90 something magic

[Diomedus]

I started the bxp weekend with 90 magic, my initial plan was to stun/alch until the timer ran to 1.9, and then use the stealing creation hat after the weekend and keep going. But, I decided to keep going, and I was still getting excellent xp. Now, the timer just hit 1.4, is it worth it to keep going? or should i stop, do something else, and use the stealing creation hat after the weekend?

 

I don't really know where I'm planning to get to with magic, right now I'm 92, I'm thinking 94, 96, or maybe 99.

 

Also, I was wondering if doing something like ice burst or barrage (once i get 94) would be better. I find stealing creation fun, and I think I also like playing soul wars, so my other question is: stun/alch or ice burst/barrage (and where? mummies, monkey skeletons, rock lobs, soul wars?)

 

also, if anyone with math skills could give me a rough estimate of how many SC hat recharges I'd need, or a formula I could use, that would be awesome

 

Thanks in advance

[jjjon123]

Get 95 for fire surge. Thats all you should need, if you need swap on lunars then you should pot or get drunk. :P

 

Otherwise just go for 99

 

IDK about the rest. Each hat lasts 30k mage xp so you would need alot.

[Quyneax]

Barrage is better than stun-alch starting at level 86, or even at 79 if you have overloads or a wolpertinger.

 

30k doubled magic xp or 40k doubled hp xp per hat and barraging is over 400k xp/hr at monkey skeletons (including hp, without multipliers) means you'd use up 20-25 hats per hour, around 4-5 hours of SC to barrage 1 hour to gain 800k+ xp (130-160k/hr including hp). I'd suggest not using SC gear.

[Diomedus]

Barrage is better than stun-alch starting at level 86, or even at 79 if you have overloads or a wolpertinger.

 

30k doubled magic xp or 40k doubled hp xp per hat and barraging is over 400k xp/hr at monkey skeletons (including hp, without multipliers) means you'd use up 20-25 hats per hour, around 4-5 hours of SC to barrage 1 hour to gain 800k+ xp (130-160k/hr including hp). I'd suggest not using SC gear.

 

tha's very helpful, thank you for opening my eyes, i will be barraging, but would bursting to get to 94 be better than stun/alching?

[Quyneax]

Bursting would be little better, but barraging is probably better still. Right now it's around 570 gp for an ice burst with staff of light, and 1240 gp for an ice barrage with staff of light (which you really really should get).

 

You can assume around 200-250k xp/hr bursting and 300-350k xp/hr barraging, something in that order of magnitude (1200 casts per hour at most). Assuming you can make 1m gp/hr you'd either burst for 60 minutes and then make money for 40 minutes, or barrage for 40 minutes and make money for about 60 minutes. If you make more than 1m/hr you should barrage regardless.

 

If you make less than 1.5m/hr you should consider using battle robes. They reduce rune cost by some 50% (with sol) and take about 90-120 minutes to charge for a 4 hr charge. That saves you about 2 hours of runes, which is about 1.3-1.4m bursting (600-800k gp/hr equivalent) or about 2.5m barraging (1.4-1.6m/hr equivalent).

 

My recommendation would be, assuming you make around 1m/hr, to barrage with battle robes > barrage > burst with battle robes > burst.

[Diomedus]

Bursting would be little better, but barraging is probably better still. Right now it's around 570 gp for an ice burst with staff of light, and 1240 gp for an ice barrage with staff of light (which you really really should get).

 

You can assume around 200-250k xp/hr bursting and 300-350k xp/hr barraging, something in that order of magnitude (1200 casts per hour at most). Assuming you can make 1m gp/hr you'd either burst for 60 minutes and then make money for 40 minutes, or barrage for 40 minutes and make money for about 60 minutes. If you make more than 1m/hr you should barrage regardless.

 

If you make less than 1.5m/hr you should consider using battle robes. They reduce rune cost by some 50% (with sol) and take about 90-120 minutes to charge for a 4 hr charge. That saves you about 2 hours of runes, which is about 1.3-1.4m bursting (600-800k gp/hr equivalent) or about 2.5m barraging (1.4-1.6m/hr equivalent).

 

My recommendation would be, assuming you make around 1m/hr, to barrage with battle robes > barrage > burst with battle robes > burst.

 

that sounds like a plan, i'll get battle robes, burst until 94, switch over to barrage for however high i want to go. Thank you very much.