(Yes I know I am gonna get a lot of Flak for liking Runescape. Haters will indeed hate.) Since I have seen quite a few posts of people looking for new MMORPGs to play, I figured I would post this guide to help them out, as well as anyone else on this site who is curious about this infamous game.
Might as well turn this into a general discussion thread about Runescape, with the guide just a bonus.
How To Play RuneScape By: 57 Corvette (AKA Hiicantpk AKA Teh PK)
WARNING! WARNING! This game is very addictive. This is not a "30 min-a-day free time" game, it will take up hours of your life.
RuneScape is a very different game from some online games you may have played. Instead of wanting to achieve one single goal to beat the game, You interact with other players and NPCs (Non-Player-Characters) to raise stats, gain money and become "1337". It is an Open-ended MMORPG so the game has no specific game time or date, but it is estimated to be sometime during the medieval ages. There are no horses, but there are plenty of weapons, items and other objects that you will find and use on your trips. To Start, go do www.Runescape.com , and click on either click here to play or create new account, in the "Play now" tab at the top of the page.
Note: You will find a heck-load more information in the knowledge base of the RuneScape site than in this guide. If you are looking for something specific, check there first.
There are some controls in RuneScape that you need to know before you even start the tutorial. These are the main controls and are almost all the controls in the game.
Left mouse button = Move here/Attack (if lower level)/Pick up/Action/etc.. (basically the first option of the drop-down menu). Right mouse button = Drop-down menu of all possible actions for where you click. Arrow Keys = Move Camera (can go up and down, and rotate all around your character.) Enter (or Enter *2)= Quick-chat (will explain more in #3)
Some of the possible options on the drop-down lists are:
Move - Self-Explanatory Attack - Engages combat with that Player(more on PVP combat in #7)/NPC Use - Highlights the item you clicked on and when you click on another item/object/NPC it either gives you the message "Nothing interesting happens." or you successfully use the item and the results vary greatly. Pick up - Moves an item from the ground to your inventory. Drop - Moves an item from your inventory to the ground beneath you. Trade - Allows you to trade with another player using items or Gold Pieces or GP (more info in #4) Follow - Makes your character follow the selected player one space behind them until they log out, teleport or you click something else. Talk to - Allows you to interact with NPCs to start quests, get jobs, gain items access your bank and more... Examine - Gives you an automated message describing the object/NPC. Sometimes involves puns. Add Friend/Enemy - Adds that player's name to your Friend / Enemy list.
The text for each thing you select may also be a different colour. Blue text usually means part of the scenery, yellow means a npc, white means another player and orange means an item.
Also, there are other special controls for certain components of the game. The private messaging system uses a friends list to allow you to send private messages to the player you select alone. More on PMing in #3.
2.0 - Tutorial
You start the tutorial with creating your character's looks. You can chose your skin colour, gender, clothes and more. You then follow somewhat detailed instructions from either the NPCs or the Box covering your Text box at the bottom of the screen.
When a flashing arrow appears on your screen or on your mini-map, this means move to this place, or interact with this object/NPC. You will go through some of the major Free to play skills, like firemaking and woodcutting. At the end, you will be teleported to Lumbridge, your re-spawning point if you die. There are also tutors all around "Lumby" to help you out if you get stuck.
3.0 - Chat + Quick-chat + Clan Chat
The Chat feature of RuneScape has two contents to it. A text box at the bottom as well as text above the speaker's head.
The text box at the bottom shows the last 7-8 messages in whichever tab you have selected. There are 6 different tabs for different chats. 4 of the 6 can be toggled on, off, or friends. One can be toggled to on or off and one cannot be toggled. The "All" tab shows recent text from other players, trade/assist requests, system messages and private messages and clan chat messages. "Game" shows only system messages while "public" shows all messages said by other people in public messages. "Private" shows messages from private messages and "clan" shows all the chat from the current clan chat you are in. Finally, Trade shows trade/assist requests, as well as messages from the person you are currently trading/assisting if your "public" is on.
The text above a person's head only shows what that player is saying at that time. Under some circumstances, a player may say an automated message (eg. When using the Dragon Battleaxe's special, your character yells "RRAARRRGGGGHHH!!"). They are shown in a unique text style in yellow unless you use a command to change the colour. There are also special effects you can add to your text such as wave, flash, scroll and more.
The private messages come from people on your friends list, or some one who has you on theirs. It can be toggled to be separate from the public chat, or with it. If your private chat tab is marked on, anyone who has added you can sent a private message, or find out what world you are on. If your tab is set to "Friends" only people you have added as well can send you a private message, or find out your world. If it is off, no one can send you a PM or find out the world you are on. People who are on your ignore list are never allowed to pm/world check you and you cannot see their chat onscreen or in the chat box.
Clan chat is a system RuneScape has to allow clans or other groups of people to converse instead of meeting in someone's house or somewhere else. You click on the clan chat icon next to your ignore list and the options tab. You then have the option of joining a chat, or modifying your own chat. To join click on the join chat button and type the person's name of the chat owner. If you want to chat in a clan chat, you need to put three slashes ( /// ) in front of everything you say.
There is also Friends chat, which is like a Clan Chat, just for personal chat channels, as well as a third chat area. Friends chat takes 1 / and the third chat takes 2 /s to talk in it.
4.0 - Items + Banking
Items
Throughout the game you will come across many different items in many different places. There are classes of items that you should know.
Weapons - Can be used to attack other players or NPCs assuming you have the quest requirements and/or attack/strength/magic/ranged/prayer levels. (EG. Dragon Dagger - Requires 60 attack and Completed the quest "Lost City", Granite maul - requires 50 attack and strength.)
Armour - Can be worn to defend against attacks and reduce/block damage. Some Armour requires the proper levels in defense/magic/ranged/prayer or Quest requirements. (EG. Rune platebody - Requires 40 defense and completed "Dragon slayer" quest, Splitbark helmet - requires 40 magic and defence.)
Food/Potions - Food allows you to heal yourself if you are low on lifepoints. The amount of LP restored per food depends on each food type ranging from ten with anchovies to two hundred with sharks. Most food is fish. There are other types of food made from other methods, but fish is the most common. Potions allow you to increase/decrease your stats temporarily.
Jewelery - If enchanted gives boosts in skills, if not just for looks
There are many more you can find with little exploration around the free player worlds.
In most major cities, there is a bank for you to visit. Banks are used to store items that you do not want to lose while adventuring. To use a bank, click on the bankers behind the bank booths and select bank. There are also quick-deposit boxes in certain areas of the game. If you are about to venture into the wilderness, you do not want to take your party hat, so you store it in the nearest bank. Banks in free player worlds have 68 spots to store items, while members have over six times that. Banks (unlike real life) store all items assuming you do not have a full bank. Most in the bank will stack (not with other items, but with the same items, kind of like bank notes). There are a few members only items that do not stack in the bank. Strange rocks, Satchels and Sacred Clay equipment do not stack.
5.0 - Quests + Achievement Diaries
There are other ways to get experience, gold and items than combat.
You can go on quests (started at blue star icons) for NPCs ranging from getting ingredients for a cake, to killing a dragon, to repelling some ghosts. Once you complete the quest, you obtain items, EXP, and sometimes gold. You also obtain Quest points. Quest points used to determine your trade limit (When trade limit was still in effect), but now it is just something to accomplish.
Achievement Diaries are like "Miniquests" that are achieved solely in a certain area of the Gelinor map. The only current F2p achievement diary is Lumbridge/Draynor which rewards you with a special ring. This ring allows you to use the spell Low Alchemy 30 times free, Teleport unlimited to the cabbage patch south of Falador and recharge your run energy three times a day.
Your Combat level is calculated by a secret equation that Jagex promised they would never reveal. It uses your Attack,Strength,Defense,Prayer,Constitution (Similar to Health points) ,Summoning and possibly your Magic/Range. Each level in those skills you gain (by getting the amount of EXP to achieve the next level), you gain a bit of progress towards your Combat level. Each of these individual levels enables you to do/wear certain things.
Attack: Lets you wield higher and higher class weapons
Strength: Lets you hit higher damage per attack and wield certain weapons.
Defense :Lets you lower the damage inflicted by other players/NPCs and lets you wear higher class Armour.
There are also other levels not related to combat. These are called "Non-Combat skills". These allow you to gather better resources or create items of higher class. Some examples are:
Smithing: Allows you to make higher class weapons out of metal bars.
Cooking: Allows you to cook better food, and have less chance of burning lower class food.
Herblore: Allows you to clean herbs and make potions depending on your level.
Mining: Lets you mine more types of ores, and use higher leveled pickaxes.
PVP mostly occurs in minigames and the wilderness, and involves one player fighting another live player. The rewards for PVP are usually greater than other NPCs, but they are also much more difficult because your opponent can not only heal, but think for him/herself. The levels of the wilderness depend of the level range you can attack. If you are in level one wilderness, you can only attack players within one level of yours, but in level 48 wilderness, you can attack level 3s all the way at level 51.
PVN is player vs NPCs (Non-player characters) around you. This combat is VS NPCs solely for EXP or the drops (sometimes for quests). You can attack any NPC at any time (some monsters require special weapons though) no matter their level. The drops are usually not as good, but the NPC you attack are unable to heal, or think for themselves.
There is also a system in place to determine how many NPCs can attack you at once. If you are in single way combat areas, only one NPC/person can attack you at once (except in special occasions while player killing). Multi-way combat allows all NPCs or players within the combat range attack you at one.
8.0 - Activities/Distractions and Diversions
Activities are specialized games built into the world that allow players to take a break from the normal RuneScape life like skilling or player killing. They bring a twist that breaks up the boredom of constantly training. There are combat activities such as Castle Wars, a combat-based variant of Capture the Flag, Skilling games like Gnome delivery. There are also "other games" that do not involve using any of your Runescape skills. Most, if not all of these games occur in the Burthope games room. Games like connect four and checkers are playable there.
Distractions and Diversions are for members only. They consist of random occurrences that happen hourly, or in most cases weekly. These are: Star hunting, Evil Tree hunting, Penguin hunt, the Circus, Familiarization, Phoenix and Shattered Heart. Star hunt and Evil tree hunting consist of logging onto different worlds, looking for "Evil trees" that pop up around runescape to chop down, while the Circus makes you participate in three minigames training range, mage and agility.
For more info on Activities or D&D, please visit the RuneScape Wiki.
9.0 - Hints+Tips
·If you plan on PVPing a lot, I suggest from a low level you start training strength first, then attack, then defense. By the prime PKing level (around 90) you should have about 60 attack, 70 defense and 99 strength. ·If you choose to be a skiller (one who does not train combat skills), then try to get as little experience as possible in combat skills. Also, wear a bow with no ammo, so you don't accidentally attack anything ·Do not pk with anything but range and melee unless in a group. ·Do not go pking in varrock wilderness alone, or you will get gang banged ·Do not forget to bank your items if you don’t want to lose them. ·Do not "alch your whip"
10.0 - Credits
All Rights go to Jagex for creating this game, The RuneScape Wiki for providing some info towards writing this guide, Hiicantpk for writing the start of the guide, and Alex S.(Flaming_fox911) for posting the guide on Team Liquid (For a previous contest that i didn't win =/) and 57 Corvette for re-posting it on on TL with updated information..
Special thanks to: iWild, Poke, iHerty, Mohorak, iToonmado
On May 10 2011 11:10 101toss wrote: I thought tutorial island covered most of this stuff?
It should o.O
It's a pretty simple game to learn, quite small for your usual MMO. I enjoyed it for years but now I've grown out of it....glad to see wildy is back though :D
Wow i miss this game so much. Too bad it just isn't the same anymore. It was a big part of my gaming life when I was 13-15. Such great times. Nice guide too btw. Cool to see how much the game has changed.
The economy is so insanely broken. You can't even really gain wealth or lose it due to the caps on the 'fair' trade system. I stopped playing this game in grade 7 - I just completed my 2nd year of university - and I was disappointed to see how the inflation on my rare items slowed considerably. Wasted a ton of time in this game, but back in the day, it was fun. This game, gunbound, and diablo 1 kept me gaming in grades 5-7.
I played the game casually in grade school and started hardcore in middle school.
I remember one time in 5th grade me and some friends went into the comp lab and somehow bullied one of our friends to go into the wild with us, then ganked himXD
Nice effort in the guide, the games changed a lot since i played.
I played it, got to a good level, and decided to buy membership for a bit. It ended, and I felt no motivation to keep spending money to play. Free to play is pathetic compared to membership. Free trade was returned already. Good luck.
On May 10 2011 11:45 Muffinman53 wrote: Haters will indeed hate. But I have wasted hundreds of hours on that game :c
Honestly, I've wasted over 140 days worth of time on my main account over the past 6 years. Now that I look back, I can only imagine what I could have accomplished in those 140 days if I hadn't played Scape.
On May 10 2011 11:21 canucks12 wrote: The economy is so insanely broken. You can't even really gain wealth or lose it due to the caps on the 'fair' trade system. I stopped playing this game in grade 7 - I just completed my 2nd year of university - and I was disappointed to see how the inflation on my rare items slowed considerably. Wasted a ton of time in this game, but back in the day, it was fun. This game, gunbound, and diablo 1 kept me gaming in grades 5-7.
They removed the trade limits. Scamming is back, Luring is back, Legit pking is back. I am not enjoying the bots/scammers, but PKing for real is pretty awesome.
I loved runescape. I played a bunch from 2004-2007. I made my main but I only got him up to level 87 combat and then just made pure after pure after pure. Then I would drop trade like everyone else and get money for pking. That was so much fun!
I played so much in middle school >.< I was a Pmod and my best stat was 98 agil. Uggh If only I had played sc at that time. I still log in every 3-4 months just to see if I've been removed from P mods yet .
I used to play RS as I didn't know about BW for a while. It kinda got boring, started botting w/ my brother since I really didn't care about my account anymore. Got to the 90s in every f2p skill.
End game since you don't believe it is worth the bandwidth cost (even though it is like a dollar).
On May 10 2011 12:12 moltenlead wrote: I used to play RS as I didn't know about BW for a while. It kinda got boring, started botting w/ my brother since I really didn't care about my account anymore. Got to the 90s in every f2p skill.
End game since you don't believe it is worth the bandwidth cost (even though it is like a dollar).
Honestly, after all the time I have played I do not have a skill higher than my 93 attack.
On May 10 2011 12:12 moltenlead wrote: I used to play RS as I didn't know about BW for a while. It kinda got boring, started botting w/ my brother since I really didn't care about my account anymore. Got to the 90s in every f2p skill.
End game since you don't believe it is worth the bandwidth cost (even though it is like a dollar).
Honestly, after all the time I have played I do not have a skill higher than my 93 attack.
No matter how much Jagex postures with their anti-botting policies, they are quite ineffective and useless. With a bot running for 16 hours a day, it took me generally max 3 weeks, excluding mining, to reach the 90s. Mining took the longest, around 5 weeks.
Like many MMO games, Runescape can be quite the grind when leveling skills. Thing is, it's pretty honest about it being a grind whereas many games try hide it or cover it up (rather poorly, usually).
I actually enjoyed the quests (probably over 200 of them by now), as Jagex has a nice flavor they usually throw in, but I suppose most people aren't really the questing type.
Biggest issue is that a lot of the game is pretty much solo play (outside pvp, but leveling up your combat stats to pvp is often solo). There's stuff you can do together here and there (I hear dungeoneering was designed from the ground up to allow multiple people to do it together), but much of the time playing with someone else is just the two of you solo training next to each other.
Enjoyable game that doesn't really deserve as much flak as it gets.
Actually started playing again over spring break for 4-5 days when I heard wildy and free trade were back. It's still fun and REALLY nostalgic. Bunny ears ftw! ^^
It really is the poor man's WOW if you think about it. Its got a wide range of things to do, places to see, and challenges to face, which is why I've been playing it again lol. People that bot confuse the hell out of me, but botters gonna bot I guess >.>.
I started it for the quests and now I'm enjoying just the general training aspect of it.
On May 10 2011 12:29 Vortok wrote: I actually enjoyed the quests (probably over 200 of them by now), as Jagex has a nice flavor they usually throw in, but I suppose most people aren't really the questing type.
Actually I had the quest cape when the max points were around 308. After a few more quests that need higher requirements (74 Smithing ugh) were released, and I lost it.
If anyone wants to add me ingame, my rsn is "Chrono Boost"
I played this game for some time. The only real pleasure in it was pking - everything else I did was just to level up / get gear to pk and I quit not long before they removed pking from the game (which is apparently back now) I had quite a few stats in the 90's. Quit with like 50m and a ton of gear left in my bank, lent the account to a friend and now it's banned But oh well, I hope I'd never play it again anyway lolol
Stopped playing this in about 2005, Main was lvl 111, 1600+ Skill total when the newest skill was farming but i had just started to lose interest when farming rolled around i think. Game was fun till, both do and dont regret my time on that game. I agree that taking out the wildi would be stupid if that happened and i logged in a few times to check on my account every 6 months or so and yeah the grand exchanged really seemed to have slowed down my white phat from just constantly rising in price every week.
I have never, ever, EVER heard ANYONE EVER EVER EVER call it "PvN". I played this game hardcore for about 2 years and EVERYONE EVER ZOMGBBQ called it "PvE" (Player vs Environment), as is the term in every single other MMO in existence.
I still log in from time to time, I literally do nothing but merch, currently sitting a tad shy of a billion. I have no idea why when I don't play, but I guess it's fun to own all the money in the world.
If anyone's starting out and has questions that they cannot find answers for after doing some research on Google and the like, feel free to PM me, and don't ask for my sexy dollahs.
On May 10 2011 12:31 KnightOfNi wrote: It really is the poor man's WOW if you think about it. Its got a wide range of things to do, places to see, and challenges to face, which is why I've been playing it again lol. People that bot confuse the hell out of me, but botters gonna bot I guess >.>.
I started it for the quests and now I'm enjoying just the general training aspect of it.
Ya, when I played it again over spring break I took the time to kinda just explore all the things that I hadn't known before, talking to NPCs and stuff like that. There's actually quite a bit of cool somewhat obscure stuff in that world!
On May 10 2011 13:08 Ruscour wrote: I have never, ever, EVER heard ANYONE EVER EVER EVER call it "PvN". I played this game hardcore for about 2 years and EVERYONE EVER ZOMGBBQ called it "PvE" (Player vs Environment), as is the term in every single other MMO in existence.
I still log in from time to time, I literally do nothing but merch, currently sitting a tad shy of a billion. I have no idea why when I don't play, but I guess it's fun to own all the money in the world.
If anyone's starting out and has questions that they cannot find answers for after doing some research on Google and the like, feel free to PM me, and don't ask for my sexy dollahs.
Well, I guess you could call it PvM or PvE, they all mean basically the same thing. vs NPC/Monster/Environment.
I tried to merch once, made about 1mill off flipping some sara rune armour. Then I was stupid and staked all my money away.
Runescape is a really nice game if you're a person that doesn't mind a little bit of repetition.
Also, the quests are really really nice, there is no single "collect 10 bear asses" quest! Every quest is a puzzle. The combat is a bit bland in comparison to WoW (for example) but it fits the game quite nicely. In fact, the game as a whole just makes sense.
They recently removed the trade limits so that's a plus too. The players itself can be a little childish though, I have this feeling it's mostly played by teenagers on the lower end of the 10 years. But don't let that discourage you, you don't really need other people to play it.
I played Runescape for years when I was young, back when grinding Blue dragons could earn you enough money to buy the most expensive items in the game with free trade and free wilderness with no restrictions. They have changed it way too much and I stopped playing when they added all the restrictions to it, such as Bounty Hunter and Grand Exchange. Now things are SO different and the market is ridiculous. I know they have removed the restrictions now, according to my friend though after all this time. It certainly doesn't deserve all the stick it gets as well as it is really quite fun and VERY addicting. The Pking used to be the most exhilarating player versus player experience as there was a lot of risk involved in terms of losing, so fun.
I think the essentials are already covered in the actual game, you should go into a bit more advanced things. Also, have a FAQ section so if someone asks a question about the game in the thread you can answer it and add it to the OP.
Blown years on this game myself, sadly they started making good updates once i quit t_t
On May 10 2011 12:29 Vortok wrote: Like many MMO games, Runescape can be quite the grind when leveling skills. Thing is, it's pretty honest about it being a grind whereas many games try hide it or cover it up (rather poorly, usually).
I actually enjoyed the quests (probably over 200 of them by now), as Jagex has a nice flavor they usually throw in, but I suppose most people aren't really the questing type.
Biggest issue is that a lot of the game is pretty much solo play (outside pvp, but leveling up your combat stats to pvp is often solo). There's stuff you can do together here and there (I hear dungeoneering was designed from the ground up to allow multiple people to do it together), but much of the time playing with someone else is just the two of you solo training next to each other.
Enjoyable game that doesn't really deserve as much flak as it gets.
I do agree that the game is a grind, but if you are new to the game you keep finding new stuff to do like different ways to level a skill or different quests which will make it less repetative.
Also the games quests aren't fun at all in my opinion but if you are planning to be competative in terms of PvP then theres alot of obligatory quests (Some of the high level quests require you to finish alot of other quests in order to finish them),
On May 10 2011 22:06 KinosJourney2 wrote: I think the essentials are already covered in the actual game, you should go into a bit more advanced things. Also, have a FAQ section so if someone asks a question about the game in the thread you can answer it and add it to the OP.
Blown years on this game myself, sadly they started making good updates once i quit t_t
I'l make a FAQ sections when people start asking questions, but it seems that currently people are just remembering all the time they spent on the game.
I doubt there will be an extreme amount of questions though, since people don't come to TL for information on Runescape.
On May 10 2011 12:31 KnightOfNi wrote: It really is the poor man's WOW if you think about it. Its got a wide range of things to do, places to see, and challenges to face, which is why I've been playing it again lol. People that bot confuse the hell out of me, but botters gonna bot I guess >.>.
I started it for the quests and now I'm enjoying just the general training aspect of it.
They have a massive problem with bots I think. My friend tells me the game is absolutely littered with them. I suppose they run the risk due to the sheer amount of grinding in the game, people just can't be bothered I guess.
This guide is well written. However I am pretty sure its not really needed since tutorial island covers most of this. But nonetheless you wrote it well :D
Runescape consumed much of my middle school and early high school life. Once they took away pking I quit. Now that it's back i've been tempted to play again. However, there is so much new stuff I almost just don't feel like it's worth logging on my accounts. Oh well... Long live Pest Control before it was nerfed!
lol i used to play this game in the school library when i was 12-15 years old i'm 21 now fyi. It's still so ugly and i'm never going back to that kiddie game again, i'm over it and when i was done WoW was the next step to MMO entertainment.
On May 11 2011 06:17 Milkyst wrote: You grind in this game more than you do in WoW... littered with bots so I stopped playing
Yeah, there is a lot of grinding and a lot of botting. No one knows why the game is so addicting.
I was (and probably still am) addicted to this game. It is all I thought about during school, it is all I did in my free time. My school marks dropped a bit and I didn't have many friends. I am coming out of the addiction mostly now though, as I am just bored of the game. I've done everything I wanted to do, so until they add something else that is game-changing, I see no real reason to play on my main.
Yeah I've put in over 240 days in the game. Level 138 with like 8 or 9 99s. Anyone who says it is a waste of life needs to realize that all games are a waste of life if you aren't having fun. I used to think the same thing though, blah blah blah RS is a waste of life. If you stop grinding though and just do what you like to do in the game and get enjoyment out of it, then it is a good experience.
I can also help out on the faq if you'd like, I've been playing since 2002 and know every area and quest in the game. Thanks for the guide, and I hope any new players that are coming aboard have fun experience.
Runescape is both a great and terrible game. Imagine WoW where you can do everything by yourself, and thus not have to interact with retards for the most part. At the same time, it obviously lacks the graphics and sophistication of many other MMORPGs. Runescape is addicting, fun, but relies on incredible amounts of grinding. At the same time, it lets you immerse yourself in your character quite a bit, and you can tailor yourself far more then you can in say WoW.
And with the Wilderness being brought back, the PvP system isn't shit anymore!
I've played this game for ages, had loads of fun clanning but kind of quit when my clan closed after 5-6 years (RDC, the name probably won't ring a bell though).
On May 11 2011 08:41 Bartuc wrote: I've played this game for ages, had loads of fun clanning but kind of quit when my clan closed after 5-6 years (RDC, the name probably won't ring a bell though).
Yeah, i've been in many clans, the biggest ones being Solar Angels and The Death Monkeighs.
First one closed down, reopened, closed down, reopened, closed down and i think they are re-opened atm.
Yeah, Well I was only in SA for a little while, I left because I wasn't a fan of the warring-clan atmosphere. Funny thing is, now the only thing I like doing is PKing.
I also used to make RS videos, but lately been focused on videos from other games.
I actually played this game quite a lot before I started playing BW. All MMO's are terrible unless you have a good group of people to play with, then almost any crap can be fun :p
Main was like 110 or something, with 94 magic back when it was easy to get when Pest Control gave broken amounts of XP.
Never did get the fire cape in the end had a bunch of rares though.
I still PK with good friend periodically, but only on F2P with range/2h. Was my first competitive gaming experience I suppose lol
when i was a kid I had a legitimate business going inside the game....
I had miners that would mine me rune essence I would buy it for like 15g per rune.... then I would turn around and sell it en mass to a crafter for 25-30 a pop.... I offered equipment insurance and always gave my miners mithril gear it was literally to the point where I was bringing in 300k ever 20 minutes....
I quit 2 years ago and still constantly getting irc pms from previous e-fame lol. Ye, wasted too much time on this game, game has some potential, but community is absolute crap.
When I played this with some friends 6 years ago, it looked exactly the same. So little progress with so many kids having their parents pay a monthly fee sounds greedy to me.
My first PK video back from waaaaaaay long ago. Dharok's PKing was SOOOO MUCH FUN!! I added my own little twist to it by using a Granite Mace as my spec item in between huge hits, it reset the DH axe swing timer so it made for awesome combos. Welfare PKing FTW!! XDDDD
*sigh*...runescape,runescape,runescape. Great and very addictive game, i am glad that they got rid of the trade limit and the wilderness change and make it back to the way it was and all but they changed it far too late. If jagex changed it back to normal after the 1st year that would of been another thing. The game itself changed way too much and the jagex staff is a bunch of sell outs for all the 12 year olds that play the game, let alone the fact that they never listen to the player's suggestions about the game. As far as the game's community? Try and take a wild guess at how 1 million middle schoolers react together? nothing needs to be said about the sheer level of immaturity those people have (with the whole 'no one can punch me behind my computer screen' mentality), which is why I quit.
Also a side note: pking in that game is unbearable unless you have public chat "OFF". The sheer ammount of BM and trolling that people throw in your face is mind boggling. "SAFE SAFE" "EAT MORE FATTY" "SAFE UP" "L" "SAD". how can anyone even play this game anymore?
Anybody here also a Castle Wars addict? Loved it so much lmao. Also, does anyone know that town in the members world where people go to pick flax? I cannot remember that town's name at all, but I would go to that bank and merch bow strings all day long.
On May 11 2011 10:21 MechKing wrote: Anybody here also a Castle Wars addict? Loved it so much lmao. Also, does anyone know that town in the members world where people go to pick flax? I cannot remember that town's name at all, but I would go to that bank and merch bow strings all day long.
was seers and Castle Wars was amazing. i would lose most of the time but it was such a lulzy game
My first PK video back from waaaaaaay long ago. Dharok's PKing was SOOOO MUCH FUN!! I added my own little twist to it by using a Granite Mace as my spec item in between huge hits, it reset the DH axe swing timer so it made for awesome combos. Welfare PKing FTW!! XDDDD
Thats actually pretty good.
I have never pked with anything besides Whip/DDS, Korasi/DDS or f2p stuff. Since my bank value has never been more than around 20m, I couldn't really afford to PK with barrows equipment or anything decently expensive.
Right now I am mostly focusing on my pure though, because my main has sub-optimal stats for pking (93A-86S-80D, Lol)
My cousin and I abused a bug way back when that no-one else realized was useful and made over ~100m back when 20m+ was considered insanely rich.
Does anyone remember prayer freezing? You used to be able to stop your Prayer points from dropping by trying to do an emote you didn't unlock yet. It popped a little dialog box in your chat up saying you couldn't use it and it would freeze your prayer points from draining for some reason. It was completely useless really except.....
PRAYER BOX STAKING. I abused this so hard and I don't think a single other person in the entire community realized it...it got randomly fixed with some update they did and that was the end of that
What I would do was stake much higher level players for huge amounts at a time with the rules being nothing but prayers on. With Protect Melee, Rapid Restore and the +15% attack + defence prayers on, I would spam the locked emote and stop my prayer from draining in between swing timers. This meant I literally had unlimited prayer (for the most part) while my opponents would drop really quickly into the fight and I would win because of the huge stat boosting. Around level 100ish, I was consistently beating 115+ who would go on tilt and keep staking me xD. Oh the days...
And soon after that I died with a BGS welfare pking because I forgot to put Protect Items on ~_~
I had a hard time believing it, but the BGS is down to like 8m atm. A lot of items are going down in price, but they are going to start rising mid/late June because of all the kids getting out of school for the summer.
So If you want to buy a major item, wait till the end of may/early june, and then buy. Chances are that is when the item will be at its lowest.
Oh yeah, if anyone's interested in my main's stats, the ID is ST_Squirtle (I couldn't resist). I had a free name change so I figured why not? 99 Range and HP :D I spent all my "hard earned" gold by buying Chinchompas for uber fast range exp at those Skeleton Gorillas. OMG.
And there's no way a BGS is 8m. You're shitting me. When I played it was 50m+ X_______X
On May 11 2011 22:01 Synystyr wrote: Oh yeah, if anyone's interested in my main's stats, the ID is ST_Squirtle (I couldn't resist). I had a free name change so I figured why not? 99 Range and HP :D I spent all my "hard earned" gold by buying Chinchompas for uber fast range exp at those Skeleton Gorillas. OMG.
And there's no way a BGS is 8m. You're shitting me. When I played it was 50m+ X_______X
On May 11 2011 22:01 Synystyr wrote: Oh yeah, if anyone's interested in my main's stats, the ID is ST_Squirtle (I couldn't resist). I had a free name change so I figured why not? 99 Range and HP :D I spent all my "hard earned" gold by buying Chinchompas for uber fast range exp at those Skeleton Gorillas. OMG.
And there's no way a BGS is 8m. You're shitting me. When I played it was 50m+ X_______X
I shit you not.
But wait, free trade is back now so the GE price isn't the end-all.....is that the street price as well then? Yergh it used to actually mean something to own a godsword...
On May 11 2011 22:01 Synystyr wrote: Oh yeah, if anyone's interested in my main's stats, the ID is ST_Squirtle (I couldn't resist). I had a free name change so I figured why not? 99 Range and HP :D I spent all my "hard earned" gold by buying Chinchompas for uber fast range exp at those Skeleton Gorillas. OMG.
And there's no way a BGS is 8m. You're shitting me. When I played it was 50m+ X_______X
I shit you not.
But wait, free trade is back now so the GE price isn't the end-all.....is that the street price as well then? Yergh it used to actually mean something to own a godsword...
I am pretty sure the AGS and AGS are still fairly expensive. The ZGS was never popular so that one is cheap anyways, but I honestly have no clue why the BGS crashed this hard. Maybe some kind of reverse-inflation because there is no more 76k tricking to inject cash into the econ.
BGS ZGS SGS and AGS went down due to Chaotic equipment coming into the game. Chaotic Mauls, Longsword and Rapier all have higher DPS than any of the Godswords so the only reason to use them anymore is for their specs.
Bandos spec lowers defence, which is useful but Bandos is where all the semi noob type players camp for money and drops so BGS is tanking.
Saradomin godsword has went down due to summoning, level 88 unicorn heals 15% of your health each spec and a new prayer Soul split which heals you 1/5 of the damage you hit. Only thing it is useful for now is Slayer tasks and the small amount of prayer regen it gives.
Armadyl godsword went down due to claws being a better 1 hit KO and suprise attack weapon in PvP. Blitz rushing was decent but now with damage soaking the big hits get mitigated down below the KO mark.
Zamaorak godsword went down because its special is literally not useful at all. Might be used PKing in a large clan to freeze people or at Saradomin Boss to hold her in place so you can range her, but that is about it. If Zammy was actually viable to camp and make good money, ZGS would be down to 4 or 5 mil.
On May 11 2011 22:01 Synystyr wrote: Oh yeah, if anyone's interested in my main's stats, the ID is ST_Squirtle (I couldn't resist). I had a free name change so I figured why not? 99 Range and HP :D I spent all my "hard earned" gold by buying Chinchompas for uber fast range exp at those Skeleton Gorillas. OMG.
And there's no way a BGS is 8m. You're shitting me. When I played it was 50m+ X_______X
I shit you not.
But wait, free trade is back now so the GE price isn't the end-all.....is that the street price as well then? Yergh it used to actually mean something to own a godsword...
GE price doesn't stay within 5% anymore ...for example, divine before the update was unbuyable in GE at 200m because street it was worth over 1 bil. GE now doesn't have a cap so Divine has stabilized around 850m and some party hats have went over a Bil. GE price is still the end all, because it actually tracks real trade prices now.
On May 12 2011 04:27 Demonace34 wrote: BGS ZGS SGS and AGS went down due to Chaotic equipment coming into the game. Chaotic Mauls, Longsword and Rapier all have higher DPS than any of the Godswords so the only reason to use them anymore is for their specs.
Bandos spec lowers defence, which is useful but Bandos is where all the semi noob type players camp for money and drops so BGS is tanking.
Saradomin godsword has went down due to summoning, level 88 unicorn heals 15% of your health each spec and a new prayer Soul split which heals you 1/5 of the damage you hit. Only thing it is useful for now is Slayer tasks and the small amount of prayer regen it gives.
Armadyl godsword went down due to claws being a better 1 hit KO and suprise attack weapon in PvP. Blitz rushing was decent but now with damage soaking the big hits get mitigated down below the KO mark.
Zamaorak godsword went down because its special is literally not useful at all. Might be used PKing in a large clan to freeze people or at Saradomin Boss to hold her in place so you can range her, but that is about it. If Zammy was actually viable to camp and make good money, ZGS would be down to 4 or 5 mil.
That is the link the my character, lowest skill is 72 Runecrafting everything else is 75+
The main reason because of the price drops for gs is actually simply the constant supply of them. People will keep doing GWD and as more gs enter the economy, they simply become cheaper. Also another reason is that barely any leave the economy due to the PVP changes, in old wildy if you died and didnt have protect, the GS would leave the economy, nowadays it just goes to the other person and thus remains in economy. The swords going outdated compared to the new equipment is just a secondary reason.
I'm a 1,1b bankworth merchanter so you can trust my info. ; )
I remember buying my first r2h for 3~M. Had to literally trade the armor off my back to close the deal, haha. I was also the 25thish person to rune mining.
I quit the day rs2 came out because I couldn't hang out in the wildy on my 56 pure (and they removed catching, not that anyone remembers that...)
The Runescape Soundtrack is second to none as well... I love the game, wish the player control was WOW style though... would be nice if the enviroment was a little prettier as well, but they dont charge you and thats the biggest advantage over WoW you can get...
WoW= Qucik leveling, easy weapon access, no sense of accomplishment besides BG and you have to buy the game and pay them monthly... (seriously WTF) I beat WoW in the 1 month free trail they gave me and the quests were exactly like a poster here said, "fetch me 10 bear asses and Ill give you money and this weapon that is amazing (why the hell wouldnt you use the weapon yourself then mr. nps?)
Runescape= grinding, time consuming (which leads to a..), sense of accomplishment. Not to mention its free!
Havnt played either in forever though so who knows my opinion could change
Ah i remember runescape... it was fun, while I was still too stupid to realise how much of a waste of time it was. The way I feel about MMORPGs now is that most of the time you spend on it is used on grinding the skills to achieve some "satisfaction" of being able to do something with such a high skill afterwards. Then you get to the point where someone's always better than you, purely because they've played longer than you... which is why RTS is much better =D
On May 12 2011 06:59 Azuzu wrote: I remember buying my first r2h for 3~M. Had to literally trade the armor off my back to close the deal, haha. I was also the 25thish person to rune mining.
I quit the day rs2 came out because I couldn't hang out in the wildy on my 56 pure (and they removed catching, not that anyone remembers that...)
Whoever plays RS and doesn't know the term 'catching' should be ashamed of him/herself.
WoW= Qucik leveling, easy weapon access, no sense of accomplishment besides BG and you have to buy the game and pay them monthly... (seriously WTF) I beat WoW in the 1 month free trail they gave me and the quests were exactly like a poster here said, "fetch me 10 bear asses and Ill give you money and this weapon that is amazing (why the hell wouldnt you use the weapon yourself then mr. nps?)
I don't think WoW and RS are really comparable games. WoW has nothing like the wildy (the only reason I played) but RS has no end game. I don't know what you "beat" in a month but it certainly wasn't WoW.
WoW= Qucik leveling, easy weapon access, no sense of accomplishment besides BG and you have to buy the game and pay them monthly... (seriously WTF) I beat WoW in the 1 month free trail they gave me and the quests were exactly like a poster here said, "fetch me 10 bear asses and Ill give you money and this weapon that is amazing (why the hell wouldnt you use the weapon yourself then mr. nps?)
I don't think WoW and RS are really comparable games. WoW has nothing like the wildy (the only reason I played) but RS has no end game. I don't know what you "beat" in a month but it certainly wasn't WoW.
Well, when you max everything and complete all quests/diaries, that is pretty much Endgame even though you can still do everything.
I played long ago as well. Was nice here and there. Sure changed a lot ever since the last time I played. Was surprised when I found out you were Chrono Boost on TDM forums. I'm there as well but retired.
Played 7 years, 350+ ingame days and got up to 10.5bil staking until I lost it. Pretty happy that I quit considering I wasted so much of my life on it lol
On May 14 2011 10:10 Rizare wrote: I played long ago as well. Was nice here and there. Sure changed a lot ever since the last time I played. Was surprised when I found out you were Chrono Boost on TDM forums. I'm there as well but retired.
Really? Whats your RSN? I've been Clan Friend rank for like 3 months, but I could probably find you anyways.
On May 14 2011 10:10 Rizare wrote: I played long ago as well. Was nice here and there. Sure changed a lot ever since the last time I played. Was surprised when I found out you were Chrono Boost on TDM forums. I'm there as well but retired.
Really? Whats your RSN? I've been Clan Friend rank for like 3 months, but I could probably find you anyways.
Thomas_Vo1 Though I don't post much anymore. Just like TL, I lurk a lot but post rarely.
WoW= Qucik leveling, easy weapon access, no sense of accomplishment besides BG and you have to buy the game and pay them monthly... (seriously WTF) I beat WoW in the 1 month free trail they gave me and the quests were exactly like a poster here said, "fetch me 10 bear asses and Ill give you money and this weapon that is amazing (why the hell wouldnt you use the weapon yourself then mr. nps?)
I don't think WoW and RS are really comparable games. WoW has nothing like the wildy (the only reason I played) but RS has no end game. I don't know what you "beat" in a month but it certainly wasn't WoW.
Well, when you max everything and complete all quests/diaries, that is pretty much Endgame even though you can still do everything.
Is this trolling or just ignorance? Of course there's an endgame. Nowadays you can even play it like a "Monster Hunter" style game (or whatever that Japanese console game is called) and organize some dungeon crawls.
The real endgame is (of course) the clan scene. I don't know what the state of it is today, but it used to be a huge, drama packed buzzing community with night-long fights over the northernmost parts of the Wilderness.
Gotta give props to RS for that - few games allow for battles involving hundreds of players, other than eve - none do so on non-localized servers.
People will say RS is just a timesink and yeah - sure, it might be, but when i'm in a hiring position, you better believe i'd hire someone with the dedication needed to reach 99 flats before bandits (or even before RS2!). I've already had the requirement "fraps yourself filling a 1000x1000 size paint BMP with the pencil tool (from white to black)" for a position.
I haven't played in a long while but here are my account names: fir3_d4ag0nr (lvl 134 i believe) and unpure12ang3 (range/mage pure lvl 96 or something). I've considered starting back up. I have like 5 santas in the bank and a lot of gold so I don't think money would be the issue. So much new stuff in the game though so I'd have to learn so much to get back into it
Anyone considering a TL clan though? Might be a fun idea.
PS I also have lower level pures from back before pking was disallowed so I could use those as well to pk no that it has returned.
I've been watching this video over and over for the past while. I can't get over that I have never gotten a decent PK (more than like 1m excluding 76k tricks), and this guy PKs godswords like its nothing..
Anyone considering a TL clan though? Might be a fun idea.
I'm only level 90 and am not really exerperienced with rs2 combat, but I would join if someone started a TL clan! I wonder if we have enough highish levels to make a decent pk group?
Send a pm to unpure12ang3. I've decided i'd finally get to 99 range (currently 96). If you wanna start up a pk group that'd be cool. Or we can train together. Just lemme know!
Ok sounds good. Are you playing on f2p or p2p? I also need advice on where to train, I feel so out of the loop. Well, actually I have a of questions now that I think about it, but atleast training will get me started.
Here's a video made by the guy who stole my account. Rusty was my tag back then, I think it's so cute he decided to take that name when he made shitey YouTube vids. Have a look:
I used to know him IRL when he was in elementary school, lent him my account for a bit. He dropped out of high school eventually and did nothing but play RS on my account...I have no contact with him now, but I'd like to think that by commandeering my account back (or simply requesting it, but commandeering sounds way sweeter) maybe I changed his life or something. More than likely he just made a new account.
I don't know why this game has appeal to be honest, comparing it to World of Warcraft or really any other MMO (even free-to-play MMOs of decent quality, like Runes of Magic), it's absolutely terrible. Games are looked down upon for the grind, and that's all RuneScape is...and that's what people like to do, grind and grind and grind for e-peenery. Pretty interesting stuff. The HD update made it far more playable.
On May 20 2011 20:52 Light`iu wrote: I'm p2p, what's your rsn? I'll talk to you there.
It's mfh cheese. I probably won't be on much today, tomorrow I will be though.
I'm still going through the process of getting all my alt accounts back, I really can't remember their passes. Luckily one had a blue Halloween mask leftover :D
As for why I like RS.... there's something so satisfying about killing people and taking their stuff. So few games actually make it work. I've done just about everything in WoW, it just doesn't excite me anymore.
I played this game 4 years ago or so but 1 day I just up and quit and didn't look back. I occasionally looked at the updates (3-5 months at a time) and i'm glad I quit. I did own a party hat at one point so I was happy about that. My best friend on RS had 2 sets of Phats and some santas, he was pretty much a lone PKer and made alot from it. Only a few things I enjoyed, Barrows, Castle Wars, Slayer, and killing bosses. Heres a screenshot of one of my kills, nothing special. My name was retarded but its whatever.
On May 26 2011 11:29 MechKing wrote: What's your combat lvl Corvette? For a pure you sure have a lot of high stats
On my pure I am 30 Attack, 43 Strength, 44 HP, 50 Range
On my main i am 93/85/80/89/87/80/71/62 Attack, Strength, Def, HP, Magic, Range, Prayer and summoning.
This is kind of a broad/naive question but... what's the low level pvp metagame like right now?
Assuming everyone has 1 def? Are range/melee hybrids the most popular? Is a melee/mage hybrid worthwhile? Will you get gibbed if you don't have a combat or two of extra hp from training range/magic?
On May 26 2011 11:29 MechKing wrote: What's your combat lvl Corvette? For a pure you sure have a lot of high stats
On my pure I am 30 Attack, 43 Strength, 44 HP, 50 Range
On my main i am 93/85/80/89/87/80/71/62 Attack, Strength, Def, HP, Magic, Range, Prayer and summoning.
This is kind of a broad/naive question but... what's the low level pvp metagame like right now?
Assuming everyone has 1 def? Are range/melee hybrids the most popular? Is a melee/mage hybrid worthwhile? Will you get gibbed if you don't have a combat or two of extra hp from training range/magic?
I haven't played in a while, but you definitely should get range/mage levels up on a pure. They don't raise combat afaik and they are so helpful that it's pretty dumb not to get them. Even if you're a strength pure, getting magic levels to 25 and range to 40 helps so much because you can wear d-hide chaps and teleport.
But training magic/range gets you constitution levels which increase your combat now right? So you still gain combats it's just in pure hp. Or I could be way off.
On May 27 2011 10:45 Azuzu wrote: But training magic/range gets you constitution levels which increase your combat now right? So you still gain combats it's just in pure hp. Or I could be way off.
Yeah, I'm not sure if constitution increases combat but even if it does it will be very little compared to the amount of help you get from the extra HP, spells, armor etc.
Nice guide, but Jagex has tons of this stuff on their website/in the game already honestly...
I played RuneScape for years, no way I could ever go back to it now though. I had twelve 99 skills when I finally left for good, Seto271 was my username if anyone cares.
you guys are all pros. i went defensive for the most part as a warrior 4 years ago. i mostly played F2P so thats why it was rather effective.. when i palyed Members, i would get stomped by everything ><
On May 26 2011 11:29 MechKing wrote: What's your combat lvl Corvette? For a pure you sure have a lot of high stats
On my pure I am 30 Attack, 43 Strength, 44 HP, 50 Range
On my main i am 93/85/80/89/87/80/71/62 Attack, Strength, Def, HP, Magic, Range, Prayer and summoning.
This is kind of a broad/naive question but... what's the low level pvp metagame like right now?
Assuming everyone has 1 def? Are range/melee hybrids the most popular? Is a melee/mage hybrid worthwhile? Will you get gibbed if you don't have a combat or two of extra hp from training range/magic?
There are a few types of low lvl pures that I know of currently.
1. Range 2her - EG stats: 40 attack 50 strength 60 range 25 mage?
Ranges, pulls out rune 2h for KO.
2. Pure Melee - 40 attack 60 strength
Uses a Scimitar, pulls out 2h for KO
3. Pure Mage - High Mage (35+), low HP (Train some mage with splashing etc)
Most popluar are the first 2, then pure range, mage and hybrid.
To answer your questions: Yes, pretty much everyone has 1 defence. Range/Melee hybrids are very popular, only being edged out by pure melee pures. Melee/Mage hybrid could work, but it is not popular at all You gotta balance your HP. If you are making a range/2her, you should have around 45 HP at 30/50/50,a few more HP levels is OK as long as it doesn't give you 2-3 combat levels, lower HP is generally bad, as you get KOed easier.
I used to play this game a lot back in RS classic days, before any graphic updates this was my favorite MMO Of all time I was a level 66 miner and blacksmith(Sabin6767) which was pretty tough to get. To bad it's pretty terrible now T__T Nice guide hope everyone gives classic a try if you are a member. (if they still offer that)
On May 27 2011 22:23 SigmaoctanusIV wrote: I used to play this game a lot back in RS classic days, before any graphic updates this was my favorite MMO Of all time I was a level 66 miner and blacksmith(Sabin6767) which was pretty tough to get. To bad it's pretty terrible now T__T Nice guide hope everyone gives classic a try if you are a member. (if they still offer that)
Honestly, I think they closed RS1 to everyone excluding the people who still play it. I am currently a member on my main and I can't find a way to get to it.
On May 12 2011 06:59 Azuzu wrote: I remember buying my first r2h for 3~M. Had to literally trade the armor off my back to close the deal, haha. I was also the 25thish person to rune mining.
I quit the day rs2 came out because I couldn't hang out in the wildy on my 56 pure (and they removed catching, not that anyone remembers that...)
On May 27 2011 22:23 SigmaoctanusIV wrote: I used to play this game a lot back in RS classic days, before any graphic updates this was my favorite MMO Of all time I was a level 66 miner and blacksmith(Sabin6767) which was pretty tough to get. To bad it's pretty terrible now T__T Nice guide hope everyone gives classic a try if you are a member. (if they still offer that)
Honestly, I think they closed RS1 to everyone excluding the people who still play it. I am currently a member on my main and I can't find a way to get to it.
Long time since i played this. Took way too much of my time. Haven't tried Dungeoneering.
Oh my, Green Party hat worth 1.4b according to the webpage grand exchange. Sold it to a friend some time after i quit for 300ish mill O.o
If you were thinking about playing again just PM me: unpure12ang3 and we could train some dungeoneering together possibly. I need to get mine up if you wanted to try.
So I gave low level pking a try on an old lvl 30 magic/melee pure just to see what it was like. Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed. All of the people I fought were also pures, but I found it almost impossible to kill anyone in 1-2 wilderness. I would fight someone until one of us ran out of food, then we would simply run out.
Maybe I'm just missing something, but it seems pretty dumb for the metagame to have shifted to people playing a game of "how low can you go" with your hp so hopefully the other person doesn't "safe" and, god forbid, heal past half.
I never felt any danger, or any chance to kill anyone. Thus, no excitement like the old days of low level pking. So meh. I guess deep wildy pking might be more fun? /endrant
Well, Its really hard to get a KO at the lower level (unless you can 1-hit them with a spell and they have crazy low HP), but once you start getting up to 45/50 combat, thats when the real hits start coming in and more KOes coming your way. Just keep working at it, and you can get to the fun part, eventually...
On June 01 2011 10:25 Azuzu wrote: So I gave low level pking a try on an old lvl 30 magic/melee pure just to see what it was like. Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed. All of the people I fought were also pures, but I found it almost impossible to kill anyone in 1-2 wilderness. I would fight someone until one of us ran out of food, then we would simply run out.
Maybe I'm just missing something, but it seems pretty dumb for the metagame to have shifted to people playing a game of "how low can you go" with your hp so hopefully the other person doesn't "safe" and, god forbid, heal past half.
I never felt any danger, or any chance to kill anyone. Thus, no excitement like the old days of low level pking. So meh. I guess deep wildy pking might be more fun? /endrant
Range 2handers KO the easiest. Basically you want to get to the point where people can hit consist 12+, or otherwise people simply outeat you and KO's are practically impossible.
On June 01 2011 10:25 Azuzu wrote: So I gave low level pking a try on an old lvl 30 magic/melee pure just to see what it was like. Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed. All of the people I fought were also pures, but I found it almost impossible to kill anyone in 1-2 wilderness. I would fight someone until one of us ran out of food, then we would simply run out.
Maybe I'm just missing something, but it seems pretty dumb for the metagame to have shifted to people playing a game of "how low can you go" with your hp so hopefully the other person doesn't "safe" and, god forbid, heal past half.
I never felt any danger, or any chance to kill anyone. Thus, no excitement like the old days of low level pking. So meh. I guess deep wildy pking might be more fun? /endrant
Range 2handers KO the easiest. Basically you want to get to the point where people can hit consist 12+, or otherwise people simply outeat you and KO's are practically impossible.
Yea, I guess that makes a lot of sense (of course people could still just run out). That's just edge though, so meh. Still haven't taken out my 50/10/82 so maybe I'll give that a shot.
I've been training on my main out of boredom while watching sc2 streams. I bought members and have been grinding fire giants building up charms/prayer/money while getting from 90-98 combat in the last month or so. I really need to buy some better armor, I'm in the most budget gear possible (turns out people will flame you for wearing rune/dragon).
I guess at some point I should try all of the new skills and look at some of the million quests they've added to the game. Grinding is just too relaxing.
I used to play RS, then they made this big update with a big 'improvement' to the graphics, it sucked so I quit. Not sure if RS Classic is still around tho.
Me and my friend started playing again without even knowing on the exact same date. I call him up a few days ago to ask him if he still had an account he could give me(for gold lol) and he tells me yes, but hes playing with it So we started playing together again for the first time since 6th grade! We started desert treasure last night fun quest :D going to finish tonight
On May 27 2011 22:23 SigmaoctanusIV wrote: I used to play this game a lot back in RS classic days, before any graphic updates this was my favorite MMO Of all time I was a level 66 miner and blacksmith(Sabin6767) which was pretty tough to get. To bad it's pretty terrible now T__T Nice guide hope everyone gives classic a try if you are a member. (if they still offer that)
Honestly, I think they closed RS1 to everyone excluding the people who still play it. I am currently a member on my main and I can't find a way to get to it.
They have had atleast 2 periods when you could get access to classic, and if you did access it then you'd get permanent access to it on that account.
Also, i hate the new "damage soaking" shit on armor. I've been robbed of multiple kills while rushing thanks to it. Almost killed a guy for full bandos, claws and much more but he survived with less than 100 hp left thanks to damage soak biting off a huge chunk off my damage. Handcannon rushing was ALOT of fun, but it got pretty much useless after the update. Anyone with above 90+ hp is 98%+ of the time gonna survive.
RuneScape was cool back in 6th grade. All computers on runescape, going in the wildy and getting owned and losing everything. Having your little brother cut yews for you in Edgeville... Mining in Al Karid... Doing quests.. Probably one of the best games of my childhood.
I just recovered my account last week after not playing for 8 years. haha I remember the fun stuff like cutting yews in lumby and selling them en masse to the general store and running thru the dungeon (for that quest) under Barbarian village.
I'm like lv 68 combat with lv 61 str, 51 def, 60 attack, 42 prayer, 55 const. 33mining, 36 smith, 61 lumbering lol. Too bad I gave all my stuff away when I quit, now I'm broke hehe.
Runescape still going haha. I played "classic" in libraries and shit before we got a proper internet at home xD. I quit way before rs2/the first graphics upgrade though.. good times