Monkey Madness musing

[Graiskye]

Well I am on the last leg of MM.

I got my greegree, I just have too rescue the monkey in the zoo etc, etc, and then fight the demon. Minor :eek: (I know, LOL)!!!

But I do feel like I am over the 'hump' as it were.

What a run, first time I ran the dungeon, I got confused about halfway through and ran back to the beginning(almost), before I realized my mistake, made it to Zoolnock with 2 pieces of food, and on my last sip of all my pots,energy spent ways back, but I made it.

Second time through things went much more smoothly. I only ended up consuming 2 'rocktails', and the second I don't really think I needed, but figured what the heck!

So my point in all this ?

I have read a few threads here and there, hardest quest 'type' threads, and MM seems to get mentioned often as one of the hardest quests?

I dont get it, so far for me, it has been a survival game, which is fairly easy, if prepared.

I guess I am pretty confident of beating the demon, if it takes two attempts, such is life, but it still wouldn't make me see this quest as having been overly difficult.

It is long, and too have figured it out all by yourself, would have been MUCH harder, much much harder.

I am using the walk-through to help me out, I use it as little as possible, and I still made out alright in Ape Atol.

I have had a blast doing Monkey Madness, I really like the quests in RS, sure some involve a lot of 'FedEx' but, that's questing some times, in any game.

The stories are funny, and I am just having a lot of fun questing these past few days.

I have been on a quest mission as opposed to more training for the past week I guess. Getting lots(well I guess that is subjective) of em done.

So what am I getting at ?

I guess I am curious as too other players remembrances,be they good or bad, of their first time through the Monkey Madness quest, and subsequently the runs through the Dungeon there(Miram IIRC), and how they felt when they finally got to heft that Dragon Scimitar afterwards ?

Much thanks for your time,

-Grais.

PS: just for interest sake, I am at 83 CL. Magic is 49 atm, ranged is 51, and I think I will range demon.

[a_bert]

its not

[Maxingmck]

Nomad isnt even hard with a guide lulz

 

Ive died there almost because of lagging while stepping on a floor trap chinning

[LatinII]

Quest difficulty is overrated except for Nomad's Requiem. I ranged the demon with 60 range with ease lol, I didn't had to drink a single prayer potion and I didn't use a ranging potion either.

[sarg1010]

MM was harder a few years ago. Before all of these new, higher-leveled weapons and armor came out. Now it is just a push-over.

[Graiskye]

Thanks for replies.

 

Quest difficulty is overrated except for Nomad's Requiem. I ranged the demon with 60 range with ease lol, I didn't had to drink a single prayer potion and I didn't use a ranging potion either.

 

Okay, I can see that, people naturally tend to exagerate, should be no different in this game I guess.

I do wonder, is there anyone who solved the quest completely unassisted, well we'll say the built in hints system is allowed ?

Anyone a hard core quester ? How did they find MM ?

-G.

PS: I am using the first tier white armor, name escapes me atm, and a rune mace, and rune shield with appropriate pots, lobsters, and a few rocktail.

Stuff I wouldn't be devastated to lose.

[xpx]

Thanks for replies.

 

Quest difficulty is overrated except for Nomad's Requiem. I ranged the demon with 60 range with ease lol, I didn't had to drink a single prayer potion and I didn't use a ranging potion either.

 

Okay, I can see that, people naturally tend to exagerate, should be no different in this game I guess.

I do wonder, is there anyone who solved the quest completely unassisted, well we'll say the built in hints system is allowed ?

Anyone a hard core quester ? How did they find MM ?

-G.

PS: I am using the first tier white armor, name escapes me atm, and a rune mace, and rune shield with appropriate pots, lobsters, and a few rocktail.

Stuff I wouldn't be devastated to lose.

Monkey madness and hard? I mean it came out around 5 years ago and it was very easy even then and hundreds of pures have done it since. I don't even understand why all the people talk about nomads requiem so much as being hard. It was the shortest quest ever(can be done within an hour), and the final fight is just a wait and see game of channeling down brews. It might not be easy with a lower combat level, but with 50 brews avaivable(i only used 13) you can easily do it with even the slightest of luck.

[Leyenda]

Monkey Madness is pretty easy, I have done it before at high 80s cb level and 50 something range with magic bow... unless you mean without a guide; I used a guide and it did take me a few hours. MM has barely any level requirements though.

[yuriqiu]

Hardest Quest in the Game:

1. ME2

2, WGS

3. RFD

4. Nomad Requiem

5. Dream Mentor

 

List was in my opinion, I do all my quests freestyle. MM would probably list in the top 10, but not top 5. Considering the general ease of most quests that does not say much.

[anonymouse_]

MM was harder a few years ago. Before all of these new, higher-leveled weapons and armor came out. Now it is just a push-over.

Even then it was really easy...

[ArtemisCatal]

I thought Dream Mentor was very hard. Probably my own fail at the time I did it, but it seemed much harder than I thought it should have been. It just to bad that we can't go back and fight quest bosses again to reavaluate what the best technique on them are.

 

With such a variaty of levels people complete different quests, it's really hard to compare one persons experence with another person's.

[Kalafai]

One of the things about Monkey Madness is that it takes some skill to do, rather than skills. The long windy dungeon can be a test of patience under pressure, as with protect from melee, a plank, sharp eyes, and some decent timing on your clicks, you can get through without taking a single point of damage, (preemptively one hitting spiders should help against poisons) and you have a numbers advantage over the boss if you act calmly.

 

As for Dream Mentor, well, really, I had to level into better options for healing, as I had never developed brew downing skills to that point.

[wioneo]

I thought Dream Mentor was very hard. Probably my own fail at the time I did it, but it seemed much harder than I thought it should have been. It just to bad that we can't go back and fight quest bosses again to reavaluate what the best technique on them are.

 

With such a variaty of levels people complete different quests, it's really hard to compare one persons experence with another person's.

 

I didn't think it was hard but I almost impaled my monitor with the mouse when that damn thing kept burrowing arround...

 

The only really difficult quest in my opinion was ME2, even after I gave up and used a guide it still took a couple hours.

[DarkDude]

I don't understand why people think MEP2 is hard? Never understood that, I did it the day it came out with little difficulty. I wish there were more quests like it actually, the puzzle was somewhat challenging as it requires you to think in 3D.

 

I really can't remember struggling on any quests, some took a while to do with parts that weren't obvious and there have been some rather difficult boss fights throughout but if you're prepared and read a guide they shouldn't be a problem.

[Kalafai]

MEP2 is hard because of the agility skill check mainly, and the fact that you have to make it three times. If you have a much higher than minimal agility, you'll only be under a little pressure from the shadows. If you are potting up to the requirement, prepare to make three trips, pray melee, and run out of food several times.

[Sam]

For me it was a breeze (concerning all the killing) - but it did require some element of logic to complete the more puzzle oriented parts of the quest.

[Bloodstain]

 

I do wonder, is there anyone who solved the quest completely unassisted, well we'll say the built in hints system is allowed ?

 

 

For there to be a guide, someone has to have done it unassisted. And lots have, quests get done the first day without any guides every time

[Bladewing]

The most trouble I ever had on a boss was the Dream mentor boss sequence.

[Graiskye]

Well I made it. Was actually pretty straight forward. Bit of a moment at the beginning as I got my prayers sorted, but after that it was smooth sailing.

I have to say prayer is just HUGE,it is what makes things relatively easy.

Thanks for the posts, but I guess it must have been over at the Official forums I saw that post regarding the most difficult quests, I can see the quest giving some people fits.

People that haven't figured out prayer.

[Saru Inc]

Quest difficulty is overrated except for Nomad's Requiem. I ranged the demon with 60 range with ease lol, I didn't had to drink a single prayer potion and I didn't use a ranging potion either.

 

 

bull.

 

MM isn't that hard though.

[DarkDude]

MEP2 is hard because of the agility skill check mainly, and the fact that you have to make it three times. If you have a much higher than minimal agility, you'll only be under a little pressure from the shadows. If you are potting up to the requirement, prepare to make three trips, pray melee, and run out of food several times.

 

Eh, having a "high" (it's not even very high) skill requirement doesn't make the quest hard. At the time I think I just had the level to do it and had no problem with it. This was while figuring out the puzzles as I went along and not following a guide too.

[Kata_Phfract__the_slayer]

monkey maddness... ohhh how i both hated and loved that quest.

 

although by the avrige quest standard, its hard, really hard, that still means its easy :mellow:

theese days (noteably cos of BoB's and run update) it will be a walk in the park to anyone willing to try, the only real things to note is the shear length of the cave with the gnome mage and not to melee the boss monster (i used melee but i only survived by praying mage and running up, attack once, hit or not, and runing back as not to let it melee you. trust me, use range)

 

theese days quest are eather too hard via luck (desert treshure chest anyone?) or to easy via guide.

in both cases ofen being long winded run-fests more then quest. do any of you ever run as much as you did in legends quest?

 

well as to not look like im ranting, monkey maddness is an easy quest, long yes, many confuseing and deadly things yes,

but hard - truely hard - the type of hard that is a bult in chalenge that no random number genorator could copy? no.

 

this post would end up a lot longer but i gtg

[meb]

It's because when it got released most ppl had like lvl 70 combat. Also how do you get confused in that tunnel? It is goes in a straight line :/

[Sam]

It's because when it got released most ppl had like lvl 70 combat. Also how do you get confused in that tunnel? It is goes in a straight line :/

 

People doing the quest first time find it confusing - you might not seeing as you have 136 combat, and you've doubtless trained in the dungeon before, so you know it's layout.

[RUNESCAPEfantasy]

i thought mm was very easy with 1 def 1 pray, it was probs alot harder when it first came out

 

dream mentor was one of the easyest quests i have done. blood burst first form used 3 sharks. safe spotted 2 and 3 took no damage and owned 4