70 Prayer was worth it

I got assigned skeletons for slayer yesterday, so I decided to test out my absolute max hit. Here's what I came up with:



That's with the following bonuses:

• Super strength potion (to 98 strength at the time, I think)
• Salve amulet (e) = +20%
• Piety = +23%

Of course, I also had the usual strength boosting gear: rune defender, barrows gloves, neitiznot helm, and climbing boots. But yeah, I'm pretty amazed. I wasn't sure if I could hit that high in any conditions. According to the tip.it max hit calculator, my maximum with that setup should actually be 41, but I don't think I'll try for it. 40 is plenty for me. :P

And on my way back to Canifis to get another filler assignment, I found this:



I submitted a bug report; we'll see if they actually do anything about it. It's harmless enough to us players, but it kind of reflects badly on Jagex's quality control in my opinion.

Jad: "Fire cape? I think not!"

Well, I failed on my first attempt at the fight caves. I got a perfect spawn for Jad, got to the healers quickly, and shot them all... and then, like pretty much everyone else, got distracted by the healers and messed up my prayer switching. I died in two hits. Oh well, could've been worse. :P

Anyway, here are some screenshots for you:

My setup, in case you're interested in that.

I've got thumbnails working now. Sweet.

My perfect spawn that I'll be extremely lucky to get again:

102 hitpoints, roflcopter hax!!!11 ^^

And the end:


Of course, it's not really the end. I'm definitely going to try again, since I only used about 300 bolts and not too many potions. I can do a few more tries before I even have to start spending more money (of which I have plenty anyway, so no worries). I will get my fire cape, and when I do, it will be that much more of an achievement for me.

So... I'm going to take a break from that. I figure I need a couple of days to wind down before I try again. I'll do a bit of slayer, probably get an attack level since I'm fairly close. When I do make my next attempt, I think I'll also swap out a super restore or two for more sharks, seeing as how I didn't use very many potions. That will give me more healing without the negative effects of the saradomin brews.

Until next time....

Blessings and More Goals

I'm like, totally bummed, man. I can't bless my own gravestone! I tried last night, and it turns out that I can't. That was pretty much the main reason I got 70 prayer too. I hope I can at least repair it...

Oh, and remember how I said I have 1 major goal left? Well, I lied. Only a little bit though. I realized that I really have 3 major goals still:

• The fire cape, obviously.
• Ability to make rings of slaying.
• Varrock achievement diary.

That's still not too bad. I'm fairly close to finishing all of those, and then I'll turn my attention to power-slaying. I'm starting to think 80 slayer would be pretty cool. And once I'm slaying for experience rather than points, that will go a lot more quickly too.

The Return of the Wombat

Yes, I'm finally back! I apologize to you, my as-of-yet-nonexistent readers, for the long wait. After I got back from my vacation, I just got bored with the blog. I didn't feel like writing anything for a while, so I played RuneScape instead of writing about playing it. Of course, since I haven't posted in over a month, I have a lot to talk about. Let's get started...

First, level 90 defense! I got it while doing a slayer assignment to get my slayer helmet (which I did also get). There's also strength: I've gained 3 strength levels since achieving my defense goal, for a total now of 83. And I know what you're thinking right now: "He was such a fan of defense. What went wrong?"... I still am. I just recognize the merits of being balanced. I realized a while ago that I was little better than the pures who only train strength: I was still limiting myself through my training habits, only in a different way.

Then, we take a look at combat levels. I got 106 combat a little before I got the slayer helmet, then 107 some time after that. I am now 108 combat, because I finally started actually training summoning! And of course, since I'm so cheap, I'm using Tears of Guthix for the lower levels because I don't want to waste charms.

I also got a Torag's platebody and platelegs, and have been using them "around," as it were. I've noticed a huge difference, so much so that I'm thinking I'll skip dragon altogether. I do still use my rune armor when I don't need the extra defense and don't want to waste barrows degradation, but for anything that hits much damage, I'm a barrows fan all the way now. It lasts for so long that the profit I make from fighting with it is way more than enough to cover repair costs, especially since I can use my house to save some money on that. :P

Oh, and I got 66 herblore just yesterday! Super defense potions ftw! Now I need to plant a bunch of whiteberry bushes. And 70 prayer... which is totally awesome. I haven't gotten to actually try piety or gravestone blessing yet, but I'm looking forward to it at some point. I also got 77 slayer fairly recently. I think I'll try for 80, but there are no guarantees after that. And finally, air guitar!! I did a bunch of quests and went to get my last 2 songs in Keldagrim at the blast furnace and rat pits. Now I can do every emote but the skillcape ones. :-)

Now my major goal (yes, singular!) is to get that fire cape. I have 108 combat, so I can one-click the healers. I have 70 prayer, so I'll restore more points per potion dose and I don't have to worry so much about draining. I have 81 ranged, so I should be able to kill everything alright. I have 90 defense, so nothing should be able to kill me very easily, and I just got 88 hitpoints a couple of days ago (same comment).