Runescape Game Play

before Jagex introduced the anti scam and RWT update it was not unusual to have a low level player asking for a whip when I was killing Abyssal Demons, my normal reply was sorry just alched my last whip drop or I will leave the next one on the floor for you, these players thought that whip drops were a common drop, the reality is they once were a common drop but have had their drop rate reduced considerably.

When I first got 85 slayer many many moons ago I went to the abyssal space and had a slaughter fest on the Abyssal Demons, the first time I went there I had 2 whips and a shield left half in about an hour, following tasks I had at least 1 whip when fighting the demons sometimes 2, it was indeed rare not to get a whip drop, I even sent a friend of mine off to world 2 Fally to sell my whips for me some 23 whips, this is when they were worth 3 to 4m each, how many people can trust a friend like that?

All of a sudden I could have many tasks and not get a whip drop, there was widespread rumours that whip drops had been nurfed and my experience certainly backed that claim up.
We all know that Runescape good drops are random and you can have a good day and a bad day but the change really was dramatic and noticeable.

The other day I had a slayer task for Abyssal Demons and I had a whip drop, my next task was the same Abyssal Demons, two of the same monster tasks in a row has only been possible since the recent update to slayer but guess what? I got another whip drop, a few days later I had Dark Beasts and guess what I got a Dark Bow drop, when the Dark Bow was first introduced I spent all day there and never got a bow, the following day I got a Dark Bow as my second kill, in those days slayer tasks for Dark Beasts was 9 to 19 beasts, now you can have as many as 199, they are easy to kill but require prayer to stay any length of time, on my task I killed 3/4 of my task and got a Dark Bow, I had to leave to get more prayer pots and came back and guess what? I got another Dark Bow, has the drop rate been increased or was I just lucky?
You may remember a while ago I had two Draconic Visages 1 from black and 1 From steel Dragons and a Zammy hilt when I soloed K'ril at God Wars in a 2 week period, so luck does appear to come in batches.

I have also recently had a Dragon Spear and a Shield Left Half, I could be back on one of my lucky streaks, having said that the shield left half sold for about 60k, the last one I had was worth 700K, last time I checked the Dragon Square Shield was worth less than the cost of the shield right half so I sold the half shield.

I personally don't mind poor drop rates, I would sooner have a few drops worth a lot of money than a lot of drops worth a little.

Has anyone else noticed a difference or am I just lucky?

I have 180 Dark Beasts tonight so I will let you know if I get any good drops.