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Of course, d claws are primarily a pking wep. But it seems that no matter what Jagex does with pking, the price of d claws seems amazingly resilient. Of course, when Jagex released d claws, they were ridiculously underpriced, and their price immediately shot up over 36M. Lately, the claws have been challenging that all-time high, and appear to be making a run at it again, despite Jagex's recent attempts to nerf certain tactics that employ claws. As I thought about this, though, I think the amazing resilience of the claws stems from the fact that they STILL are underpriced. As a KO wep, they are a bit overpowered. If you look at their nearest competitor (AGS), claws still sell for a fraction of the price. So what about claws? Am I right that they still are underpriced? Is there something else about them that keeps their price pushing up inspite of forces pushing the opposite direction?

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Well claws have been relatively stable lately, if not moving towardsa a slight drop.

 

 

 

The only reason they have gone up again is because the bugged safe-spots from runetek 5 means TDs are a heck of a lot harder to kill right now.

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They're popular and the stats and their special have never been touched. As long as those two things stay the same and you can still pull in the loot from PVPing, they'll stay that high.

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You can't really say that claws are underpriced because of AGS being so high since AGS is useful for countless things, and claws are useful for very few things.

 

 

 

What things are AGS good for that BGS (or even SS) isn't just as good for? IOW, why is AGS so much more expensive than BGS? Isn't it the potential for a massive KO hit with the spec? And for that purpose, aren't claws comparable? If I own claws and a BGS, isn't that just as good as an AGS, and for less money?

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You can't really say that claws are underpriced because of AGS being so high since AGS is useful for countless things, and claws are useful for very few things.

 

 

 

What things are AGS good for that BGS (or even SS) isn't just as good for? IOW, why is AGS so much more expensive than BGS? Isn't it the potential for a massive KO hit with the spec? And for that purpose, aren't claws comparable? If I own claws and a BGS, isn't that just as good as an AGS, and for less money?

 

 

 

I think since its easier to kill graardor then kree'arra, that also has an effect on the price.

 

Not because of the special attack alone. That beeing said, I dont really see a big difference between the godswords.

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Claws are never used outside of PVP. Godswords can be used in any circumstance. Now I don't think the prices between godswords should be as big as they are, but I can see them being that between the swords and claws.

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Claws are enver used outside of PVP. Godswords can be used in any circumstance. Now I don't think the prices between godswords should be as big as they are, but I can see them being that between the swords and claws.

 

 

 

Yep.

 

 

 

The cost of claws seems about right, actually. Given the fact that they're ONLY used for the special and in incredibly narrow circumstances, 33m almost seems overpriced.

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claws peaked at 38.1m i believe. But as others have said, only the special attack is useful. And I can hardly hit good specs with claws with my stats half the time.

 

They do have uses to k0 people in cws while defending, or in pits for a quick k0. not sure how good they are in solo bandos kills and such, but I know ags is great and you don't have to switch weapons because the gs hits so well without special attack.

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Claws peaked today, they are going to drop again. It was just the hysteria that came with the removal of TD safespots, then people realized that they could still kill TD's.

 

I had a pair about a week ago, I sold it after a few days of duel arena, it was fun, but not useful for anything else.

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Underpriced? Paying 33M for something which is only useful for its special attack is ridiculous in my eyes.

 

 

 

 

 

Makes more sense than paying 15m (forget current price) for a +2 str bonus (tassets)

 

 

 

The game is about fun, and I found owning claws to be one of the most fun things in the game.

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Underpriced? Paying 33M for something which is only useful for its special attack is ridiculous in my eyes.

 

Ditto. Hell, DDS is only 40k and its still a fairly good pk weapon compared to blowing 35m on claws of which I could get a few 99's with.

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Claws suck for a primary weapon but are the ULTIMATE spec weapon for PvP. Most PKers use rune, robes, or hides, all of which are devastated by Claws. Against monsters, claws have no purpose, and against bosses, their attack stat isn't nearly high enough to do much good.

 

 

 

Godswords even without their specials are superb weapons for bosses, due to possessing the highest attack stat in the game. The reason the AGS is almost 90m and the BGS is barely 22m is because of a few things:

 

 

 

1) Graardor is a [kitty]. Seriously, I go to Bandos almost nightly with a group of friends, and it's just a max hit contest. There is NO challenge or risk involved at all, save for server crashes and other things that are out of the hands of players. Kree Ara does constant damage to everyone in the room, which while it can be alleviated with Unicorns, it does make it markedly more difficult than Bandos. Furthermore, in my team of five friends that I go with, the average Graardor kill takes about eight seconds. The average Kreeara kill with three or four people who are 99 ranged takes about a minute and a half.

 

 

 

2) Many more players have max melee stats than max range.

 

 

 

3) Bandos uses very little supplies (except for the tank), whereas Kree Ara uses considerable supplies, especially now that Diamond (e) bolts are 1.2k each.

 

 

 

4) BGS spec sucks [wagon]. It takes 100% of the bar and is easily countered with a super restore potion. AGS spec has the highest KO potential of any special except D claws, but is much more accurate against bosses. For Graar and Zily, there is no better spec weapon (save maybe the ZGS for Zil).

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Of course, d claws are primarily a pking wep. But it seems that no matter what Jagex does with pking, the price of d claws seems amazingly resilient. Of course, when Jagex released d claws, they were ridiculously underpriced, and their price immediately shot up over 36M. Lately, the claws have been challenging that all-time high, and appear to be making a run at it again, despite Jagex's recent attempts to nerf certain tactics that employ claws. As I thought about this, though, I think the amazing resilience of the claws stems from the fact that they STILL are underpriced. As a KO wep, they are a bit overpowered. If you look at their nearest competitor (AGS), claws still sell for a fraction of the price. So what about claws? Am I right that they still are underpriced? Is there something else about them that keeps their price pushing up inspite of forces pushing the opposite direction?

No your wrong about them being underpriced. The reason the price is staying up is because of PvP tricking. As for Claws special attack, it's ONLY good for PvP.

 

Use it at Zamorak boss>Horrible

Use it at Bandos boss>I bet horrible there too

 

It's not worth using for non-PvP. And if PvP 76King did not mess the prices of most items, i think Dragon claws would be near 20M.

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I think claws are at a fine price. After all their only use is in PVP, and getting fast kills in high demand monsters (like monsters that are just released). As long as their only shining moment is in PVP and there aren't other uber uses, then I think it's fine. After all, it's practically useless after the spec.

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They are the most accurate and devastating special, possibly in-game. They will always hit, even on high-leveled armors, and are so fast that, unless you use Phoenix necklaces, you can only heal 20-40 HP before the second special comes. That is a Pk'ers dream, and Pk'ers will pay high price of the best: that was been around since RSC.

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They are the most accurate and devastating special, possibly in-game. They will always hit, even on high-leveled armors, and are so fast that, unless you use Phoenix necklaces, you can only heal 20-40 HP before the second special comes. That is a Pk'ers dream, and Pk'ers will pay high price of the best: that was been around since RSC.

 

Well the spec hits a 0 1 no matter what. Except on people with prayer on and corp beast of course.

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