Distractions

After a couple months' hiatus, I've started to become more active on Runescape. Yesterday was the first time I logged in without a purpose (previously I logged on to attend Dg's 99 Attack party, and one other time when I went to try out the new PvP system).

I decided I would get back on my slayer task, left untouched since the beginning of the year, because 1. I hardly logged on and 2. it was black/dark (same difference) demons and I am still scarred from a previous careless death experience.

Somehow this time I thought killing them in my F2P blue mage robes would not be fufilling, so following a guide I found, decided to get a set of Dagon'hai Robes.


Meeting whats-his-name (Surok?) beside the Saradomin (Zamorak?) statue East (West? No just kidding; it's east) of Varrock.


At Borg's Room. I shook quite badly because I had a few near-death experiences, and I really didn't want to lose half my friggin' bank account.


Yay!

By the time I got the robes (I had to navigate around the damned Tunnels of Chaos twice because the first time round, Surok didn't appear at the statue and I just blindly went looking for him) it was time for me to get off the computer, so my slayer task shall be left undone till the next time I log on.

Gold Coins Have You (Moments do too)

Yesterday we celebrated Blessings' 2nd year in existence. This is my first time celebrating an anniversary (save the 6 month one 2 years ago) because I missed last year's while at camp. We had 4 events, one after another (with short breaks in-between), starting with Clan Wars. I was glad to see some of our members again after my 2 week absence from Runescape. Also 2 ex-members turned up for a bit, namely Kicky and Evolution.












An intimidating sight at Clan Wars.




















Pking outside the GE.










I had a lot of fun yesterday. I believe my occasional Runescape boredom phase is over, thanks to the event!

On other news, today I spent 2 hours completing my iron dragon slayer task. I felt like coughing blood after the task because it took so damn long. But, I suppose it was worth it, since I got 4 rune b-axes. If they're still going for 40k like they used to (which I strongly doubt) at least I've profited from my trip.

Also, while visiting the GE to check on my ranarrs, some guy was selling a top hat for 110k. I considered buying a top hat before from a rune essence miner last year, but immediately backed down when he quoted a 100k+ price. 100k?! That's more than what I earn in a week! I continued mining my rune essence. But today, wow, the second I saw the offer for a top hat, I thought, 100k, I can earn that in a good day. So I bought it.


I didn't even feel the burn spending that 100k.

I love ranarr seeds and their fluctuating prices. They've made me the impulse buyer I am today.

A Change

I've been busy with school, and in 2 weeks I've only logged on once today, to visit Juna. I really wanted to see her because I haven't had my share of hunting/summoning/construction experience in a month. Unfortunately Juna, the unmoving sitting snake, thinks I'm lazy.


Something about being a good adventurer.

Well, I don't think I have time today to get that 66k exp. I will most probably go for a Bandos clan event tomorrow, so maybe I'll get some exp from there.

I also see Jagex put in the Price Check option.


Don't think I'll use it much.

One thing to be happy about though, Blessings is celebrating its 2nd year of establishment in 4 days. I'm glad we've reached this milestone and accomplished what thousands of other clans failed to do. I hope Blessings can move on together as a clan and stay strong, pretty soon we'll be preparing for our third year together.

Blessings owns!

Advertising Space

Since a few weeks ago, we've started this massive advertising campaign, following Kicky's departure. So far we're on 5 Runescape community forums, and 5 topsite lists. I hope we'll get to the top on one of those lists and new members will start flowing in, like we did last time when Blessings was on our old forum server.

Or maybe we could absorb a smaller, failing clan.

Apart from that, I've adopted a new merchanting tactic, and so far it's been faster in earning me money. It's still too early to see if it earns more than my previous tactic, but let's hope it does. So far I've earnt almost 1 million. I should be able to earn more this month, with extra revenue from a Bandos Chestplate drop we got yesterday at an event, which I will elaborate further in my next post.

Slugs and Knights

Today I decided to take a break from slaying... somewhat. I was assigned iron dragons for the first time, and the guide I consulted recommended Proselyte armour, which requires The Slug Menace to be wielded, which requires Wanted! and Sea Slug to be completed, both of which I haven't done.

So I started the day with Sea Slug. It is a short quest, and I don't think I took more than 45 minutes to complete it. All I had to do was walk around a lot, and look for this lady's son and husband.


Using the crane on the fishing platform, off the coast of Witchaven.

After that, I started on my second quest, Wanted. The great evil mage Solus Dellagar was on the loose and the White Knights hired me to track him down. It was simple enough, pretty straightforward.


After a long chase, Solus was finally cornered, and my backups arrived. But they died and I had to kill Solus myself.


Despite being a very powerful mage, Solus Dellagar looks nothing more than a hobo.

The last quest to do was The Slug Menace. It was also straightforward, but quite lengthy. Anyway toward the end, the system update notice popped out. I had a full ten minutes, and I was already on the last leg of the quest, so I decided to just get it over with. After killing a giant slug, there was a cutscene where this evil mother slug (or.. something) would come out and try to kill me, only to have my trusty White Knight advisor Savant tele me to safety.

However, there was a very real sense of urgency. By the time I killed the giant slug and the mother made her appearance, there was 38 seconds till the update. I feared that if the update interrupted my cutscene, I would have to repeat a very long and annoying part of the quest. So I spam-clicked my way through the dialogue, only to find myself in this situation:



Savant had tele-ed me at the exact same time the system updated! After a bout of lagging (and updating) I logged back on, to find myself safely in Falador, just like the guide said. I spoke to Sir Tiffy, and shock horror, the game didn't register my killing of the slug.


We 'are engaging'?!

Luckily when I re-entered the dungeon (where the slug is), the cutscene repeated immediately and I finished the quest without hassle.

After doing these White Knight-based quests, I thought about the knights' names. There's Sir Amik Varze (ceramic vase), Sir Vyvin (surviving) etc, but what's the pun in Sir Tiffy Cashien?

Edit: D'oh I was reading the Runescape Wiki and now I know Sir Tiffy Cashien = certification.

Oh Blimey

Ah... my Runescape year so far hasn't been what I expected.

Firstly, my ranarr trading was not as successful as I predicted it to be. First time round, I bought 260 ranarr seeds for almost all my money (5.7mil), and sold it for a decent profit of 400k. I had expected at least an 800k profit, but I guess I just had my hopes up after watching the price peak at 27k just before the new year. This time, it only got up to around 24k before stabilising, and dipping a little.

And then the second time round, I bought 265 seeds at 23.5k each, and yesterday I scrambled to sell them. Here's why.

I'm devoting my non-trading time to Slayer now for my 99 Attack that I should have by this year. So, after getting a few basilisk tasks from Summona (I switched from Chaeldar but my tasks remained the same.. Pfft) she gave me Dark Demons. Or Black Demons. Those huge things you can find in Taverly Dungeon after the Blue Dragons.

I tried meleeing them but they hit hard, so I got all my death runes out and have since been fire blasting them. Things were going fine when yesterday, I switched screens (I read The Office US scripts while playing to pass the time) for a little too long. When I got back I had been lured out of my safe spot and slaughtered in my priest/Shade robes.

I spam-clicked my lobsters (I don't buy sharks!) but it was too late. 0 Hp, "Oh dear, you are dead!", Lumbridge. In my inventory was my air staff, and 2 other things which I forgot but whatever it is I had NO runes left. So I grabbed some gear and ran back to Taverly Dungeon.

Sadly, while crossing the bridge (just before the Dusty Key gate) I received a message that my grave marker had collapsed. Still, I ran back to my death spot, hoping my items would be there.

In all, I think I lost abot 1000 death runes and 5000 fire runes, along with half an invent of lobsters, my 60%-grown kitten, my robes, and possibly my dragon boots. I'm hoping that they're safely stored in my bank and I just missed them.

After my death, I had to offer my ranarrs at a small profit (100k, give and take). Probably security issues. Also the ranarr prices weren't exactly skyrocketing either. Since last night none of them have sold.

So much for fast, easy money.

A Doubt? Helical!

It's the third day of the New Year and already I know what I'm going to be doing the rest of 2009 on Runescape.

1. Make tonnes of money with minimal effort.
2. Get 99 attack at my own pace (very slowly, in other words).

Allow me to elaborate. Tonnes of money with minimal effort.. What else but merchanting! I don't know why I've never realised this before but with ranarr seeds it's a win-win situation. After making your purchase, should the prices continue to crash, you can still make profit by growing the seeds and selling the herbs. Unless the price of everything crashes, but chances are, they're not going to.

Monitoring prices is also much easier now, since the GE datebase doesn't lag on the computer that I use now.

Next goal, 99 attack. I was convinced it is better to max attack with Slayer, since anyway I can get exp for 2 skills instead of one. Plus who doesn't want free whips after 85 Slayer? Training with Slayer means it'll take me a little longer to get 99 attack but I don't mind.