Hunting Draconics

[Blake]

I've been trying to hunt draconic jadinkos, but I'm getting terrible xp rates. I know it maxes at ~280k/hr, so I assumed I'd get around 180k being lower hunter and not perfect. Turns out I'm getting about 110k/hr xp, which is terrible. It's not cause they're breaking the traps and not getting caught, it's that they're not even going to the traps. I'm only resetting a trap every ~15 seconds, instead of constantly which it should be. I don't know what I'm doing wrong - using a Polar Bear, Hunter Potion obviously, the right spot etc. Any ideas on how to fix it?

[Th e Doctor]

Post a picture or video of what you're doing. that'll help us figure it out.

[Quyneax]

Most obvious problems:

Not using Zamorak favour.

Not using a sixth trap.

Not moving between traps in 1 tick.

[Blake]

I am using a sixth trap, if you mean by having an extra in my inventory, which then lets me do the 1 tick setup/takedown. I haven't done zamorak favours yet, just because I haven't been bothered to. The problem isn't with me not going fast enough, it is with them not going in the traps fast enough.

 

That said, today it has been a lot better. I don't know if I was just unlucky with it, where they would just get too far away from the traps and not come back, or whatever happened. In the 2 hours I've played today, I've only noticed it for a couple periods of ~5 minutes. I'll post back if anything changes.

[Lord Paul]

I am using a sixth trap, if you mean by having an extra in my inventory, which then lets me do the 1 tick setup/takedown. I haven't done zamorak favours yet, just because I haven't been bothered to. The problem isn't with me not going fast enough, it is with them not going in the traps fast enough.

 

That said, today it has been a lot better. I don't know if I was just unlucky with it, where they would just get too far away from the traps and not come back, or whatever happened. In the 2 hours I've played today, I've only noticed it for a couple periods of ~5 minutes. I'll post back if anything changes.

 

I've had that issue a few times on my way to 99 hunter.. I'd just briefly move one of the traps a few spots away and that fixed it for me.

 

You'll find quite a large increase in time if you are able to skip the walk 1 square after setting the trap. If you click to move just after the trap "blossoms" after you are setting it up, you'll run to your next location, which should usually be under another trap.

[Hedgehog]

Jadinkos sometimes get stuck because (in theory) they never leave the trap area and thus never reroll the attraction roll. Usually logging out and back in solves it.

[Blake]

I am using a sixth trap, if you mean by having an extra in my inventory, which then lets me do the 1 tick setup/takedown. I haven't done zamorak favours yet, just because I haven't been bothered to. The problem isn't with me not going fast enough, it is with them not going in the traps fast enough. That said, today it has been a lot better. I don't know if I was just unlucky with it, where they would just get too far away from the traps and not come back, or whatever happened. In the 2 hours I've played today, I've only noticed it for a couple periods of ~5 minutes. I'll post back if anything changes.

I've had that issue a few times on my way to 99 hunter.. I'd just briefly move one of the traps a few spots away and that fixed it for me. You'll find quite a large increase in time if you are able to skip the walk 1 square after setting the trap. If you click to move just after the trap "blossoms" after you are setting it up, you'll run to your next location, which should usually be under another trap.

 

I have been doing the skip the walk thing. Although, the time you have to click seems to vary depending on the world and ping for me, which is annoying. Some times I'll have to click right before I bend over the second time, other times it will be after etc.

 

Jadinkos sometimes get stuck because (in theory) they never leave the trap area and thus never reroll the attraction roll. Usually logging out and back in solves it.

 

This seems to be my problem. It only happens once in a while, but it seems to last a long time when it does. I'll have all 5 of my traps set up, and the jadinkos will be attracted to them like they're going to jump in, but never will. They will 'point' at all of the traps, but never go in, until they wilt.

 

I've also had other glitches, like the jadinkos being invisible even when they're attracted to the area. I'll still be able to catch them and everything, but they just don't show up on the screen. Also sometimes in the last minute before I have to reapply the hunter potion, some of the traps that they activate I won't be able to pick up. The trap will catch it, the option will be "Check Shaking Marasamaw Trap", but the trap is still open, and when I click on it, it says "Nothing Interesting happens"

 

Now, I'm getting about 170k/hr, with Zamorak Favour. Not as bad as before, but I still feel it's low.

[Lord Paul]

I'm not sure what your hunter level is, but 170k was what I was getting for a while until I worked on the tricks. Like I wrote here, it's quite possible to get near max rates while not fully paying attention. Luck seems to play a role as I've had hours with relatively equal concentration and ping where the experience was off by 15k/hr.

 

I dunno...