Learning to Count

Okay, I've taken a couple days off to revisit what I'm doing with this blog. Honestly, nobody came here to read play-by-play of me spending hours roaming Gielinor. And really, that's not what I want to write either. So I guess we've both been disappointed by the initial posts.

I'm not sure exactly what I'm going for here, but I wanted to discuss Runescape, focusing on what's changed, improved, appeared & disappeared in the last four years. Being easily distracted, I'll probably muse about gaming in general, maybe fantasy, fiction, RPGs & who know what else. And maybe a few posts will be about the sharp learning curve of returning to the game after so long that I'm really a noob but have too much progress and experience to access various tutorials.

One tidbit I've learned is that I've been under-reporting my accumulated XP. The number that I thought was my current XP total was really a tally that could be reset to zero. So it's like I was reporting a car's total mileage based on the trip counter. It must have reset once I started playing recently, since I don't remember this feature from years ago. Additionally, I've found out how to reset the XP tracker, so I can report my progress between posts.

First, this image shows the XP number I'm talking about that confused me. You can find it one the top of the screen, towards the right near but not immediately next to the minimap.

To access the XP tracker, go into Settings by clicking on the gear at the bottom right.

The gear icon will bring up the Settings menu. You'll want the Interface settings.

If you select the top Game settings instead, the box opens to the Gameplay tab, which is where you can deselect the UTC clock and get the timer out of your inventory. Just choose the Interface tab shown below and you'll be where you belong.

Disirregardless, you should be at the Interface tab now, shown below. Along the right is a box showing skill icons. At the bottom of that is the reset option. Clicking that will bring up the usual "Are you sure? (Y/N)" dialog box, so click 'yes' if you're sure.

You can also track individual skills by selecting the specific skill icon and the tabs at the top of the skill box. Personally I haven't played with those options, but if you want to know how much Fishing XP you've gotten on a trip to Karamja or any other limited measurement, this box is where you'd set that up.

Anyhow, I've learned from this exercise that Runescape has grown in complexity in the last few years. Do I need all these new bells and whistles? Maybe, maybe not, but I can use the counter to report XP gains between blog posts, I guess. But if I find any new stuff I use a lot, then I will certainly pass on useful hints.

Good hunting!
~ Tidwin ~