An old player coming back in

[Shiny]

This has got to be the first time i've ventured into GD in a long time. Like, 2 years long. First, let me clear up, I am not so much seeking help or advice for this particular problem. Which is less a problem and more a "what the hell do I do" kind of question. Let me begin:

 

I am an old player from the 06-07-08 era. I played back in the heyday of Barrows (what's that like now, and on the introduction of the God War Dungeons (are they still fun?). I was a member then, and I've just started playing again, and I bought myself a member card. So tell me; what has changed since then? When was free trade opened? What is summonings place now?

 

I'm lost in this world. These are my stats: 85 att, 84 str, 53 def, 67 range, 60 prayer, 69 magic, 70 slayer, 52 summoning.

 

Essentially, I want to know what do I need to buy? What are the things to do? Skill marks I should get? I got 7m in cash, and basic combat gear: netz, whip, d boots, obby cloak - are these all still relevant?

 

Help an old player out. Tell me what has changed, tell me what I need to get. Update me on the game. Oh, and most importantly, what should I be investing in on Miscellanea?

[chenw]

Couple of staple quests you should do to ease your exploration:

 

Fairy Tale part 3: Removes the need for a Dramen staff / lunar staff to use the fairy rings

Branches of Darkmeyer: just up to the point of confronting Vanstrom, unlocks a medallion that gives teleport to many places in morytania, including Barrows

 

Barrows are now only really worth doing if you have done Ritual of Mahjarrat quest (a Grandmaster quest, needs While Guthix Sleeps, another GM), since that quest unlocks another 'brother', Akrisae the Doomed.

 

Obby cloak has too many better options out there that nowadays it just dropped to high alch price. Whips are still the norm, but you may find more and more people using different weapons now.

[Rohanonrs]

God Wars is still fun although the price of all hilts have dropped drastically. The best boss there for money (excluding Nex) is Bandos but getting a free world is a challenge in itself at peak times. Also Dungeoneering has introduced Chaotic weapons into the game which make whips and godswords (minus their specs) obsolete. You will have to get at least 80 dungeoneering to get one though.

As for summoning BoB's have this amount of space:

Terror Bird has 12 slots

War Tortoise has 18 slots

Pack Yak has 36 slots

There are also healing familiars that are very useful for slayer and bossing. Get 69 Summoning for Slayer as it unlocks a Bunyip that heals you regularly by 20lp. That brings me onto my next point which is HP is now Constitution which is multiplied by 10. Don't flip out if someone hits a 100 on you, I almost did :ohnoes:

[Kimberly]

I'm sorry, but this does belong in Help and Advice, as there's nothing of discussion value here but to give advice to you.

[firebird308]

You're going to need 96 Herblore for overloads--less if you're willing to stew for it--to compete against others for the God Wars bosses.

[Quyneax]

The base slayer gear is as follows (alternatives in brackets):

• [For all slayer monsters except those mentioned under other weapons] Chaotic rapier (whip)
  
• Bandos body + legs (Verac's skirt with either fighter torso or proselyte top)
  
• [Depending on prayer/accuracy needs] Fire cape/Soul Wars cape/Ardougne cloak 3
  
• Barrows gloves (your best rfd gloves, at least rune) or goliath gloves
  
• Steadfast/Dragon boots (rune boots)
  
• Amulet of fury (glory)
  
• Dragon defender (rune defender)
  
• Berserker ring (i)/ferocious ring if slaying in Kuradal's Dungeon (berserker ring, warrior ring)
  
• [Most important] Full slayer helmet.
  
• [For magic defence on waterfiends/aquanites] Karil's top and elite void skirt (black dragonhide body and chaps)
  
• [Crush attacks to use on waterfiends] Chaotic maul (Saradomin sword, Zamorakian spear)
  
• [stab attacks for higher-levelled dragons, when not using rapier] Korasi's sword (Zamorakian spear, leaf-bladed sword)
  
• Task-specific items such as mirror shields, antifire shields/potions, elemental shields, rock hammers, crystal chimes
  
• Cannon (optional, up to personal preference)
  

Slayer setups generally emphasise strength bonus, which increases the average damage of each succesful hit (slayer monsters usually having rather low defence, hitting is not a problem). Secondly, prayer bonus is important to keep the cost of prayer potions down (as you slay with piety on, to increase the speed of your kills. This is cost-effective and highly recommended). As a rule of thumb, +10 prayer bonus or above is good, but don't overdo it (anything above +20 is a waste). Defence and accuracy bonus are usually not fretted over (any defence bonus over 200 will do; if you get hit too often you should be using a protection prayer). Dagganoth, black demon, black dragon, lesser demon, hellhound, bloodveld and spectre tasks should be cannoned, as it dramatically increases xp rates (although it costs a bit).

 

Some notes on gear: You'll want a fury and a berserker ring before you get bandos plate, and get that before tassets. You'll want accuracy bonus on higher-levelled dragons; if using stab attacks (which you should) you can use the Ardougne cloak 3 which provides you with +6 stab and +6 prayer bonus. Torso + sw cape and fire cape + proselyte are common cheap top/cape combinations; the former is better.

 

Some levels to get for slayer (in approximate order but I'm not sure on the summoning):

• 70 prayer and King's Ransom - piety
  
• 68 summoning - bunyip
  
• 81 dungeoneering (you need 2 million xp, which takes you to level 80, but allowing some tokens for the scroll of life) - rapier
  
• 89 herblore (85 with a +4 stew boost) - extreme potions, superantifires
  
• 95 prayer - turmoil and soul split
  
• 88 summoning - unicorn
  
• 96 herblore (91 with a +5 stew boost) - overload
  
• 99 summoning - steel titan
  

I'm sure I missed something but this is most of it.

 

That's for slayer, a great way to train combat skills and slayer at the same time (the other way is gathering effigies). The same list of levels and setup guidelines applies to boss hunting really, except that the unicorn moves up one rank and defence bonusus are far more important.