Work and training has me insanely busy. It's getting in the way of playing like I used to.
I managed to get 94 Woodcutting while reading, I was pretty stoked on that. Lately though, my gameplay has been "buy staves, let nomad kill me, rinse, repeat."
This is getting expensive.
I'll update when I have something more worthwhile to talk about or get to play more.
It's been an entire month without a cigarette. Kids, don't start, because quitting sucks.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Quests!
Ok, so after a long, defeated delay, I started doing the circus again. I did it for probably the first 4 weeks it came out, would get like 200xp each and I gave it up. It wasn’t worth my time. I did it last Tuesday on the turn, so I did it, then an hour later it reset and I did it again. I got much better xp than I ever did originally, mainly because I read up on how to do it. It is the fastest xp you can get in any of the 3 skills (range, mage, agility), but I can’t get into it. I’ll probably add it to my weekly errands, but blah, it just seems kind of boring. I can see the intentions, and I have to hand it to Jagex for trying to come up with something interesting, but its just not my thing. Its like Bork & Jade vine, great rewards, but just can’t bring myself to do it regularly.
Anyways, that put me about 70k from 83 Ranged. I had about 500 chins from hunting so I decided to go to Ape Atoll and give this chinning a try. I had never done it before. It took a little bit to get used to, and I’m sure I did it wrong for a bit. Super fast xp though. Which is good, because Range has always been a skill that’s like pulling teeth to level for me. It just seems so slow. I know I should train it with Slayer, but I’m halfway through a Waterfiend task, and they aren’t really good to range on. That’s my problem with Slayer, on the rare occasion I’m motivated to train a certain attack style, it gives me a task where I can’t do it. I’m too stubborn to cancel the task as well. The chins got me to about 30k from the level. From there, I went to black drags at evil chicken’s lair and got the level there. Yay.
I don’t know what came over me. After getting the Ranged level, I figured I hadn’t punished myself enough, so I might as well quest. My hating of quests isn’t something I keep a secret. I do them mainly to get them over with, as well as get the rewards. It’s like running virtual errands. “In order to access that super fun area you really want to go, first you need to hop through hoops A, B &C, fill out an hour of paperwork, stand on one leg for an hour, then wear a ridiculous outfit and run laps around Varrock.” That’s how I feel.
That said, my hatred of quests has led me to doing most of them. I had a quest cape last year and have been lazy about keeping current on the new ones. I finally just said screw it, and did Fur & Seek, Within the Light, Curse of Arrav and Temple at Senntisten. Only the Nomad remains. Can’t wait for that one (sarcasm). They were all kind of ‘meh.’ At least I can use curses now. I only really want to do the nomad quest for the 70 zeal points and Soul Wars cape. +11 pray? *drools*
Wow, this is sounding like a really negative post. I’m actually thrilled with the fact that I accomplished so much stuff I don’t normally like doing so I mean it to be positive! Especially the quests. Motivation to quest comes in small doses which are very few and far between, so when it strikes, I really need to run with it.
I’ll take a shot at Nomad this weekend probably, see what all the fuss is about. It seems everyone I know has just been dying for a week straight at Soul Wars.
Ohh update just happened. They took the +4 str bonus away from the torso. I’m going to watch the ensuing firestorm now…
Anyways, that put me about 70k from 83 Ranged. I had about 500 chins from hunting so I decided to go to Ape Atoll and give this chinning a try. I had never done it before. It took a little bit to get used to, and I’m sure I did it wrong for a bit. Super fast xp though. Which is good, because Range has always been a skill that’s like pulling teeth to level for me. It just seems so slow. I know I should train it with Slayer, but I’m halfway through a Waterfiend task, and they aren’t really good to range on. That’s my problem with Slayer, on the rare occasion I’m motivated to train a certain attack style, it gives me a task where I can’t do it. I’m too stubborn to cancel the task as well. The chins got me to about 30k from the level. From there, I went to black drags at evil chicken’s lair and got the level there. Yay.
I don’t know what came over me. After getting the Ranged level, I figured I hadn’t punished myself enough, so I might as well quest. My hating of quests isn’t something I keep a secret. I do them mainly to get them over with, as well as get the rewards. It’s like running virtual errands. “In order to access that super fun area you really want to go, first you need to hop through hoops A, B &C, fill out an hour of paperwork, stand on one leg for an hour, then wear a ridiculous outfit and run laps around Varrock.” That’s how I feel.
That said, my hatred of quests has led me to doing most of them. I had a quest cape last year and have been lazy about keeping current on the new ones. I finally just said screw it, and did Fur & Seek, Within the Light, Curse of Arrav and Temple at Senntisten. Only the Nomad remains. Can’t wait for that one (sarcasm). They were all kind of ‘meh.’ At least I can use curses now. I only really want to do the nomad quest for the 70 zeal points and Soul Wars cape. +11 pray? *drools*
Wow, this is sounding like a really negative post. I’m actually thrilled with the fact that I accomplished so much stuff I don’t normally like doing so I mean it to be positive! Especially the quests. Motivation to quest comes in small doses which are very few and far between, so when it strikes, I really need to run with it.
I’ll take a shot at Nomad this weekend probably, see what all the fuss is about. It seems everyone I know has just been dying for a week straight at Soul Wars.
Ohh update just happened. They took the +4 str bonus away from the torso. I’m going to watch the ensuing firestorm now…
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Here & There
A slow weekend and two sick days from work led to me getting a bunch a levels I was close to:
76 Hunting
79 Construction
90 Defense (with this came 126 cb)
78-79-80 Summoning
I went to partake in running some laps at ape atoll for agility when I discovered my ninja greegree is missing. Great... Oh well, so much for that. I don't feel like getting it back just yet.
I still hate hunting. Since I eventually want to work on my range, I've been hunting chins. It's always crowded and people always seem to be obnoxious.
Made a solo run at Graardor yesterday, just got one kill of him and the minions before I left. Got a clue scroll from the general himself. I wonder what that has in store for me.
On another note, a friend of mine who I talked to a lot for some years now (not on runescape, but on another site) passed away suddenly at a young age the other day. I knew she had been sick and in the hospital, but never to a fatal extent. It's weird, you can type with people on a daily basis, maybe even talk via skype, but there's this weird social stigma attached to caring for people you haven't physically come in contact with. These *are* relationships. If you talk to someone daily for years, you are going to develop a friendship with them.
Losses like these are hard to deal with. Who can you even talk to about them? Your friends in real life might not get it. You might not have known anyone else that knows you in common to talk about it. Its rough and difficult to deal with.
Its weird because you're not actually a 'friend.' You don't get the phone calls or the updates. You only find out by wandering over to their facebook page to see if they posted anything new and all you see are comments like "you will be missed" and "RIP" and about how much you meant to everyone.
The friendships we form online are very real. There are real people behind each sentence and fun conversations had together. In these times, email, the internet, texts, all very impersonable forms of communication are ingrained into our heads, especially for those who are younger. These are very common ways to communicate and form these friendships. It does make me wonder what happens to the ones that we lose contact with. I try to imagine that they're doing what they like best. Hearing news like this though, makes it no easier to deal with than had it been a friend in real life. And life is a lot shorter than you think it is.
76 Hunting
79 Construction
90 Defense (with this came 126 cb)
78-79-80 Summoning
I went to partake in running some laps at ape atoll for agility when I discovered my ninja greegree is missing. Great... Oh well, so much for that. I don't feel like getting it back just yet.
I still hate hunting. Since I eventually want to work on my range, I've been hunting chins. It's always crowded and people always seem to be obnoxious.
Made a solo run at Graardor yesterday, just got one kill of him and the minions before I left. Got a clue scroll from the general himself. I wonder what that has in store for me.
On another note, a friend of mine who I talked to a lot for some years now (not on runescape, but on another site) passed away suddenly at a young age the other day. I knew she had been sick and in the hospital, but never to a fatal extent. It's weird, you can type with people on a daily basis, maybe even talk via skype, but there's this weird social stigma attached to caring for people you haven't physically come in contact with. These *are* relationships. If you talk to someone daily for years, you are going to develop a friendship with them.
Losses like these are hard to deal with. Who can you even talk to about them? Your friends in real life might not get it. You might not have known anyone else that knows you in common to talk about it. Its rough and difficult to deal with.
Its weird because you're not actually a 'friend.' You don't get the phone calls or the updates. You only find out by wandering over to their facebook page to see if they posted anything new and all you see are comments like "you will be missed" and "RIP" and about how much you meant to everyone.
The friendships we form online are very real. There are real people behind each sentence and fun conversations had together. In these times, email, the internet, texts, all very impersonable forms of communication are ingrained into our heads, especially for those who are younger. These are very common ways to communicate and form these friendships. It does make me wonder what happens to the ones that we lose contact with. I try to imagine that they're doing what they like best. Hearing news like this though, makes it no easier to deal with than had it been a friend in real life. And life is a lot shorter than you think it is.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Happy New Year!
I don't know what got into me, but I decided to try and kill Jad this weekend. It looks like I'm not alone in that either, turns out about 4-5 other friends got the itch as well.
I'm great at the waves now. I did it 4 times over Saturday and Sunday. Aside from Jad, wave 60 is the hardest. The trick is trapping the 180 behind one of the 90s. I got to Jad 3 of the 4 times, and he's killed me 3 of those 3 times. I can pray switch alright, but sometimes he fakes me out then when I go to eat, it takes a second for the pray switch to happen.
I broke down and bought arma plate and ranger boots and an archer's ring for the occasion. I'll sell them back *when* I defeat him.
Not much time to write, so I'll just show my goals for the year:
1)Reclaim Quest Cape and keep current with new quests
2)Beat jad's stupid face
3)All skills 90+
4)Reclaim Adze
I have about 4-5 quests left to go for the cape. The real part of that goal is trying to keep current with the new ones as they are released.
Jad, well, its personal now.
90+ is a pretty lofty goal. Most of my skills are in the 80s, with a handful in the 70s. The one in the 70s aren't the hardest to level (hunting, thieving, etc), I just need to sit down and do them. That's a goal of 100+ big levels, but its over 12 months. I'll have time I hope. If anything, its something to strive for. Also, this doesn't include the new skill to be released. We'll assess that when it comes out.
Adze - ugh I just need to do that stupid beacon thing again. Its been a couple months, I just hate it so.
Real life goals for 2010 - buy a house (been looking for months), quit smoking (currently dealing with this - not fun, but 5 days without one), finish the triathlon on memorial day weekend that I registered for.
I'm great at the waves now. I did it 4 times over Saturday and Sunday. Aside from Jad, wave 60 is the hardest. The trick is trapping the 180 behind one of the 90s. I got to Jad 3 of the 4 times, and he's killed me 3 of those 3 times. I can pray switch alright, but sometimes he fakes me out then when I go to eat, it takes a second for the pray switch to happen.
I broke down and bought arma plate and ranger boots and an archer's ring for the occasion. I'll sell them back *when* I defeat him.
Not much time to write, so I'll just show my goals for the year:
1)Reclaim Quest Cape and keep current with new quests
2)Beat jad's stupid face
3)All skills 90+
4)Reclaim Adze
I have about 4-5 quests left to go for the cape. The real part of that goal is trying to keep current with the new ones as they are released.
Jad, well, its personal now.
90+ is a pretty lofty goal. Most of my skills are in the 80s, with a handful in the 70s. The one in the 70s aren't the hardest to level (hunting, thieving, etc), I just need to sit down and do them. That's a goal of 100+ big levels, but its over 12 months. I'll have time I hope. If anything, its something to strive for. Also, this doesn't include the new skill to be released. We'll assess that when it comes out.
Adze - ugh I just need to do that stupid beacon thing again. Its been a couple months, I just hate it so.
Real life goals for 2010 - buy a house (been looking for months), quit smoking (currently dealing with this - not fun, but 5 days without one), finish the triathlon on memorial day weekend that I registered for.
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