Well after reading two seperate topics and hearing people say:

 

 

 

"Prayer rate was recently updated to drain faster."

 

'I saw something on RS confirming Drain rate has been increased"

 

 

 

then

 

 

 

"A MOD confirmed that Drain rate has not been updated"

 

"This is just a rumor started on the ORS boards.. Totally false!"

 

 

 

What have you heard?

 

What is your proof?

 

You have any videos confirming either side?

 

 

 

I unofficially believe that it hasn't.. Been playing over 2 years and use prayer in a couple differnet areas of training and haven't noticed an increase of using PPots or using alter.

 

 

 

What say you?

 

 

 

 

 

== Test==

 

... Well let's really find out...

 

 

 

Here is an old Drain Rate Guide.. From 2002-2003

 

These are from RSC but correct me If I am wrong. Same calc are used in rs2.....

 

 

 

The drain rate is how much each prayer costs. When in combat, you'll notice that each attack has about a three second interval. With a drain rate of 60, your prayer points will decrease by 1 every round/three seconds. With a drain rate of 30, your prayer points will decrease by 1 every two rounds/six seconds. With a drain rate of 15, your prayer points will decrease by 1 every four rounds/twelve seconds. And, with a drain rate of 10, your prayer points will decrease by 1 every six rounds/eighteen seconds. With two(or more) prayers on, it gets a bit difficult to understand... But, I think of it as a fraction. With a drain rate of 60 and 15, it's a combined 75 each round/three seconds. 75/60 = 1.25 prayer points lost each round. (thanks Jethan33)

 

 

 

1 Thick Skin Increases your defense by 5% 15

 

4 Burst of Strength Increases strength by 5% 15

 

7 Clarity of Thought Increases attack by 5% 15

 

10 Rock Skin Increases defense by 10% 30

 

13 Superhuman Strength Increases strength by 10% 30

 

16 Improved Reflexes Increases attack by 10% 30

 

19 Rapid Restore 2x restore rate for all stats except hits 5

 

22 Rapid Heal 2x restore rate for Hitpoint's stat 10

 

25 Protect Items Keep 1 extra item if you die 10

 

28 Steel Skin Increases your defense by 15% 60

 

31 Ultimate Strength increases strength by 15% 60

 

34 Incredible Reflexes Increases attack by 15% 60

 

40 Protect From Missiles 100% protection from ranged attack60

 

 

 

Above is not origianted from me , got from Runetips

 

 

 

Anyone want to do a test on the timing of prayers and compare to above?

 

 

 

I would but at work..

IMO prayer drain is faster

yes, it is -.- what's imo

I just had Dr.Jekyll random, 16+ prayer bonus, and it went down like i had +3 prayer bonus -.-, this sucks

It has not been altered one way or the other.

 

 

 

In the same combat equipment ive always used for pestcontrol, I could do EXACTLY the same ammount of attacks as I can do now wearing the same stuff (untill yesterday, when I aquired myself a set of Proselyte).

 

 

 

And no, my pray level has not increased..

Mine drained fast tough while wearing the new pro armor.

i has without a doubt, you can clearly tell when you turn your protect prayers on.

I have noticed no difference myself but if you think it has increased then you're probably experiencing a glitch. If it was truly changed then I'm sure the people who denied experiencing a change would have honestly seen a difference. But it appears its affecting some people and not others... so it must be a glitch.

If it is a glitch like u say, I hope they fix it fast :shock:

It's definitely draining faster, definitely.

only time i use prayer is in barrows,so i wouldn't know :XD:

I saw JMOD conifrming they haven't changed. =D>

If I'm doing PC I always run out of prayer points when my spec is back to 4/10, and that has been so as long as I can remember.

 

 

 

But if jagex did change the drain rates, it's also harder to get the fire cape now, I guess. :|

... Well let's really find out...

 

 

 

Here is an old Drain Rate Guide.. From 2002-2003

 

These are from RSC but correct me If I am wrong. Same calc are used in rs2.....

 

 

 

The drain rate is how much each prayer costs. When in combat, you'll notice that each attack has about a three second interval. With a drain rate of 60, your prayer points will decrease by 1 every round/three seconds. With a drain rate of 30, your prayer points will decrease by 1 every two rounds/six seconds. With a drain rate of 15, your prayer points will decrease by 1 every four rounds/twelve seconds. And, with a drain rate of 10, your prayer points will decrease by 1 every six rounds/eighteen seconds. With two(or more) prayers on, it gets a bit difficult to understand... But, I think of it as a fraction. With a drain rate of 60 and 15, it's a combined 75 each round/three seconds. 75/60 = 1.25 prayer points lost each round. (thanks Jethan33)

 

 

 

1 Thick Skin Increases your defense by 5% 15

 

4 Burst of Strength Increases strength by 5% 15

 

7 Clarity of Thought Increases attack by 5% 15

 

10 Rock Skin Increases defense by 10% 30

 

13 Superhuman Strength Increases strength by 10% 30

 

16 Improved Reflexes Increases attack by 10% 30

 

19 Rapid Restore 2x restore rate for all stats except hits 5

 

22 Rapid Heal 2x restore rate for Hitpoint's stat 10

 

25 Protect Items Keep 1 extra item if you die 10

 

28 Steel Skin Increases your defense by 15% 60

 

31 Ultimate Strength increases strength by 15% 60

 

34 Incredible Reflexes Increases attack by 15% 60

 

40 Protect From Missiles 100% protection from ranged attack60

 

 

 

Above is not origianted from me , got from Runetips

 

 

 

Anyone want to do a test on the timing of prayers and compare to above?

 

 

 

I would but at work..

lol, it's been draining faster ever since the prayer menu update, me and leesters both mentioned it

 

 

 

here jagex blatantly lies lol

 

seems the same its always been to me

I just killed another random with prayer on and haven't noticed a difference.

 

It's a conspiracy :ohnoes:

It's good for me in fact prayer drains slower than usual :lol:.

 

 

 

Maybe the prayer drain depends on your combat lvl i really have no idea though.

I think it does. I often dharok abbys just to speed things up and i swear i've been using more pots, even though I lvl. and yeah it seems like this for awhile. Jagex's response is relative to when the question was asked.

really, what if it did change? what does it effect really? long dag king trips? kalphite queening? kbd??? maybe...

 

 

 

 

 

anyway really how often do you use prayer usually? i dont use it ever for my daily ruitne. if i goto ape atoll what do i care about the drain rate? thats rite i dont cuz theirs an altar and such

It hasn't changed, it's the same as it's always been.

Welcome back, deangut.....

 

 

 

Here's the summary:

 

 

 

They updated new prayers, made a scroll bar on the prayer menu, and then changed it so there was no more scroll bar, as you see it now.

 

 

 

On this second update, prayer drain mysteriously increased.

 

 

 

People spammed the RS forums with this, and someone then posted a fake post from RS Cust Supp saying "Yes, we felt it was too easy".

 

 

 

Then Paul made a post saying, "No, the rumor of the prayer drain rate being increased is not true. We have not increased prayer drain rate"

 

 

 

Everyone cheered and said "Yay! Thanks Paul for clearing this up!"

 

 

 

Which distracted from the real issue, that there seems to be a bug that makes the drain go faster.

 

 

 

If I wasn't on semi-retired status, I'd be on a campaign. :P

I know this is true, at barrows I used to use about 2 p pots on a bad day. I went today and I used 4 i brought 4 because I was low on runes and I thought I may have to finsh some1 off with melee or range.

 

 

 

p.s. i had dh in the tunnels and was out of prayer when i got to him i had to hide and eat,then i 1 hited him the rest of the way.

lol, it's been draining faster ever since the prayer menu update, me and leesters both mentioned it

 

 

 

here jagex blatantly lies lol

 

 

 

 

You trust Leesters over something that came from the actually creators of the game, Jagex?

I haven't noticed any drain. The only prayer drain I know is in the barrows, otherwise it runs for a pretty long time.