Hajutze Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I haven't played in a year and I decided to start playing again. I gotta ask ... wtf has happened while I was gone o.O. Prices before I left:- The tar ... I dont really remember but I think it was like 50-60 each- The balls - Around 130 gp each. Current prices- The tar - 450- The balls - 450 That's like +800% and +200% increase in the prices ... It's insane :D Now I kind of understand the cannonball rise being extra damage and all ... but the tar is purely beyond explanation. The hand cannon shots are at 140 right now, the tar is at 450 ... and it's a tier below. Not that I argue. I had 44k tar sitting around, made some nice profit and got myself some shots to compensate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quyneax Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I don't know what caused the price difference, except that maybe shot is just a lot more common (being gained as side product of dragon pickaxes), and that people see salamanders as low-risk weapons for warbands? 1 Supporter of Zaros | Quest Cape owner since 22 may 2010 | No skills below 99 | Total level 2595 | Completionist Cape owner since 17th June 2013 | Suggestions 99 summoning (18th June 2011, previously untrimmed) | 99 farming (14th July 2011) | 99 prayer (8th September 2011) | 99 constitution (10th September 2011) | 99 dungeoneering (15th November 2011) 99 ranged (28th November 2011) | 99 attack, 99 defence, 99 strength (11th December 2011) | 99 slayer (18th December 2011) | 99 magic (22nd December 2011) | 99 construction (16th March 2012) 99 herblore (22nd March 2012) | 99 firemaking (26th March 2012) | 99 cooking (2nd July 2012) | 99 runecrafting (12th March 2012) | 99 crafting (26th August 2012) | 99 agility (19th November 2012) 99 woodcutting (22nd November 2012) | 99 fletching (31st December 2012) | 99 thieving (3rd January 2013) | 99 hunter (11th January 2013) | 99 mining (21st January 2013) | 99 fishing (21st January 2013) 99 smithing (21st January 2013) | 120 dungeoneering (17th June 2013) | 99 divination (24th November 2013) Tormented demon drops: twenty effigies, nine pairs of claws, two dragon armour slices and one elite clue | Dagannoth king drops: two dragon hatchets, two elite clues, one archer ring and one warrior ring Glacor drops: four pairs of ragefire boots, one pair of steadfast boots, six effigies, two hundred lots of Armadyl shards, three elite clues | Nex split: Torva boots | Kalphite King split: off-hand drygore mace 30/30 Shattered Heart statues completed | 16/16 Court Cases completed | 25/25 Choc Chimp Ices delivered | 500/500 Vyrewatch burned | 584/584 tasks completed | 4000/4000 chompies hunted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenw Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Probably also to do with the fact that salamanders do not need any quests to wield (unlike Crystal Bow) or repair cost (Unlike Karil's 2h xbow) or a lot of money (unlike Karil's dual xbow). 6,924th to 30 hunting, 13,394th to 30 summoning, 52,993rd to 30 DivinationKiln Record (Post-EoC): W 25 - L 0, 14 Uncut Onyx, 8 Jad hits received (Best record: Two in the same kiln)Obby set renewed post update #2: 0QBD drops: 21 crossbow parts, 3 Visages, 1 Kites, 2 KitsMax Port Score [2205] Achieved: 27th April 2013 (World 2nd) Farmyard Rampage ranking: 12th, 50,000 Kills. Dragon Pickaxe Drops: 1 (Times after I first entered Battlefield: 2h) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpx Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Basically, since abilities don't use ammo, black salamanders are the cheapest decent weapon you can use. With ~5 ammo with you, the cost of ownership is 3k, while a hand cannon would require atleast ~16k, which can be a significant difference to some. The supply of tar is also very scarce. Cannonball rise is actually more to do with the fact that very few noobs/bots play the game nowadays. Since cannonball smithing is extremely inefficient, only newbs/afkers would ever do it, so the supply has mostly dried out. The DPS of a cannon is actually lower, both in relative terms and numerical terms(should be 800, is 700, but normal DPS has risen over 2 times with EoC update). 1 First to 99 Farming on 27. September, 2005.First to 3766 Port Score on 20. March, 2014.First to 4664 Port Score on 2. March, 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hajutze Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 "Basically, since abilities don't use ammo" - This explains it ... might sound noobish but I played only on momentum ... so I had no knowledge about that xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V O R K Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Basically, since abilities don't use ammo, black salamanders are the cheapest decent weapon you can use. With ~5 ammo with you, the cost of ownership is 3k, while a hand cannon would require atleast ~16k, which can be a significant difference to some. The supply of tar is also very scarce. Cannonball rise is actually more to do with the fact that very few noobs/bots play the game nowadays. Since cannonball smithing is extremely inefficient, only newbs/afkers would ever do it, so the supply has mostly dried out. The DPS of a cannon is actually lower, both in relative terms and numerical terms(should be 800, is 700, but normal DPS has risen over 2 times with EoC update).Max combat Still smith cballs :cries: Sway all day, Butterfly flaps all the way! ✿ ♥‿♥) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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