A little of this, a little of that

Chipping away at Runecrafting bit by bit. I had been doing double Cosmics for the cash, but Death Runes are actually worth a little more than 2x Cosmics. Also, they’re a little bit better xp. I’m really not minding it, its good money, but it does take forever. I feel like I’ve been working on that this month more than anything and I’m still about 75k xp away from my temporary goal of 77 Runecrafting (Blood Runes).

I’m trying to grow another Saradomin Owl. I’ve managed to mess up 3 times already due to forgetting to pay attention to it. I figured I’d do some Fletching with my growing stock of Maple Logs. Got the chick to about 60% and got 84 Fletching in the process.

Leveled Attack to 90 and got 123cb overall. Also got a Champion Challenge scroll for the first time ever. Killed the Zombie champion pretty easily. A few xp of Slayer and HP as a reward. A cool looking banner hung from the wall, but more importantly, I unlocked 2 new music tracks. Only 14 left until I have all of them.

Absolutely loving the free Pure Essence reward from the Adry Diary. Even if I just collect that, make 3 quick trips into the abyss to make Deaths, that’s a daily reward of over $67k, for about 2 mins of effort as well as about 1500xp.

I didn’t even really notice until I had passed it, but at some point I got over 100m total xp this weekend.

Everyone seems to be discussing the inflation of the economy. Yes, a lot of things cost a lot more nowadays then they did a few months ago. Prayer Pots are right now what they were when they were being merched and everyone was up in arms at it. On the other side too, doesn’t it seem to even out with the items you are selling? People seem to forget that aspect of it. Yes you might have spent 20m buying herbs when a little while ago you would have spent 10m. Didn’t you get that 20m at about the same speed as the 10m?

I’ve been saving a bit, so I’ve amassed a nice little stack of cash. Sure that giant sword looks nice, so does that shield over there, or maybe those tassets, but their prices are through the roof. With every day, players are getting better. Updates come out with newer, better products, newer ways to gain xp easier. More money is being generated by more people, so it makes sense things get inflated. For some reason though I have a feeling things are going to come down soon. I’m not sure why, just a hunch. Maybe there’ll be a mass exit if Mechscape is ever launched. Who knows. All I know is that the only thing guaranteed to be stable is the actual cash itself. In the meantime, I’ll just keep doing what I do. Even though I’ve got more money, I still can’t justify it to myself to spend such large amounts. It took me forever to decide to buy a BCP when it was only 14m, now its like 22m! I’m also wondering if I should just sell that, my Karil’s and Verac’s since they’re worth so much. Who knows, I’ll probably just sit back and do nothing. Any input?

All about Ardy!

New diary was just released this week. Achievement diaries might be my favorite things to look forward to in Runescape. When the Varrock Diary was released, I wasn't even close to having the levels required to complete it. It was amazing motivation go get my tail in gear, especially with Smithing and Farming.

The Karamja diary was my real motivator in training combat. Level 100 seemed so far away at that point, but it feels great when you finally get what you've been working so hard toward.

The Falador, Camelot and Lumbridge diaries didn't do much to motivate, I had all the levels needed when they were released. In a way, that has been the real motivation. I've been training my levels pretty evenly, trying to get them all to a decent level so that when the day comes where new diaries come out, I can plow through them then and there.

This is the first time they've released an "Elite" chapter of the diary. I love the motivation to get my Smithing (yet again) and Thieving up. I can do the Fishing and Runecrafting ones, the Thieving one is within pretty good reach but the Summoning one is like a punch in the head. 93? Mannnn... Laggy hotel internet connections have had me steering clear of all cb recently. Looks like I'll be doing some Slayer in the next few months.

One annoying thing about the diary, I realized the one monkey greegree I didn't own, was the one I needed. Having to do that again brought back all the memories I tried to suppress after Monkey Madness.

Jax has a pretty sweet guide about doing the diary based on location. I wish I saw it sooner.

I'm dying to see what a Canifis diary would look like...

Oktoberfist

It's been a hectic couple of weeks. Playing schedule has been a little sporadic because work has been insanely busy. I'll try to update more frequently, but its hard to keep concentrated out on the road.

I've been working on a little bit of everything recently. I managed to get 92 Strength and 91 HP by joining a few friends in some Soul Wars games. I'm actually starting to like the game a lot. I do a little bit of everything, kill the fiends & jellies, collect fragments, attack the ava and even fight some other players. I'm ok with some mini-game's use of pvp. There isn't much taunting, etc, plus you don't lose your items to some pure who lured you there. The points are actually pretty good xp as well.

I got another year goal completed last night. I took some hunt potions and my Arctic Bear and got myself 75 Hunting then used penguins to get 75 RC, meaning that all my skills now are at least 75.

What's left of those goals are to do 2 quests to reclaim my Quest Cape, make an attempt at the Fight Cave for the Fire Cape and try for one other skillcape. I think this is all doable in 3 months time. I need to work on my range for the Fight Caves though, that's going to be the hardest one to accomplish.

I lagged out RC and lost my Adze. I'm putting off lighting all those beacons again. Shotty hotel wireless... Its just such a process and I can't deal with that at the moment.

New Herblore potions came out yesterday. They look pretty cool. A lot of my friends were trying to see if they were Req. Ass't -able. I'm glad they aren't, it kind of defeats the purpose. Same with making them untradeable, if you want them, then you're going to have to train for them. I like things that give you motivation.

I'm dying to get to 77 RC so that I can make Blood Runes, so for you, you'll find me dodging revs, running laps into the abyss.