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I can't do anything cool. :(

 

Fairy rings - Requires quest that gives defense. Enjoy walking everywhere.

Magic secateurs - Requires quest that gives defense. Farming skill essentially none-profit without them.

Significantly faster barrows trips - Requires quest that gives defense. Barely worth doing such a long travel.

Chicken shrine black dragons - Requires quest that gives defense.

 

Those are just the none PVP things. Pures can't use veng and miss out on about +13 strength +12 accuracy worth of offensive melee equipment.

 

Plus our supplies cost more than our loots in the wildy.

 

...I'm struggling to stay motivated and remain a pure. Comments?

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Try not being a pure.

 

But really, that's just one of the many, many silly limits pure have decided to make themselves suffer through. Not much we or Jagex can do about it.


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I guess I just wanted to PVP at lower levels without having to spend months questing and training to have the essentials like b gloves and veng for optimal pking. But I actually don't want to pure PVP anyway because without high risk wildy it's full of 1 item scrubs that drop nothing of value.

 

...Yeah I think I'm just going to become 40 defense now. (quested of course.) :)

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I've thought about starting to quest for defence for a while now, but what put me off is all the new stuff I have to do just to be competitive again. I mean, right now, I got all the gear down, and just have to train my stats, but if I do decide to become a zerker, i'd have to get torso, barrows gloves, rune defender, etc. I just don't have time for that right now, so I decided to stay 1 def and train up a bit more then see where it takes me.

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^B gloves take a week, torso/firecape/defender only take a day. Vengeance is the most annoying thing to get but even that isn't too hard. Always seemed pointless to me to make a pure just to pk DDS's.

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The way I see it, if you're only going to play with one account...Don't make a Pure...Tank...Zerker...ANYTHING really other than just a main account.

 

Specialty accounts I've always seen as something on the SIDE to do for fun, while having a main account you can do everything on.

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Been saying this since day 1. Pures were only effective when:

-Armor didnt give str bonuses

-People were naive enough to wander into the wild w/ expensive equipment w/o knowing how to PK or intending on PK'ing

-Pures were a minority instead of 99% of the wild's population

 

In other words, before 2005-2006 :P

 

Rune pures are the best PK'ing build atm, mostly because they're super-effective against 1 def pures, Pokemon style.

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The pure novelty wears off quick, they just aren't as effective as they once were in most cases.

 

That being said, "NH" hybridding was extremely fun, and will make a return on these servers I'm sure. You could look forward to that?

 

Speaking of that, one of my all time favorite PK vids is actually a NH pure in pvp worlds.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noxLdoxNVK0

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Why is he switching every attack turn if they don't even switch their prayer? (often times they go to the attack style they're praying against)

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Why is he switching every attack turn if they don't even switch their prayer? (often times they go to the attack style they're praying against)

It's a mndgame when it comes to predicting prayer switches. Sometimes by switching to mage randomly stops your enemy from protecting against melee giving you the opportunity to spec them out next hit. It's impractical to change attack styles AFTER they switch prayers if they're good as they can just change back.

 

The way I see it, if you're only going to play with one account...Don't make a Pure...Tank...Zerker...ANYTHING really other than just a main account.

 

Specialty accounts I've always seen as something on the SIDE to do for fun, while having a main account you can do everything on.

 

I intend on becoming 70/99/70 eventually and dharoks pking 24/7. The reason I don't obtain these stats ASAP is because I'd be one of the few people that had that level and wanted to pk for dharoks in the wildy. I'd have to wait months as more slowly reached my level. PVM has nothing to offer my in Old School so it's only logical I'd build my 1 account into an optimal PK account.

 

70/99/70 is best because you'll end up fighting people that are 80/85/80, who expect you to be similar, and don't heal as much as they should on a 99 strength opponent.

 

 

Just FYI... Pures are very effective. A maxed 60 attack pure can destroy anything at it's combat level with ease, including low lever rune pures or range tanks. It's just that they don't really get to fight anything other than pures.

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70/99/70 is best because you'll end up fighting people that are 80/85/80, who expect you to be similar, and don't heal as much as they should on a 99 strength opponent.

 

 

Don't count on that lol.

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70/99/70 is best because you'll end up fighting people that are 80/85/80, who expect you to be similar, and don't heal as much as they should on a 99 strength opponent.

 

 

Don't count on that lol.

What i mean is some opponents will have less than optimal stats, whilst i have truly optimal stats, so overall I have an advantage over the average enemy at my combat level. Something that isn't true if I'm 99/99/99 fighting others that are also 99/99/99.

 

Even those that do safe to the correct amount vs a 99 strength opponent are disadvantaged as they can't complain when i do the same thing.

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I've had several high level pures but I always had a main to fund them... I never really realized pures can't do stuff like farming or barrows or fairy rings, as my pures stayed in edgeville 24/7 and didn't concern themselves with that stuff.

 

It's more a commentary on how pures suffer for none combat related things. And I'm genuinely trying to decide to remain pure or not.

 

(I don't have the time or willpower to have a main and pures on this server.)

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I think you'd be a lot more satisfied with a zerker moving up to 70 defence when you're high enough strength. I maxed a 60 attack 1 def pure a while ago, and while it is fun to play - unless you're really good at bridding or are heavily involved in the pure clan war scene then it does get tiring and you get jealous of all the cool stuff people with defence get to do...

 

If i was you i'd get your str and range up to 70 real quick and just pk til you get bored - then start a new account to be a zerker. That way you can still hop on your pure for some quick fun whilst you're waiting to completey gear your zerker with all the untradables.

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Screw it I've begun questing, did natures grotto which makes me 13 defense.

 

If I ever want a pure I can always make a new account. "Mr frogger" is my main in EOC so it makes sense to have it as my main in Old school.

 

I could technically be a 13 defense pure and be able to do some of the stuff i wanted (fast barrows + magic secateurs and fairy rings) but god no... It's 40 defense or nothing. Dat vengeance.

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You mean 45 def?

Naa. The extra combat isn't worth a +3 strength hat that costs 50k more than rune helm, which is a significant cost considering there are no high risk worlds or expensive spec weps, so every fight will be <200k risk/profit.

 

45 def puts you at a disadvantage for profitable PKing at the moment.

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IIRC if you complete all the "good" def quests you'll be put at 45 def anyways.

Heroes, MM, dragon slayer, frem trials, etc

Holy grail is only needed for obtaining piety which you need 65+ def to get anyway.

 

Olaf's isn't useful at all.

 

Defender of varrock (pre-quest for TDs and Curses) obviously no longer needed, though it does give a decent training area.

 

Between a rock isn't useful at all.

 

 

Honestly, the only ones that are very useful are Monkey Madness, Dragon Slayer, Nature Spirit, In search of the myreque, Heroes Quest... Not doing the others doesn't disadvantage you in any significant way, just removes some easy quest points you'll have to get elsewhere for B gloves.

 

edit: Crap I just realized the essentials I listed give you 41 defense, lol. My point on zerk having an impractical cost still stands though so I intend on staying 41 defense and pking with a rune full helm.

 

Edit edit: By my own reasoning Barrows gloves are not worth using over rune gloves, so you could not claim the MM reward and just stick to rune gloves at 40 defense... I'm so confused as to what to do.

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If you're going 41 def, get 42 for training with void...

'Rock Hard' boss pure - 60/60 Attack | 99/99 Range | 1/1 Defence | 44/44 Prayer | 99/99 Strength | 99/99 Mage - level 79 combat EOC

 

## '07 Server ## "Best Runescape update ever: Removing 6 years of updates."

 

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"Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think every thing you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told to want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned- Tyler"

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If you're going 41 def, get 42 for training with void...

Meh think I'll just go 45 def to simplify things. Cool to have the literal max strength gear anyway.

 

Even if you dont want to use a zerker helm - 1 or 2 combat levels, even in edge, really isn't as important as jagex's RNG dicerolls...

'Rock Hard' boss pure - 60/60 Attack | 99/99 Range | 1/1 Defence | 44/44 Prayer | 99/99 Strength | 99/99 Mage - level 79 combat EOC

 

## '07 Server ## "Best Runescape update ever: Removing 6 years of updates."

 

Rock_Hard.png

 

"Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think every thing you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told to want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned- Tyler"

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