jonmondalson Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 As far as I can see no monsters have energy to give me. Since 90% of whips are not used against players, is this mostly a useless special? NuclearBB: Hmm, what's this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_drunk_dude Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 to be fair, a great amount of specs. are useless against monsters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rise Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 i think it slightly approve your accuracy but i dont know its good a cw when you need to restore your run or if your chasing someone I dont have a sig anymore =[But I did manage to get every skill in the highscores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonmondalson Posted February 17, 2007 Author Share Posted February 17, 2007 to be fair, a great amount of specs. are useless against monsters Yes but those are for the cheap weapons, this is one of the most expensive weapons in the game. A ddp++ has a better special and is available at 1/30th of the cost. NuclearBB: Hmm, what's this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecube Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Whip is only expensive because we made it expensive, so you can't really categorize items by their price and compare them. Whip has a bad special to balance out it's amazing attack bonuses, just like how it doesn't have a strength training option. I honestly don't see the point of this thread. It's quite useful in Castle Wars and other situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan18 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 most people would use the spec against monsters not for the energy but for the damage, which still is pretty poor. thats why some people use the dds spec instead of the whip spec, even against monsters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pan_Nx Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Whips should get 25% when u use a spec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaquierming Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Duh? What's the point of this thread? Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_drunk_dude Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 to be fair, a great amount of specs. are useless against monsters Yes but those are for the cheap weapons, this is one of the most expensive weapons in the game. A ddp++ has a better special and is available at 1/30th of the cost. yes... and a abby whip doubles a ddp's stats doesnt it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude_of_war4 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 i agree, the spec is pretty much useless to everything, its only useful in cw every where else its useless click my sig for my blog!!!Thanks everyone for the sigs they pwn!No. Why should i give presents for someone in rs?Most selfish thing I've ever heard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredz Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Duh? What's the point of this thread? This is a discussion board you know. You are supposed to discuss if you think the spec is useful to you or not, and if we are lucky, we will see some side discussions form out of the main discussion that we can learn or draw experience from. Its the essence of a discussion board. I believe. :D 21 lag piles, 4 Pjs, 2 Party hat kills, 67 newbs teached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaquierming Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Duh? What's the point of this thread? This is a discussion board you know. You are supposed to discuss if you think the spec is useful to you or not, and if we are lucky, we will see some side discussions form out of the main discussion that we can learn or draw experience from. Its the essence of a discussion board. I believe. :D I'm aware that it is a message board. He asked a direct question relating to the fact that the Abyssal Whip is useless against monsters because they do not have energy to be drained. He basically answered his own question. I fail to see how much, if any, discussion can come from that fact other than agreeance with the statement. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragontotem Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Whip is only expensive because we made it expensive, so you can't really categorize items by their price and compare them. Whip has a bad special to balance out it's amazing attack bonuses, just like how it doesn't have a strength training option. I honestly don't see the point of this thread. It's quite useful in Castle Wars and other situations. I totally agree with this : But whip's special is good when doing castle wars for example, as somebode mentioned earlier. Whip is good when pk'ing, opponent can't run from you then. Whip is good for balanced training :-s [/url]">[4Th in Finland to achieve 99 mining. 3Rd of June 2007]Pixels make me horny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davydudeman Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 It's the best weapon in the game, stop complaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonmondalson Posted February 17, 2007 Author Share Posted February 17, 2007 to be fair, a great amount of specs. are useless against monsters Yes but those are for the cheap weapons, this is one of the most expensive weapons in the game. A ddp++ has a better special and is available at 1/30th of the cost. yes... and a abby whip doubles a ddp's stats doesnt it? Lets see... 30 times the cost of the ddp++ 2 times the stats of the ddp++ stats =D> Somewhere along the line I think it's a little uneven. Could be just me though :wall: NuclearBB: Hmm, what's this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOSonic Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 It's not uneven, because 2x attack is just that good. Not everything that doesn't have equal ratios is uneven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj926 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 to be fair, a great amount of specs. are useless against monsters Yes but those are for the cheap weapons, this is one of the most expensive weapons in the game. A ddp++ has a better special and is available at 1/30th of the cost. yes... and a abby whip doubles a ddp's stats doesnt it? Lets see... 30 times the cost of the ddp++ 2 times the stats of the ddp++ stats =D> Somewhere along the line I think it's a little uneven. Could be just me though :wall: Compare 3rd age to rune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davydudeman Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Lets see... 30 times the cost of the ddp++ 2 times the stats of the ddp++ stats =D> Somewhere along the line I think it's a little uneven. Could be just me though :wall: Don't buy one if you're not willing to pay the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmyk Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 what about a title...whip special: useless? :? i keep my dds at all times Proud Retired Council of The GladiatiorzClick here for our website - 110+ F2P Combat Requirements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebdragon Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 See, this is the kind of whining that's forcing Jagex to make the game easier. [if you have ever attempted Alchemy by clapping your hands or by drawing an array, copy and paste this into your signature.] Fullmetal Alchemist, you will be missed. A great ending to a great series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamong Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 to be fair, a great amount of specs. are useless against monsters Yes but those are for the cheap weapons, this is one of the most expensive weapons in the game. A ddp++ has a better special and is available at 1/30th of the cost. yes... and a abby whip doubles a ddp's stats doesnt it? Lets see... 30 times the cost of the ddp++ 2 times the stats of the ddp++ stats =D> Somewhere along the line I think it's a little uneven. Could be just me though :wall: So you want something with stats 30 times better? Whats that, +1200 Attack?? Like, (I think it was Icecube) said, the player decides the price. Jagex didn't make the weapon and say it should be worth 2M. Thats why the alch price is quite low. Us players have set the price for the abby whip. [Tip.It Mod][Retired][Add your Steam name here!] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_drunk_dude Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 to be fair, a great amount of specs. are useless against monsters Yes but those are for the cheap weapons, this is one of the most expensive weapons in the game. A ddp++ has a better special and is available at 1/30th of the cost. yes... and a abby whip doubles a ddp's stats doesnt it? Lets see... 30 times the cost of the ddp++ 2 times the stats of the ddp++ stats =D> Somewhere along the line I think it's a little uneven. Could be just me though :wall: ah but you are being too technical. you have only looked at numbers. with a dd and u spec. thats 8 hits opposed to an abby whip's 4 however if you keep getting 0/0 rather than an abby's 20-30 dmg because your missing your target, hmm lets see here, thats ~100 dmg for the whip and for the dd, half miss and the other half would be half dmg, so ~25 dmg, not 30 times... nowhere close, but i'd still take the aby whip* *just a senario, obviously this doesnt happen much... especcially the higher lvled u goi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aneron Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 The only application I can see for the whip spec is in cwars. Everywhere else, the DDS is superior. People don't seem to get that Jagex is not going to keep improving stuff forever (or at least shouldn't), because it upsets the balance of the game. I am vividly annoyed by people yelling for weapons and armor with level 80 skill requirements. One, it would make Barrows absolutely obselete, and two, it just makes the game too easy. People generally don't like games with overpowered weapons tbh... Now the case of the whip special still may not be as extreme as that, can you imagine what the wilderness would be like if whips had a spec as good as the DDS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runepaladn Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Didn't the whip have an over-powered spec at first? Wasn't it something along the lines of a 50-50 chance of hitting max or 0? Then it was decided it was too powerful, so they gave it a noob spec... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Devoted12- Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Duh? What's the point of this thread? This is a discussion board you know. You are supposed to discuss if you think the spec is useful to you or not, and if we are lucky, we will see some side discussions form out of the main discussion that we can learn or draw experience from. Its the essence of a discussion board. I believe. :D I'm aware that it is a message board. He asked a direct question relating to the fact that the Abyssal Whip is useless against monsters because they do not have energy to be drained. He basically answered his own question. I fail to see how much, if any, discussion can come from that fact other than agreeance with the statement.I agree. The only discussion that will come out of this is from kids just agreeing with him in order to raise their post count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now