I'm still a HCIM. Don't think ill keep the status that much longer but don't want to die for a staff!
#Are battlestaves still worth making for money without the gravestone shenanigans?
hard creek
uneven saddle
They’re OK, depending on your account stage
lunar sigil
Yes
glass rain
They are still very good on hcim you can blow the glass on the way to the fire obelisk too
This way the entire time is spent either blowing glass or charging orbs, can also use an alt to hold the spiders so they don't interrupt you too if you're so inclined
lunar sigil
They are still very good on hcim you can blow the glass on the way to the fire o...
The what obelisk
glass rain
OP said they are HCIM
lunar sigil
Yes
glass rain
So maybe they shouldn't spend long times in the wilderness with no food?
lunar sigil
That's not really a question we can answer for them
However, fire battlestaves don't really replace earth or air staves
glass rain
If you are blowing the glass on the way it doesnt really make a difference how long the trips are
They are fine
It's around 600 fire orbs/hr but you are converting molten glass into fire orbs rather than 920 unpowered orbs in air orbs per hour
brave olive
If you are blowing the glass on the way it doesnt really make a difference how l...
it really does
I would not make fire or water staves ever, I don't consider it a method
it's unfortunate that air/earth are good and some people mistakenly will think water/fire exist
but imo they are completely different
glass rain
why does it make a difference if you're spending all of the time either blowing glass or charging orbs
brave olive
because you can blow the glass in even better situations than when running to the obelisk
the reason air and earth are so good is that you have paddewwa tabs for easy access
for water/fire its poh tabs to taverley, not nearly as good
glass rain
teleport to house works fine too
what you're saying is true but only really applies if you literally would never would bankstand blow glass
brave olive
ah yeah true
glass rain
which i think isn't true for the vast vast majority of players
its the best way to make money on a hcim early game I don't think its as terrible as it's made out to be
brave olive
No, its not even close to the best way
air and earth staves are still just better, and even those are of limited use
glass rain
not even close like 20% off or you think like worse than half as good
glass rain
I was thinking around 20% too but consindering you're maybe doing battlestaves for 10hrs max or so I think thats a worthwhile sacrifice to keep hcim status
brave olive
the earth and air obelisk are not actually dangerous
I think it's completely unviable to avoid risks of this tier
at that point just become a bankstander, that way you also wont really need gp
glass rain
its a long time spent in the wildy. but is it not dangerous i dont understand
brave olive
there's no pkers there and it's very easy to teleport out or escape
I think if you are scared of this level of risk you really don't belong on hcim mode, you have a few more hours left on the account and then you'll be locked out of all future activities
flat 70s and then log off forever
ok actually you can do a lot of skilling, but it's still a way to lock yourself out of most of the content in the game
glass rain
Out of interest what do you think is the chance of dying from doing all the orbs you would need to craft in the early game
Because the figure im thinking of is maybe 5-10% but I've never really done the method
brave olive
I think its around 0.1-0.3%
in that hundreds of irons have done it and I havent heard of anybody dying
glass rain
ok yea I would agree with you then, I thought the chance would be a lot higher
brave olive
and as a hcim its easy enough to pay a bit more attention. As you say its just a few hours
glass rain
With a higher rate of death it would have been more time saved on average but since its seems a lot less likely that I expected, it sounds worth to do air/earth on a hcim early.