My Runescape Diary

I was training slayer the other day, attacking black demons I got a mith kite shield, as normal I alched it while I was training, this is a thing I have been doing since I have been training slayer, the difference now is that I did not lose an attack turn on the demon I was fighting with my whip, I have used my Godsword on some monsters and alched while using that not losing an attack turn but a whip is so much quicker and a loss was just accepted, it was a real treat to be able to just fight as normal and not miss a turn picking the item up and alching, missing a turn picking up the item and then alching can slow down xp considerably when performed on a regular basis, this in turn reduces speed in levelling and slows down the process of getting better drop monsters, I have always said it is very expensive to pick up coin drops.

I train herblore when I want to, I am 89 at present and would like to get the magic 90, I can make anything herby so no pressure from that just nice to have another number on my stats page out of the 80's, since the engine update that brought about the above ability I have not tested the cleaning process for herbs, before it took so long to clean the herbs that I sold all grimy herbs and bought unfinished potions, this is fine by me at the moment, you get most of the xp adding the secondary ingredient anyway, they cost more but the time saved by not cleaning and putting in a vial can be spent training what I want to train or a good profit making skill, even if they sped the cleaning process to how it used to be I would still buy unfinished.

I was fishing at the Piscatoris fishing colony, looking at the bank I noticed that the banker could be seen through the window, this is just accepted nowadays but I also noticed that he could be seen through the gaps in the planks the hut was built with, this is a small detail and has no effect on playability but it was a real treat to see it, Jagex took the effort to make it look as real as possible, there are many places Jagex have added little extra detail that will probably be missed by most players but this attention to detail is what sets Runescape above all the other MMORPG's.

As with the good points there are also little things that are annoying, things that don't affect the playability to a great extent but still shouldn't be. three that spring to mind are.
1/ Lapalok (and any other slayer master) can offer as a reward runes for slayer dart, I have never seen a slayer dart spell, is there going to be a new spell or do they mean "magic dart" I reported this as a bug when smoking kills came out and last time I checked it was still incorrect.
2/Another thing on the same lines, you all know the slayer gem? yes? no? there is no such thing yet Jagex still mention it, cant remember when I saw it mentioned, maybe when the ring of slaying turned into an enchanted gem when I had used all charges.
3/ The main annoyance is the ability to run away from the Grand Exchange when you select something to buy, I wanted to buy a pot for the missing my mummy quest, a/ I couldn't find a plain pot listed, b/ it took me 4 attempts to highlight a pot of flour to empty to get the pot, I gave up and went to a shop to buy it instead. the run away when selecting something at GE has been a major annoyance for many people for a long time, is it so difficult to fix?

The good points far outweigh the bad points but the bad points get noticed more, Jagex please sort the GE runaway bug.

Thanks for reading this post, my first for a while, sorry it not particularly well written and probably many errors but im a busy bee at the mo, preferring to play than write about it.