Piety worth it for slayer?

[tigershelby2]

So, ever since prayer pots dropped in price so much, i was thinking about using piety for my tasks. Now, my main concern is that do the ppots off set the loss of food? I like to do my tasks in one run except for a select few or ones that are close to banks. But do the 4 doses make up for the lost 160lp healing of a monk while using piety? I just hate getting close to the end of tasks, then realising im not going to be able to last for the last 10-30 kills.

 

I usually slay with about a +7 prayer bonus

[jjjon123]

I would say yes since it will really speed up kills. Even if you do need to bank in the middle of a task every so often, the time you save with piety will make up.

 

Oh and I would recommend using sharks if you are worried about running out of food. They are not that much more expensive

[Lose No Hope]

Piety is always worth it.

[tigershelby2]

Oh and I would recommend using sharks if you are worried about running out of food. They are not that much more expensive

I have over 1k monks banked from before I quit, so Ill be using those before i buy more food, unless I actually need sharks/better food

[JPMC Mate]

Yes Piety is worth it.

[Norriie]

I'm not entirely sure why you need that much food. Your summoning is high enough for bunyip, so that should take care of most of it. If you really need the extra healing, your stats aren't that far off from finishing the seer's hard diary for the EE.

Also, as others have said, upgrading your food type would help too. Just because you already have the monks doesn't mean you're obligated to use them. ~14 rocktail = 16 sharks = 20 monks in terms of healing. So it is probably worth just selling your leftover monks and making the upgrade.

[Nifflin]

In terms of gp/hp healed sharks are barely more expensive then monks. The jump comes at rocktails.

 

Sell the monks, buy like 500 sharks.

 

Buy prayer potions, they are at a massive low, no reason not to bring a bunch on slayer tasks and peity them

[Soulthresher]

If you use prayer boosting gear such as veracs with piety plus either super defense potion or EE special, you should have enough defense to last an entire task without needing much, or any food at all if you couple it with a bunyip. You could replace most of your food with prayer potions, constantly keep Piety on to speed up the kills. Monster drops should pay for the supplies, or at least free up more time for money making activities.

 

If anything, you could try it on a few tasks and if you don't like it, go back to your normal method.

[tigershelby2]

I do use a bunyip on all my tasks except the ones I know i dont need it for, but a bunyip+monks doesnt always cover my healing. Maybe I will look into getting an EE, but Piety would still speed up the tasks at the very least, so ill start there.

[Obtaurian]

I do use a bunyip on all my tasks except the ones I know i dont need it for, but a bunyip+monks doesnt always cover my healing. Maybe I will look into getting an EE, but Piety would still speed up the tasks at the very least, so ill start there.

 

On tasks you can't complete with a bunyip + monks, use proselyte, protection prayers, and the best combat familiar available to you. Prayer potions are cheap enough that the cost of doing this will be negligible.

[shasta_sms]

Piety is definitely worth it, speeds things up a nice bit.

[swagcake]

yep piety is defenitely worth it and turmoil is a super speed up

[tigershelby2]

Well, I just tried my first task with piety (regular tzhaar) and i find it extremely hard to multi task this way, since the time between kills wastes prayer. I think ill stop it for now, but ill tru it again on a task with aggressive monsters. Thanks anyway guys!

[Obtaurian]

Well, I just tried my first task with piety (regular tzhaar) and i find it extremely hard to multi task this way, since the time between kills wastes prayer. I think ill stop it for now, but ill tru it again on a task with aggressive monsters. Thanks anyway guys!

 

You're using the wrong spot or you're only attacking certain Tzhaar, because even with maxed stats, extremes, and a steel titan, I only have to run a small distance from the spot I use before I'm in combat again, and I kill them extremely quickly, as you can imagine.

 

Kill the 133s and the 148s(?), camp the spot near the entrance. What gear are you using, by the way? And if you use quickprayers, you can easily avoid wasting prayer just by flicking it off when you're not in combat (though again, it should be rare that you're not in combat).

[tigershelby2]

Im only killing the 149s with the occasional 133. The only problem is im on a different site when i kill the one im fighting, and in the time it takes to check back ive already lost 2-5 ppoints

[Obtaurian]

Im only killing the 149s with the occasional 133. The only problem is im on a different site when i kill the one im fighting, and in the time it takes to check back ive already lost 2-5 ppoints

 

Kill every 133 and 149 you see, and start luring them towards your next targets when they're almost dead (doing this by running two tiles at a time, re-clicking quickly so you don't lose attack turns; this is also how you pick up drops without losing attack turns). 2-5 prayer points is very, very trivial. You're actually spending more money (in terms of opportunity cost) by not using piety on task, so I highly implore you to reconsider, for your sake.

[tigershelby2]

Im only killing the 149s with the occasional 133. The only problem is im on a different site when i kill the one im fighting, and in the time it takes to check back ive already lost 2-5 ppoints

 

Kill every 133 and 149 you see, and start luring them towards your next targets when they're almost dead (doing this by running two tiles at a time, re-clicking quickly so you don't lose attack turns; this is also how you pick up drops without losing attack turns). 2-5 prayer points is very, very trivial. You're actually spending more money (in terms of opportunity cost) by not using piety on task, so I highly implore you to reconsider, for your sake.

I would do this method, but since i spend more time on other sites than on rs, most of my attention doesnt go to rs. And 2-5 points isnt that much, but when you multiply it by 100 (my current task number) that really adds up fast.

[Obtaurian]

Assuming you waste about 500 prayer points per 100 Tzhaar by not being in combat 100% of the time, you'll have to spend about 16,583 more GP per task that you would've saved if you paid 100% attention to your slaying.

 

I think it's worth it.

[tigershelby2]

Assuming you waste about 500 prayer points per 100 Tzhaar by not being in combat 100% of the time, you'll have to spend about 16,583 more GP per task that you would've saved if you paid 100% attention to your slaying.

 

I think it's worth it.

Im not a hardcore scaper, so 16k isnt worth losing out on the time doing other things. I know being an efficiency guru is the norm instead of the exception here at TIF, but I dont care much for efficiency if it takes away from the things im doing IRL

[Obtaurian]

Assuming you waste about 500 prayer points per 100 Tzhaar by not being in combat 100% of the time, you'll have to spend about 16,583 more GP per task that you would've saved if you paid 100% attention to your slaying.

 

I think it's worth it.

Im not a hardcore scaper, so 16k isnt worth losing out on the time doing other things. I know being an efficiency guru is the norm instead of the exception here at TIF, but I dont care much for efficiency if it takes away from the things im doing IRL

 

It's less than 17k gp. :mellow: And it's assuming that you are spending time doing things IRL. wat.

[tigershelby2]

Assuming you waste about 500 prayer points per 100 Tzhaar by not being in combat 100% of the time, you'll have to spend about 16,583 more GP per task that you would've saved if you paid 100% attention to your slaying.

 

I think it's worth it.

Im not a hardcore scaper, so 16k isnt worth losing out on the time doing other things. I know being an efficiency guru is the norm instead of the exception here at TIF, but I dont care much for efficiency if it takes away from the things im doing IRL

 

It's less than 17k gp. :mellow: And it's assuming that you are spending time doing things IRL. wat.

Im done with this. No point in starting a flame war over different play styles.

[Kimberly]

I see no attempt to give a flamewar, just someone giving you the numbers. I recommend that if you want to afk skills, say that in your first post and such to better receive the advice you need. Based on the question you asked, it was answered accordingly.

[Th e Doctor]

Assuming you waste about 500 prayer points per 100 Tzhaar by not being in combat 100% of the time, you'll have to spend about 16,583 more GP per task that you would've saved if you paid 100% attention to your slaying.

 

I think it's worth it.

Im not a hardcore scaper, so 16k isnt worth losing out on the time doing other things. I know being an efficiency guru is the norm instead of the exception here at TIF, but I dont care much for efficiency if it takes away from the things im doing IRL

 

It's less than 17k gp. :mellow: And it's assuming that you are spending time doing things IRL. wat.

Im done with this. No point in starting a flame war over different play styles.

 

He's saying that over the course of your task you only lose an additional 16 k gp by wasting 5 prayer points between each kill. That is not flaming, its just good evidence of how rediculously silly not using piety is. If you can't afford that 16 k per task then don't do it.