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Solace Wrath

Solace Wrath

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Very nice guide. It's about time that someone brings up issues of efficiency and provide insights to the public.

However, goals can differ between players. One may find earning maximum amount of experience worth the most enjoyment, while others find chatting around in GE does. Therefore, the goal should not be purely maximisation of GP and EXP, but the maximisation of utility, which is psychological satisfaction received from actions taken within the game.

If a player yields a cardinal utility of, say 500, from earning 1m gold, yet he is very interested in woodcutting, and cutting 100 magic logs would yield utility of 600, then given if both actions take same amount of time, he will choose to woodcut, yet not losing efficiency because of the utility benefits given in such actions as he values self-cut magic logs much higher than gold. Perhaps when he is bored of WC, he may choose to earn 1m gold, as 500 is now greater than perhaps 400 from WC 100 magic logs.

Therefore the problems we all face is not exactly to maximise GP and EXP, but the maximisation of utility, and because of the fact that each player values utility is fundamentally different, it is difficult to both measure and maximise one's utility with a universally functional formula or technique.

Your guide serves a very excellent method to help people increase their efficiency, but the best advise attached with this guide would probably be, "Do whatever you would like to do, but keep the efficiency in mind."

27-Jun-2010 06:49:07

Sports441995

Sports441995

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Thanks guys :) .

You bring up an interesting point, Equilibria. I suppose one could also ask the question, "What is the objective of Runescape?" Some would say that it's just a game, and thus the objective is to have the most fun possible, while others would say that the objective is clearly to max out completely. It's the same debate as "the meaning of life" to some degree: Are we here simply to enjoy ourselves, or does our productivity matter in the end?

As I stated, I do not even follow the principles of efficiency strictly, but I put this out there so that others could learn more about it.

27-Jun-2010 21:49:47

Sports441995

Sports441995

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Jeremy:

I have not had experience with extreme potions yet, but I have with super sets. I'm not sure of the best possibel solution, but I know that Zarfot reccomends re-potting when you are about 6-10 levels below your maximum that you can pot to (with super sets, I believe it's similar with extremes).

27-Jun-2010 21:51:21 - Last edited on 27-Jun-2010 21:51:53 by Sports441995

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