Sumpta Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I doubted whether to post this in rants, but it isn't a rant, really more of a tendency I've been observing in RS (p2p) for a while now: a lot of people don't pick up their drops. In some cases, this is perfectly understandable: - the drops aren't worthwhile the time you lose picking them up (i.e. 5 - 25 coins, waterfilled skins, bronze/iron/steel junk etc) - You need to save space for the better drops, for example at blue drags: the bones/hides are worth more than that one mithril shield - You're doing slayer and want to finish your task in one go: you need the space for food and the best drops However, yesterday I was killing cockatrice(s?) for my herblore. I love them, every time I go there, I leave with 50 nats, a lvl 2 clue scroll, 20 limps and some random seeds/herbs. After a while, a lvl 80-something pops in (wearing rune and dragon longsword - I don't mean this derogatively, but it does signal he's not ÃÆÃâÃâüberwealthy). He says "omg, noob birds, they don't drop anything good". Amongst all the other drops, he leaves all the nats on the ground. None of the situations above apply: nats are stackable, only taking up one space. The cockatrice don't drop many better things. And about 15k for 15 mins of slaying isn't that bad. This is not the first time that I see this kind of behaviour with lower high-levels. People seem to think that now they have reached a decent level, it's so uncool to pick up "lower" stuff. What's up with this? Again, it's not a rant, because it benefits me rather than annoy me (I left with 80+ nats, my usual clue and lots of limps in no time), but I don't get it. Any thoughts on this? Has making money become so easy that people snub monster drops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umega Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Everytime I do them for slayer tasks, I always pick up the nats, and if I have room limpwurts and herbs. I think the player you saw was an exception, as I rarely see people act like that and leave items like natures on the floor. I do see the occasional player leave limps and herbs. No longer playing Runescape, I caught the WoW bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilves Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 sometimes players don't bother to pick up em if they are like 1 or 2 runes... and if they are hurry... also rich players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotamatias Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 sometimes players don't bother to pick up em if they are like 1 or 2 runes... and if they are hurry... also rich players I would think not, saying I think of myself as rather wealthy(Green p hat+dragon+barrows) Yet I pick up nats and herbs. Limps if I have room. Qizx2- ArchmagePersonnumber100- Warlock for life.Would you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idarodo Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I always try to pick up some better unes (even cosmics), and recently I've started to pick up all the coins, they all sum up :) For some lower lvl stuff (mith, addy and other) I always have some nats and fires/staff if I'm going to be there for long, it really helps, you'll propably get more items you don't want to keep, neither drop than those inventory spaces alching items take :wink: 6,521th to 99 woodcutting | Fletching 98/99 | Idarodo | Combat 90 | Total 1565+ | 38m+ total exp Retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke_Freedom Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Has making money become so easy that people snub monster drops? I think this is the answer. 15K in 15 minutes isn't much. For some people it is even more efficient to not pick up the drops, not even nats. The value of my bank at its height. Estimated value at the peak of the rares market: 250 billion+.Most likely the largest trade in RuneScape ever. Estimated value at the peak of the rares market: 70 billion+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n64jive Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 People don't always pick up drops...and this has been going on since rsc...so it isn't anything new. Tell you what, if i'm killing something, and i don't want to pick up drops...well, i don't have to. Now if you want to take advantage of the situation and pick up my drop...well you sure can.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmyk Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 ive had people killing green drags and leaving the bones on the floor :wink: Proud Retired Council of The GladiatiorzClick here for our website - 110+ F2P Combat Requirements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorgen Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I have to agree, a lot of people don't pick up a lot of good drops and after some time when you've collected, you've got 2x or maybe even more times more natures than you should have if they didn't leave it on the ground. It's good, you can get richer that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folmer_veeman Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 i pick up all steel+ items (except steel short sword, hatchet and dagger) to alch 'em, it's "quick" magic xp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 i dunno why they do not pick them up. but i do not pick up nonstackable stuff but do pick up herbs. and coins they add up!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X_Seismic_X Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I've noticed this too... particularly at the chaos druids under edge, I pick up the laws that other people leave... it's suprising how many people leave laws on the ground. Although this may just be here because people can AFK train and they don't notice their drops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitroke Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I pick up everything I can use, don't care how much it is worth. If I don't pick it up it is mostly steel stuff or somethig. But seeds, runes and all I pick up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithers09 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I think that person would be an exception as well. As an 85 slayer, I notice a lot of my fellow players up here in the slayer tower picking up the 132 coins the abbys drop. But yet they'll leave the single adamantite bars they also drop. However, not much gets left, even with higher level slayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoswellCrash Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I have seen this alot.. And yes if you left a gem on the floor it was me the lvl 97 noob who took it, you can see me walking around picking up random junk on my travles i would say i make well over 200k every 5 days with stuff i pick up ( My own & others drops) Bones i'll take them whats 2 sec's to grab an item off the floor, i have been called a noob many times while at the fishing guild for picking up peoples gems.. OMGZ LVL 97 "NOOB!!111" things like that :-k - Twitter | RuneScape FB Group | My PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmcf121 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 normally, the ONLY time i will ever leave a drop/drop an item out of my inventory is when i am making room for something that is worth more. i pick up people's coins and runes usually, when i'm doing a slayer assignment. usually pick up unidentified herbs, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadPolkaDots1 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I completely echo your statement. I always gather every coin and all stackable items such as runes no matter how low they are. I usually leave steel items such as steel axes at Fire Giants because I either have no room, but it also doesn't alch for the same/more than 1 Nature rune. Sometime when I camp at Fire Giants, poeple leave all drops bar the good ones of course, I get their big bones (free prayer exp) and pick up the herbs they leave behind, and often I have IDed it and it has been a Ranarr, free 7k for moi. :D I let them do it, as its all to my gain. :P Quit RS to play real games. :P Bye TIF, miss you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeync Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I grab all drops....hey, it cant hurt me :) Feel free to HYT me ingame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duct_Soup Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I hate it. I train at the Fire Giants under the waterfall and everyday I have to switch a few times because someone is leaving everything on the floor (bones, coins runes). I don't like picking up other peoples stuff and just seeing it there puts me off training :\. <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReapMe Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 most drops are just not worth picking up like coins from fire giants, black demons, etc they are usually like 100 gp although they do stack up in time, i'd rather not waste the extra 2 seconds big bones are not worth burying imo they are like 16 exp? a whole slayer task would be like 2-3k exp in burying big bones that would take 10+ mins more to pick up and bury them What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caztoday Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I pick up anything that I have room for. If someone hasnt picked it up by the time it is visable to everyone, then its fair game. I also agree that all these items add up, and can make you alot of money over time. Obssesive compulsive - not me, I`m just totally addicted to RS :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake_Corsair Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Some people are like that, they don't think ahead. I always pick up all the runes I get from monster drops, and noticed one day I had over 40k chaos runes \ It may seem worthless at the time, but things add up. I know I've gotten a good number of nats from monsters also. Since I don't like runecrafting much, this has saved me quite a bit of training and money as I didn't have to buy as many of them, if I needed too. If Jagex ever made a perfect update, there would be players complaining about nothing to complain about.[hide=My Stats][/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiggeryqua Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Why is everyone in such a tearing hurry? I regularly spend a minute or so collecting limps just off a well-travelled path, where apparantly a lot of ostentatiously wealthy or 'goal-oriented' types turn their noses at them. I'f I'm doing daggs for slayer or falador guards for clues i'll snap up a single coin and bury any spare bones in the time between respawns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill_Life Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I'm lvl 91 and even take 15 gp... I'm f2p tough... But the reason: All smalls make one big :) "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do"[Currently playing: K1ll L1f3] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy123 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I pick up as much as possible Cos im a noob But nats to me are like gold And limps sell for heaps i would pick them up My Gallery :: Deviant Art ->Gallery :: Favourites :: ::My blog :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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