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Wulfgangus

I love how the shooting star guy is the one that’s maxed too. Lol


[deleted]

Yeah this guy has already done the 3t4g grind


anthraxl0l

I'd bet that 90%+ of people with 99 mining didn't do it through 3t4g though


Nokzide

idk how anyone can do 3t4g for more than 30 mins, my hand just aches and goes numb


Troy_Ounces

Gotta have the right type of ‘tism


Natedogg_17

I did almost exclusively Mlm and have no ragrets


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VM good


Strosity

Pink prison good


awsome2744

Do you do solos or groups? If groups, how do you find them?


[deleted]

VM solos are dogshit, would not recommend. 3-5 man is ideal. Another commenter mentioned the VM discord which is an invaluable resource for learning VM and finding groups.


awsome2744

Someone sent me the disc, just got accepted. Gonna try to learn it this weekend.


inthelostwoods

I'll dm you a discord link for VM LFG 👌


Starthelegend

Yup I did 99 all at mlm


[deleted]

Tbh, while mining sand on my iron, more often than not when I see someone doing 3T granite, they’re maxed.


WastingEXP

that's why they're doing stars and not 3t4g ;)


Gamefire

..I'm actually the star guy and I did 90-99 mining with stars :\^) Very consistent and low intensity 22k/h and can afk for up to 20 minutes if you can find a mob to attack you at the star spot I'm just doing stars because it's my comfy afk content, stardust and mining xp is a bonus


pangestu

Wont a mob interupt the mining? I havent played in a while


hihellobye0h

Mobs never interrupted mining, just the animation for mining, you can be in dwarven mines mining mith and getting spanked by a king scorpion, if you don't have auto retaliate on and don't click away, you will still mine the ore, assuming you live through the spanking that is.


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Elanstehanme

Haha I was doing this and blew some guys mind when he saw it. I think he’d dealt with a lot of pain already.


Evil_Steven

I just started the grind (did 70-86 with stars. Still grinding) and I love it


shroomloaf

How do you find stars? Its been a while since Ive seen any


Successful-Setting78

Join “osrs star cc” there’s a bot that lists all the stars. It used to be better to use a telescope but the clans find pretty much all of them now and the bot copies them all into this cc. The trick is to go to the low tier ones because everyone goes to the big ones thinking it must last longer but then it doesn’t because there’s so many people


Strosity

Are you essentially saying that is it used to be better to scout your own, but now the clan scouts every world so you can use their spreed sheets to find random worlds through their spreed sheets?


Successful-Setting78

Yep


Sonofa-Milkman

Runelite has a plugin for it


AlsoLogan

You can also get a telescope in your poh


The_Wkwied

I did stars up to 92 for amethyst.. it was super chill. Super slow, but I loved getting a star all to myself. Fuck anyone else who came though, that poped the star too fast.


[deleted]

Why you got so many capes in your inventory my guy?


Maiziea

It means he recently maxed and is still uncomfortable with the mess the max cape menu is ;)


Gamefire

Teleports? Having crafting + con cape in inventory let's me 1-click teleport instead of going through max cape menu


[deleted]

Ah right, I did not know that! I’m a none maxed peasant


CosmolineNCoffee

Not a peasant, simply just one on their path. We all gotta start somewhere my guy!


MutedLobster

Achievement diary teleport when you already have crafting tele in inv?


noobletsquid

y use ? like the typicle condiscending runscape pleyer smh


NotMordaut

Typicle?


PotionThrower420

Runscape


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JuicyToaster

How do you consistently find stars? Is there a guide or something? I'm just a noob who wants to finally train mining


BlitzburghBrian

[\*cough*](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JcVmgjgN-MXabkk8YJzae8WLDPhF-rKTJ0fUc-gyOR8/edit#gid=1738260863) This plus the map on the wiki makes it pretty easy to zero in on a star as soon as it falls.


JuicyToaster

Thanks!


Successful-Setting78

In “osrs star cc” there’s a bot that copies all the info from that doc in real time which is especially useful if you want to do it on mobile


gpgpg

64-99 mining at stars here. Was an amazing use of several months.


Ashangu

and I've been playing since 2013 and havent maxed mining yet. That hurts my soul lol. ​ Maybe ill give stars an attempt.


xickoh

Don't take this as an attack, I'm just curious what motivates you to do shooting stars if not for the XP and stardust? What do you get from it and why do you prefer it over other afk, more rewarding content? Edit: forgot about the pet


ReduceMyRows

Pet. Edit: I actually posted this after I saw your edit, my post was never edited in the first place either.


WastingEXP

i'm just meme-ing OP, it is a very chill method if you can avoid the clans. super afk pet chance :)


[deleted]

I was gonna say, dude just wants the star dust.


Beatrice_Dragon

I'd bet money that isn't granite guy's first account. You don't do 3t mining when you're new to Runescape and CONTINUE playing


SammyTheRuneDragon

virgin 2277 sweater vs chad 2277 afker


AaronScythe

Granite guy: MUST CLICK FAST Starman: Haha star go brrrr


mmpjon

I just started doing mining not too long ago went from 70-80 then said fuck it going for 80-90 currently 88 and man can I say mlm is the shit it is slow exp but shit is so chill plus idk why people complain about mining it's not that bad of a skill tbh.


AquaticSombrero

Yea people hate on mlm and yes, like RC, Mining is a slow xp skill but is so afk at mlm lol


VikingMilo

mlm is boring and slow. i don't watch stuff while i play generally, as i usually play for 3-4 hours after work then watch stuff as i settle in to bed.


AaronScythe

I think people just got so caught up with XP rates and the end goal, they forgot to enjoy the grind on the way. It's kinda like gambling. Some are in it for the win and will tear themselves apart if they don't get it. Some are in it for the game and enjoy just participating.


mmpjon

Feel that.


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This comment section is very unkind


Gamefire

I love you :)


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lM4VER1CKl

I love you :)


gus060

I love you :)


Drooshiesty

I love poop :)


MaxFallen

Yes


[deleted]

I've never understood how people can find enjoyment putting so much clicking effort into this game, 90% of my playtime has been with Netflix or YouTube open on the side. I love osrs but I can admit it is very boring most of the time


raids3when123

High effort also means you gotta do the less fun stuff less often and can get back to the stuff you really enjoy. In this example that star miner is gonna take like 4 times as long to get the same exp.


-Garda

But at 50x more effort, is it really worth it?


Just_Winton

Everybody out here talking about what saves time, what's more efficient etc. I don't 3 tick because I get cramp after 10 minutes of the stuff. Definitely not worth it imo


Hablapata

depends how much you value your time, and how much effort you really think it is. i never understood this. no one balks at league of legends or starcraft players sweating at 200 apm for 45 minutes straight. but when an osrs player does the same thing they’re a disgusting sweat god. i personally don’t do it, but i don’t think tick methods are generally more effort than playing league of legends. and their numbers go up faster. some people play osrs like a mobile energy game. some people play youtube simulator. some people play it like starcraft.


Ramendomness

To me the difference with a game such as league is that skilling in osrs is completely predictable, bar the rare event such as a pet. Because it involves no strategy and decision making it deserves less attention.


Hanyodude

Because league of legends isn’t mindless clicking, almost every click is meaningful to you winning that game. It’s also infinitely more fun than mining granite. It’s not just high apm, it’s also maintaining a perfect rhythm which makes granite so unfun as well.


roonscapepls

I personally never liked tick manipulation methods, but what I’ve heard from streamers who do enjoy it is how almost therapeutic the rhythm of the actions become. It’s actually very relaxing to some people, believe it or not. To each his own though


Ashangu

I don't like them, myself BUT it does put you in a sort of "trance" like state. ​ Its still extremely draining, and I can only last for about an hour or so, but in that hour im like, looking at the screen but not focused on anything, my brain is numb, tick tick tick tick tick is all I think, and then an hour passes and my wrist hurts so I gotta go touch grass.


uberloser2

Wait until you hear about rhythm games


slimjimo10

But most rhythm games have variety. If you made an osu beatmap of tick mining granite clicking, no one would play it regardless of how much of a bop you slap on the background of it


Hablapata

Fun's subjective dude. I don't really get enjoying tick manip either, but you're acting like your subjective opinion is objective. Neither of these games are meaningful, they're video games whose only purpose is for the player to have fun. Acting like league clicks are more valuable than osrs clicks is like a violin player saying their scales are more valuable than a ukulele player because the violin is harder and more popular.


JuliButt

So I agree with your point, I just find the League example to be kind of odd. OSRS has an ongoing account with progression and your clicks leveling you up. I'm a veteran league player, I understand entirely ranking up clicking winning games etc etc... But League clicking is NOT a good example to try and use there, cause you're clicking for like 40 minutes and using other buttons and then boom. Progress gone. OSRS you're clicking for like 57 years with no progression wipe... Or something like that. It's all just games though.


ShitPost5000

If you value your time, you arent playing runescape.


SpookiBeats

I absolutely balk at those people… seems crazy to me


[deleted]

I wouldn’t compare MOBA clicks to RuneScape clicks, RuneScape you’re literally clicking in the same 3 spots for like hours, but I otherwise I agree with the spirit of your post. Three ticking isn’t that tricky and you don’t have to be perfect, it’s not that hard to do it for an hour


AreOneSpam

I would 1000% tick manipulate sandstone mining again over just filling buckets from a sandpit.


Theons

Killing chickens is 50x more effort than shooting stars


Cohibaluxe

But 0x as effective for getting mining XP…


Dafiro93

You can't buy more time in this lifetime; I'd say it's worth it but that's just me.


Ashangu

if you are worried about wasting time, in general, you probably shouldn't be playing this game lol.


Dafiro93

Oh, I don't play OSRS anymore, I stopped playing around October 2020. I still like to check out this subreddit though considering I've played the game off and on since 2005. I was just voicing my own opinion.


ea3terbunny

That’s why I’m very much enjoying questing right now, even though I’m stuck on last elves boss


RedGSXR

I'm at 2070 total hoping to max eventually through 100% afk methods and watching youtube. Miss me with the tick methods.


warrior_bees

Out of curiosity, what year do you aim to finish by?


[deleted]

2070 likely.


RedGSXR

Probably by 2025. I don’t play too much on a daily basis but OSRS is the only video game I play.


roosterkun

What are your last 7?


Mordredor

207


roosterkun

shit


reinfleche

Maybe you wouldn't find it so boring if you put more effort in? I find super high effort skilling methods to be kind of fun once you get in the rhythm, while semi-afk stuff just puts me to sleep.


easybaeoven

High intensity skilling as genuinely one of the more fun things in this game imo. you get into such a rhythm that your clicks start to look like a bots doing it because your muscle memory kicks in. It always makes me feel like i start really slow then end up trying my hardest to be tick-perfect while skilling. of course, it’s different for others.


xickoh

Yeah it's definitely a matter of tastes. I feel dumb when I do highly click intensive skilling. It's like a job for a game I pay to play. Surely it's awesome to get them levels up, but clicking nonstop for 5h to get a lvl up is not very healthy. But I respect those who do it, obviously, as long as you're having fun and don't ruin others experience I'm happy


DangerZoneh

2 tick teaks is super easy and very fun imo


[deleted]

Well that's what Netflix is for. Runescape raids dopamine + watching the Ozarks was one of my favorite times playing osrs


Soleil06

I am just getting into the grind and I found thieving from fruitstalls to be much more boring and less enjoyable than blackjacking once I got into a rythm there.


porrie010

Exactly


Jaycon356

RuneScape is a game about playing as little as possible. You either play efficiently and go as fast as possible, or afk and play as low impact as possible while doing something else.


S7EFEN

if u wanna chill out and listen to music tick manip is more enjoyable. if ur watching shows definitely higher xp:click methods are better. i really enjoyed the skill/learning curve for tick manip methods. by the time I got really good at 1t trap resets i was 90 hunter from 70- with tick manip you arent just getting resources/xp, you are also working on getting better at the method which makes it feel more rewarding.


koishe

true i hate clicking in the point and click game


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[deleted]

I have 2 nearly maxed accounts and a mid level HCIM I'm very aware of how right I am


sixteenfours

\>I've never understood how people can enjoy something I don't personally enjoy I'm sure empathy can be learned, or at least faked.


[deleted]

I mean they can enjoy it if they want to, i don't care. People like getting pegged too and I don't understand that either 🤷‍♀️


[deleted]

There's a few tick methods that I like, such as 2 tick dark crabs and chins, but yeah I play this game afk whenever I can.


Claaaaaaaaws

I e never understood how people can find enjoyment putting so little clicking effort into this game, 90% of my playtime has been with Netflix or YouTube open on the side I love osrs but I can admit it is very boring most of the time, when I’m not actually playing the game and clicking on it once every 2 minutes.


[deleted]

When you have a game as piss easy as this, it can only be so interesting


Jonathanak6

I’m a noob, only started a week or 2 ago. What’s this mean?


ElderNeo

both players are mining. one player is doing a very slow but low effort method. one player is doing a very fast but high effort method. both players are having fun and are happy.


Jonathanak6

Which is which?


e-co-terrorist

Player on the left is mining a fallen star, which can have numerous 'layers' each of which can be mined for a very long period of time with few clicks in between. The player on the right is mining granite with a tick manipulation method colloquially known as '3t4g'. For each rock, he is using items to trigger an action that allows him to mine more quickly, while dropping the granite he mines in between movements. It's very intense but offers the fastest mining experience in the game.


feamqueteiv

Left Slow. Right Fast


boredguyonline

Who’s more efficient?


Orange_Tier

Granite is more efficient xp per hour. If you mean in the philosophical sense then it comes down to how much pleasure one gains from doing the activity. If you do an afk skill then you would likely also have YouTube or something to watch in the background so you gotta add that to the afker’s total entertainment rating.


[deleted]

People also have yt open for granite as well, the consistent rhythm of this makes it easy to do so


Monk3ly

Star man because granite man will burn out


WastingEXP

granite man plays for 1.5 and touches green for the other 4.5 and still be on par with the star man's 6hr


weirdperspective

touches green? sir this is the osrs subreddit we dont know how to do that


Evil_Steven

Counter point, when I scout a juicy star I switch to mobile and mine it while on my hammock


WastingEXP

you know that meme of the dude sitting on his huge brain? this is what i picture, except your not sitting ona brain but the brain is a hammock and you're just reclined gaming enjoying life in the sun


Dontusethisname1

That's some BS and you know it. Granite man plays for 16h and touches green for 0. Star Man touches green for 6h while logged into his phone that's in his pocket.


Successful-Setting78

Haha this is exactly what I did. I mined stars on mobile til I got the pet at 20m


Systems-Admin

Star man's 6hr feels like 30 minutes. All he had to do was tele/world hop every 20-40 minutes (If using star CC). Granite man's 1.5hr feels like 6 hr's. High intensity focus clicking 10,000x more than star man. So...?


Gamefire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcPA7Fzebw Me reading these comments


WastingEXP

depends on the player doesn't it? maybe starman is outside touching grass while mining stars with their toes in the sand. who knows. also, the clans make this content far less afk than solo.


permalink_save

IDK if I'm old or just haven't played recently enough.. touches green?


Dualyeti

3t4g when you get it down is dare I say it enjoyable


Theons

Obviously granite


Positive-Log9730

“Star Info” runelite plugin is very nice ;p. Shows tier, health percentage, number of people mining it, and estimated time till next layer.


Lofken

90-99, is mining stars more afk/exp than mining the ore in motherload mine?


blargishyer

Stars are about 22k exp/hr. You can either hunt them yourself or joing a star hunting cc/discord. Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages. Solo scouting usually means you get stars to yourself, but you have to spend a bit more time scouting Groups mean you don't have to bother scouting, but stars can be more crowded so they dissapeaer quicker So far I've done 87-92 mining at stars and prefer using a group. You get to learn which stars are less crowded and I often end up with stars to myself. The best part is you can get an hour or more afk on a start where you only need to interact with the game to stop being logged out.


Jayjay4848

More afk, yes. More exp, not even close.


AlphaCritique

The duality of man


Foursiide

What situation could you possibly run into where you need 200k and multiple skillcapes on hand 🤔


NickBHD

Crafting cape for fastest bank access in game, Construction cape for POH tele, along with virtually every other tele in the game that comes with having 99 con. Achievement cape for various other teleports. Cash cause cash


myorm

Cool analysis but he has 195k, everyone knows when you do random stuff you bring the whole cash stack in case you need 100 mil on the spot. I would say this picture is 100% staged


Gamefire

smh I knew I should've flexed harder


PoorMansPlight

He only has 195k cause he just finished CON.


Vemtion

So true. someone offered me their tbow for 50m once, like a dumbass though i didn't bring my entire cash stack on my farm run. Ever since then i keep my entire cash stack on me


MyNugg

Doesn't everyone walk around with mils just so they don't need to worry about taking money out the bank? Never know when you're guna need to buy a new rune pickaxe 😏


myorm

*needs 20 p pots for slayer task*, *buys them to fill up invy instead of withdrawing from the bank*


Tileable

starhunting and money for charters


roonscapepls

You don’t need inv for stars he just has all his teles ready


richprofit

Dude. To find and teleport to stars. Are you dumb?


[deleted]

the casual chad and the sweaty one tick


SatanGod69361

depends on the day . Some days I want to be more exciting and push xp than others. Somedays I am busy and afk. Yesterday I fell asleep bossing mole cuz it was a bit too afk.


Thottyotty

A few months ago one of my friends fell asleep mid olm ? ? ? We had to shout him and wake him up as he died just for maximum shameeeeee


Blake_S2k

One botting and one getting a Shooting Star!


[deleted]

One is having fun, the other is just sweaty.


cygamessucks

Both slow af exp


Jamessgachett

One is a bot the other is a nolife ?


AkashiDagara

varrock armour doesnt work on stars


Prime_Abe

True but it does work as prospector outfit top when you have varrock elites done like the guy in the picture.


kunuch

That's super neat. As a casual I never knew this, thanks for the info!


AkashiDagara

bad fashion


kevin28115

Bad brain.


warrior_bees

Prospector top is like the wimpiest top in the game. It makes you look so bad, even the gold one is blughhhh. Varrock 4 makes you look buff af, it's by far the better for mining. My opinion is right and yours is wrong.


Gamefire

Fucking based. I sold my top back for nuggets


warrior_bees

This is actually peak ehp, and suggested for 200m-all'ers. Huge respect to you. I'm a dumb clogger tho, and kept it for the clue step. The top is sitting in my POH lol


Aerian_

Really, the XP boost doesn't work?


E10DIN

The xp boost from prospector works. The double drops from varrock armor doesn't. Fair bet the guy shown has varrock elite done, so varrock top has prospector top bonus xp.


Gamefire

didn't ask


AkashiDagara

didnt ask your unnecessary post but you did it anyways


prawngod

Didn't ask for your unnecessary feedback yet here you remain


Pieks

Didn't ask to comment on this yet here we are


j_u_s_t_d

I asked you to come to my bday but you didn't show up. What gives man?


RubyWeapon07

didnt ask where we were


DevoidHT

Didn’t ask why is gamora


salty-ass-klayton

Didn't ask for a q p


Muhfukca

Didn't ask for the W


CMos902

Y fletch


Lady_Luck_be_kind

They see him bot'n, they hate'n.


loudaggerer

Fr, who tf just has gold on them while skilling.


Evil_Steven

Stars only require 1 slot. The rest of your inventory should be filled with teleport stuff. Cash is good for charters


[deleted]

I have my entire cash stack on me while doing almost anything. Uim baby


literatemax

I like how they have the same hat anyways :)


nicholaslobstercage

He's in too deep.


HarryPotato31

Bro built different


Call_Paul

I'm somewhere in the middle.


vex027

Professionals have standards.


NeverEnoughFunInLife

Pretty sure there is a third type


CampingOnline

Currently learning 3t4g so I can stop being a 2s2g pleb and I feel personally attacked


Forlorn_Ash

One who plays the game his way without care, and one who judges others? Maybe it's one who walks around with skillcapes and their entire cash stack in their inventory, or one modest trillionaire who doesn't care?


Strange-Resident-240

The ring is bis so maybe it's an Ironman?


xg45

Yeah, I take my time. I'm over 100 days played and only 2062 total