For a good few months now I've been going for 99 defence as my first combat stat then I'll be going for about 80/85 in attack and strength.

 

So now looking and considering what I'm going for I have some choices to make.

 

I bought myself a DFS when it crashed down to 17m not long ago and I've loved the shield ever since, it has been great, fun, and just epic looking that I was extremely pleased with it and keep thinking that no wonder it was the first ever piece of expensive RS stuff I wanted to buy. So ever since I bought this epicwin of a shield I have been monitoring the GE and the BCP/Tassets.

 

Now I have some options open:

 

 

 

1. Once I get 99 def, sell the DFS and buy a BCP and Tassets (by the time I'm 99 I should have the ~11m difference) and use a defender and weapon of choice.

 

2. Once I get 99 def, keep the DFS, buy the Tassets, and go to BA until I emerge successful with a Torso.

 

3. Get 99 def, keep DFS, buy BCP, buy Dragon Legs.

 

4. Get 99 def, keep DFS and Torags and stay happy with amazing defence bonuses.

 

 

 

So there we go, if people could give their own opinion about the options or even give me more options I'd be very grateful.

 

 

 

Cheers,

 

 

 

Ez

I'd stick with the 4th option. Bandos is nice but not necessary, and the extra money is probably better off being spent training skills, in my opinion ;P

5. Sell the DFS, keep Torag's, get a defender. Use cashpile to pay for other skills.

I'd keep DFS, get a Torso and buy Dragonlegs, then just keep the excess.

 

Then again, it depends on what you're killing.

Get Torag's and rune defender. Use the defender for training, and keep the dfs fer gwd and such. personally, i'd sell it, but i know how much u love the shield =p

2 because fighter torso has same str bonus as bcp and you have 99 def so a little less def bonus wont matter.

I personally don't think anyone should bother with tassets. The defense bonuses between them and dragon legs are tiny (like +3), and the strength bonus isn't worth the ~15m extra.

 

 

 

I'd go with #3 and disgree with shooterbob; my defense is 99, and I still notice a HUGE difference between BCP and torso, probably because BCP beats torso by around +40 in every stat (lets not forget the huge +60 difference in range defense).

Personally I would go with one, because it has been proven that the defender gives better exp/hour than a DFS, plus the fact that you kill monsters faster means you take less damage overall. Although there is probably a better use of your money (I got bandos when it was around 20-25mil but I still love it ), but if you're just going to keep on training the DFS is not necessary or even preferable.

Sell the DFS, buy a Blessed Spirit Shield, Tassy, and BCP. On all of the monsters that need good defence, use the BSS, while on easy tasks use a defender.

Either option 1 or 4. Do not do 2 as the time spent getting the torso you could have done getting other stats up or making money to buy BCP, Tassets and keep your DFS.

 

 

 

I depends on what you really plan to do though. But for average training a Rune Defender will make more exp/hr then a DFS, unless you are at Green Dragons.

Instead of BCP/Tassets, why dont you consider buying a saradomin sword/bandos godsword?

 

Yes, you can kill most stuff with a whip/leaf blade sword and sheild, but when it comes to something weak to crush like fiends...

I'm confused why you're focusing on melee gear with terrible melees. Train up your range, buy some armadyl to go with your dfs, and make the best cash in runescape at armadyl godwars. If you plan was to get 99 defence then train attack and strength you just watsted a LOT of time.