I found it awkward why they would call it "Hunter" skill not "Hunting", i mean almost every other skill ends with an "-ing". #-o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"w00t I got 99 hunter", does that sound like proper english? :ohnoes:

Attack, defence, strenght, hitpoints, ranged, magic, prayer, slayer, herblore, agility, construction end with -ing? That's over half of the skills... Though you DID say "Almost every other" -.-

Of course it doesnt, so people will say:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Huzzah! I am a level 99 hunter now!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Oh joy! I have obtained the skill level of 99 in the hunter skill!"

Some people were complaining about how it would encourge people to hunt animals. Still might do the same Hunter- Person who hunts. Hunting- Act of hunting an animal.

Sorry, but this is more Like Trapping -.- NOT hunting.

do you see...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

attacking

 

 

 

strengthing

 

 

 

defencing

 

 

 

hitpointsing

 

 

 

slaying

 

 

 

praying

 

 

 

magicing

 

 

 

herbloring

 

 

 

agiliting (lol)

 

 

 

constructing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

no...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's ok, your just like the average Runescape player. No matter what Jagex gives you, you will find something wrong with it and accuse them of giving you bad updates... *sigh*

When slayer came out I expected it to be called slaying. When hunter came out, I assume it'd be called hunter, and not hunting. Slayer probably sounds perfectly normal to you - but there were people just as bewildered about the name slayer as you are about hunter. In some time hunter will sound just as natural.

It's weird that it's inconsistent. Always wondered why Farming isn't Farmer.

it is strange, but idc really :oops: if you say hunting / hunter,,, everybody knows what you are talking about :P

hunter does sound stupid they should have went wit hunting

Attack, defence, strenght, hitpoints, ranged, magic, prayer, slayer, herblore, agility, construction end with -ing? That's over half of the skills... Though you DID say "Almost every other" -.-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

all your 99's are "ings"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also, maybe jagex is not well informed of the english language.(now wait 5 seconds to let that sink in about how absurd it is.)

well i always think of it as a -ing so i didnt notice that it did have -er :oops:

Some people were complaining about how it would encourge people to hunt animals. Still might do the same Hunter- Person who hunts. Hunting- Act of hunting an animal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

yeah lol, but of course that also encourages people to kill things and try to bury their bones :wink: , yeah i don't think there is much to this post...

 

Attack, defence, strenght, hitpoints, ranged, magic, prayer, slayer, herblore, agility, construction end with -ing? That's over half of the skills... Though you DID say "Almost every other" -.-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

all your 99's are "ings"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also, maybe jagex is not well informed of the english language.(now wait 5 seconds to let that sink in about how absurd it is.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh yeah, jagex is surely not well informed about english, after all having a company in england, be english and watch too much monty python is not motive to say "i know english".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyways, this whole disscution is a little obsolete, you know, i got like lvl 16 in hunt and i donÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâôt know because i did not checked if it says hunt or hunting...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ah yeah! i want to be lvl 99 woodcutter and then highalch with i hope near lvl 99 magicing!!!

 

 

Attack, defence, strenght, hitpoints, ranged, magic, prayer, slayer, herblore, agility, construction end with -ing? That's over half of the skills... Though you DID say "Almost every other" -.-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ah yeah! i want to be lvl 99 woodcutter and then highalch with i hope near lvl 99 magicing!!!

 

 

 

The word is maging. You guys keep talking about how some words won't work with -ing, -er, or neither. But these are all verbs, and they all work with either the root like attack, the er like hunter, or the ing like farming. Let me make a table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Root "ing" "er"

 

 

 

Attack Attacking Attacker

 

 

 

Defence Defending Defender

 

 

 

Strength Strengthening Strengthener

 

 

 

Hitpoints (not a verb. It could be "hit point raising/raiser, or root could be changed)

 

 

 

Ranged Ranging Ranger

 

 

 

Pray Praying Prayer

 

 

 

Magic Maging Mager

 

 

 

Cook Cooking Cooker

 

 

 

Woodcut Wcing Woodcutter

 

 

 

Fletch Fletching Fletcher

 

 

 

Fish Fishing Fisher

 

 

 

Firemake Fmaking Firemaker

 

 

 

Craft Crafting Crafter

 

 

 

Smith Smithing Smither

 

 

 

Mine Mining Miner

 

 

 

Herblore (not a verb)

 

 

 

Agility (not a verb)

 

 

 

Thieve Thieving Thiever

 

 

 

Slay Slaying Slayer

 

 

 

Farm Farming Farmer

 

 

 

Runecraft Runecrafting Runecrafter

 

 

 

Hunt Hunting Hunter

 

 

 

Construction Constructing Constructer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry the table looks so ugly.

 

 

 

Anyway, my point is that it's entirely up to jagex to choose the type of verb. Since the majority of them are verbs, they should be able to keep some kind of consistency. You see how each type is all over the place.

Sorry, but this is more Like Trapping -.- NOT hunting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amen to that =D>

 

Sorry, but this is more Like Trapping -.- NOT hunting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amen to that =D>

 

 

 

Troj...you took the words right outta my mouth.

I found it awkward why they would call it "Hunter" skill not "Hunting", i mean almost every other skill ends with an "-ing". #-o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"w00t I got 99 hunter", does that sound like proper english? :ohnoes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"w00t" doesn't sound like proper english

 

 

 

"I got" doesn't sound like proper english

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think that was shout down before hunter even got thrown in there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"I have 99 hunter"

 

 

 

"I have 99 hunting"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neither one of them really sound like proper english.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And to Adam, the er suffix makes it a noun, not a verb. Slayer is a person that slays. Hunter is a person that hunts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And, since it is referring to a skill, technically they are all nouns, sense a skill is a noun. That's why you can "have" a high leveled skill.

Sorry, but this is more Like Trapping -.- NOT hunting.

I'm with Troj on this. It is pretty much trapping animals. :?

"er" refers more the the person and "ing" refers to more the act. Being that all these are skills, i beleive they should all be "ing".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attack--Not a verb

 

 

 

Defence--Same as Attack

 

 

 

Strength--Not a verb

 

 

 

Hitpoints--Not a verb

 

 

 

Range--Not a verb

 

 

 

Prayer--Not a Verb

 

 

 

Magic--Not a Verb

 

 

 

Cooking--Sounds the best as "ing"

 

 

 

Woodcut--Could go either way, but sounds best as woodcut

 

 

 

Fletching--Sounds the best with "ing"

 

 

 

Fishing--Sounds the best with "ing"

 

 

 

Firemaking--Sounds best with "ing"

 

 

 

Crafting--Sounds best with "ing"

 

 

 

Smithing--Sounds best with "ing"

 

 

 

Mining--Sounds best with "ing"

 

 

 

Herblore--Not a verb

 

 

 

Agility--Not a verb

 

 

 

Thieving--Sounds best with "ing"

 

 

 

Slayer--One of the few that sound better with "er"

 

 

 

Farming--Sounds better with "ing"

 

 

 

Runecrafting--Sounds Better with "ing"

 

 

 

Hunter--Sounds better with "ing"

 

 

 

Construction--Not a verb

 

Sorry, but this is more Like Trapping -.- NOT hunting.

I'm with Troj on this. It is pretty much trapping animals. :?

 

 

 

It's probably mainly because Jagex is scared that if guns were added to the game that little kids would go out, grab a handgun, and go on a killing rampage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News headline: "Child kills parents and friends imitating Runescape."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:-#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(When I started writing this I intended it to be sarcasm. I think it went in the other direction :o)