Gathering, Definitely Not Hunting

I’ve been hoarding a bit recently. Mostly collecting items and not using them right away. It’s a combination of reasons to be honest. Partly, talk of another xp weekend is all over the forums. I have a feeling that this one will be a lot different so I’m not giving it much thought at the moment. I still think it might only deal with Daemonheim and therefore have nothing to do with the ‘outside world.’ The other is the Jagex Cup.

The Jagex Cup is something that came out last year, somewhat unexpectedly. It was announced on forums, but not on the main page. It’s basically a clan tournament where clans send a number of members to compete in combat and skilling competitions. I’m not much for PvP, but as a numbers cruncher kind of guy, I’ve been dying to participate on the skilling side of it. I didn’t have a chance to get a team together last year to participate and that actually bothered me a bit. I thought it was going to be a lot of fun, but a lot of friends seemed uninterested. It’s always disappointing when you’re looking forward to something, have a full friends list and can’t pull 5 people together to do something that doesn’t even require you to be online at the same time.

I know from reading about it that the cup had its number of flaws last time. However, my thoughts on pretty much everything (new phones, computers, televisions, etc), is that the first generation of anything is going to be flawed.

The skill is randomly drawn and announced for everyone to work on. This is where the hoarding comes in. Crafting? Sweet, I’ve been getting my staves daily but not making them. They’ve just been stockpiling. Summoning? Yeah, right. But “just in case” I’ve been making sure to do Bork daily as well as keeping up with Familiarisation. I wandered upon an obelisk last night in Hero’s Guild as I was charging glories. As soon as my time’s up I talk the guy into triple charms and head right for Waterfiends. When I actively seek an obelisk I make sure my inv and gear are already in place, but this was just random. (I also like to save charms for Summoning until I know I have enough for the level I want anyway, so that’s not a big deal.) Herblore? That’s alright, I’ve been doing herb runs every hour like a maniac.

To be honest, I’d love to see it be a resource skill like Woodcutting or Runecrafting.

I just go through phases as well. I seem to be in my ‘gathering’ phase at the moment.

I went to Abby Demons to try and get an effigy, 7 Bunyips later and I still haven’t gotten one. Or a whip, for that matter, but I can’t complain about that, I’ve had I think more than my share of those. I managed to get a decent amount of crimson charms and 92 Attack.

I also stocked up on gold ore so that getting my Smithing rocks would be a little easier. I managed to get to 85 Mining. Sweet! I can now mine rune! There weren’t any open/active ores and it was late so I still haven’t mined my first runite ore yet, but I will tonight.

I bought a TON of chins awhile back, managed to get 87 Ranged. I can not stand Range. I was at monkey skeletons and getting pretty decent xp (200xp up to even 400xp per chin, usually around the 320 area) but oh my god I want to rip my eyes out it is so boring. I tried switching it up and doing Nechrayls and Mummies because of their drops but its still painful. I like whacking stuff with my sword. I’ll try to do a little here and there, maybe in between farm runs, but if chin prices go up, I’ll gladly sell them back. I still want it to be at least 90 before the end of the year and I want to be better at it for Arma trips and Jad, its just one of those skills I’m not a big fan of.

I’m all out of Stealing Creation points & tools and my BA horn is now completely empty. There never seems to be enough hours in the day…

It’s the first day of summer. It’s also International Go Skateboarding Day. Get your board or borrow a board and go ride it! I’ll lend you my spare if you need it.