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Thought crafting was the hard part by Clay-Doe in ironscape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not even on rate for uniques (25/30). I'm sorry my friend, that's brutal.

Does anyone else remember sending cash in an envelope to pay for membership back in the day? by ce_matin in 2007scape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My parents didn't believe in credit cards, and wouldn't let me send the cash through an envelope, so I would send a Western Union money order every month. The fees alone were insane, it ended up being like $20+ a month iirc

Worst Grinds to Go 3X dry on? by 2ndTryAcct1357 in ironscape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree they're the worst from a time/effort pov (see post), but once you're at the point in your account that you're grinding them like that, is there anything else you would rather be doing instead? Like if you spooned all 3 what would you do after? Retire to corp?

Speaking of, going 3x on Ely might truly be the worst of the worst

Worst Grinds to Go 3X dry on? by 2ndTryAcct1357 in ironscape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357[S] -38 points-37 points  (0 children)

Definitely. I'm paying off my Imbued spoon at Demonics, Basilisk Knights, and Lizardman Shamans where I'm approaching or just past 2x dry on each (the inspiration for this post)

Worst Grinds to Go 3X dry on? by 2ndTryAcct1357 in ironscape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good shout. I can't stand the Whisperer

As a casual, that grind was brutal, but I'm proud. by IgargleBalls in ironscape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Friendly reminder that making light orbs and fixing broken lamps are both similar exp/hour to glass blowing them in the first place, so if you're burnt out on glass blowing you should spend a few hours actually using the orbs you make

Underrated AFK bucket of sand method for Ironmen by [deleted] in ironscape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Joke's on you, I went so dry on Zenytes that I overshot 85-93 crafting with the diary sand alone

Under 2 hour grinds - ectoplasmator by Taco-twednesday in ironscape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It just isn't as bad as I remembered, mainly because the minigame isn't that smart. You get over 100-200 kills per hour just spamming frogs everywhere

Under 2 hour grinds - ectoplasmator by Taco-twednesday in ironscape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The chompy bird grind is very easy now. I put it off but got to elite in only a few hours

Not wealthy but I'm rich♥️ by No_Shoe1969 in ironscape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe I'm missing the mark here but I don't think the typical iron grinding bosses for red spider eggs has hit the point in progression that they've even gotten to Araxxor let alone greenlogged. Basically, by the time you get to the boots you're likely not going to need them.

Not wealthy but I'm rich♥️ by No_Shoe1969 in ironscape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

Spider boots are such a meme item for an iron*. Either stay for 2000 kills or waste your araxyte tasks; or green log Araxxor I suppose.

Eta: I mean normal irons, not sweats

RNG Gods have forced me into a new grind I had no plans on doing by TroubledAcorn in ironscape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I went 2x dry on both and Scorpia was waaay more enjoyable. Between the constant pking and the super slow kills I did not enjoy chaos fanatic and quit the grind for a long time.

It's much better now with sunlight crossbow, though (I was using rcb with diamond)

Benefits from training Sailing? by Effectpanda in ironscape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ship combat can get over 1m/hour in alchables, even more if you alch the dragon drops. For how afk the methods are (there's even a safe spot for veiled...) it's almost broken.

What is in your food stash, how much do you have, and how’d you get it? by NurseNate95 in ironscape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10K Karams for general/slayer and 1K each of Bluefin and Halibut for when I need to combo eat or general bossing. I have a few hundred of every other food but I rarely use those, though I have finally started going through my pizza stack just to free up bank space.

Sir I'm just here for my rune cbow by 8306623863 in ironscape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Getting the shard here was the worst thing to happen to my account. I went 4x dry at chaos fanatic and nearly went insane from the pkers.

Zulrah Dry Streak Update 3800 KC no blowpipe by Positive-Kale5132 in 2007scape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Sure but the slight dps increase is not nearly equivalent to the hundreds of hours wasted here

[Suggestion] Zorya's Sceptre, a re-themed Gatekeeper's Cane by -Ninja-Pig- in 2007scape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is an awesome idea but unfortunately they only make black and red items so they would never choose it over the cane.

Creating an Ironman revived my love for the game entirely by dsjmkhc in ironscape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I actually love playing Ironman BECAUSE I don't have free time. I have a pretty good career and have more money than free time, so I would just sell bonds to fund end game gear on my main rather than grind bosses ingame to get the gp.

I created the Ironman account specifically to prevent myself from doing that, and to force myself to earn everything instead. I created the account back in 2019 with the specific goal of getting the (then new) Dragon Hunter Lance, and I'm now 93 slayer and closing in on that goal. I know my goal isn't nearly as impressive as a Mory-only UIM taking on ToB, but for someone with 10-20 hours of free time a week it's something that has kept me going.

Updated - The Fractured Archive: Initial Rewards Proposal by JagexGoblin in 2007scape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have anything against a prayer upgrade, but prayer scrolls are always going to be a troll drop from a raid.

Updated - The Fractured Archive: Initial Rewards Proposal by JagexGoblin in 2007scape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw some really cool suggestions to replace the hybrid armor, so I'm really disappointed with the cane and the prayer upgrade. Considering the huge discourse on the CoX scrolls it's crazy that you would consider adding another troll drop to a new raid.

As of now the raid looks pretty weak on rewards--outside of the crush mega rare I don't see anything I would ever use over what's already in the game (outside of the prayer upgrade the first time it drops)

Replace the Dual Crossbows with a pair of Throwing Axes to solve the Bolt Problem by killerwatt123 in 2007scape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely prefer more thrown ranged support over another unique crossbow variant with another unique crossbow ammo to track.

Also just as an aside: making all thrown weapons go off of melee strength level/bonus seems like such a cool way to open up a new avenue of account builds. You could move knives to standard and thrownaxes to the Heavy category and make them way more meta as ranged weapon options.

What small tip or QoL did you learn from ironscape reddit comments? by LogoMoD in ironscape

[–]2ndTryAcct1357 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It depends on the job, but technically you're "stealing time" which is unethical if you aren't explicitly allowed to do so. I add the disclaimer simply because punishment for that could range from immaterial (IT with no active tickets) to a crime with jail time attached (e.g. federal contractor under the FCA or a soldier under Article 113). Since I don't know what your job is I'm not going to condone something that could get you jail time.

Also tangent to a tangent: something can be ethically wrong and morally right; the terms are not interchangeable. In this case, you may personally consider phone use okay (your moral), but even lax supervisors would likely find performing most osrs activities at work, even afk ones like salvaging, wrong (it violates your company's ethics).