max out his meele stats and i bet he will make about 60m along the way. I had made enough for a prayer cape by the time i was 92 slayer.

 

 

 

 

 

The longer you play (and actually play, meaning getting exp) the more cash you make.

[Punitive_D]

Joining a merching clan probably is the best way to make money, but I'm not interested in that.

 

 

 

I've made hundreds of millions in Runescape, and I've found that the best way is to do what you enjoy. Every newb wants to know how to make money fast, but there's no easy money in Runescape. The only way to make money is to do something and stick with it. And the only way you'll stick with it is if you enjoy it.

 

 

 

For example, I've known scores of newbs who decided they wanted a visage drop (not so valuable anymore), so they started killing black drags. They swore that they wouldn't stop until they got the visage. Well, sooner or later, boredom overwhelms them and they give up. I, on the other hand, enjoy slayer and enjoy the variety of assignments that I get. I've killed thousands of dragons, but not all in a row trying to get a visage. And, guess what, I've had a visage and four d legs from drags. I didn't set out to get that, but I got them while doing what I enjoyed doing.

 

 

 

Another way to make money is runecrafting. If you can craft double nats, you can get very rich in runescape. But the training required to get to that runecrafting level is just brutal. Honestly, the only people who are likely to do it are people who like runecrafting anyway.

 

 

 

So my take on this is that the best way to get rich in runescape is to do what you enjoy. You'll eventually get more skilled at it and probably find that you earned some gold along the way. Even if you don't get rich, at least you've done something that you enjoyed, and isn't that what gaming is supposed to be about after all?

[Musky44]

It's all about the luck, it's the only way to earn fast money, and GWD is the best thing to hopefully get lucky at. If you're not lucky at GWD, DKs is a good ~1.3m an hour soloing.

 

Skilling is too slow to earn pratical money, so it's a worthless option. Of course, luck wouldn't affect a merchant, and a particular merchant friend has alot a money, and is such a noob in combat, that a team wouldn't even take him to a bandos LS mass.

[langer]

A bit of both, i got most of my money through slayer drops (60+ whips, 40+ d boots and countless rune boots, g mauls, mystic robes and rune weapons), clue rewards (all god sets multiple times, robin, all cavs and countless page and rune loot) and farming (farmed around 400 torstol, 250 snaps and countless kwuarms). Woodcutting and fishing also gained me a couple mils along the way. Money comes in too many ways to rely on either one. As far as boss hunting goes, I got a 5 man d meds at the KBD when they were 2,3 mil... a 4-man CS godsword shard at 130k...and recently another D-Med at kbd CSed at 30k each on a 2-man rampage...

 

 

 

Ohhh add a lucky visage on a steel dragon task.

[psvstef]

i don't remember the last time i actually skilled(fish,wc,hunt) for money :lol:

 

 

 

i just slayer and you don't really notice the money coming in 8-)

[B_Ryan20]

ive done both but i find skilling (91 rcing) if you have it is the best way to go. Ive also gotten a armadyl hilt split when they were 120m/3 = 40m.

 

 

 

Overall if you want money fast go with luck, although this can backfire if you dont get anything.

[8112204]

Probably both, luck when buying/selling and skills when using skills to get money. In my opinion using luck would probably give more money for the time spent (one offer on the GE) but if you turn out unlucky you can lose. You never lose with skill (can't lose money by chopping a yew), but skill does take time.

[ReapMe]

i've made more due to luck than skill.

[Zierro]

Luck is the best first choice, because there is a chance that you can make millions right off the back. Making money the skillful way is good for long term goals, because you will definitely be making money but the process can be a lot slower. It's still better than no process at all though.

[ieuanty]

if your a high combat lvl (120+) im 114 and slayer makes 200k an hour often if not more (i plant a few herbs between asignments) i never hunt for stuff and i had 10m it isn't much but i did just get 70 construction bought guilded alter+burners and bought bones for 70 prayer (2 days before they went loads down :( )

 

sharks do make quite a good profit even at the minimum level (i have a secret to the more amazing skilling wc or fishing works the best i play my xbox at the same time soulcalibur 4 sure does take away the boredome of skilling and its not against the rules as i was at the computer (well laptop) i just checked it every 10/20secs)

 

skilling is good in the long run as high skills are awesome and not many people respect someone thats maxed out with 40 wc and fishing :lol:

 

in 2 days somehow ive managed to fish 800+ sharks i havn't been paying much attention i have been doing other things and ive made a fair amount of cash(and grew a fishing lvl :D )

 

 

 

but it must be said i don't hunt monsters but when i get a certain slayer task or just felt like scoping something out ive learned combat gets so much lovely gold pieces

 

 

 

if you want to be a better player in the long run i advise skilling and slayer or

 

 

 

if you want gold :twisted: go beat up some ppl in godwars saradomin or bandos whatever you feel like (green drags is good cash 300-400k an hour)

[Pinkbullet3]

Skill + Luck = :?

 

 

 

:lol:

[xSxqPowerx]

All about luck for me, however, that being said... you have to spend a lot of time doing something that isn't easy for that luck to happen sometimes. So with godwars and such, you still need the dedication to make money. Sometimes the money just comes faster than others.

[Atom Smash40]

both make money. one makes money consistently, the other is based on luck. skilling for money is consistent income, boss/drop hunting is pure chance. tbh, skilling for money is better. u spend very little for a lot of profit, particularly in RC. GWD is ok, but u have to spend a lot to get a decent drop (most of the time), and it isnt a guaranteed hilt.

[Xezalb]

I've never had any luck while MHing, so pretty much all of my small cashpile is from skilling.

[AlexDT]

All of my networth is from skilling. All of it. I'm not going to whine about how I have the worst luck in Runescape - I'm only halfway to 99HP, so I'd be surprised if I had got a decent drop by now. Plus, none of my friends ever do any GWDing - I offer to tank and they still decline, so I know they're not lying :lol:.

 

 

 

Obviously I'll never be as rich as merchants or big-bird killers, so I'll say monster hunting is far, far better.

[Fools_Taco]

if your a high combat lvl (120+) im 114 and slayer makes 200k an hour often if not more (i plant a few herbs between asignments) i never hunt for stuff and i had 10m it isn't much but i did just get 70 construction bought guilded alter+burners and bought bones for 70 prayer (2 days before they went loads down :( )

 

sharks do make quite a good profit even at the minimum level (i have a secret to the more amazing skilling wc or fishing works the best i play my xbox at the same time soulcalibur 4 sure does take away the boredome of skilling and its not against the rules as i was at the computer (well laptop) i just checked it every 10/20secs)

 

skilling is good in the long run as high skills are awesome and not many people respect someone thats maxed out with 40 wc and fishing :lol:

 

in 2 days somehow ive managed to fish 800+ sharks i havn't been paying much attention i have been doing other things and ive made a fair amount of cash(and grew a fishing lvl :D )

 

 

 

but it must be said i don't hunt monsters but when i get a certain slayer task or just felt like scoping something out ive learned combat gets so much lovely gold pieces

 

 

 

if you want to be a better player in the long run i advise skilling and slayer or

 

 

 

if you want gold :twisted: go beat up some ppl in godwars saradomin or bandos whatever you feel like (green drags is good cash 300-400k an hour)

 

 

 

Listen to what this guy is sayin. I maxed woodcutting and fishing while doing other things. They are pretty much free money. When you are at home ALWAYS be fishing or woodcutting (fishing is easier). Why not? it only takes a few seconds of attention every few min, even less now that the log out timer is changed.

 

 

 

You can read online or for the big win study. You can probally make 80m in a semester and get straight As, AND get a fishing or woodcutting cape.