Quatro de Mayo

It's been a frustrating few weeks. I kept Dungeoneering and just as I was about to kill the boss of a 1+ hr long solo med which would get a level as well as enough tokens to get a CR, the server crashed. Not a problem on my end, but a problem on RS's end. I couldn't log on for over 40 minutes. Not only did I not get any experience or tokens from that time spent, I lost the items I bound. I don't get it! I had them before the dungeon and I should hold on to them, however that is not the case. The only thing I had when I went back into the dungeon was my gorg arrows. I lost my hood and my Prom spear++. Not only did the game let me down by crashing, it stole from me.

After a few hours of blowing off some steam, I sucked it up and got what I was looking for. Needless to say, I'll be taking a break from Dungeoneering for a good amount of time. I also don't understand how Jagex just won't even address the issue. The items were bound and I could even concede if it was maybe a problem on my end, with lag or my computer crashed, but not when their world goes down. Lame.

I used the sword on Mith Dragons and it was pretty sweet. I did a round of... that summoning minigame where you gather shards that I can't think of the name of at the moment, then went on to Waterfiends. I love the sword. If I ever lose it, I'll probably be crushed. I can't imagine going through all that to get it back.

I've been spending a good amount of time at Livid Farm. I think I'm the only one who actually likes it. I've unlocked the first 3 spells and am working on the rest. It got me 95 Magic and 89 Farming. Right now I'm pretty close to 96 Magic and 82 Agility. I'm excited to check out the pouch repair for when I RC. I'd love to be able to Vengeance Others, but that's a little ways off. I'd say I'm about 11 hours into the 35 needed. I did most of that in just a couple days, I'll probably take a little break and then do it in spurts. I'll take all the Agility xp without actually training Agility I can get!

The new capes came out yesterday! I'm not thrilled about the design chosen of the Veteran's Cape (I think the flames at the bottom are tacky, it could have been so much more elegant) but the emote is great! I love being able to stand on a giant Rocky V symbol. I'd actually like it to change over the years as well. Maybe the people who have played 7 years get to stand on a giant VII or X for 10 years. That might make it a little more personal.

Jagex claims it won't tell people their start dates of their accounts. I wonder how people will know when they've played 5 years then... Mod Emilee said to check the holiday items if they weren't sure. That might be an ok gauge, but if anyone's like me, I didn't care about holiday items for the first few years I played. I think the first thing I got was the Grim Reaper Hood, and that was easily after several years of playing.

With the Classic cape, I feel the opposite of the Veteran's Cape. I love how it looks, but I'm not thrilled with the emote. Yeah its a little nostalgic, but meh.

I made all the skill level capes as well. I can wear the 80+ one, but was still able to make the 90+. They look alright. I don't think I'll do much more with them than just put them in my POH though.

I need to use up my Hati Paws! 100% left remaining and only 6 days to go! Look out zombie monkeys, I'm coming to throw small exploding animals in your faces!

Blister

Vaskor's blog recently touched on the size of Gielinor and for how big it is, the amount of teleports makes it seem small.

It got me thinking, I wanted to see how big it was myself. I remember my first day of members (wayyy long ago, 5 years?) I passed through those taverly gates and just ran for what seemed ever. Hill Giants? What the heck are those?? :P

I thought I'd time it to see how long it takes from one end of the map to the other. I figured I'd start at Scarabites and then the destination was up in the air. After a few map consults, I figured the best was to go diagonal and end up at the northwest corner of Piscatoris. That incorporates a little more. Lletya is just a straight shot west and to be honest, I hate walking through that area.

I thought this would be a lot more interesting than it turned out to be. I thought I'd maybe stumble across a star, and evil tree, maybe a penguin, and interesting imp or two, at the very least some interesting conversations. Maybe its an off day, but I came across none of those. I tried talking to people I'd come across, but no responses.

Anyways, how long does it take? Keep in mind, I walked, didn't run. The result:


In other news, got eliminated from Survivor the week before the final week. That's ok. Got some amazing levels out of it. Went from 77-91 Thieving. Didn't get a screen shot of 91, but here's what 90 looks like:


I have to try that bribing thing, looks like you can make some decent cash as well as decent xp.

Now that I don't have to keep pressing with Thieving, I checked out somethings. A friend told me that chins were at a record low, apparently they are. I bought a ton of them being that I really don't like Range, but need to get it higher. Trying to get everything 90+ (except Dungeoneering) by the end of the year isn't far off. I managed 84-86 by chinning monkey bones at ape in a few hours. I've been doing it at Nechs in the Chaos Tunnels now. Less xp, but decent drops to offset the cost as well as a good amount of charm drops.

Finally made settlement on my house last week. It's kept me busy and away from the game a bit, but all that work feels pretty awesome, to be honest.

Happy Memorial Day to everyone who's served and Happy Birthday Clint Eastwood! (Fistful of Dollars/A Few Dollars More/The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, Hang em High marathon on TCM is amazing!)