Runescape Game Play

The Fist of Guthix mini game has been released, this is my opinion of the game as it is, there will be no comparison to how the game can be played when the novelty wears off, I will try to add my anticipated playability at the end of this post.

I logged on and had a few Bloodvelds to finish off for slayer, just out of interest Bloodvelds are great for green charms, after finishing the task I went to the pyramid to change my magic book to ancients, forgot any teleport tabs or jewellery so home teleported to Edgeville and ran to the game entrance.

I had already read about the game on the Runescape knowledge base so had an idea what to do, but still needed to speak to the earwig and watch the cut scene tutorial to get in, the tutorial is very good and well worth watching so you know what to do once you get in there.

First of all I was amazed at the amount of spammers moaning by the entrance about the difficulty to get in, it was difficult but when your inside there are far to many players anyway.

I took my Ahrims, Torags and Karils, a whip and DFS, robin hood hat and ranger boots, as well as a rune crossbow and diamond bolts, I also had my fury, barrows gloves, dragon boots and berserker ring, I like to be ready for all eventualities.

If I was the hunted first I would put my karils on as many were using ancients, and I did the same as everyone else, grabbed my crystal wielded it and ran for the centre and just stood there in a 20 level pile of bodies hoping the pile was so deep to hide my arrow (on top my head), my points just shoot up as I was in the middle and the only hope of getting caught was if my hunter could see me in the list when right clicking.

There is a drawback to this method, when you are stood in the middle you can not often see how you are being attacked, this makes it more difficult to know what protection prayer to use and what armour to wear.

There was a help from a crystal that you can use once to teleport you to the Fist of Guthix in the centre of the arena, when I used this it teleported me to the login screen, I then needed to login and the game was lost because I had left, there was an update later that night which I hope would have removed that bug, but I didn't log back in.

A good tip is to take a terrorbird familiar as some people like to run for safety the bird will keep your run topped up as much as your agility level will allow, he also has a peck at your opponent.

As a hunter I would put on my Ahrims and ancient staff and select Ice Barrage to autocast, this will sometimes prevent your opponent from getting away, I found the Rune crossbow and Diamond bolts very good when they were unable to move better even than barrage no matter what armour, if I could spot them in the middle I would switch to whip and DFS.

For the less adventurous being hunted there are corners in the arena that can be missed when your hunter is just skirting the arena, hiding there can avoid you being seen but wont get you many points, I do not pretend to be any good at the game but it is fun.

God (Guthix) knows how it will be when the novelty wears off, I anticipate it will not be a game of stealth but just a case of who can eat their bandages and change clothes quickest when stood in the middle, it has the potential to be an OK game the rewards are good so may keep people coming back for more points, a have a feeling this will be like most of Jagex new updates, a beta versions and the final stable release announced at a later date, I do not know if Jagex are taking less care in the preparation and testing of their updates or they are being a bit more ambitious but I don't remember regular major changes to their updates early in my Runescape career.

Im not complaining I get a lot of entertainment out of the game and its still nice to get regular updates.