Been gone for a bit, a few questions

[Norriie]

I haven't really played at all since the free trade/wildy update, although I have been occasionally skimming over the updates so I feel like I haven't missed too much. But I have a couple quick questions.

 

1. Are any of the new quests worth doing right away? My quest log shows Clockwork syringe, elemental workshop IV, king of the dwarves, and prisoner of glouphrie. I'll do them all eventually but if any should be done right now, I will.

2. I see a couple new bits of armour and weapons, most of it looks overpriced though. Is the Brackish blade good for anything? Any other significant combat changes? (I'm working on slayer at the moment)

3. How is the exp on the new minigame, Livid farm? Are the spells worth unlocking? Any estimate of how long it might take to unlock all of them?

4. I remember hearing about an update to the ring of wealth. Is it worth using now in some cases, or should I continue with the ferocious/berserker rings?

5. The urn update sounded interesting, are they a good idea to use? Particularly for slayer, when killing demons and such to collect ashes... It sounds good but I'm wondering how effective they actually are.

 

Thanks in advance, guys :]

[Saradomin_Mage]

1. None of the new quests are absolutely necessary, but they do give generous helpings of XP for time spent. (King of the Dwarves - Mining, Prisoner of Glouphrie - Runecrafting)

2. Brackish blade is basically a dragon scimitar for stab, minus quest requirements. I suspect you'll have little use for one. Other changes to combat include lifepoint boosting armour, however this is still quite expensive and won't change your day to day gameplay much.

3. The experience is the minigame is quite paltry, totalling 103k XP/hr over several skills (mostly farming and magic). Unlocking all the spells will take 35 hours. The only ones that might be slightly useful are Repair Rune Pouch and Disruption Shield (for PKing). And obviously the first spell for the Taskmaster emote.

4. Continue on with your previous ring choices, as the new rare drops can be obtained regardless of the RoW.

5. Urns basically provide a 20% XP bonus to whatever skill they train. For slayer, infernal urns can collect the ashes of 25 abyssal demons/nechryael before being teleported for the XP, but you may want to consider banking the ash if you need cash. Good choices of skills to train with urns are Mining and Fishing, but generally if you can afford the inventory space you can use whichever urn you want for whatever skill.

[Hegelstad]

3. The experience is the minigame is quite paltry, totalling 103k XP/hr over several skills (mostly farming and magic). Unlocking all the spells will take 35 hours. The only ones that might be slightly useful are Repair Rune Pouch and Disruption Shield (for PKing). And obviously the first spell for the Taskmaster emote.

Repair Rune Pouch isn't very useful as you already have access to remote chat to the abyss mage, however it makes the pouches degrade slightly slower, wether that time period is long or not is uknown. Vengeance Group is epic in clan wars and soulwars, very epic.

[Soma2035]

3. The experience is the minigame is quite paltry, totalling 103k XP/hr over several skills (mostly farming and magic). Unlocking all the spells will take 35 hours. The only ones that might be slightly useful are Repair Rune Pouch and Disruption Shield (for PKing). And obviously the first spell for the Taskmaster emote.

Repair Rune Pouch isn't very useful as you already have access to remote chat to the abyss mage, however it makes the pouches degrade slightly slower, wether that time period is long or not is uknown. Vengeance Group is epic in clan wars and soulwars, very epic.

 

Actually, I believe someone already tested it and confirmed that the pouches last five times as long. Plus, it's much faster to cast the spell than to repair via NPC contact.

 

EDIT: Some people claimed 5. However, other tests are showing it may last as much as ten times longer. In either case there is a dramatic improvement.

[Hegelstad]

Actually, I believe someone already tested it and confirmed that the pouches last five times as long. Plus, it's much faster to cast the spell than to repair via NPC contact.

 

EDIT: Some people claimed 5. However, other tests are showing it may last as much as ten times longer. In either case there is a dramatic improvement.

Ooo, then its a very nice spell for sure.

[Saradomin_Mage]

Actually, I believe someone already tested it and confirmed that the pouches last five times as long. Plus, it's much faster to cast the spell than to repair via NPC contact.

 

EDIT: Some people claimed 5. However, other tests are showing it may last as much as ten times longer. In either case there is a dramatic improvement.

Ooo, then its a very nice spell for sure.

Just when I thought I was done with Mobilising Armies #2, I guess I'm going back for that spell <_<

[GoldTatze]

I haven't really played at all since the free trade/wildy update, although I have been occasionally skimming over the updates so I feel like I haven't missed too much. But I have a couple quick questions.

 

1. Are any of the new quests worth doing right away? My quest log shows Clockwork syringe, elemental workshop IV, king of the dwarves, and prisoner of glouphrie. I'll do them all eventually but if any should be done right now, I will.

2. I see a couple new bits of armour and weapons, most of it looks overpriced though. Is the Brackish blade good for anything? Any other significant combat changes? (I'm working on slayer at the moment)

3. How is the exp on the new minigame, Livid farm? Are the spells worth unlocking? Any estimate of how long it might take to unlock all of them?

4. I remember hearing about an update to the ring of wealth. Is it worth using now in some cases, or should I continue with the ferocious/berserker rings?

5. The urn update sounded interesting, are they a good idea to use? Particularly for slayer, when killing demons and such to collect ashes... It sounds good but I'm wondering how effective they actually are.

 

Thanks in advance, guys :]

1) Not worth doing in terms of new monsters to kill or anything beneficial.

2) Brackish Blade is for "noobs" who can't use either the Korasi or Chaotic Rapier. It is essentially a Dragon Scimitar that is stab favorable. Helpful for lower levels training on Stab Weak monsters.

3) Venge Group is funny, and the teleport is somewhat helpful, but if you don't feel like spending a ton of time I don't recommend it.

4) It all depends on how much money you have. Assuming your avatar is you in your Party Hat, I don't think the RoW is beneficial to you. It may help out some lower levels who may get lucky with a 3M drop, but if you are slaying and already have 1B+ (assuming that is your Party hat + other items) then Berserker Ring would be better in the long run.

5) Not for slayer, but Mining and Fishing, yes. You could use them for slayer, but in all actuality it is farely pointless.

[JPMC Mate]

Brackish Blade has an aggressive stab option unlike the Korasi Sword, which appeals to many without a CR or with the requirements to wield one.

[Sy_Accursed]

Inspite of what everyone else said i'd get king of the dwarves done.

It unlocks a new gravestone tht has based time of 15minutes opposed to the 12minutes angel of death gives.

Thoose extra 3 minutes are definitely worthwhile just in case

[Jackie_Clay]

Inspite of what everyone else said i'd get king of the dwarves done.

It unlocks a new gravestone tht has based time of 15minutes opposed to the 12minutes angel of death gives.

Thoose extra 3 minutes are definitely worthwhile just in case

On the subject of death, all gravestones have had their timers doubled with the advent of free trade.