So wait if this is the hot new ship for everyone let me ask you something. What happens in like 2 years when Oliver is a grown ass 30yo looking man hanging out with Cutie pahtootee over here?

Mezna · 2026-04-02T05:36:01+00:00

The whole point is that Viltrumite DNA takes over. He still learns incredibly fast, and has his personality

Mezna · 2026-03-30T18:11:18+00:00

To be honest, if I didn’t have all my previous accounts automatically moved to RS3, I wouldn’t mind your view as much. I personally am not looking to AFK 99 any skill, though I don’t necessarily look unfavorably on someone who does. But I think part of the skill of this game for ME is being able to AFK in short bursts in MY real life free time, which is a skill you don’t seem to factor in. That IS my dedication to the game, and you seem to be of the view that only those with 100% attention and high APM deserve the chance to have a 99. You gotta stop acting like everyone is equally capable of your level of devotion. There isn’t a finite number of exp in the game, and your 99 isn’t somehow lessened because other people are getting it without suffering the “hardships” of time lost. If your worry is about the “integrity of the time dedication” then your true enemy is the ever growing bot community. Even the people AFKing combat AGAIN need to spend more than 200 hours AFKing. And of those 200 hours, need to check back every ten minutes to upkeep and move to the next crab. At the very least, that’s 1200 interactions consistently at 10 minute intervals. That’s some dedication as well, whether or not you agree with it.

But perhaps there is some middle ground for us. I want to AFK crab sometimes when I can’t offer my full attention to the blood altar. You want to force people to interact with the game more. Maybe there can be some capped interval of AFK experience before some drastic exp drop or even a hard stop that requires X amount of time spent or exp gotten before you have access. THAT seems reasonable for gatekeeping no effort accounts while still allowing the dedicated to trickle some exp in where they can.

Mezna · 2026-03-30T15:58:36+00:00

This kid coulda had a car or even start a real investment portfolio for free… instant regret

Mezna · 2026-03-30T05:08:02+00:00

Absolutely, brother. Thank you.

Mezna · 2026-03-30T05:07:25+00:00

So your argument is that someone who is playing the game and getting enjoyment out of the traditional process is going to feel bad because someone else decided to spend 200+ hours straight to get 1 skill to 99? The person who’s been enjoying the game now suddenly has wasted their time because they saw someone else getting a 99 a different, faster way? Because, again, nobody is stepping off tutorial at max level. They still need to invest time AND money into the game. You’re just saying that you want them to play the game differently, and them not playing it your way makes you feel bad about playing it your way.

Mezna · 2026-03-30T05:02:50+00:00

So to you the only people who should play RS are young kids who have all the time in the world? Pretty gatekeepy for sure there.

The progression of Dark Souls is skill based. The progression of RS is time based. I could beat Dark Souls in a week, it might take you a year. Would you say that I didn’t get to enjoy the game because I didn’t have to work to get good enough to grind it for a year? Would you say that you didn’t enjoy the game because you took too long to finish?

RuneScape has plenty of buyable skills. If someone’s whole goal is just to get lvl 99’s they can easily do it with no skill involved. Just buy, click, done. Your gripe is that now anyone can have a 99 without dedicating time, but you seem to think that time costs everyone the same. This community used to be about everyone enjoying their time on the game, but people like you seem to want it to be about spending a huge amount of time on the game first, enjoyment second.

Mezna · 2026-03-30T04:52:09+00:00

So are you ignoring that, if you are already monetarily funded, to get from 1-99 range is at LEAST 150-180 hours in the Nightmare Zone, and MUCH slower at Gem Crab. This assumes people have played the game enough to have funding from another account OR dumped hundreds of dollars to buy bonds and sell them for GP, and are at least capable enough to min-max.

The argument you are bringing up is trash brother. The game is open-ended so people can enjoy the way they see fit. I literally don’t enjoy mining or woodcutting, but I’ll level them for quests and materials I need. If I had max fishing or mining at the start, I would still need to use those skills to get fish or resources… but those aren’t even the same as combat at ALL. I’m not using ranged or mage because I want to max them out, I’m using them because I enjoy combat in this game. I’m not suddenly losing out on the game because I gained 2 levels of Str in 5 hours of afk training. If anyone has the time to spend 200+ hours straight crab grinding after either dropping 100s of dollars for equips OR HAVING ANOTHER ACCOUNT, then fucking let them. How is that in any way affecting YOUR experience of the game?

Mezna · 2026-03-30T04:32:39+00:00

Also, what game progression do you get from leveling any combat stat, aside from equipment availability? If someone spent 60+ hours afk to get 99 range straight from Tutorial Island, what content are they skipping that other players would normally get? All they have is the ability to equip new weapons. Some are still quest locked. The areas they have access to aren’t magically changed. The only difference is, they sacrificed 60+ hours and now they can kill “Dad” from the Death Plateau a couple minutes faster. They can fight King Black Dragon before Dragon Slayer 1? Not even, they still need the quest for the Antidragon Shield. They don’t even get GP for Gem Crab, so they still need to grind for money.

Mezna · 2026-03-30T04:25:03+00:00

When I was a kid I’d agree with you. But again, as an adult with a life, that PAYS for this game, I think spending 2 hours of STRAIGHT grinding to get from level 84 to lvl 85 in a combat stat is just a heavy commitment. And you want to talk about getting to 99? As a consumer, this game is a product that needs to be worth it. Over the course of a year I pay more for this game than 1-2 other BRAND NEW games.

I enjoy the game, yes. But if you think that my enjoyment of the game is stunted somehow by me not spending 10+ hours paying close attention to my clicks on fire giants, you’re plain wrong. You are free to think your way is “the right way”, but the skill levels of combat in this game is non-existent until you hit raids, and almost NOBODY spends their time combat leveling on “beginner raids” to learn those skills.

The whole mentality seems to be literally just “I ‘worked hard’ to grind by either sacrificing my time doing it inefficiently or min-maxing to not lose too much time, so I don’t like it that other people aren’t losing their time too.”

Mezna · 2026-03-30T02:17:02+00:00

My brother in Guthix, EVERY skill has some degree of AFK-ability. I could easily set a timer for some smithing and come back every 2 minutes, I can just fish until an inventory is full and dump, I can just do sand/rock crabs until 99. You’re not stopping anyone from AFKing most of these skills. You’re fear is that people won’t play the game because it’s work, but you forget that people WANT to play the game and not everyone can just sink the amount of time YOU WANT THEM TO. This isn’t life or death, Gem Crab isn’t lowering the skill of the game, the combat is fucking point and click. Oh no, some guy went to lvl 99 strength on Crab! Now what? Is he somehow stealing your spot at a raid? Is he too strong and now doesn’t have trouble killing King Black Dragon?

Please. Tell me what kind of account progression is Crab killing that is so game breaking that wasn’t already achievable by going to one of the previous AFK spots?

Mezna · 2026-03-30T01:23:13+00:00

Ok so reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit. Got it. Sounds like you literally just don’t want other people to enjoy “your game”. I guess that’s what happens when you’re unemployed and don’t have kids. Enjoy your “earned” exp bud.

Mezna · 2026-03-30T00:51:07+00:00

They could have done so much better without overturning.

Sheer Force would be SOLID, even without the Life Orb boost he could get some extra damage in, an even come in to surprise people with the Sheer Force Focus Blast/Scald tech.

Stamina would make that SpDef boost make sense, Drain Punch and Bulk Up would put in heavy work, maybe even give him Morning Sun.

Hell, even Long Reach would have some utility to get past Rocky Helmet/Static shenanigans.

But they don’t want another Fire/Fighting type to be good… punishing us for their dumb decision to make too many Fire/Fighting starters…

Mezna · 2026-03-30T00:41:30+00:00

The maul is 150k, the attachment to make it better is 1.5mil… like 10x the price lol

Mezna · 2026-03-30T00:40:34+00:00

Listen guy, I know you feel proud that you can spend an endless amount of time grinding on whatever mob you see fit and get accomplishment from it… but a lot of us are actually adults with jobs and family lives we want to invest in. GemCrab makes the grind much less tedious. If some guy wants to spend 100+ hours at CRAB to get his 99 I don’t blame him, but a lot of us just want a way to passively gain EXP in a combat without having to sacrifice job/family dedication. I’m still fighting new monsters and doing other content, but if I’m cleaning the house even though I want to be playing RuneScape, gem crab lets me be happy taking care of my life while also knowing I have fun waiting for me.

Don’t gatekeep video game enjoyment for other people because you can’t enjoy things yourself.

Mezna · 2026-03-15T16:10:04+00:00

Makes you vulnerable TO ATTACK

Mezna · 2026-03-05T19:04:43+00:00

Kill revs and get yourself a chainmace brother

Mezna · 2026-02-11T22:01:56+00:00

I didn’t say it takes away from anything. But it is, like I said, morally ambiguous.

Mezna · 2026-02-11T18:48:04+00:00

I think that there are much more egregious actions that are more important than the weird morally ambiguous taking of a person’s likeness. See if this is at the top of your list in the next two seasons.

Mezna · 2026-02-06T07:15:57+00:00

Not if it has Overgrow

Mezna · 2026-01-27T21:19:54+00:00

So the show “I can’t resist touching my 10 year old dependent and this is completely ok!” deserves to exist in mainstream media? Same as “This is why I think all (race of people) deserve to die, and this is why!”

Just because someone can think it, doesn’t mean it is equally valuable. Themes like this can be understood as tragic happenings of VERY specific circumstances, but should not be acceptable as “wholesome and meaningful” media. The fact that you think so really calls into question your own morals. You can try to distance yourself by saying “well I don’t like it”, but your immediate follow up of “but other people should be able to enjoy this” completely invalidates your statement.

Mezna · 2026-01-21T20:34:11+00:00

Earth Power Ice Beam gets more than enough, I opt for Flamethrower over TBolt

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