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Grimwold2

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After sorting myself out at the bank and figuring out the proper order to do everything, I set out to the Astral Altar. I find that if I have everything in a very specific order, I can make banking very minimal! Halfway to the altar, I was teleported all of a sudden! I assumed it was a random event, so thought nothing of it.
But instead of appearing in the Freaky Forester Grove or Demon Drill Sgt.'s grounds, I appeared in Ardougne! What on earth had happened? Having no clue, I ran to the bank and teleported to my POH again, and set out again to the Lunar Isle. I actually made it to the altar this time! I crafted 120 runes, and then teleported back to the bank.
I did this for an hour or so, eventually wearing my Bandos in order to circumvent the Suqahs. By the time I was done, I had crafted about 5,900 Astral runes, which totalled about 1.1m! That was only just over an hour's work! I remember I used to craft lots of Astral runes for money, but after they crashed, I hadn't crafted any more. I might just start to begin Runecrafting again!
That was all for today! Thanks for reading!
Good night!

06-Mar-2012 05:21:47

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Grimwold2

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--November 16, 2011--
Today, I was already in the mood for Runecrafting! I started my trips to and from the Astral Altar, and marvelled at how incredibly slow the experience was.
I was facing a bit of a dilemma actually. I'm not quite sure if I should be Runecrafting Astrals while prices are high, or if I should be working towards a Chaotic Rapier and then slay Frost Dragons... I honestly don't know. Also, I'm not 100% sure that I would even be able to slay them efficiently.
Anyways, I happen to find a world with a few other Runecrafters there! Well not really 'find'... It was my homeworld, W88!
These runecrafters were a much lower level than me, and they were asking me all sorts of questions about runecrafting. They were all blown away when I said that I was crafting 120 Astral Runes per trip! After a while, April Fool came along and started crafting some runes! He left soon after though, to return to Slayer.
I continued to make my trips, slowly adding astral runes to the pile. It was pretty boring... But for some reason, I found it oddly enjoyable. The pull to go Dungeoneering was there for sure though, and I was starting to wonder if I really wanted to be runecrafting instead of working towards a Chaotic Rapier. I decided it was; astral runes hadn't been this expensive for a long time!
After a few hours of Runecrafting, it was time to log off. I had crafted 17,100 runes, adding up to about 3m. Not too bad! That was all that had happened today! I'm still ot really sure if I should Dungeoneer though...
Good night!

06-Mar-2012 05:21:56

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Grimwold2

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--November 17, 2011--
I logged in today, ready to craft some more Astral Runes! I did one trip to the Astral Altar, and then decided to check the prices of the runes. They had dipped down by 7gp! I'd fallen into this trap before... With my Death Runes. Those Death Runes were at a very high price, and when they dipped, I didn't sell them because I thought they would go back up. So this time, I decided to sell all my Astral Runes right away.
I ran to the Astral Altar and turned on the Normal Spellbook. From there, I teleported to the Grand Exchange, and was immediately traded by a random player. The player ran away though, so I ignored it. I put my Astral Runes up for sale and they sold instantly; 3m for me! Now my cash pile is at 6m! I had to chuckle at the pile of ex-dicers all hanging out at the Grand Exchange. All that addiction, and no where to burn it off...
Now that Runecrafting had been compromised, I could go Dungeoneering! I grabbed my Ring of Kinship and teleported away to Daemonheim. There, I took a quick look at my tokens. 111,000 of them! I should have a Chaotic Rapier in no time! I entered the dungeons and started soloing the lower Floor 20s, on Medium.
The first floor was pretty good. There was only one door I couldn't open, due to me no being able to throw a fish five feet away. I needed 79 Ranged for that
It was the boss that killed me though. It was one of my old nemesis', Har'Lak the Riftsplitter. Once again, living up to his previous encounters, he made the whole floor a pit of lava, and forced me into a small corner. I was trapped there, with no prayer and poison seeping into me. Luckily, I had a spell to cure that! I started using my spell, but as soon as it began, that cursed demon created a fire pool around me! I couldn't move due to me being in the middle of a spell, and so I was forced to watch myself take repeated 100s, until I died.
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06-Mar-2012 05:22:11

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Grimwold2

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I headed back again, with a vengeance. This demon wasn't going to be taking me down! I started attacking him again, but to my extreme dismay, I died again! I came back. This was it. The Dungeoneering Rage was beginning to build up in my bones, and the only way to expell it was to kill that evil demon.
With no food, no armour and no prayer. I finally dealt the death blow to that creature. I could finally move on!
Of course, as luck would have it, the next floor had the very same boss! Luckily, he happened to be 50 levels lower than the previous one, and I managed to kill it with no deaths!
The last floor was really bad. The floor layout was probably the worst I had ever seen. The rooms were laid out in such a way so that I couldn't simply run from side to side of the dungeon. Instead, the rooms were laid out in columns, with no doors linking these columns together. This made navigation much, much more difficult. With three impossible skill doors left, it was time to face the boss. Please not be a demon of any kind...
It wasn't! Instead, it was one of the other bosses that makes me equally as frustrated! The Rammernaut. Oh, I hated this thing. I entered the room, and was immediately greeted with a 'CHAAAAARGE!'. I evaded him to the right, and started attacking. Things went smoothly for a while. Every ten seconds, the Rammernaut would use his special attack, and I was beginning to get in a rythym for it. Until, that is, I was hit by one. I was hit with a 300 followed by another 300. Then, to add insult to injury, my prayers were disabled.
The boss took this opportunity to hit me repeatedly with 200s, until I succumbed to the relentless bashing. I came back, and was met with yet another 'CHAAAAAAARGE!'. I didn't manage to evade this one, and was one-hit KOed!
Yes, this was definitely in my Top Ten list for most hated bosses.
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06-Mar-2012 05:22:27

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Grimwold2

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I came back for a third time, and cleared my head of all previous anxieties. Let's do this.
I craeted a pattern for this. I would tilt the camera in such a way so that I could see two corners of the room at once. This way, as soon as the boss used a special attack, I could run to the corner opposite me and wait a few seconds. Then, I would run off the to side, and let the boss ram himsef into the wall.
I did this for a few minutes before finally emerging victorious! I exited the dungeon and appeared back at Daemonheim. Only 78,000xp until level 79 Dungeoneering!
I walked to the bank, and who should I see there? Zezima! He was fletching, trying to reach his goal of 200m Fletching experience. I wanted to talk to him, to apologize for the way Mining Golds reacts every time he steps in for a visit. But instead, I kept my mouth shut. I didn't want to alert everyone else to his presence anyways. That would lead to spam, and then trolling. And I happen to hate both.
So instead, I walked past him, and to the Dungeoneering Shop. 113,000 tokens now! I should start really racking up the tokens once I start doing Large Floors. I get lots of experience from those! I took one last look at that Chaotic Rapier before I logged off for the night.
Thanks for reading!
Good night!

06-Mar-2012 05:24:04

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Grimwold2

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--November 18, 2011--
Ahh, Friday. After a long day, I could finally settle down and have some fun on Runescape. I logged on, watching the snow lightly fall outside my house and collect on the already dusted ground. It looked lovely... Much better than the normal torrents of rain I recieve in this part of Canada.
I logged on into Daemonheim. Astral Runes had actually risen in price now (figures), but I decided I would start making more progress towards the Chaotic Rapier. I had only a few floors to complete before I could start doing Larges. These floors were 24-27. I always do these floors on Medium, C6, as a solo, so I headed off into Daemonheim and started.
I'm not sure what the usual time is that it takes for someone to complete Medium floors, but on average, I was able to finish them in 16 minutes. Not too bad, I thought. After quite a while, I was finally done all my Medium floors! Now I could start finding a team to do a large with!
I paired up with J ame S, along with Tankatosk, GRlFFY and Pachocus. Together, we headed into a large floor 34. I had a great time! GRlFFY has 99 Smithing, so I would mine a bunch of Promethium Ores, drop them off at the Home Base, and then allow GRlFFY to make armour with them. Of course, I couldn't even wear the armour; it was for everyone else!
I unfortunately happened to be victim of an unfortunate teleport though... Tankatosk was keying, and he had unwittingly walked into the Boss room, featuring a Bulwark Beast. I was on the other side of the dungeon, and I had just teleported to the Group Gatestone when this happened. Somehow, Tankatosk managed to get out of the room just in time, but I was still somehow teleported into the boss room... Right on top of the Bulwark Beast. I had nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide. I died within five seconds.
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06-Mar-2012 05:24:13

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Grimwold2

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The rest of the dungeon actually moved quite quickly, and by the time we reached the boss, only fourty minutes had passed. in five minutes, we defeated the Bulwark Beast, and we were rewarded with a Primal Pickaxe! From that floor alone, I recieved 48,000xp, just enough for me to reach level 79 Dungeoneering! Not only that, but now I had access to floor 40! To do this though, I needed to redo floor 39.
J ame S accompanied me with this, and we made quick progress of the floor. The boss here was a Necrolord! I had never seen one before, and at first, he appeared pretty easy. I just equipped ranged gear, turned on Protect from Melee, and started shooting. Halfway through though, he summoned a pile of Skeletons! As they converged in on us, we dealt a killing blow, and the room was free! J ame S left the party then, and I was left to finish the floor. Now to just find the exit...
How embarassing. I couldn't find the exit! I turned the camera around a ful 360 degrees, and I still didn't see it! Maybe the exit is somewhere different with a Necrolord? I finally found it though, tucked away into a corner. I exited the dungeon and unlocked floor 40!
J ame S and I now decided that we would do floor 40. I started looking for players, and eventually, we ended up with ForeverVodka, GRlFFY, J ame S, Lion 0fJudah and myself. This time, J ame S was keying.
This floor was riddled with Necromancers, and worst of all, 99+ skill requirements. These were extremely annoying. On one such occasion, we needed level 100 Smithing to repair a Broken Grapple Hook. After finally making the potion, ForeverVodka fixed the metal. A few doors down, we needed someone with level 102 Mining. A potion for that was finally made, and I mined the stone. Next, we needed to craft it. J ame S took care of that, but when he went to fix a statue with it, we needed level 104 Construction!
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06-Mar-2012 05:24:23

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Grimwold2

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J ame S made a potion right there on the spot, and ForeverVodka came in and saved the day by fixing the statue! A while later, we were ready for the boss! And the boss just happened to be a Necrolord! Everyone began getting busy with making bows and arrows, but the problem was, I have a really bad Ranged level. J ame S suggested that I simply sit out, so I fletched Lion 0fJudah's arrows for him, and dropped all the food I had.
A while into the fight, Lion 0fJudah suggested that I go and buy a Thigat Shortbow along with a bunch of arrows. I Home Teleported and bought my supplies. I came back, and entered the room.
The tactic here was to teleport out as soon as the Skeletons were summoned. This boss was actually a lot of fun! It was really neat watching tons of arrows pour into the Necrolord, and see his health slowly drop. With his health at an all-time low, he summoned his Skeleton army! Almost everyone teleported out, except for a two players. And it was worth it! A second before the Skeleton army began their assault, the Necrolord was defeated! We exited the floor, and I managed to get out with no deaths! 78,000xp for me! Now I only need 112,000xp until level 80! Unfortunately, I still require 800,000xp's worth of tokens to get that Chaotic Rapier...
I was done Dungeoneering for today; It was time to begin capping. I teleported to the Clan Camp and entered the Citadel. My first stop was at the Summoning Plot, where I summoned my share of minions. Next, I met with GRlFFY at the Mining plot. I started mining stone, and at the same time, promoting players in Mining Golds.
It was time to log off though, so I finished off my sweep of the Clanmates' XP Gains, and logged off.
Thanks for reading!
Good night!

06-Mar-2012 05:24:57

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Grimwold2

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--November 19, 2011--
Hello!
I logged on today at the Citadel, and was immediately bombarbed with questions from a mob of lower levelled players. They were asking all sorts of questions about how clans worked, and how Clan Citadels worked. I answered all of the questions to the best of my ability, until they asked if I could join their clan. Unfortunately, I had to pass on that one
I entered my own citadel, and headed over to the Timber plot. I didn't feel like Mining today. I started chopping away at the roots, and soon, Joshyway joined me. And so the long arduous journey began. Collecting 2350 resources is actually an extremely daunting task. I chopped timber for ages, looking around the forums at the same time. I actually hit my 3000 post mark!
For the first time ever, the Forum Games forum actually struck interest with me! I particularly liked the game "This or That".
Centuries later, I reached the resource cap. Finally! I did a few victory dances while Joshyway congratulated me. Now I could be guilt-free for another week! I checked the prices of Astral Runes real quick, and didn't like what I found. They had skyrocketed to 193gp each! Why is it that every time I sell my wares, the price rises right after?
It was time to go Dungeoneering again, so I exited the Citadel and teleported to Daemonheim. After donating a Varrock Teletab to a random player and planting my Vexillum, I decided to solo floors 30 and 31 on Medium.
Floor 30 wasn't so bad, except for the fact that the boss was one of my least favourites... The Hobgoblin Geomancer. I purchased some arrows and a bow from the Smuggler and started the fight. It was going to be close, that much I could tell. In the end, it was a deathmatch! I had no health left and no food, and the boss was on his last foot! Who was going to win?
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06-Mar-2012 05:25:07

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Grimwold2

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We both missed hit after hit, and the tension was buiding. He hit me then, and I was down to 45 lifepoints! I struck him then, and killed him with a devastating 116! Wow, that was close! I had completed the floor with no deaths!
Onto Floor 31! This floor wasn't very fun. Monsters that I slayed didn't seem to like carrying food, and I was constantly getting poisoned. Eventually, I succumbed to the attack of a level 90 Mysterious Shade. What was really bothering me though, was the fact that every room had a Dungeon Spider in it! I couldn't go anywhere without getting poisoned! I was pleasantly surprised with a level in Constitution! I can now have 880 Lifepoints! I finally uncovered the boss, an Unholy Cursebearer. I died once on him, to due having no Prayer Points. I defeated him easily after though!
I exited the dungeons then, my job complete. Outside, I met Mai Key, who was cutting Emeralds for a friend. We started chatting, and another player asked Mai Key what shield he had (quite rudely). Mai Key asked the player to rephrase the question, and with good reason. The player started raging at us, telling us how idiotic we were, and how stupid we were. That was pretty random... We had done nothing wrong! We did end up telling the player that it was a Sacred Clay Shield.
Magical Zing was beginning to craft Astral Runes, so I decided that I would take advantage of this and start crafting some for myself. I headed over to the Grand Exchange, bought some Pure Essence, and travelled to the Lunar Isle. I joined Magical Zing runecrafting! He used me as a taxi, and followed me to and from the altar (I use Group Teleport). It was lots of fun! I wanted to make about 10k Astrals today, to make a neat profit of 2m. I handed over a Falador Teletab to a player who had forgotten his Seal of Passage, and continued.
Whenever I think of Runecrafting, I think of boredom and pain, but when I really get into it, it's actually a lot of fun!
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06-Mar-2012 05:25:15

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