There were 3 Styles in Runescape Classic, more or less similar to RS2. Clicking on
the following would get the desired exp:
| Styles |
Hitpoints |
Attack |
Strength |
Defence |
| Controlled |
25% |
25% |
25% |
25% |
| Accurate |
25% |
75% |
0% |
0% |
| Aggressive |
25% |
0% |
75% |
0% |
| Defensive |
25% |
0% |
0% |
75% |
Most players used aggressive when fighting other players in the wilderness of RSC
(i.e strength mode) and this encouraged the growth and beginning of pures onto Runescape.
A great site in pures, and how they worked is found here:
http://games.infoseka.lt/warrior.html
Strength was everything. You could do some serious damage just by having a high strength
level, 1 def and 40 att, rune 2h and monk clothes. Back in RSC, weapons did not have any speed restrictions. All your
weapons would hit your opponent with the same speed. As a result, players would pick the weapon that gave the highest strength
bonus, since it would hit the most at the same degree of speed. The best weapon to free players was the rune-2-hander. In
its hayday, it was worth up to 1 million gp (A huge sum of money in RSC). Most players would use the R2H weapon,
but if they wanted to weild a shield, players would use the rune battle axe, again because it gave the best strength
bonus for a single handed weapon. Other weapons such as the Rune Scimitar and Rune Long were basically never used at all.
The actual combat animation is different from the RS2 animation. If you wielded a shield in RSC and attacked an opponent,
the shield would not move, only the weapon would slash against the opponent. However, in RS2, the shield now moves to cover
your face.
Magic on Runescape Classic also worked differently. You would only get experiance for every successful
hit on an opponent or npc. In RS2, you still get experiance, even if the magic spell fails. On RSC, if your spell failed,
you would not get experiance and you would be unable to cast another spell for 20 seconds (but you did not lose any runes
for a failed spell).
Prayer was more or less similar in RSC as it is now in RS2. Big Bones only gave 12.5exp in RSC and small
bones only gave 3.75exp in RSC. The highest prayer spell available was the "lvl 40 protect from missiles" spell. There were
no premium prayers (i.e. no prayers exclusively for members at the time). Your prayer would drain depending on your prayer
level, which differs from RS2, since in RS2, your prayer drains as a result of your level AND the prayer which your doing.
Ranged was actualy very similar to RS2, except there were far less items in RSC, no crystal bow, no
dragon arrows. The best type of arrows were rune, and free players could only use up to steel arrows. (This was later changed
some year(s) later). The ranging animation has also changed a little too.
There was no summoning skill in RSC. The highest combat you could get was level 123 (by getting level
99 in str, att, def, hit and prayer). This was first achieved by Gearshifter.
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