Achievement Diaries as a source of Motivation

Armmadylo is talking about achievement diaries being a huge source of motivation to progress in Runescape. What can I say, yes, it is. But...

It is less so for "high level" skillers. More often than not they already have high enough levels to satisfy all requirements when new diary is released. I think there was only one skill I trained specifically for an achievement diary - it was 72 Smithing for the Varrock diary. I admit - it was a strong source of motivation indeed. I wish it would happen more often.

You maybe asking now: "what about Elite tasks from the Ardougne diary?" Well, I don't find them motivating at all. 93 Summoning requirement is so far beyond my league, that there is no point to even bother. With me being lvl 77 in Summoning, 80-82 would be very motivating, heck, I would even go for 85, but 93 is just disheartening.

So why do I like the diaries so much (yes, I do :-))? The simple truth is that the diaries make me wander and explore - and I love it. I learn new things about Runescape with every diary. They also help me to find new interesting ways to train and make money in the game. For instance, remember Unicows in the Tower of Life? With Ardougne cloak I can now make 400K per hour there - easily. And that's just one example.

And rewards? What about them?

How can you not make money on Runsecape?

Steve is talking about various easy ways to make money in Runescape. Good and useful read.

P.S. I also would like to share this gem about Kitt's experiences at Fishing Trawler today (made my day):

My experience today should not cloud my judgment since there were at least 50 people plugging up holes in the ship’s hull. I got auto kicked for lack of activity simply because I wasn’t fast enough to plug holes or fix netting (there was no chance to bail either).

The Ultimate Runescape Achievement Diary

Very educational topic at TruthScape. From the first glance almost all tasks listed there seem impossible (at least to me), but if you read further into the topic you'll see participants offering solutions to pretty much all of them. Crazy solutions in terms of effort required, if you ask me, but surprisingly realistic ones.