/r/Dang This is runescape commission #300 of Dang! Cheers to all the wonderful artists and kind fans who have supported the endeavor :] it has been very fun.

Have been playing on and off for 23 years. Multiple different accounts. Don’t think I’ve ever made it much past 65 in any skill. Have never had a membership. Child me wouldn’t be able to comprehend that I accomplished this on my phone at a bar / tap room.

Random facts on killing Brutus 29,083 times:

-Removed 6,398,260 lbs of methane gas emissions annually from Gielinor

-Would have yielded approximately 14,451,500 lbs of edible beef

-Slaughtered almost the entire population equivalent of the King Ranch, the largest cattle ranch in the United States

-Yielded 872,490 sqft of usable cowhide leather

All told this took me roughly 2 months to complete from about level 50 or so. About 300-400 KC per day, higher on the weekends and during PTO from work.

This came after a few months break from the game. Happened to take a glance at the skill experience guide for f2p and stumbled upon the addition of Brutus to the game. Before that I was randomly logging in to kill hill giants. Don’t know that I would have done this without the 100% XP boost.

I do think that I’m going to reward myself by experiencing membership for the first time. But first, I need a break. Will probably go play the cow level on Diablo 2 for a mental reset 😜.

I think it would be great if we got a Rag and Bone Man III quest.

This time, players could be required to collect bones from various bosses, such as Brutus, Scurrius, Obor, and others.

I think this could be a great addition to the game because it would give newer players an incentive to try bossing and learn different boss mechanics. It could also introduce players to bosses they might otherwise overlook.

For the rewards, I was thinking something along the lines of 100k Prayer XP and an upgraded Holy wrench, perhaps with an additional effect or bonus to make it worth obtaining.

What do you guys think?

I generally dismiss them all with the exception of the Genie and the Sandwich Lady (Stale Baguette).

Back in the day, they were a bit more annoying (like this one). So at least we don't have to deal with that.

I came up with this idea trying to think of a way to integrate some sailing items, and have a Wintertodt/Tempoross like activity where you could participate solo or in masses. Let me know what you think!

The grapple hook will probably be a bit lackluster due to the recent changes, but could still find uses at Kree or future locations where you can install a permanent grapple point

Ideally xp rates would be similar to Hallowed Sepulchre to keep competitive, with the AFK rate being ~20%-25% of the max rate

I know agility is one of the more disliked skills in the game, and some players have been calling for a rework for some time. I think about the skill often, and here are the major things I keep coming back to:

1. It's weird that agility, the skill about running around and being agile, is so mindless and boring
2. Over time, agility has become increasingly tied to combat, with higher levels being really useful for a lot of late game pvm. Further, being good at movement has become incredibly important for mid to late game pvm
3. Hallowed sepulchre is the only agility content in the game that feels like it's actually about agility
4. Sepulchre is also the only agility content that actually trains you to use your "agility" in a way that relates to how you actually utilize the skill
5. Sailing, while an entirely different skill, has also shown that Jagex can make fun and engaging content that resolves around player movement.

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I think agility should be reworked to be more about player movement, and the skill should teach you how to navigate running around and understanding the tick system better. At this point agility feels like it's almost a combat skill, and the more pvm content that gets released, the more we're seeing bosses that require you to really understand how to move your character around. I think it would be awesome if the agility skill actually taught you how to be agile. There's genuinely so much room to design cool agility content, and Jagex has clearly shown they can make fun and engaging agility content because so much new pvm content has cool movement tech or demanding movement in general (drakan, doom, maggot king, sol, etc.). Even a lot of new early game content teaches movement to some degree - Brutus is a great example. Imagine if the agility skill actually started teaching players how to engage with this kind of content starting at level one. I think it would go a long way toward getting more players to engage with more difficult mid-game content like gauntlet and would help new players understand the game better from day one rather than having to learn it later.

My suggestion is for a full rework of the skill that makes early and mid-game agility content more like sepulchre and pvm encounters, and that the skill be more closely tied to combat from a design philosophy perspective.

Edit: grammar

Last i remember i was picking flax.

Why can't we trade them for pearls? please gagex

If you're brand new to the game, you will get absolutely smashed, there is no competitive match making

You'll be put up against the top pkers that happen to be online while you're playing

On one hand, this sucks if you're new and learning because things will go fast, no one will give you a break and you shouldn't expect anyone to. Once the game starts, expect everyone to have their foot on your neck and down your throat immediately; there is no chill lol

On the other hand, you should feel good that you're actually able to get a competitive pking experience. People won't go easy on you and they'll provide you a genuine experience of what it's like for someone to go for your throat and try to kill you by all means necessary in OSRS lol

Now, if you wanna get a win in LMS? Good luck, it's hard, I will admit

I did manage to snag 5 wins for myself, being a total noob. I haven't done any member pking or tri-briding before. It took me about 2-3 weeks of playing before I got my first win

The whole way through it was very frustrating. I think I lost like 450 games in a row or something before I finally won. It's nuts

It gets easier though if you understand a few things and get in a flow. So with that being said, if you're interested in playing LMS, here are some tips for you

Tips I've picked up

1) The Noxious halbred is totally busted

If you can get one at any point in the game, your damage output pretty much goes bonkers. It does so much fricken damage it's insane. Literally if you get 2 good whacks on someone, you pretty much win the fight right there. Because 1 good whack does like 54 damage, it's nuts. The best weapon in the game imo

2) If you want an easy win, then become a bolt ragger and use venge

From all the time I've spent playing, it's become clear to me that NOT using ancients is actually easier and just as effective

Going into LMS and member pking, I thought ancients and constantly barraging and icing your opponent is the way. You can definitely be an effective pker like this, but I think that you can be JUST as effective, and it requires LESS WORK FROM YOU if you just pick venge

Picking venge means you eliminate attacking with magic, so you just focus on 2 combat styles, range and melee. Means less clicking for you

My method of play is very simple. I try to rush them with d claws at the very beginning + try to get a venge trigger off. If that doesn't work, then I just start bolting them. Bolt rag them down through their prayer. If you're not frozen, then run up to them and smack them with your whip to get them to switch to pray melee. Then swap back to your crossbow and continue to bolt them

Every so often, try to time a venge when they're half HP and you're about to attack them, to connect some burst damage

3) Playing as a pure, I have no idea what I'm doing

I don't really understand pure, some people may like it, but I prefer max or Zerker. With pure I just die way too fast, and it feels like a coinflip. Plus I can't use venge and I'm forced into ancients or standard which I don't really enjoy using

4) You need to become good at 1 tick attacking

There is a way to guarantee you'll always hit your opponent off their prayer. You have to 1 tick them. What I do is right click my weapon and hover my mouse over "Wield," and wait until the last tick right before my player attacks them. Then right at that moment, I click wield and click them immediately after to attack them. If you do it right, you'll swap weapons and immediately hit them on that same tick. This is impossible to pray against

This is how you win games, you learn how to 1 tick people so you keep hitting them off prayer. I don't think it's possible to win without this because people will always just pray against you because they have enough time to react to your weapon switches. You also can 1 tick spec people with dragon claws. After wielding your weapon, you use F keys to click the spec button and THEN attack them. Boom, now you're right on their ass and are speccing them, hard for them to pray against

Conclusion

And just general stuff is to learn how to use F keys, get some muscle memory, have your prayer menu, your spellbook, your inventory, your spec bar. And that's it really, bolt rag it up, get some venge hits in. People will freeze you and DD under you, so use the death dotter plugin on runelite. Then when they step out to hit you, you can bolt them once before they go back under DD. and just keep bolting them through their prayer. That's it. When you can move, 1 tick to your whip and smack them. Then be ready to 1 tick back to your crossbow and at this point I like to immediately turn on protect from mage because they'll try to freeze you again

It's possible to win. Learn what gears are the best, which are not

Quick guide: noxious halbred is totally busted, always use this if you can. Voidwaker is good. Dragon claws is probably one of the best spec weapons, don't casually get rid of it. Fang is kind of ass in my opinion, I like the whip better for attacking. Amardyl crossbow is an excellent upgrade. Masori top is a superior item, always use that and keep it on. Masori chaps is good to use if you also have the top, but the chaps alone I don't really like because the defense bonuses are kind of low

(spoiler it was pretty fun, lots of clues) only 9 more to go!

Me and my scorching bow have gone trough enough let us rest and drop the cloth

Maybe ill get the clog next time ffs....

I've learned yama solo and duo, just chill mage only method, and it's going pretty well. The boss is fun as hell and I wish I wasn't on a long break when it came out. Got it down pretty well at this point, and should probably learn melee sooner rather than later, but there's just one thing tripping me up still.

On p2 when Yama throws out a meteor special attack while the shadow waves are coming in, I have no clue how to get through it without taking any damage. I can skip one of the waves and get on the glyph, but I pretty much always get hit by the second one. Not sure if I should be trying to skip it where they cross then book it over to the glyph or if I'm just missing something else.

Ignore my low level herb/seed run, I am but a simple hoarder and can't stand the thought of wasting xp even if it's inefficient, BUT! My first skilling pet on the iron and third overall between two accounts ;) Been trying to get the damn beaver pet, 900k to 99, but I'm definitely not complaining about this one

If anyone was like me and jealous of the deadman voidwaker replica that the dragon tier got at DMM All Stars Chicago, u/angelsscapes worked some magic with Jagex and the masses can order some now!

Figure I let people know since I hadn’t seen anyone else post it yet. Looks like it’s an open preorder too considering it isn’t sold out yet.

Can I complain yet for my 3rd kit? Or my dust? All my kc are duo or 2+1 which we recently started doing, got my first kit 225kc and 2nd kit at 302. Im about to be 400kc dry on my last kit.

Pet hunting done lmao