Saunamajuri Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 If I would get to pick one 99, It would be construction. Granted, it is one of the most expensive, repetitive and boring skill to train, but also one of the fastest, if you got the cash. The one thing I love about construction is that you can make the house look exactly like you want. I can place the rooms where I want and when I level, I can only make the house look even better. "An Amateur practices until he can get it right. A Professional practices until he can't get it wrong." Quests just keep bringing me back to this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Kn0ck0ut_I Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 it's just expensive... Username: I_Kn0ck0ut_I Proud member of Final Ownage Elite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_R Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Compared to most other buyables it isn't very expensive. Crafting, smithing, herblore, and prayer are all more expensive. If you want to count farming as a buyable it's more expensive too. I think it's more of the repetitive uselessness of the skill that plays a bigger factor than cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Existent Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 It's a combination of cost, usefulness, speed, difficultly/afk(ness?), if it's members only or not, how old the skill is, and a few other things. Agility: ~15k with 99Thief: ~26k with 99 Cost: Both skills cost very close to nothing.Usefulness: Both are very limited in their uses, I would say agility is a bit more useful but not much.Speed: Thief is a little over 3 times faster than Agility.Difficulty: Similar amount of clicking.Release: Thief is a couple months older but hardly makes a difference as it was nearly 10 years ago. They are very similar besides the fact that Thief is a lot faster, which made almost 2 times more people have 99 in the skill. Difficulty isn't really the only factor in how many people have it, I think construction just has everything 'bad' for it besides speed, it is relatively expensive, it's not afkable, it's not very useful, it's not that old of a skill, and it is members only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wioneo Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Construction is much more click intensive than crafting. Barrows: 9~2 V Brass,V Flail,2 Dh Plate,V Helm,V Skirt,T Legs,Malevolent Shield + DKing: 48~6 W Ring,13 A Ring,8 M Staff,9 S Ring,7 B Ring,3 SeercullDragon Drops: 500+~50+ Med,26 Axe,3 Chain,10+ Legs,10+ Spear,2 D2h,10+ L Half,49 Boots,2 DDs,10+ Lump,9 Claws,50+ Dagger,14 Visage,50+ Mace,4 Scimitar,7 Hasta,Baxe,50+ Long,30+ Royal,2 Kite,4 Ward,2 Plate,Staff,Hammer,Limbs, Mattock,HalberdGWD: 156~4 S Staff,50+ Shard,9 B Tass,13 B Plate,5 B Boots,6 A Plate,11 S Sword,8 A Hilt,4 A Skirt,9 A Helm,S Hilt,3 B Hilt,B Glove,2 A Buckler,Z Ward,Z Garb,2 Z Boots,B Shield,B Helm Corp: 3~Elysian,2 Sp Sh + Nex: 6~Torva Legs,Cere,P cowl,Z bow,2 T boots + GWD2: 9~2 Glaive,Wand,2 Crest,Blade,2 Essence,Core + Araxyte: 5~Web,3 Pheromone,Fang + Raids: 4~3 Codex,P Boots + Trails: 2~Bob Shirt,Fortunate Etc: 64~3 Sceptre,B Mask,16 Whip,2 Focus Sight,5 D Bow,7 SOL,Ragefire,2 Steadfast,Arma Staff,6 Rider Armor,5 Vine,2 Razorback,2 A Wand,Abby Orb,3 Blood Shard,6 Hydrix,Gland,Asc Xbow [spoiler=Capes]Quest Cape Aquired 12-7-07 ~ Level 93 + + + Completionist Cape Aquired 5-22-15 ~ Level 138Hitpoints Cape Aquired 9-21-09 ~ Level 131 + Magic Cape Aquired 9-24-09 + Attack Cape Aquired 3-5-10 ~ Level 135 + Summoning Cape Aquired 3-12-10Strength Cape Aquired 6-1-11 ~ Level 137 + Fire Cape Aquired 6-23-11 + Defence Cape Aquired 7-5-11 + Ranged Cape Aquired 8-1-11 + Kiln Cape Aquired 2-26-12 ~ Level 138Dungeoneering Cape Aquired 4-22-12 + Slayer Cape Aquired 6-25-14 ~ Level 200 + Herblore Cape Acquired 12-9-14 ~ Level 138 + Prayer Cape Acquired 12-20-14Agility Cape Acquired 1-4-15 + Hunter Cape Acquired 1-30-15 + Construction Cape Acquired 1-31-15 + Crafting Cape Acquired 2-22-15 + Thieving Cape Acquired 3-18-15Runecrafting Cape Acquired 4-14-15 + Mining Cape Acquired 4-19-15 + Fishing Cape Acquired 4-25-15 + Firemaking Cape Acquired 4-26-15 + Woodcutting Cape Acquired 4-26-15Cooking Cape Acquired 4-26-15+ Smithing Cape Acquired 4-28-15 + Farming Cape Acquired 4-29-15 + Divination Cape Acquired 5-3-15 + Dungeoneering Mastery 5-4-15Fletching Cape Acquired 5-4-15 + Max Cape Acquired 5-4-15 + Invention Cape Acquired 11-9-16 + Invention Mastery 5-16-19 + Archaeology Cape Acquired 10-30-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImDustinHoffmanIRL Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Compared to most other buyables it isn't very expensive. Crafting, smithing, herblore, and prayer are all more expensive. If you want to count farming as a buyable it's more expensive too. I think it's more of the repetitive uselessness of the skill that plays a bigger factor than cost. Smithing nowadays is a lot cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hajutze Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Construction is rare for many of the reasons you stated. People do not believe that it is useful past level 75 and view it as a money sink. Just a sidenote - at least it has some use even at 75 ... My crafting and smithing are at 99 but I NEVER ACTUALLY USED them .. construction got me a free altar and a free teleport to Kharyrll and a place to train firemaking (another useless skill) with fast banking and without competition ... smithing and crafting got me only magic exp :lol: (superheat and glassmake) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapMark Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Surely there are two main reasons: 1 - It is a P2P skill 2 - Most people would rather do combat (hence Slayer being a much higher rank) in P2P than sink money into construction Cheap Mark - Going for 1050 Total Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC3 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Construction is very click heavy and has no variety, it also costs a fair amount of money and has very few uses. I could get 99 construction but I feel my money and time are better spent elsewhere. For a skill like slayer, it has variety and many side benefits such as effigies, charms and combat exp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J a m e s Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 You can get 800k+ xp/hr with mahogany tables and it's still cheaper than herblore and prayer noobs crowding hill giants? not on my watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sees_all1 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I'd wager that with the new clan citadels construction will become popular. 99 dungeoneering achieved, thanks to everyone that celebrated with me! ♪♪ Don't interrupt me as I struggle to complete this thoughtHave some respect for someone more forgetful than yourself ♪♪♪♪ And I'm not doneAnd I won't be till my head falls off ♪♪ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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