Rootb's Progress Thread

[rootb]

Hey everyone!

I've been meaning to make this thread for ages but never got around to it. I'm hoping to track my current near and long-term goals here and share some of my progress!

At the time of making this thread, I'm 2054 total level:

I love total level milestones, but for now I'd mostly like to keep working on Slayer to unlock some of those last slayer bosses. In the meantime, I'll also continue chipping away at max melee and maybe grab base 85s.

So while my main leveling goal is probably Slayer right now, I'm really focused on completing my achievement diaries and getting the elite combat achievements. My diaries are mostly only blocked by some hard level requirements right now (and one more clan game of BA for Kandarin elite ):


As for combat achievements, I'm about 160 points away from my Elite, which will get me some very nice upgrades, especially the increased superior spawn rate and 10% chance to save slayer bracelets! I've recently learned a bit of TOB (thanks Squishy!) so I think I'll be able to knock out a bunch of its achievements in the near future, especially the Entry mode ones.

And finally, I'll definitely continue to raid and do other content. Here are my current raids coll logs:


Thanks for following along. I was pretty new back in 2020 when I joined the clan and have accomplished so much with all of your help since then. Excited to continue some of my more late-game goals with such a great group of people!

[rootb]

Well, I managed to get a group together today to run a few hours of Barbarian Assault, so Kandarin Elite has been checked off the list:


I also got 82 RC from the reward lamp, so that's a new base level. That's enough BA for now, but I'll eventually go back for some more gambles and to fill out the coll log.

[rootb]

After completing the Kandarin Diary, I realized how close I was to Falador Elite. After cannoning 1200 black knights and completing a few other tasks, that's another Elite diary completed.

Then, today I got the ToA pet at 152 total kc! I'll have to work on transmogs eventually.



Overall, the past 24 hours have been pretty huge for the account!

[rootb]

I'm continuing to chip away at combat tasks -- only 77 points from getting the Elite rewards now! With a little luck, maybe I'll be able to complete them before or during Tile Race this weekend.

[ColdBlue XO]

I’m be following your page, hope to someday has the stats you have on my uim! GL in your endeavor!

[rootb]

Thanks Deli!

The past week or two have been super busy for me, so progress on the elite CAs has been slow with 74 points to go. However, during the past week I've gotten a few nice achievements:
- My team placed third in Squishy's tile race
- 99 attack (2060 total)
- Dupe Rocky pet

Hoping to continue working towards my other goals soon, but I'm super thrilled that we managed to pull third with our reroll shenanigans.

[rootb]

The Elite CA grind is finally over:

I ended up spending some time at Gauntlet, Zulrah, Sarachnis and Muspah to finish it up. Now it's time to get to slaying

[Syllabic]

Awesome job, root! You obviously kept busy while I was on break! What would you say the worst requirement was for Elite Combat?

Also holy, huge congrats on getting scooping the ToA pet so early! I hadn't even seen it yet; he's a funky lil guy, ain't he

[rootb]

Awesome job, root! You obviously kept busy while I was on break! What would you say the worst requirement was for Elite Combat?

Also holy, huge congrats on getting scooping the ToA pet so early! I hadn't even seen it yet; he's a funky lil guy, ain't he

Hey Syllabic, it's great to have you back! They actually updated the combat achievements earlier this year to a points-based system, so you no longer have to complete every elite achievement to get the elite done (and same idea for the other tiers). I only actually have about 2/3rds of the elite tasks done, but I did a lot of master and GM tasks to replace them. The hardest achievements I've done so far were probably Grotesque Guardians Speed-Runner (the 1:20 one) and Phantom Muspah Manipulator, but it also took me a little while to get Perfect Zulrah down.

And yeah, the ToA guardian pet is really detailed for such a lil guy. I'll transmog it eventually once I get them unlocked.

[Syllabic]

Hey Syllabic, it's great to have you back! They actually updated the combat achievements earlier this year to a points-based system, so you no longer have to complete every elite achievement to get the elite done (and same idea for the other tiers). I only actually have about 2/3rds of the elite tasks done, but I did a lot of master and GM tasks to replace them. The hardest achievements I've done so far were probably Grotesque Guardians Speed-Runner (the 1:20 one) and Phantom Muspah Manipulator, but it also took me a little while to get Perfect Zulrah down.

And yeah, the ToA guardian pet is really detailed for such a lil guy. I'll transmog it eventually once I get them unlocked.

I had no idea! That's a massive change! Gives me a great deal more hope that I'll actually be able to put a dent in them someday
They seem like a really excellent way to force yourself to experience a variety of content. Will definitely be having a go at some of them once I reach my short term skilling goals

Also, I didn't even know the ToA pet had transmogs! Gotta say, don't know how to feel about one of them being a straight up dung beetle, lmao

[rootb]

Since Leagues IV dropped, I've been focusing on that rather than my main. It's my first league and I'm having a great time!

I've been running a mage build, and just hit 93 slayer and got my occult earlier today. It's a really nice upgrade from my blood fury. My mage setup is starting to look alright, but I definitely need an upgrade from the warped sceptre and ancient staff. Hoping ToA will be generous to me one of these days

Here's my current gear:


I'm currently 1899 total with T7. If I reach any new major milestones, I'll update this reply below.

Update: Leagues was a great time. I don't have lots of level screenshots, but I ended up reaching T8 and a fairly high total level. I was able to hit almost every goal I set for myself and then some. I got lots of cool drops such as all ToA uniques (including a Shadow!), nearly two Soulreaper axes and some Virtus from Leviathan, some inquisitor's from PNM, an Avernic that I couldn't use from ToB, and lots of other fun gear. I ended up with a pretty solid build and had a blast flying through raids and bossing. I even completed The Inferno and got an infernal cape! I did try to see how low I could get my PBs at a few places, which was quite fun, like a sub-20s Leviathan kill and a sub-15:00 Jad. Trailblazer Reloaded was a blast, I'd recommend future Leagues to anyone on the fence!

[rootb]

Well, I'm back here with another update. Leagues was a ton of fun and I just haven't really been playing as actively since then. We had a skilling competition last month and my team placed second (go Sara!), so that was an incentive to gain lots of levels. I'm now at 2101 total and am very close to base 85s. I think my proudest achievement from the comp was committing to aerial fishing and actually getting two golden tenches due to Rada's, although I also got 99 cooking!

I've been continuing to play on and off, and I plan on becoming more active again in the future. I recently got my blood quartz from Vardorvis, so I'm in a decent position to maybe begin some Inferno attempts in the maingame. I'll also keep raiding here and there and chipping away at those remaining diary reqs!