Runecrafting Vs. Slayer [The Harder 99]

[PhilosopherNeptune]

Slayer is easier and much more boring. Runecrafting on the other hand is quite boring as well...

[Bauke]

 

Well Runescape doesn't take any skill... unless you mean, of course, it's boring. Which I completely agree with.

 

Yeah that's basically what I mean. Everyone can point and click their way to 99.

[Zierro]

Perseverance and dedication do not count as skills?

[Skeptical]

RC is far harder, both in requirements, and time.

 

 

 

And the XP you get from slayer steadily increases: at RC, it tops out at about 44 with Graahk Nats.

[nerdboyxxx]

Runecrafting: 40k+ xp an hour.

 

Slayer: 25-30k xp an hour.

 

 

 

'Nuff said.

 

 

 

Ummm thats 40K exp an hour for rc at 99, which is hardly great, because we are talking to 99, not from it.

 

 

 

Although from 91-99 there isn't much exp change, with runecrafting from 1-91, max exp with nat running is about 24K, unless you have time and/or money to burn you can do other methods.

 

 

 

Slayer is fun, you can also make a quick buck, and you are also training combat skills along with it. It might be slow, but that depends what task you get, how you perform that task, and other factors.

 

 

 

Overall, Slayer is the easier one, Runecrafting is just a kick in the nuts :evil:

[langer]

XP-wise no-lifing it, slayer takes longer.

 

 

 

If you had personnal taste into the mix, I'd say that for me, RC is definitely harder as it is repetitive, without challenge or changes (unlike monster drops).

[iusetitans]

runecrafting takes alot longer

[go2guy]

im going to have to say slayer the fact that after each task you have to go back to a teacher and then get items ready for next task anoys me rc is just doing the same thing over and over again depending on what you do.

[abbydog95]

Runecrafting is faster (as it can be powertrained through the ZMI) although alot more repetive (did i spell it right :ohnoes: ) Slayer is slower, although can be AFK able at sometimes, and is alot more variety.

[Pythonic]

Of course slayer is the harder skill. You don't see anyone with 200 million slayer experience but you see a load of people with 200 million runecrafting experience. Sure it may take more focus to runecraft but it all really is the same thing, clicking. You also need to run all over the place for slayer so it can't be an efficient steady experience coming in.

[abbydog95]

Of course slayer is the harder skill. You don't see anyone with 200 million slayer experience but you see a load of people with 200 million runecrafting experience. Sure it may take more focus to runecraft but it all really is the same thing, clicking. You also need to run all over the place for slayer so it can't be an efficient steady experience coming in.

 

You have a point,but not one person has 200m runecraft xp....

[Pythonic]

Of course slayer is the harder skill. You don't see anyone with 200 million slayer experience but you see a load of people with 200 million runecrafting experience. Sure it may take more focus to runecraft but it all really is the same thing, clicking. You also need to run all over the place for slayer so it can't be an efficient steady experience coming in.

 

You have a point,but not one person has 200m runecraft xp....

 

 

 

Runecrafting experience (top): 157,034,220

 

Slayer experience (top): 123,832,494

 

 

 

My point has been made.

[D Jay99]

Of course slayer is the harder skill. You don't see anyone with 200 million slayer experience but you see a load of people with 200 million runecrafting experience. Sure it may take more focus to runecraft but it all really is the same thing, clicking. You also need to run all over the place for slayer so it can't be an efficient steady experience coming in.

 

You have a point,but not one person has 200m runecraft xp....

 

 

 

Runecrafting experience (top): 157,034,220

 

Slayer experience (top): 123,832,494

 

 

 

My point has been made.

 

Larryr (that's his name iirc) quit, probably because runecrafting that much drove him mad. ;)

[Inuashakent]

Perseverance and dedication do not count as skills?

 

That's the only debatable part about this topic.

[IeatWindex]

Ruecrafting imo, it's extremely tedious, whilst Slayer has change and helps train other skills.

[Sir_Kurity]

Now that i think of it, runecraftings definately harder.

 

 

 

Sure, you get XP slower, but its boring as all hell, and with slayer you train other skills at the same time, yadayadayda.

[CheapMark]

Whilst I have little ground to comment on either skills (level 60 Slayer, Level 56 RC) I believe runecrafting to be the harder skill solely because it is extrememly monotonous and boring...slayer you fight different monsters with different styles and have to potential to get some interesting drops.

[Lolbear123]

id say rc because slay tasks can change :wall:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[O_M_G_Guasto]

Runecrafting is the toughest one. But mining beats em to it. :-#

 

 

 

 

 

Hardly. Mining is rather quick, 60-70k an hour, or 40k an hour unfocused, and easy. Runecrafting is very, very dull, aswell as having a terrible exp rate, with it's very max, at 99, being around 40k an hour.

 

 

 

Slayer is much easier, simply because you have scene changes.

 

Mining is 45k an hours tops paying full attention, do you even have the 99?

[D Jay99]

Runecrafting is the toughest one. But mining beats em to it. :-#

 

 

 

 

 

Hardly. Mining is rather quick, 60-70k an hour, or 40k an hour unfocused, and easy. Runecrafting is very, very dull, aswell as having a terrible exp rate, with it's very max, at 99, being around 40k an hour.

 

 

 

Slayer is much easier, simply because you have scene changes.

 

Mining is 45k an hours tops paying full attention, do you even have the 99?

 

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Your xp rate will depend mostly on your mining level, your latency, how fast you are in general, especially how good you are at this drop method. Over 70k xp per hour is possible at very high mining, but not everyone will be able to do this.

[Fwut]

I have to say runecrafting's the harder 99 because it suffers from a lack of variety, but an untrimmed slayer cape is amazing.

[All_Is_Great]

I'd have to say that FARMING is hardest, with slayer a close second and RC third. But that's just me.

[Gandorf61]

I'd have to say that FARMING is hardest, with slayer a close second and RC third. But that's just me.

 

 

 

^ Farming you only have to make a couple runs a day to get maximum xp. It just takes a while if you don't have a lot of money. The time spent actually p;laying the game to achieve 99 farming is actually very little.

 

 

 

Since I made this thread I've almost come to think of mining as one of the hardest 99 skills as well. While it can be a bit faster than runecrafting and slayer it is painfully boring.

 

 

 

Runecrafting is faster than slayer (I can get 55-60k xp an hour at ZMI) but it requires a lot more concentration and effort than slayer. Slayer is overall just a really lengthy skill to level up that is fun and easy.

[12pure34]

A fine debate about runecrafting vs. slayer.

 

As many I agree that runecrafting gets tedious after a while. I recently achieved 75 runecrafting, but I have hardly used it ever since. I used to love runecrafting, because it was a more respected skill then it is now. Making nature runes was THE way to make money at some point. Also I loved those Rc-pkers making it that little bit more fun for me. I always played with them, they only got me once while I made millions and millions back in the days (think 3 years back or so).

 

 

 

Slayer I have always enjoyed aswell, simply because you train multiple stats at the same time. I get more of a feeling of training combat stats, rather then slayer. Because you keep switching tasks and there are multiple ways of killing each monster, I see variation. It is only because I dislike ranged, that I tend to get bored of slayer as fast as I get bored of RC nowadays.

 

 

 

I can see both skills as challenging 99's. Slayermonsters arent really dangerous and rewards are much more varried. RC'ing is next to safe at decent combat level and you get a steady high reward when making death runes. ZMI is a great variation I found. It is however far more monotone (don't know the correct word) as you perform 1 or 2 ritmes over and over. Fighting skeletal wyverns is far from the same as killing Dust devils.

 

 

 

Mining I think.. is worse then these however. Looking at the same stones over and ove rand over and over. The fact you need to drop it. Experience isn't great. Even with SC tools, its crap. At least you get to see different things while RC'ing and you can be social. Mining is.. a lonely long.. horrible skill. Will never train it anything further then it currently is :P

[AgentEarl]

i dont see why this is a debate, rc is WAY harder. i cant see how someone would think slayer is harder