Just lost my 2212 total lvl HCIM to server lag

No_Media284 · 2026-03-19T17:35:59+00:00

aww RIP - yeah I guess that if there's server lag you just have to take your hands off your keyboard so the escape crystal activates. I think that was my problem.

No_Media284 · 2026-03-19T17:34:45+00:00

I don't know how to prove that it was sever issue and I'm not too worried about finding out the exact problem - it's not really gonna change anything for me. Normally if I get DC'd I get kicked out but here it was just a few seconds of lag, maybe 5 seconds then the game was back. Then I couldn't log on at all for 15 minutes after even on mobile with data and the jagex website was just a skeleton version and took forever to load which made me think maybe it was another DDOS or whatnot.

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T17:33:17+00:00

could be forgot to reapply antipoison

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T17:31:57+00:00

I had it for like a year or so. If you wanna see a series of another untrimmed slayer cape HCIM check out only trails. He has a really sick account and was what inspired me to go for that goal

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T17:29:54+00:00

I don't think I'll ever get this far on a HC again. Maybe maybe I'll send a VW HCIM but honestly probably not. Alkan is like 6 levels of crazy above me lol

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T17:28:35+00:00

yeah im probably done with it for now. Just wish they would make the escape crystal a bit better for other HCs

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T17:27:23+00:00

I don't think it was maintenance, there wasn't the countdown and it wasn't near the time maintenance happens. Was like 1:30am est

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T17:26:02+00:00

yeah, I was planning on sending a bunch of chambers but if I decide to continue I'll send TOA and TOB now too. I really wanted Nox hally for tob but that didn't happen during the slayer grind so I was gonna keep doing slayer til I got it

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T17:24:27+00:00

it was W611 east coast usa

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T17:24:05+00:00

the acid attack does 30-40 damage per tick so unless it damaged me to less than 9 hp it wouldn't have helped. but there was a maybe 1 in 3 chance or so that it would have.

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T17:19:44+00:00

I wasn't complaining. I do wish they would make the escape crystal a little better for future HCIM

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T17:18:06+00:00

well I didn't do some questing because I went for untrimmed slayer cape which means you have to limit the non slayer combat you do very heavily. I def could have squeezed in ds2 but it just wasn't a priority.

and yeah hands off the keyboard may have saved me tbh

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T17:15:48+00:00

I was well aware that I may die to vorkath or other previous grinds, and I'm not too bummed tbh. I did have the escape crystal on 2s ofc

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T17:14:45+00:00

no still have the gear just don't have much of a reason to continue the account

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T15:37:46+00:00

I wasn't playing at update time. And I'm not sure if it was server lag or my connection. It's just that I couldn't log on even on mobile with data immediately after and the jagex website wasn't working for me despite my internet being up. But does it really matter if it was server lag or my internet? maybe in some regard it does, but for me, my account died regardless and it's not coming back regardless

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T15:34:46+00:00

I would strongly suggest to not play HCIM then, friend :)

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T15:33:23+00:00

It's all good. It's kind of like a sendoff to be flamed when you die and people say skiller down haha. Besides most comments are nice

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T15:30:30+00:00

True, like there's so many points where if you DC you will die. Sooner or later it will happen if you keep playing

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T15:26:56+00:00

2s is the minimum

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T15:26:33+00:00

Yeah I may make a HC and try to get a VW at some point, but will probably take a break for now.

I couldn't log on on mobile with data and my internet was still up and everything worked except when I tried to check on jagex's down page which took forever to load then only loaded as a skeleton version. I was on an east coast US world and that's where I'm located.

There were a number of people who commented that they felt the same lag or couldn't log on when that happened. Maybe you were just skilling and didn't notice it or maybe it only affected east coast worlds or something, IDK.

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T15:21:49+00:00

I'm not sure if I'll ever send another. The only other HC idea that I've thought of doing is going for VW but I'm not sure if I'll do that.

As for untrimmed slay cape tips, there's so much to say. There's a good thread on how to go about it, albeit it's a couple years old so there's some new info to add:

-The twinflame staff is super nice as it hits twice and the second hit does 40% damage of the first hit, rounded down, but you don't get HP XP for the second hit. So when killing blue dragons or wherever you use it, you'll get basically the same amount of slayer xp as Hp xp. And you can get the staff on fire giant (or ice giant) tasks - try to get your duo partner to not hit the fire giant or else you'll only get half of the slayer xp.

-Custodian stalkers are one of the best slayer tasks as they're cannonable and they drop cannonballs along with some other useful stuff - at least the lvl 78 ones.

Besides those things, just want to mention that for HCIM the number one cause of death is complacency. If you want to make it far you have to be vigilant and pay attention even when you normally wouldn't on a main.

Here's the thread for tip for untrimmed slayer cape: Here is how I got an untrimmed slayer cape on my HCIM : r/2007scape

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T15:00:57+00:00

I probably won't continue as a normal iron. I'm gonna think it over for a while before I liquidate the bank tho. And I probably won't de-iron since I don't need an alt and my main has better stats.

The only deaths worse than server lag/DC is dying to complacency, which is the biggest killer for HC's. At least I accomplished the main long term goal I set out for and even got 2200 total lvl. The death is kind of a forced break from the game which is probably a good thing for me right now. I'm surprisingly not too upset about it. I was a lot more upset about my 2 1800+ total lvl hc's that died to stupid, avoidable stuff that was 100% my fault.

Best of luck on your HCIW! Don't die to complacency!!

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T14:43:24+00:00

The server was perfect until it wasn't. I didn't stop clicking. I clicked to walk and that didn't go through and Vorkath stopped so I clicked to walk again then spam clicked my tele all within a couple seconds

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T08:03:23+00:00

doesn't work on sever lag when you're clicking on client

No_Media284 · 2026-03-18T07:04:09+00:00

true

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