Of Dragons and Rune: A Treatise on the Merits of Woodcutting Magic Trees
I blew 3M on a dragon woodcutting axe today. I've wondered for a long time on the differences between a dragon and rune axe for cutting down trees. I did 2 hours of testing at Lletya's magic trees and came up with these statistics:
Wc level: 90
Axe: dragon
Place: Lletya
Inventory: 1 tele crystal
Time cutting: 1 hour*
Load 1: 13 minutes (full)
Load 2: 16 minutes (full)
Load 3: 13 minutes (full)
Load 4: 15 minutes (20 logs)
Total # logs: 109
Tree spawns: 0, at least 1 tree was available at all times
Randoms: Exam, Ent, Ent (broken axe; 1800 gp paid to Bob in Lumbridge to fix)
Wc level: 90
Axe: rune
Place: Lletya
Inventory: 1 tele crystal
Time cutting: 1 hour*
Load 1: 21 minutes (full)
Load 2: 12 minutes (full)
Load 3: 15 minutes (25 logs)
Load 4: 7 minutes (14 logs)
Total # logs: 93
Tree spawns: 4
Randoms: Dwarf, nest, Rick
*The times do not add up to 1 hour (60 minutes) to allow for bank runs and 1 bathroom break.
What does this say about the 2 axes? I did get the logs faster with the dragon axe than the rune one. The rune axe comes off short due to the 4 times I had no trees to cut and was forced to wait a few minutes for 1 to respawn.
Is the dragon woodcutting axe worth 2.7M - 3M gold pieces? Definitely not. They are merely prestige items to show off either how rich or how combat talented you are.
Will I keep the dragon axe? Yes. I have yet to test the special and the special is the only reason for keeping it.
I spent the evening helping Merch finish DT. Yes, she finished without Demsla's help! Read Merch's DT part 2 blog entry for the details on that; look for the replies and see how much of an arrogant cho Demsla portrays herself/himself. The only sticking point was my virus scanning program was downloading an update during Merch's getting of the smoke diamond. For a change, she got to watch someone else stand frozen!
I lead her through lighting the torches and there was much rejoicing when she opened the fire chest. Fareed could not be blocked, but she made pwnsauce of that fire n00b. She was game to do the final pyramid. I told her to wear weight-reducing items, go in and run for the ladder down. We met at Eblis and walked to the pyramid. I told her I would wait inside, using the secret entrance in the back. I came back out to check and she was loading the last diamond. We walked to the top and I gave her a reminder to run for the ladder down. She turned on melee protect and went down the ladder. I hurried inside through the back and waited nervously.
I paced.
I played with my mouse toy.
I bit my nails.
I paced more.
Guild was there also as a surprise. He noticed a white dot dash by. "Was that her?" "Idk" I said, and plastered myself against the walls, trying to get a better view with the camera angles. Merch popped up and I let the chat know she was in great health and near by. She had a bit of a moment when she ran toward me and got lost, but she turned around and kept going. Irl, tears blurred my vision; I was proud, nervous and scared for Merch. Guild and I entertained ourselves with emotes. Legolas appeared as Merch ran down the final 20 feet to the room where we were waiting. She came in and got the cut scene.
An emotinal evening, especially for Merch and her slow computer.
Wc level: 90
Axe: dragon
Place: Lletya
Inventory: 1 tele crystal
Time cutting: 1 hour*
Load 1: 13 minutes (full)
Load 2: 16 minutes (full)
Load 3: 13 minutes (full)
Load 4: 15 minutes (20 logs)
Total # logs: 109
Tree spawns: 0, at least 1 tree was available at all times
Randoms: Exam, Ent, Ent (broken axe; 1800 gp paid to Bob in Lumbridge to fix)
Wc level: 90
Axe: rune
Place: Lletya
Inventory: 1 tele crystal
Time cutting: 1 hour*
Load 1: 21 minutes (full)
Load 2: 12 minutes (full)
Load 3: 15 minutes (25 logs)
Load 4: 7 minutes (14 logs)
Total # logs: 93
Tree spawns: 4
Randoms: Dwarf, nest, Rick
*The times do not add up to 1 hour (60 minutes) to allow for bank runs and 1 bathroom break.
What does this say about the 2 axes? I did get the logs faster with the dragon axe than the rune one. The rune axe comes off short due to the 4 times I had no trees to cut and was forced to wait a few minutes for 1 to respawn.
Is the dragon woodcutting axe worth 2.7M - 3M gold pieces? Definitely not. They are merely prestige items to show off either how rich or how combat talented you are.
Will I keep the dragon axe? Yes. I have yet to test the special and the special is the only reason for keeping it.
I spent the evening helping Merch finish DT. Yes, she finished without Demsla's help! Read Merch's DT part 2 blog entry for the details on that; look for the replies and see how much of an arrogant cho Demsla portrays herself/himself. The only sticking point was my virus scanning program was downloading an update during Merch's getting of the smoke diamond. For a change, she got to watch someone else stand frozen!
I lead her through lighting the torches and there was much rejoicing when she opened the fire chest. Fareed could not be blocked, but she made pwnsauce of that fire n00b. She was game to do the final pyramid. I told her to wear weight-reducing items, go in and run for the ladder down. We met at Eblis and walked to the pyramid. I told her I would wait inside, using the secret entrance in the back. I came back out to check and she was loading the last diamond. We walked to the top and I gave her a reminder to run for the ladder down. She turned on melee protect and went down the ladder. I hurried inside through the back and waited nervously.I paced.
I played with my mouse toy.
I bit my nails.
I paced more.
Guild was there also as a surprise. He noticed a white dot dash by. "Was that her?" "Idk" I said, and plastered myself against the walls, trying to get a better view with the camera angles. Merch popped up and I let the chat know she was in great health and near by. She had a bit of a moment when she ran toward me and got lost, but she turned around and kept going. Irl, tears blurred my vision; I was proud, nervous and scared for Merch. Guild and I entertained ourselves with emotes. Legolas appeared as Merch ran down the final 20 feet to the room where we were waiting. She came in and got the cut scene.
An emotinal evening, especially for Merch and her slow computer.
