Andy Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 With the revival of the wilderness as it used to be, I can't see how pking will be profitable any more for me. The most that i'll kill anyone for is around ~600k per kill, whereas in the current wildy I can get ancients and vls's off people risking only 76k. I used to pk for profit and fun, but I think the profit had a lot to do with me enjoying it. Now all I will be getting is a tonne of rune sets and some neit helms.. So, is anyone who pks at edge/fights meleers risking only rune going to stop pking as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuidesForScapers Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Smite is your friend. You can easily get whip loots or better because people simply don't bother to pay enough attention to their prayer, get a few nice hits and they will concentrate more on HP than prayer. Good news is pures will be back in their place and not so cocky, losing cash constantly and never getting nice loots. Legalize baby punching. Tax and regulate it. Punch babies erry day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 Smite is your friend. You can easily get whip loots or better because people simply don't bother to pay enough attention to their prayer, get a few nice hits and they will concentrate more on HP than prayer. Good news is pures will be back in their place and not so cocky, losing cash constantly and never getting nice loots.I pked a lot pre-current wildy and I only ever got 2 whips. People aren't that stupid. I can't see myself depending on someone else's stupidity for profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbows Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 As someone who's only PvP'd a little under the current system, and in FtP to boot - it won't affect me. If anything, the return of the 'old' wilderness will benefit pures pking in FtP even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmyd17 Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Didn't Jagex state that drops such as the vls will still be available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 Didn't Jagex state that drops such as the vls will still be available?From revenants and the chaos elemental, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuidesForScapers Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Smite is your friend. You can easily get whip loots or better because people simply don't bother to pay enough attention to their prayer, get a few nice hits and they will concentrate more on HP than prayer. Good news is pures will be back in their place and not so cocky, losing cash constantly and never getting nice loots.I pked a lot pre-current wildy and I only ever got 2 whips. People aren't that stupid. I can't see myself depending on someone else's stupidity for profit.I PKed a lot back then too. I got more than 10 whip loots + multiple dharok helms on a main account, so it can be done. Legalize baby punching. Tax and regulate it. Punch babies erry day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_and_Spec Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Low leveled pking = more profitable usually. BUT you can still make good profit, just as in old wild. Idk what it is with people thinking runescape's going to go through a massive change, it's gonna be the same way it used to be, so yes there will be profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunokiller Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Pking won't give a net profit anymore. But if you like high-risking pkers then you can make bank instead of the other person only losing. My blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All_Is_Great Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 It definately cuts down on the profit part. I for one can manage a profit with even a K/D ratio < 1. But i'm usually very careless, and don't run very often because I know I'll make it all back eventually. Guess I gotta change my style and adapt, but I guess this separates the average PKer from the really good ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomoor Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Dude rather then waiting for ep, you dont anymore, so thats a positive side of this update + the smite :P so ya. Rushing | Pking Commentarys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hard Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 doesn't really matter - it's wont be as easy to make bank but it'l much more fun and you'll be able to stake again which is where the real money in rs is made, [bleep] gwd 'Rock Hard' boss pure - 60/60 Attack | 99/99 Range | 1/1 Defence | 44/44 Prayer | 99/99 Strength | 99/99 Mage - level 79 combat EOC ## '07 Server ## "Best Runescape update ever: Removing 6 years of updates." "Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think every thing you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told to want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned- Tyler" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 doesn't really matter - it's wont be as easy to make bank but it'l much more funYou do realise that it's not going to go back to 2006. We won't be using torsos and whips. Korasis, chaotics, etc are all still going to be here. All that changes is the loot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naraku893 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 it will be more profitable for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Codec_I Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Hi, first post on these forums :-D I don't see how PK'ing will be much more or less profitable than it was back in the day. Remember, this time around you actually get cash for non-tradeable items, which will help a bit. Even if people stop using said items, there'll be better profit. Rune plate instead of torso is an extra 70k or so, which at least helps to cover the costs of pots/sharks. I agree that the current status of PK'ing is probably more profitable for a lot of people. I've only just started playing again so I've not got much experience, but back on my main I only ever got 1 kill, and got an ancient statuette. Still, people are risking more now and drags at least should still be good. I don't see why edge shouldn't be profitable either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Fiasco Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 As you mentioned with the use now of Korasi and other non-tradeable weapons, we have knowledge from Jagex that these will be transformed into cash upon death for the victorious PKer, so we could be seeing anywhere up to a 1m drop in cash I predict alongside pots, armour, D boots etc. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swagcake Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 it can easily be done, its not that expensive for an inventory of equipment, dont die yourself and get kills and u can still make alot of money Go Chicago Bears! "Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunityTo seize everything you ever wanted-One momentWould you capture it or just let it slip?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not2fly Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 All it means is that you actually have to know how to pk now. No more killin 1 itemer noob targs for great loot. Now you actually have to pit wits with the top of the class. Don't complain, adapt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowbunny49 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 its gonna be good buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 it can easily be done, its not that expensive for an inventory of equipment, dont die yourself and get kills and u can still make alot of moneyA 300 Venge + 500 korasi spec is hard to avoid. Dying is inevitable All it means is that you actually have to know how to pk now. No more killin 1 itemer noob targs for great loot. Now you actually have to pit wits with the top of the class. Don't complain, adapt.You know how the runescape hit system works? It's luck. There is no "top of the class", only people who manage to get lucky with their hits. There is nothing new to adapt to apart from the loot which now will make pking for profit more of a grind than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0up3d Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Dunno what guidesforscapers is talking about, so glad to see the return of the wilderness today...tried out staking made an easy 6m or so...went pking, got dragon claws and whip loot constant kills. Awesome that its back, alot better than not getting any loot in bh because my total level/combat level was low: silly. Personally, i think its better without the random statue drops, it added far too much money into rs and its always nice to see your opponent wearing an item and kill them for that item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knitewulf Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I agree I don't like how its not as profitable anymore, but if you think about it. you don't have to wait for EP to go up now. Saves lots of time allowing for your profit to catch up. How many times have you waited 2 hours for 100 ep and gotten like 600k loot? Exactly... It gets annoying. Either way I haven't pked yet so this is all my speculation. 61,358th to 99 range on May 23rd, 2010.100,927th to 99 def on February 13th, 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danqazmlp Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 It's less luck profit based and more consistent on how and who you kill. Want to be my friend? Look under my name to the left<<< and click the 'Add as friend' button!Big thanks to Stevepole for the signature!^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterowner Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Idk what you're talking about, I smited an ags today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pure_fett Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I absolutely hated bh it sucked more than i can describe, same with the 76kers. The whole ep system was screwy, oh i have 100 ep i should get a good loot now --- what? BS. i want my drops to be based on my skill as a pker not some dumb randomization you have high ep number drop. and however you look at it 76king was just hedging the system. it's back, im glad. i don't play psykick anymore... i play 2ed: "pure fett" 26081 to get 99 herblore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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