Why Third Age Druidic Equipment IS good

[tedbundty]

Before today there were three sets of Third Age Equipment: Melee, Magic and Ranged. These armor sets are all very rare rewards from level 3 clue scrolls which look good and have good stats for non-degradable armor. All the sets are very expensive because of their looks and rarity, though their stats are comparable to the less-rare and less expensive armor dropped by the bosses in the God Wars Dungeon.

 

Today (or perhaps yesterday or a year ago, depending on when you read this. Same is true for above lol.), along with a bunch of other new treasure trail rewards, a fourth set came out called ‘Third Age Druidic Equipment’ which gives a high prayer bonus. Surprisingly, this Third Age armor is a reward from level 4 clue scrolls rather than level 3 like all of the other sets and was released with a higher market price (245mil!) than all the other 3rd age gear, though at first glance it doesn’t seem much better than the others. For this reason and the fact that the new set’s stats are comparable to other much cheaper sets like proselyte armor, some people are complaining that the druidic set is not good enough. I disagree.

 

I see a real potential for Third age Druidic Equipment that other people seem to have been missing and I think really does put it above all the other sets. The full set (including cloak and staff) gives a +31 prayer bonus, a +28 magic attack bonus and a +30 magic defence bonus. If you replace the cloak with a Soul Wars cape (reward from Nomad’s Requiem: +12 to prayer and and +8 to all defence stats) and also weild a full Zamorak/unholy book (+5 to prayer and +8 to all attack stats), a fury (+5 to prayer, + 10 to magic attack and +15 to magic defence), barrow gloves (+6 to magic attack and defence) and infinity boots (+5 to magic attack and defence) you end up with a +47 prayer bonus, a +57 magic attack bonus and a +61 magic defence bonus.

 

Those are some seriously good stats for when you need to use magic and prayer at the same time. With full proselyte and a crozier (plus all the other items listed above that give best prayer and magic bonuses), you can get a +44 prayer bonus, but only a -28 magic attack bonus and a +40 magic defence bonus. So, as you can see, Third Age Druidic Equipment far exceeds it’s competitors when it comes to good magic and prayer armor.

 

One place I can think of where 3rd age Druidic Equipment would be especially useful is at Ice Strikeworms (though you’d have to wear a fire cape instead of Druidic or Soul Wars cape). Here you could auto-cast fire surge and use the soul split prayer (which heals you 1/5th damage) to keep you from dying. The same strategy would be good for most of the Runescape bosses and I’m sure for lots of runescape monsters – if you can think of any in particular please tell me.

 

Oh, I forgot to mention that the Third Age Druidic Equipment looks awesome, too! Hopefully that, added to all the other stuff you’ve read, convinces you that Third Age Druidic robes aren’t nearly as bad as they seem and, if you’re extremely rich, maybe even to buy a set!

 

Note: this post was copied from my blog with my permission (har har har). Sometimes the post on my blog is more up to date and sometimes the post on the forum is more up to date but for the most part I keep them both up to date.

[Matey]

One place I can think of where 3rd age Druidic Equipment would be especially useful is at Ice Strikeworms (though youd have to wear a fire cape instead of Druidic or Soul Wars cape).

I might be wrong, but I don't believe you need to actually equip a fire cape to actually fight them, you only need it in your bank to get the task (or spend 2,000 tokens to unlock them). All the fire cape does is act as a sort of ferocious ring for ice stryke's.

[Undo]

I can get near just as good of a Prayer bonus wearing any of the older 3A with a Holy Symbol/Stole... It's still crap.

[Grimy_Bunyip]

[spoiler=I would like to contradict your assertion that the druidic robes have god stats]third age druidic, is for most intents useless.

the druidic top has inferior prayer bonuses to proselyte

the legs are equal to monkrobes/proselyte.

The helm is a massive +7 prayer bonus, but that is still inferior to the Cwar halos.

and nobody is really going to use that staff.

The cloak is inferior to the ardy cloak 3 and soul wars cape

 

each individual prayer point becomes more and more worthless, the more you have.

Most higher level players will find it more efficient to simply wear armor with higher mage bonus while maging if their income is high enough.

The only people who will find using this efficient are those with low incomes, who need the prayer bonus more than offense.

ironically enough, such players tend not to have 245 mil sitting around :P

 

 

 

I think the only reason they released this is so that tier 4 has its own 3rd age set.

From my understanding, you cant get 3a melee/range/mage from tier 4 cluescrolls

[Brom]

Both prossy and the new 3a have good prayer bonus but theres no point in buying 245m gear to mage when you can melee/range with gear that costs 25k.

[tedbundty]

One place I can think of where 3rd age Druidic Equipment would be especially useful is at Ice Strikeworms (though youd have to wear a fire cape instead of Druidic or Soul Wars cape).

I might be wrong, but I don't believe you need to actually equip a fire cape to actually fight them, you only need it in your bank to get the task (or spend 2,000 tokens to unlock them). All the fire cape does is act as a sort of ferocious ring for ice stryke's.

 

Yea you don't need to but it's worth doing because you hit a lot higher.

[Hajutze]

Considering the future price of this stuff ... I'd just go with the vestments.

[Grimy_Bunyip]

Considering the future price of this stuff ... I'd just go with the vestments.

yeah, you have to realize the amount of savings you get from using 3a druidic over other gear only amounts to about 20k-50k gp/hour

[Triquos]

I think the stats are laughable, but dayum those robes are pretty smexy. If only their prices didn't start out costing an arm and a leg lol. I put in an offer for the 3rd age staff but when I saw its stats and how basic it looked I took my offer out XD I'm definitely saving up for some of those ornament kits. I want that dragon (g)!! and fury (t) :D

[tedbundty]

[spoiler=I would like to contradict your assertion that the druidic robes have god stats]third age druidic, is for most intents useless.

the druidic top has inferior prayer bonuses to proselyte

the legs are equal to monkrobes/proselyte.

The helm is a massive +7 prayer bonus, but that is still inferior to the Cwar halos.

and nobody is really going to use that staff.

The cloak is inferior to the ardy cloak 3 and soul wars cape

 

each individual prayer point becomes more and more worthless, the more you have.

Most higher level players will find it more efficient to simply wear armor with higher mage bonus while maging if their income is high enough.

The only people who will find using this efficient are those with low incomes, who need the prayer bonus more than offense.

ironically enough, such players tend not to have 245 mil sitting around :P

 

 

 

I think the only reason they released this is so that tier 4 has its own 3rd age set.

From my understanding, you cant get 3a melee/range/mage from tier 4 cluescrolls

 

Yea, of course. I agree with almost everything you say. I even think your right about the reason why they made the set. The robes cost a ton and only the richest of people will be able to buy them and maybe only half of them will think it's worth it. That doesn't mean, though, that the set isn't good - which is the only thing I'm arguing. They are undeniably the best for when you need to use pray and mage and there are definitely situations when higher levels need a good mage and pray bonus (most notably at Ice Strykeworms and bosses where people wear that kind of equipment all the time).

[Grimy_Bunyip]

Yea, of course. I agree with almost everything you say. I even think your right about the reason why they made the set. The robes cost a ton and only the richest of people will be able to buy them and maybe only half of them will think it's worth it. That doesn't mean, though, that the set isn't good - which is the only thing I'm arguing. They are undeniably the best for when you need to use pray and mage and there are definitely situations when higher levels need a good mage and pray bonus (most notably at Ice Strykeworms and bosses where people wear that kind of equipment all the time).

i think ahrim robes are arguably better for strykewyrms though.

you're sacrificing a few gp/hour for better magic accuracy

and it's not like strykewyrms have negligible magic defense.

 

that and i can't think of any boss monsters you'd want to mage, where you would be willing to sacrifice melee/ranged defense.

[tedbundty]

Yea, of course. I agree with almost everything you say. I even think your right about the reason why they made the set. The robes cost a ton and only the richest of people will be able to buy them and maybe only half of them will think it's worth it. That doesn't mean, though, that the set isn't good - which is the only thing I'm arguing. They are undeniably the best for when you need to use pray and mage and there are definitely situations when higher levels need a good mage and pray bonus (most notably at Ice Strykeworms and bosses where people wear that kind of equipment all the time).

i think ahrim robes are arguably better for strykewyrms though.

you're sacrificing a few gp/hour for better magic accuracy

and it's not like strykewyrms have negligible magic defense.

 

that and i can't think of any boss monsters you'd want to mage, where you would be willing to sacrifice melee/ranged defense.

 

But it's not just just about gp/hour. It's also about how long of trips you can take - they'll be a good deal longer (which almost everybody prefers) when you have a high prayer bonus.

 

Bosses: dagannoth rex. With him you could heal from all those little things that hit you with Soul split and not have to worry about guthans. Corporeal beast. He ignores defence completely and being able to heal easily and stay longer is a big deal there. Metal dragons: You can mage and stay there a lot longer. I can think of barely any boss monsters that you wouldn't want to sacrifice defense for prayer especially because you can heal a lot with soul split.

 

You could also use the Augury prayer against monsters like metal dragons which might (I have no clue) be faster exp than killing with ahrims.

[Kalafai]

Bork, usually pray melee and take the occasional Surak hit anyways.

[Hajutze]

Metal dragons: You can mage and stay there a lot longer. I

Exactly what prayer are you using when you mage metal dragons ? Because I can't think of any that's worth it.

[anonymouse_]

All the things you listed are a stretch, at best. None of them will get any practical use, they're just for looks.

[Peronix]

Its use is highly situational, at best. I don't spend 100m+ for highly situational items. Unless I'm a Bill Gates merchant clan leader. In which case I'd buy any and all items anyway, just because I can.

[Bladewing]

3rd age druidic is just like all other 3rd age. It's good because it's rare enough to be periodically bought out and dumped. It is also like all other 3rd age because it is very expensive and useless.

[AresArtemis]

Third Age Druidic armour has, compared to prossy set up:

 

+3 prayer

+85 magic attack

+17 magic defence

 

Price difference: 245000k - 25k = 244975k (244,975 mill)

 

Who is willing to pay 245mill extra for such a small improvement of stats? :ohnoes:

[timmmmm83]

If you're worried about your prayer drain...

 

245m buys you a lot of prayer potions. :wink:

 

My thoughts: it is utterly useless, looks kinda good and it is rare -> ideal for hoarders from time to time.

[Sly_Wizard]

If you're maging something and don't need to worry about healing damage via SS, or you don't have SS, the top and bottom would be excellent to use in conjunction with augury.

[Big_Stingman]

I don't care about performance of items. I care about price performance, just like in everything else in real life and Runescape. But that's just because I'm not loaded with money in either I suppose.

[SirIzenhime]

One place I can think of where 3rd age Druidic Equipment would be especially useful is at Ice Strikeworms (though youd have to wear a fire cape instead of Druidic or Soul Wars cape).

I might be wrong, but I don't believe you need to actually equip a fire cape to actually fight them, you only need it in your bank to get the task (or spend 2,000 tokens to unlock them). All the fire cape does is act as a sort of ferocious ring for ice stryke's.

 

Unless you've spent the 2k tokens, you need the fire cape on to hit them. I once forgot my fire cape and was wearing a god cape, I was unable to hit them.

[Obtaurian]

It's much better and cheaper to use Ahrim's and a SW cape. You only need around +20 prayer for maximum effect. Everything after that is useless. 3A druidic is another ultra rare, ultra expensive cosmetic armor set with unique -- but useless -- bonuses.

[onedaysoon]

Good to see that there is some appeal for it. But really apart from Ice strykes, where else would you really use it?

You've raised some good points, but JaGex once again disappointed by stuffing up something that had amazing potential.

[svs]

Oh noes then one day these robes will be worthless as there's a new set of prayer gear coming out one step further than prosolyte.

 

Or isn't it so?

 

 

 

Btw should have higher stats for the amount it takes to get a set.