August 20, 200916 yr I have about 70m cash, which I have been merching. I was thinking of spending the money on getting 99 prayer, or full bandos + 90 prayer. What do you think I should do? Which ever one I chose, I will wait until the summer's over to buy them since the prices are so high atm. :x
August 20, 200916 yr Get bandos and 90 prayer. Use the Bandos to make money for the remaining levels. I like bandos, but there are armours that give better defence bonusses. Bandos is expensive, and not always better then armour you might already have. But it looks cool!! Other data was removed when acoount got hacked...
August 20, 200916 yr Prayer past 70 imo is useless unless you really need prayer.. :| But get that if you want, bandos is the best armour in the game, really, affordable in a way, good defence, a strength bonus, and it isnt ugly like barrows.. I dont need a siggy no moar.
August 20, 200916 yr Well.... prayer >70 last longer (obviously), makes prayer pots more valuable (as they restore a % of prayer points) and of course, 99 prayer gives you the opportunity to buy a very schmexy cape! Is it WORTH it? Well, that's up to YOU to decide. Of course, you can ask youself the same question for ALL buyable skills, as the majority of skills have litte to offer >80 or so. Other data was removed when acoount got hacked...
August 20, 200916 yr And yet the cost and time doesnt really work out that well, the money can be used on better stuff than prayer. \ I dont need a siggy no moar.
August 20, 200916 yr I really wouldn't recommend either, but bandos is not worth the money. Its strength bonus isn't very high and it isn't particularly useful. Barrows>bandos Corporeal Drops:2xHoly elixersBandos Drops: Bcp(soloed) 5x hilts 8x tassets Armadyl Drops:Armadyl Hilt(trio)Zamorak Drops: 2xZamorakian spear 3x Steam battlestaff
August 20, 200916 yr I really wouldn't recommend either, but bandos is not worth the money. Its strength bonus isn't very high and it isn't particularly useful. Barrows>bandos Bandos Pros: Strength Bonus Nice defence Great looks God items Bandos Cons: Cost --- Barrows Pros: High defence Cheap Barrows Cons: Ugly Degrading The defence is literally more than enough. I find Bandos to fit perfectly for everyday stuff whereas Barrows is more Boss-y stuff. Yeah it's my opinion but I also find Barrows' defence bonus to be too much. I dont need a siggy no moar.
August 20, 200916 yr I would go with 99 prayer.. I don't see bandos as good for anything except the looks.. especially the tassets. They are quite possibly one of the most overpriced items in the game. Before you criticize my point of view know that I have owned bandos in the past (so I am not an outsider looking in, I have had experience with it) and I am 800 exp from 99 prayer (so again I have experience with a high prayer level, I am not just assuming) Also, I have not tested it (but I plan on it) I am pretty sure you can get the same affect of the Bandos' str bonus by just using Veracs and praying the 10% Str prayer. The costs of p pots and repairs will add up but I was just pointing out that if you are doing a short run at something the Veracs way may be the way to go (As I can guarantee it will be tons cheaper than the cost of Bandos) Apparently, my signature was to big.
August 20, 200916 yr And yet the cost and time doesn't really work out that well, the money can be used on better stuff than prayer. \ Depends what you do. I spend just short of 1.5m getting from 70 to 72 and it will be worth it in the long run. Per every prayer/super restore pot I use I get 4 extra points back. At todays prices its about 3k prayer pots or 2.5k super restores used until I regain the amount. But I can easily get through 100 of either in a week so within 25 to 30 weeks I'll have recouped all the money. Thats without taking into account the 2 extra base prayer potions. Taking those into account I save ~300gp per time I use a full prayer bar (think AZ's where you easily get through a bar every 3 minutes) which happens all the time. [hide=Drops]Dragon Axe x11Berserker Ring x9Warrior Ring x8SeercullDragon MedDragon Boots x4 - all less then 30 kcGodsword Shard (bandos)Granite Maul x 3Solo only - doesn't include barrows[/hide][hide=Stats][/hide]
August 20, 200916 yr I really wouldn't recommend either, but bandos is not worth the money. Its strength bonus isn't very high and it isn't particularly useful. Barrows>bandos Bandos Pros: Strength Bonus Yay +7 strength for 30m! What a deal! Nice defence Or you could buy barrows which is the nicest Great looks This is just an opinion, so it doesn't really count God items Huh? What do you mean? Bandos Cons: Cost 30m con is a big con. --- Barrows Pros: High defence Cheap Barrows Cons: Ugly Degrading The degradation doesn't bother ANYONE, it is completely reasonable. The defence is literally more than enough.No, it isn't. I'm 99 def and on slayer tasks I still need a bunyip if I'm using rune defenders. I find Bandos to fit perfectly for everyday stuff whereas Barrows is more Boss-y stuff. Yeah it's my opinion but I also find Barrows' defence bonus to be too much. Comments in bold. Ray, you are also a fairly low level, at your level it is inadvisable to own bandos or to use it. My comments are all from personal experience. Corporeal Drops:2xHoly elixersBandos Drops: Bcp(soloed) 5x hilts 8x tassets Armadyl Drops:Armadyl Hilt(trio)Zamorak Drops: 2xZamorakian spear 3x Steam battlestaff
August 20, 200916 yr Really? I didnt think that Runescape was such a complicated game where only high levels know what to do.. hmm, :-k Granted through personal use you probably WOULD know more, but that doesnt mean I dont :? Not to mention the cons and pros I listed all depend on a players preference. Dont like degrading armour? Bandos. Dont like costly armour? Barrows! Not that hard really :| The question stands 99 Pray or 90 Pray and Bandos however. Oh, personally even though I probably dont kill half the stuff you do I barely need the defence of Barrows at certain places. :s Also, I am a pioneer of defence over strength, but really the difference in defence between say, DH body and BCP isnt that huge >.> I dont need a siggy no moar.
August 20, 200916 yr Bandos is over-rated. way to expensive for such small str bonuses, which are easily out matched by using str prayers and prossy top/veracs skirt. why pay more for an inferior training method? Raise pray till around 90 until you decide you want a pray cape, and use prayers to train. either 10% or piety depending on your earning rates Dragon Drops: 80+ boots, 7 med, 3 skirt, 2 left half, 2 Spear, 2 2hSlayer: 30+ whips, 4 Bows, 1 Mask, 3 Granite Legs, 1 Visage (Wyverns)Notable GWD Splits: Bandos Tassets: 12, Bandos Chest: 11, Bandos Hilt: 2Proud Slayer of 99 Att/Str/Def/HP/Range/Summoning
August 20, 200916 yr Personally, if I had the money I'd either get Bandos + Whip or Barrows + Any sweet GS, SGS maybe? It's all up to you, these people can only help you make your decision, you need to make decisions yourself.
August 20, 200916 yr Keep merchenting until the summer is over and get both? Suggest a poll for Tip.it - Here!
August 20, 200916 yr The degradation doesn't bother ANYONE, it is completely reasonable. I'm OCD and literally cannot stand the degredation of Barrows, so Bandos fits my needs perfectly. I also spent a total of 25mil on it, and 30mil does seem a bit pricy to me now, but imo it was worth every cent. It's all up to you: are you fed up with your current armour? Have you always wanted the pray cape? Which do you want more? http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww6/aspeeder/Siggy_zpsewaiux2t.png 99 Strength since 6/02/10 99 Attack since 9/19/10 99 Constitution since 10/03/10 99 Defense since 3/14/11 99 Slayer since 8/30/11 99 Summoning since 9/10/11 99 Ranged since 09/18/11 99 Magic since 11/12/11 99 Prayer since 11/15/11 99 Herblore since 3/29/12 99 Firemaking since 5/15/12 99 Smithing since 10/04/12 99 Crafting since 9/16/13 99 Agility since 9/23/13 99 Dungeoneering since 1/1/14 99 Fishing since 2/4/14 99 Mining since 2/28/14 99 Farming since 6/04/14 99 Cooking since 6/11/14 99 Runecrafting since 10/10/14 9 Fletching since 11/11/14 99 Thieving since 11/14/14 99 Woodcutting since 11/20/14 99 Construction since 12/03/14 99 Divination since 2/22/15 99 Hunter since 2/23/15 99 Invention since 01/20/17 99 Archaeology since 5/14/22 99 Necromancy since 11/22/25 Quest Point Cape since 08/20/09 Maxed since 2/23/15 Fire Cape since 02/27/13 Slayer: 3 Leaf-Bladed Swords, 8 Black Masks, 2 Hexcrests, 26 Granite Mauls, 5 Focus Sights, 33 Abyssal Whips, 9 Dark Bows, 1 Whip Vine, 3 Staffs of Light, 15 Polypore Sticks Dragon: 10 Draconic Visages, 7 Shield Left Halves, 20 Dragon Boots, 40 Dragon Med Helms, 8 Dragon Platelegs, 6 Dragon Spears, 20 Dragon Daggers, 5 Dragon Plateskirts, 1 Dragon Chainbody, 63 Off-hand Dragon Throwing Axes, 19 Dragon Longswords, 27 Dragon Maces, 1 Dragon Ward Treasure Trails: Saradomin Full Helm, Ranger Boots, Rune Body (t), Saradomin Vambraces, Various God Pages Misc:1 Onyx,1 Ahrim's Hood, 1 Guthan's Chainskirt, 1 Demon Slayer Boots
August 21, 200916 yr Nope. The Bandos armour isn't worth the money you'd be blowing for it, and it's enough to make a simple comparison (between this and this this) to see why. Now, I'm not saying it's bad to toy with it (hell, I even have it), but 33.5m for crappy defence and a Strength bonus that doesn't do much isn't worth all that effort.
August 21, 200916 yr Personally, I would buy a Godsword, that is, unless you already own one. However, it remains a fact that Torag's, the cheapest Barrows armor, has the best defensive bonuses in the game (correct me if I am mistaken).
August 21, 200916 yr Personally, I would buy a Godsword, that is, unless you already own one. However, it remains a fact that Torag's, the cheapest Barrows armor, has the best defensive bonuses in the game (correct me if I am mistaken). Godswords are overpriced special attack weapons, for the most part.
August 21, 200916 yr Use barrows when you need defence, when you don't need defence you should use proselyte and 10% strength or piety. No need for Bandos except for certain bossfights, and that isn't worth the cost of Bandos armour. Retired 2146 overall - 136 combat - 6 skillcapes Plus I think the whole teenage girl thing will end soon (hopefully), because my girlfriend is absolutely in love with him(she is 18), and im beginning to feel threatened by his [Justin Bieber] dashing looks.
August 21, 200916 yr Author I think I'll keep merching and skilling my way up to 100m, then go and buy 99 Prayer. Thanks everyone! :thumbsup:
August 22, 200916 yr It really depends on what type of player you are and if you do monster-hunting, what monsters you hunt. If you DK a lot, you don't need the melee defences, you need range defence, which Bandos provide lots of. Same applies to Sgwd, Bgwd and DK's, usually you either pro melee or avoid the Melee attacks, therefore range defence is more necessary in those situations. I would think Bandos armour would be best to be bought at 12m or so a piece, current prices are ridiculous and DEFINATELY not worthy of buying Bandos for. Oh and I don't recommend you on getting 99 prayer, dbones are currently very expensive and not worth getting 99, 90 and 99 hardly makes a difference except for a few more seconds of prayer and a cape.
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