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The Importance of Following Game Changes and Monitoring the Market The Essential Skill Training Trade-off - Speed Versus Money

RuneScape is a funny place in so many ways. Most people, when they think of a game, imagine it as a leisure-time activity, something you do in order to relax and enjoy yourself. Yet for thousands of people, RuneScape has little do to with leisure. J These folks are in a hurry: they want to get their skills trained up as quickly as possible. And in some cases, they are prepared to spend a lot of gold in order to do it.

What motivates people to RuneScape into an activity that more closely resembles a job than a game? Are there situations where training quickly makes sense? What are the real costs of speed leveling? And why is this such a big deal to so many people? You’ll find some of the answers to these questions, and many more, as you explore this section devoted to speed issues in skill training.

I start with an exploration of the key trade-off between speed and money. I look at various general options for training speed, and how we can assess and compare them by rating them in terms of cost and time required. I introduce the somewhat controversial concept of powerleveling, and compare it to what I call “smartleveling”. I discuss skill level goals, and why some are better at motivating training than others. I then discuss powerleveling in more detail, showing you examples of where it makes sense, and discussing how it is done in various skills. Along the way I also explain what buyable skills are, and give you an idea of how this is done—and why some people don’t like it very much.

The Importance of Following Game Changes and Monitoring the Market The Essential Skill Training Trade-off - Speed Versus Money