Crippled Bossing Confidence....

[Ezkaton]

Ahha, thought I'd throw this in here, though I'm not too sure how much help it will be for me apart from you guys just telling me to man up!

 

Anyways... Here's my predicament: I like my comfort zone. My comfort zone is good. Bandos and Zamorak are in this comfort zone and therefore they are good. Other bosses are outside my comfort zone, and as mentioned - I don't like being outside it.

 

Yet Octarine and I have a difference of opinion as of late - He detests Bandos with an absolute passion, the crashers, the monotony, and wont go with me because I'm not awake early enough in the morning to do so when he does think about going.

Also I've thought long and hard about Zam, and TBH I could get marginally less profit, for way less risk, or hassle by going to the Giant Mole... So I CBA Zammying right now.

 

 

Which now brings in my confidence issues:

 

 

Recently Oct has been on a real "AMG I'm 99 range now so ima go pewpew arma because I'm invincible there and have unlimited power@@@, come with." Which, unfortunately, is then met with my rebukes of:

 

A. My gear isn't as good as yours (I'd be in Karils with BSS (maybe EEKs if I really wanted to spend tokens) with him in Arma and Spectral).

B. My defence isn't as good as yours - I'm 92 mage and 99 def, he's 99 mage and 99 def.

C. My offensive capacity isn't as good as yours - I'm 92 range, he's 99... (Though we'd split anyways.)

D. My track record there isn't great - 3 trips, 1 death... 3:1 ratio really isn't good.

E. My laptop really really isn't good... The processors die, even when I have just RS open... So it does make moments very worrying...

 

That death there really bashed my confidence doing Arma, I was duoing with a mutual friend of ours because I had been encouraged by Oct to go on a trio trip, his connection dropped out, he told us to go on in and start killing, we did, I died.

 

What can I do in regards to my confidence there? I really have no confidence with regards to it... I hemmorage damage I've duo'd and trio'd in the past, which again I put down to A and B... So apart from getting 99 in mage, getting a lucky streak where I get some good money for arma and a spectral and then have some confidence to do it - what can I do?

 

 

 

Also to continue this bandwagon of GWD bosses he's been suggesting Sara now I have a chaotic maul...

Again track record there isn't good... Visited once, died once... I messed up a wall walk and then lagged thanks to a "loading please wait" screen half way through hemmoraging damage and Zil just destroyed me.

That really destroyed my confidence there, and I don't wana go back, yet I feel bad every time my friend wants to go bossing with me. So apart from manning up because 1 try isn't enough what can I do? It is honestly money that I can't afford to lose as I really don't have money atm.

 

 

 

You guys from this might suggest some other bosses so lets run through:

 

KBD: Been there once, was fun, went trio with Drazhar44 and Monkeychee before extremes and the like, but I just CBA with him.

 

KQ: Fun, but no money and I need more of the latter right now than the former.

 

Chaos Ele: Again ^

 

Corp: Been there, done that, got the 120 goats horn drop. Was good fun, but I can't imagine he and I duoing that.... Team was interesting enough.

 

Nex: No, I'm not even considering that.

 

TD's: On my connection? With my confidence issues already present... With my lack of experience there? No way...

 

DK's: ^ and the fact that I have NEVER been there... No idea the first things about it, and I've watched so many videos on it just making things more confusing because everyone, and I mean EVERYONE has the *PERFECT* places for killing them... Also consdiering my never being there, isn't there a massive monetary risk with them - regardless that I can get back to my grave?

 

 

So what can I do? My will to boss for money has become severly crippled leaving only Bandos as the only viable one, and until I get a new laptop there is no way that I'll try soloing it... I feel bad turning down Octarine and others all the time for these reasons as they just dismiss them as me being silly, and I guess I am, but I have neither the money (currently only have a 4m cashpile) or inclination to waste my money on supplies with the higher prospect that I'll die and thus the money for them will be wasted, Barrows armour to replace Bandos/the repair cost for Barrows when I die...

 

Help?

[Octarine]

"oi i'm not like that" :P

 

Welfare is your friend though :) 4 items kept leaves a lot of room for using decent stuff with no risk, jumping in and trying solo TDS couldnt hurt, and you can always get back to a grave ontime (Y)

 

EDIT: Man up! ;)

[Drazhor]

I still owe you money for...you know what ;) so now you have more than 4m so you can risk a bit more so you can go out the comfort zone and be boss. By bossing... :P

 

But on a real note, I've already told you that you should just try things that you wouldn't try, cause you'd be safe with me there bossing with you! And you cant hate that cause i'm EXTREME welfare with no chaotics and no yak :P

[Ezkaton]

"oi i'm not like that" :P

 

Welfare is your friend though :) 4 items kept leaves a lot of room for using decent stuff with no risk, jumping in and trying solo TDS couldnt hurt, and you can always get back to a grave ontime (Y)

 

EDIT: Man up! ;)

 

You are! :P

 

And yeahs - good idea to put someone with already crippled confidence in bossing, in even WORSE gear than he previously thought of and then send him off to boss... That's really friendly to me, even though I wont lose a lot in terms of gear, what about Ovls, brews, rests etc... All money I don't want to and can't afford to lose.... And once again adds to the defence deficit of my mage etc...

 

As for the grave - if I solo, there's no one to bless, if I dc (which my net has done a fair bit of recently), or I lag like hell going through those "loading please wait screens" - bye bye supplies and gear.

 

And :ohnoes:

[Drazhor]

Dont solo, nub! :P

 

Stick to the welfare, it works laaaaad

 

POWER TO THE NUBS, FOR WE SHALL RULE!!

:P

[fatherdeath]

You could always build cash doing something other than bossing (if you're that concerned with dying), until you can afford to lose some stuff.

[My_Eggs]

Try the Mole? I always used to enjoy going there with a friend of mine when I was to afraid to go to any other bosses. He's so easy, there's pretty much no risk there. Even if you do lag out while you're fighting him, you'll probably do enough damage that he'll dig away and you won't be in any danger at all.

[AHappySeeker]

We're both UK. I can go on TD trips with you and bless if you need it. You have better stats so you can take the middle and western spawns of the northern spot while I take the eastern.

 

How's that?

[ghjkl]

Dont solo, nub! :P

 

Stick to the welfare, it works laaaaad

 

POWER TO THE NUBS, FOR WE SHALL RULE!!

:P

Teaming bosses hurt gp/hr, and so does welfaring. If you don't have confidence then either don't boss or be better.

[Neltak]

When gaining confidence at bosses I would always go with close and very trustworthy friends. That way if I happen to mess up and die I'm not pressured to rush back and get items, they are willing to pick up the big ticket items for me and return them. I'd also practice returning before the grave timer runs out, something that I only bothered doing for arma. I'm not sure what else I can say as far as preparation. The rest comes down to player mentality.

 

 

Dont solo, nub! :P

 

Stick to the welfare, it works laaaaad

 

POWER TO THE NUBS, FOR WE SHALL RULE!!

:P

Teaming bosses hurt gp/hr, and so does welfaring. If you don't have confidence then either don't boss or be better.

Teaming bosses is good for learning the basics on how to deal with them. My process for bossing is 1-2 trio's, 1-2 solo's with <20m risk, solo with no regard to risk. The first is to get used to the basics of the boss, second to get used to taking all the damage (and more than I'd expect in the last stage), and last is to profit. And toss in a few duo's/trio's later for [cabbage]s and giggles with friends.

 

Also nothing wrong with doing bosses for a little fun. I like being efficient yet still manage to take time to fool around with friends.

[Nifflin]

PM me for some duo bandos.

 

Edit: You can also protect item and bring 4 valuables and rest wellfare. That's more then enough at arma for example.

[Hav0c0wnz]

man i used to hate arma and sara cuz i died the first time i went to both of em, but i went with a good friend and i really enjoy arma and sara now, u can always get back to your grave when your friend blesses you, you can also do void with deflector arma and that will risk less.

[Mini_Spawn]

I have been pvm'ing non stop all summer. If you'd like to team up with me I can do any boss and do it well (:

 

To build confidence I suggest doing masses. Find an armadyl mass and give it a shot. Armadyl is more annoying than difficult, the most damage you get hit is about 250- there's not much risk of dying as long as you have on protect from ranged. I duo armadyl with 87 ranged and no ranged pots alongside my friend who has 99 ranged and overloads. ( I now have overloads too- I've yet to go with them) It's entirely possible to duo armadyl like this. For the first half of the kill you're using ruby bolts (e)- these have the same max hit r egardless of your ranged level so your lower level will not hinder you. To the extent of my knowledge you should have near the same max hit as your friend with diamond bolts (e) and if your bolt special activates you will do a large amount of damage. Armadyl should be no problem for you at all. As for the welfare gear.... get the EEK. I have one and I love it. It's nearly as good as a spectral AND it has soaking properties that the spectral does not.

 

As for sara gwd... I messed up the wall walk ALL the time. and it has killed me more than once. However, when I get it right my trio lasted for over 100 killcount. Meaning we killed zilyana about 75 times without having to bank. That particular trip netted only 1 saradomin sword. The trip prior to it got us 2 hilts and a saradomin sword. I find sara gwd to be worth the cost, as well as fairly easy and effective. Once you realize that every kill is exactly the same its easy to nail the initial lure. I have an exact method to lure her every time- and that takes care of most problems at sara.

 

KBD: no drops. Don't do it. If you decide to do it for kicks (charms or the chance at a visage. whatever) duo only. I go welfare gear incase of a pker on the way out and the KBD doesn't hit all that much. Rapier with extremes tears him up.

 

KQ: biggest drop is like 5m? and its rare. this should speak for itself. Don't do it.

 

Chaos ele: I profit every single time I go to the chaos ele. I use the highest healing pies I can, a super set, and a few prayer pots. It has an annoyingly long respawn time, so I hop between my two favorite worlds after I kill it (hiding in the rogues castle so I don't get hit right away). It drops large amounts of chaos runes and some blood runes. I use my chaotic maul or longsword to kill it. I wear d hide and protect mage/ss flash. It's an easy kill, very low risk in terms of pkers, and I have literally never lost money on a trip. In addition to this, it drops some pvp items. While I've never personally gotten one, my friend got a 15m morrigans javelins drop. This monster is only worthwhile solo, as you can't use lootshare to kill it effectively, plus it's just too low of a level to merit a duo.

 

Corp: generally you only go here if you have a lot of lootshare potential. I can't turn a profit with overloads and brews, so even though I have them I choose to use extremes and rocktails. A few drops pays for my trip, plus you have a chance at a 125m split or a 750m drop if you go lootshare. The pro gear is cheap and teams are easy to find. There's not much of a risk of getting crashed. I find corping to be fun (: there's no kill count and you can teleport directly into it's lair. There is a fairly high chance of a KO but there's really no way to lose any of your stuff- save your karils and games necklace on death and just teleport in and run back.

 

Nex: I have next to no experience here. I'm bossing to obtain the money to go to nex.

 

DKS: difficult to learn, easy once you've mastered it. I use a lot of runes when I go, but unless the trip is totally dry I profit. I suggest going with a bigger team to learn the ropes and work your way down to smaller teams. I duo here on a regular basis- it's not hard and you last FOREVER. (3 torts + 1 bunyip and then some is average)

 

I know I gave only a brief overview... My advice to you is do a mass until you are comfortable and work your way smaller. Revenants are also something to consider. you die fairly often, but you only lose 40k ish. I can say from personal experience that it's worth it. I sold my vestas longsword drop in w2 for over 40m.

 

PM me if you have any other questions? Mini spawn ((: I hope this helped.

[Nifflin]

Corp: generally you only go here if you have a lot of lootshare potential. I can't turn a profit with overloads and brews, so even though I have them I choose to use extremes and rocktails. A few drops pays for my trip, plus you have a chance at a 125m split or a 750m drop if you go lootshare. The pro gear is cheap and teams are easy to find. There's not much of a risk of getting crashed. I find corping to be fun (: there's no kill count and you can teleport directly into it's lair. There is a fairly high chance of a KO but there's really no way to lose any of your stuff- save your karils and games necklace on death and just teleport in and run back.

 

The trick with corp is that you lose in the short term but profit in the long term. It's better to use brews and overloads because banking less means you have more chance to be around for a drop. I agree that corp is great fun though, just keep your hp high and it should all be good. I like to stay around 600 so I can SS back up when he's not targeting me.

[Mini_Spawn]

Corp: generally you only go here if you have a lot of lootshare potential. I can't turn a profit with overloads and brews, so even though I have them I choose to use extremes and rocktails. A few drops pays for my trip, plus you have a chance at a 125m split or a 750m drop if you go lootshare. The pro gear is cheap and teams are easy to find. There's not much of a risk of getting crashed. I find corping to be fun (: there's no kill count and you can teleport directly into it's lair. There is a fairly high chance of a KO but there's really no way to lose any of your stuff- save your karils and games necklace on death and just teleport in and run back.

 

The trick with corp is that you lose in the short term but profit in the long term. It's better to use brews and overloads because banking less means you have more chance to be around for a drop. I agree that corp is great fun though, just keep your hp high and it should all be good. I like to stay around 600 so I can SS back up when he's not targeting me.

 

I have to boost for overloads so my supply of them is low. The thing is I don't know if I went through all of them if I would end up profiting. Therefore I'm cautious with corp (: I agree that over a long period of time you will profit and make it big- the question is can you make it big before you run out of resources.

[Nifflin]

Corp: generally you only go here if you have a lot of lootshare potential. I can't turn a profit with overloads and brews, so even though I have them I choose to use extremes and rocktails. A few drops pays for my trip, plus you have a chance at a 125m split or a 750m drop if you go lootshare. The pro gear is cheap and teams are easy to find. There's not much of a risk of getting crashed. I find corping to be fun (: there's no kill count and you can teleport directly into it's lair. There is a fairly high chance of a KO but there's really no way to lose any of your stuff- save your karils and games necklace on death and just teleport in and run back.

 

The trick with corp is that you lose in the short term but profit in the long term. It's better to use brews and overloads because banking less means you have more chance to be around for a drop. I agree that corp is great fun though, just keep your hp high and it should all be good. I like to stay around 600 so I can SS back up when he's not targeting me.

 

I have to boost for overloads so my supply of them is low. The thing is I don't know if I went through all of them if I would end up profiting. Therefore I'm cautious with corp (: I agree that over a long period of time you will profit and make it big- the question is can you make it big before you run out of resources.

 

Which is pro mhing clans want over 91 herblore, they don't want people being conservative with their overloads.