Luckybucket as of November 8, 2009

Finally achieved 85 Mining. Took me about a week from 82, which was just under 900k experience. So I actually managed close to 200k experience a day. Not bad, in my opinion.

I powermined granite the whole time, using a Dragon Pickaxe. The Dragon is actually a nice boost from Rune. It's probably not too much, but something is better than nothing. And what was REALLY nice about it, was that since I was powermining, the ores didn't earn my any profit. However, since I was using the Dragon Pickaxe, the price changed during my time using it... by 1.8mil. =D So I basically earned 1.8mil by powermining granite for 5 days. ^_^ Ftw much?

I decided to exchange my 1.1k granite lobster pouches for shards, and then use up whatever Gold and Green charms I had left with a Kyatt. I needed 733 bananas to make Fruit Bat pouches with my Greens, but none were selling on the GE, even at max price. Stores only have like 10, since the update to them, and I didn't want to tele to Karamja over and over, collecting them myself. So I bought 800 bones via the GE and used the Bones to Bananas spell. Costed a little more, but saved me a ton of time.

I managed to use up all of my Gold Charms (1.8k of them) with Barker Toads, and got 81 Summoning from it. Now my 80 Construction is my lowest skill. =D I also knocked out 200 Green Charms before the Kyatt dissapeared. I'm not sure how good that is in comparison to others, but it seemed fast to me. I manage to craft 2k Pure Ess with a Graahk when I'm focused, and that's 54 essence per trip. With summoning, I only had 24 of the secondaries per trip. I'll keep track of the charms used next time too, so I can compare.

Anyways, 1 goal down, few more to go. 85 Agility is next, and I'm already 83. Shouldn't take more than a few days. Just wish it was a little more exciting. =| At least it'll be a bit faster once I hit 85.

Anyways, that's all there is to tell for now. Ciao.

99 Magic Analysis

I created an Analysis on what the cost for 99 Magic would be by means of alching and plank make. Here is the result:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=td9hsr6OdK5pdK_S10uwYkg&single=true&gid=1&output=html

An important concept to keep in mind is the time it takes to accomplish one certain method. For instance, in the Analysis, it takes me 114 hours to achieve 99 by alching. However, by Plank Make, it only takes 37 hours. Although alching would cost less to achieve 99 by, the time saved by Plank Make can then be used to earn my money back. With the time it takes to get 99 by alching, I have two choices: Alch, and lose 18mil, or Plank Make to 99, and Runecraft the remaining time, EARNING 39mil.

The decision on which method is quite easy to determine via that analysis.

Farming Analysis

I created a Farming Analysis on a spreadsheet for Farming, both for self-reference, and to assist Swordking090 in his 99 Farming goal.

Here it is:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=ta9IipAE_T0xnGzhv-1nC7Q&output=html

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I plan on releasing these analysis's somewhat often, as I create them for self reference at a rather frequent rate. The general content will be similar to what is provided in this Farming Analysis, and reflect a cost/exp relation. Depending on the skill, items, or methods, I may also offer a time/exp ratio, and/or a time/cost ratio (for skills such as Runecrafting or Mining). I'll try to keep them as clear and straightforward as possible, and explain how I arrived at my results.

If you have any recommendations or suggestions on an Analysis you'd like to see complete, feel free to leave a comment for it.

Thanks, and enjoy.

Luckybucket as of November 1, 2009

I think I'm going to do little skill update blogs in this format. =o I used to do my bank videos as "Luckybucket as of..." videos, and I grew addicted to it; so I like the idea of reusing it now, in these blogs. ^_^

Anyways, today I went to task with my new plan of action, which for those who didn't read my blog on YouTube, is to tackle quick levels for the time being, and raise my total level.

I got on today with about 60k experience to level Mining. I went to the Desert Quarry and mined granite. Got it in a little over an hour.

I then played around with my new graphics card for a bit, a 9800 GT (IT OWNS), by playing Fallout 3 and Call of Duty 4. This card will be a HUGE help in recording full screen shots in good quality. Definitely worth the $180 I paid for it.

After messing around with my new card, I got back on RS, recalculated the cost of using all my Crimson and Blue charms that I got from 96-99 Strength, and found it to come out to about 5m. I sold my Bandos Chestplate, since I won't be doing Combat for a while, and went ahead and used up all my Crims and Blues. I used Crimson Charms on Granite Lobsters, which are around 13.6gp/exp; definitely not bad for Crimson Charms. I used my Blues on Adamantite Minotaurs, which are about 10gp/exp. Miths were a little lower in gp/exp, but I'd rather get the exp than worry about the slight cost difference.

The one thing that I truly enjoy about Summoning is its speed. Even though it cost me 5m to use the charms, I got levels 78, 79, and 80 within 23 minutes. In the process, I also got 131 combat. That also means that all my skills are now 80 and above, a goal long overdue.

I bought a Dragon Pickaxe the other night, more for fun than for serious use. However, now that I have it, I'm thinking I may as well hit 85 Mining with it. It's around 250-300k per level at this point, which is 6-7 hours per, but in comparison to my other skills, its not so bad. Plus, it's a very respectable skill to have a high level in.

Once that's done, I'll probably RC for a while, get some cash, and maybe make the push for 99 Hitpoints via Chins.

I also calculated out the price of 99 Magic, and it came out to be around 28m, so I might consider going for that soon enough. However, I'm also considering 99 Woodcutting, since the sawmill now makes it an 80k exp/hr skill

But for now, my plan goes as follows:

85 Mining
85 Agility
92 Runecrafting (via Dbl Nats)
99 Hitpoints (via Chins)
95 Ranged (gotten through 99 Hits on chins)