This afternoon, I finally reached mining level 85!
No more drunken mining for me in order to obtain runite ore!
"Drunken mining?", you may be wondering. Yes, well I've been bringing a few dwarven stouts with me into the resource dungeon in the Mining Guild below the east Falador bank to get a couple rune ores before the drink would wear off, returning me to Mining level 84. Now I can mine runite completely sober!
I think that's for the best, considering how an accident might occur swinging a rune pickaxe around while under the influence of dwarven stout.
For now, all I can do with the runite ores is stockpile them until I reach Smithing level 85. Currently, my Smithing is at 83. Someday though...someday.
Bring on that Mining/Smithing rework - I am ready!
Aslon Dak: Still 'Scaping after 19 years!
You can buy XP. You can't buy experience.
"...From The 'Scape" is very nearly here.
Yesterday I completed a "Bury 15 Big Bones" daily challenge. Normally, this would be no big deal, as I've done quite a few of these ever since F2P got daily challenges.
However, turning in this particular challenge resulted in raising my Prayer to level 72, which in turn boosted my Combat Level to 109, after being stuck at level 108 for what has seemed to be ages!
This most likely will not last for long, as lately I've been training combat a little more than usual(and combat is one of my most favorite activities to train). I have less than 30k xp to go before I raise Attack, Constitution, Defence, and Strength from 87 to 88. Once this happens, I expect I ought to reach CL 110!
After that, I'll probably be at that Combat Level for another lengthy period of time.
Aslon Dak: Still 'Scaping after 19 years!
You can buy XP. You can't buy experience.
"...From The 'Scape" is very nearly here.
Indeed, with the help of quite a few scorpions, earlier tonight I raised Attack, Constitution, Defence, and Strength all to level 88, which got me to Combat Level 110! As an added bonus, I went on to attain Ranged 71.
I expect it'll be quite some time before I level melee again, or gain another Combat Level. Still, tonight's gains get me that much closer to maxed combat!
The scorps thought they had it bad before! Hehe.
Oh, and one more random fact: my Total Level is now 1312. I don't know what has compelled me to share this information. I just figured I would.
Aslon Dak: Still 'Scaping after 19 years!
You can buy XP. You can't buy experience.
"...From The 'Scape" is very nearly here.
Back on December 19th, 2015, I posted here to announce I'd reached Ranged level 70, which left me with only two free-player skills under 70.
Early this morning, thanks to the Invasion of Port Sarim event, I finally raised one of those two skills to level 70...Crafting! Yes, I can now craft diamond amulets!
This leaves me with only one skill under 70. If you've followed my thread previously, you can most likely guess which skill. Yes, that's right: Dungeoneering. Through the use of several small Dungeoneering XP lamps, also gained through the Port Sarim event, I now have level 64 Dungeoneering.
Perhaps I will reach the goal of getting all F2P skills to at least 70 before the end of the year. It'll require more Dungeoneering than I care to do - or a lot of XP lamps!
By the way, my Total Level is now 1320 as a pure free player.
Aslon Dak: Still 'Scaping after 19 years!
You can buy XP. You can't buy experience.
"...From The 'Scape" is very nearly here.
This past Monday, I finally raised my Smithing to level 85! Now, not only am I able to mine runite, I can smelt rune bars and smith rune daggers!
I'd never bothered getting a rune dagger previously. Now I have three rune daggers plus three off-hand rune daggers in the bank.
This afternoon, I read on the news page the mining/smithing rework is being put off until next year. I'm not sure how I feel about that, mostly because I am not certain exactly how the rework will affect free players. If F2P will be able to mine any of the new ores and smith any new items, that'll be something to look forward to. However, I have to say it would be anti-climatic to go instantly from being able to smith only a couple of rune items to being able to make pretty much every rune item. More EasyScape. Bah! I prefer working towards a goal, not having it dropped into my lap fully completed for me.
So...anyone need a rune dagger?
Aslon Dak: Still 'Scaping after 19 years!
You can buy XP. You can't buy experience.
"...From The 'Scape" is very nearly here.
This afternoon, after completing my daily tasks, I took a little trip to The Runespan. As a result, I managed to raise my Runecrafting to level 80!
Until The Runespan came along, I really hated Runecrafting. For quite some time it was my lowest ranked skill.
Of the 16 skills open to free players beyond level 5, I now have 9 of them in the 80s, and another 6 in the 70s.
Then, there is Dungeoneering...
Aslon Dak: Still 'Scaping after 19 years!
You can buy XP. You can't buy experience.
"...From The 'Scape" is very nearly here.
I still remember that fateful day when I was checking out the links on the old Mini-Clip website(does that even still exist?). I came across a link to this site called RuneScape and thought, "Hmm. This sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out." Shortly thereafter, I did check it out, and the rest is RuneScape lore.
That was exactly 12 years ago today. Where does the time go?
Thanks to everyone at Jagex for this great game, and to all the cool players I've met over the years who add to the RuneScape experience!
Onward to Year 13!
Aslon Dak: Still 'Scaping after 19 years!
You can buy XP. You can't buy experience.
"...From The 'Scape" is very nearly here.
Aslon Dak: Still 'Scaping after 19 years!
