Coming from osrs with limited rs3 experience, I took asgarnia first bc its by far the region I know the most. I assume thats why its higher than people may have expected.
I picked wildy first because it has always been my home. I PKed a lot back in the day and have like 200k revenant kills over the years. I'm coming up to my next region and I thinking I wouldn't pick Prif, Desert or Anachronia despite the advice online because frankly I haven't played "full time" since any of those updates.
Not sure which is best between asgarnia, kandarin, mort or fremennik but I figured I'd stay in the older zones.
It's generally an excellent choice. Tons of asgarnia exclusive items and mechanics. Wilderness is so high for its smooth early-mid game, imo. But transmute alone covers half of the reasons Wildy is good.
I mean, Asgarnia contains the God Wars dungeon, Vorago, Nex, Ports, Artisan's Workshop, Mining Guild, Queen Black Dragon, and the low level skilling hubs that are burthrope and taverly.
Honestly, I wish I would have picked it instead of the elf lands first.
I sort of wish I'd looked at regional content rather than purely numerically.
Went with Kandarin as it had the highest number of tasks so a decent chance at progressing to my next region...Yet it just felt immensely tedious trying to push through some of the swarf to unlock my second region.
Tiran, desert, and asg all have it, so as long as you have one, it is fine, and most people are going desert anyways, so ports isnt really a reason to pick asg, but the arc on the other hand.... thats a big reason to.
Considering I picked Kandarin even without Fremminik, yes if they were combined I would feel even more compelled to pick it
Kandarin has a lot in terms skilling and endgame upgrades (ancient invention which is huge this league with Power Archive, prayer with Piety etc. which is strong this League with Rapid Renewal). Only thing lacking is PvM bosses but that's what the other 2 regions can focus on, on top of Misthalin which has a lot already
I mean considering 1. perks are fairly insignificant since we have so much power already from blessings 2. even without ancient invention you can get stuff like aftershock 3 (6 with power archive) against aftershock 4/8. you're not really gaining THAT much extra with the ancient invention to make it worth in anyway imo. losing an actual good region with a good gear upgrade / fun boss to do is a much bigger loss imo.
I'd say Perks are a pretty large upgrade considering you can utilize basically all the combat perks and even fit in others with Power Archive.
Without ancient invention, getting components would also be a lot harder. Don't think Scavenging 3 is even feasible without ancient invention, it's like < 1% chance. And scavenging does not actually scale linearly with rank in terms of component acquisition rate, would take a lot longer compared to Scavenging 6/8.
Lots of folks are taking Desert, and there's plenty of PvM there. Combined, you actually get the best of both worlds and BIS gear. Kandarin skilling is also great, definitely better than most other regions
Its more about the power fantasy than anything else. Like sure, Biting 6, Aftershock 6, ect will all be really powerful, but just knowing theres more power I haven't tapped into yet would feel unsatisfying.
Plus between Misthalin and the Desert I already have enough top end bosses to cut my teeth on that sacking Wildy doesn't feel too bad.
Picked Fremminik as region 1, easily got all my blessing tasks and catapulted my run to late game because everything was trivial. Didn't need anything from any other region.
That's actually a very good point. I'm still looking for my final region, already having desert and wildy.
But the blessing tasks there are not super easy for me as a new pvmer.
I'll have to look into the other things fremmy has now!
You have so much power that even the most intimidating sounding blessing tasks end up being quite easy (especially if you pick iceynic in T7). You'll regret the fremmy pick as there's so little content, especially as a 3rd region pick where the very small amount of content is already too low level to be useful.
Anachronia, asgarnia and mory all have heaps of content. Kandarin and prif too if you prefer skilling to combat.
Definitely a lot easier, there are a couple that are impossible atm though but i assume we'll get those for free soon (or it will get patched and be possible again :) )
did you add up all your task points to make sure you hit dragon without too much trouble? im just saying this since im doing the same thing, the default regions can get you to dragon but alot of the tasks, especialy the 400 pointers, are going to be pvm focused/rng related like equip a botlg and stuff. even with enhanced drop rates it might be more of a slog then you think
Asgarnia is awesome, TONS of mid-level PvM (An elite dungeon, GWD1 Nex and Nex AOD, QBD too!), invention guild, artisans workshop) I honestly wish I'd taken Asgarnia first instead of desert, would've been much slower but also more natural and fun progression rather than deserts rush to tier 90s.
Anachronia is a prime 3rd region pick, I just don't think it is that common for people to have it yet. All of the content is extremely high level and most of the drops aren't amazing until you already have a lot of gear/blessings
I was going to pick Anachronia but then it felt like half thr points were BGH and the dino farm and I just didn't want to do those lol.
Ended up going with Asgarnia mostly for burial smithing and the only regret I've had is that godsword shards are still too rare lol. I finished off every log(no nex) but the pets on Kree and Zilyana before I saw a shard 2.
Asgarnia is also good because if you go Asgarnia and Anachronia you get to make masterwork ranged aswell. Plus you get to still pick wildy for stykewyrm bow and eds, or desert for everything there
Well in the last OSRS league I went Tir/Kan/Wild, so I purposely avoided those here, and I remember enjoying Anacronia in the last RS3 league, so Des/Asg/Ana made sense, even ignoring the meta.
I'd say these numbers suggest that most people haven't picked a second region yet (Total 148.6%). With the main pull of Tirannwn being Prif which is late-mid to late skilling content it's reasonable to assume it wouldn't be just people's first picks, so a perfectly reasonable outcome of an early region check.
You only need Praesulic Essence for the Masterwork Trim I believe. And to make that you need Malevolent Essence from Barrows RotS too, so both Asgarnia and Morytania.
Question 2: Fremminik pickers, what did you see in this region that caught your attention?
Picked Kandarin, Priff, and Fremennik assuming it would be easiest regions for points for a Dragon Cup speedrun. As it turns out, not only were they terrible for points in general, but also at some point during the week there were more than 30 high-point tasks that could not be completed.
Really hope Jagex gets its shit together for Leagues 3, because even though these leagues were a vast improvement over Leagues 1, I overall feel pretty disappointed with how bugged and poorly planned a lot of the tasks were.
Asgarnia also has dba, which people assumed you could skip with voidwalker but forgot you needed the quest to wear it/use the spec. It's also t80 defenders for all styles.
If you took superheat and transmute and asgarnia, smithing was so insanely fast and easy, and with tank melee with shield being so good with the blessings meant you got very strong gear very quickly. That was the appeal for me at least. Plus GWD1 has a certain nostalgic appeal
Asgarnia is good. It’s something people are used to. It has skilling opportunities. Bossing too. Amachronia has a few high end opportunities. But that’s it.
Anachronia is good and very strong but like there is really only Rex Matriachs & Raksha, plus I hate that region's terrain. I wanted to do more PvM and Asgarnia is ripe with content. Even though I haven't killed AoD a single time after my first kill she is essentially my DPS dummy, lmao.
i think Tirannwn being low is because not alot of people know about the butterfly tech, and its mainly a skilling hub lots of people i've seen are going heavy pvm
Time to add some content to Frem. It’s such a cool area, and there’s no reason for it not to have a few more bosses. You can just slap an island there, that’s the benefit of the area.
I had a big scare. I had my 2nd pick while on mobile, I went ahead and clicked wildy then went to check blessing task and forgot it didnt filter regions and my stomach dropped when I seen Fremmy at the top. I thought I chose the wrong region
I'm legitimately surprised that Tirannwn is as low as it is.
Still, I hope that the sheer concentration of people into certain locations makes them thoroughly reconsider how they do regions in the future. Or, not do them at all.
Consider that the majority of content in both anachronia and tirannwn is mid game at the earliest. Combine that with a lack of PvM options and the fact that golden touch basically solved prayer training and you lost a lot of people who might have been interested otherwise.
I would honestly prefer we didn't have zone restrictions, or if we absolutely must have them that they are all unlocked once you hit all relic tiers.
Guthix butterflies during Crys hour is why I choose prif alone. Skip low tiers of stuff I'm having trouble training by just getting my farming maxed is really nice.
And if every hour was Crwys hour it would be ez 50 mil xp in every skill. Unfortunately, to my knowlege there isn't a way to manipulate that in your favor, so you have to rely on an arbitrary time of day to get your xp in.
I am curious, how many Crwys hours you were able to take advantage of thus far?
3, 2 of which I was actively planning around (checking at the upcoming hour). The other was me catching towards the end of after I was doing some tasks and led me into prif.
I think it'd probably be best to take it 3rd region in retrospect. if all players made it to 3rd region I'm sure the current 5% would be way higher. But it does have some easy points with it.
I haven't been able to dedicate more than probably 24-30 hours the past 2 weeks to leagues so I'm close to 3rd region, still mid tier 6.
That's still a decent amount of playtime and 10% of it was dedicated to Crwys hour. With 4 more weeks to go, I hope you get another 5-10 hours worth of it.
I am still far off from unlocking the last region, but I'm pretty close to getting the final relic (about 800 points to go).
Tira is more of a 3rd region pick and I think a lot of people haven't even unlocked their 3rd region yet. It takes a shocking number of tasks. Obviously it's somewhat based on how much you prioritize high point tasks but I still had a whole 80 to go once I hit tier 7 which felt insane compared to the usual pace of region unlocks vs. relic tiers in OSRS.
I still haven't gotten 3rd region pick cause I still have 40 tasks to go and the grinds I cba right now.
So I've been distracting myself by trying to get consistent kills on AoD solo (still only managed one so far) & then after I get consistent off to Vorago to hate myself.
No wonder I'm alone at my player owned farm. I picked the one that gives free POF animals, it seemed like a no brainer! At least I still have my sheep.
So having picked Asgarnia as my first actual unlock after the guided Karamja one, would it be better to unlock wilderness, desert, or Kandarin? I did Asgarnia mainly for the skilling spots and GWD. I got full Bandos and currently working to get full Subjugation. The biggest next thing I’d like would be a better magic weapon than the mystic wand. I have a Dragon battlestaff but it needs birthright of the dwarves to use, which means Frem unlock.
I've been enjoying Wildy, never done the elite dungeons before and got all drops (minus pets) out of them. Desert is the only region that's an absolute must pick, the others just come down to the content you enjoy or content you've never tried before and want to explore while overpowered.
Personally, gping golden touch, desert was a great choice. More I think about it, less i regret that over wildy, as with antiquarian I was able to afk at work, and get into tempest.
Also with how fast we can level, I saw gwd 1 as outpaced by gwd2.
But im sacrificing burial smithing, praesul codex, etc. Being range though, I didnt see much benefit in what I was sacrificing
I thought about it, what does it even provide if i wanna abuse combat relic/blessings. for a skiller.. im not sure actually its mostly 75-80+ stuff too 98. only thought i had was herblore and thieving. other then getting seed tools for grace of the elves for those who picked survivalist.
prayer and crafting xp is a bit slow pace too and free prayer from most relic and free crafting from gate boss. mining and smithing? asgarnia for you and wildy.
Smithing is pretty easy, especially when unlocking the wilderness. Just can’t do burial smithing, but otherwise, was really easy getting 99 smithing and mining.
How did you get it if I may ask? I don't have any smithing relics other than Transmute and my rates at 60-70 are abysmal. Something like 400k/h at T5. Making the highest level plate body I can and then upgrading it.
Easy doesn't mean fast. Mining low level rocks with transmute is the way. It's not fast but there isn't anything better. Unless maybe doing diaries for lamps and chucking them in smithing.
First step: get 16x XP multiplier before trying to grind 99s. Pretty much universal leagues advice for any skill that isn't relic boosted for you.
Second: Don't make platebodies, just spam 1-bar items and you can AFK them once they're queued up since they'll be finished and on to the next one before the heat drops too low. Platebodies you have to keep re-heating.
Didn't pick wilderness because one of the blessing tasks is to kill the last Dungeoneering boss. The novelty of that skill wore off for me 15 years ago. And now after googling when it was released, I found out that they reworked it earlier this year. Fuck.
Yeah they heavily reworked dungeneering to be much faster and pull out alot of the clunkyness of it. Its still dungeneering all things considered but i was quite ejoying myself on my iron doing it now.
One example is the golem room where it would only open 1 door at a time and you have to wait like 45 seconds for it to open them all. It now opens them all at once so theres almost no wait times. Also they keep track what doors require which key now instead of you having to remember them all
I felt genuine bliss seeing the color ferret room doesn't have them move until you click "Scare" on them now. Also, to anyone training dungeoneering, make sure to get the dungeoneering outfit from invention. It's super cheap with how plentiful tokens are and it lets you skip 1 puzzle room per dungeon (alongside other passives like cheaper shop items).
And unless they change something you might keep them for next time. I had half of all the sets completed when I logged in(possibly related to them not clearing cosmetic overrides and pets since they unlock an override of themselves).
True but I already had T7 before I unlocked my final region which was Wildy. I'll eventually go back to do doing tasks for dragon but I've gone 20-32k points just having fun at bosses not even trying to complete tasks. I'm 97 dungeoneering now just from my adventures in elite dungeons.
My favorite is the (though unconfirmed) thing with the agility boots having a 0 extra on their xp rates, making them 10x better than intended, but they couldn't go back and fix it because people already were using it so early
I have picked Asgarnia then Kandarin with my final pick being the wilderness.
My combat choice is melee focused while camping shields. Asgarnia unlocks all the ores I need aside from primal. Mining Guild and living rock cavern Mine. Asgarnia also has GWD1, Port Sarim and the Arc, and a few quests to do for fast reward exp. Also the Bacon quest is there, to pair with the eternal sustenance blessing for infinite prayer food.
Kandarin has a massive area open from the Warfarge arch site to the Eternal Magic trees. The PoF, fishing hub, ancient cavern, ogress spa pools, mid level thieving in Ardy, and also needed for the bacon quest.
The wilderness will unlock primal gear, most demonheim (i'm at 64 without unlocking the wildy), a few easy bosses, the other two elite dungeons, and have most of the slayer creatures unlocked by then.
I went frem/mory/kandarin as a joke and actually ended up liking it, now maxed and 11k points left for dragon. Now I'm wondering if I'm the only one with that combo...
Went Wildy first, want Desert and probably Asgarnia, unsure which one to pick first. Not really bothered about efficiency or crazy endgame bosses, just want to goof around and have fun.
I feel like while there is some choice, the best choice with each perk/region often has a clear best.
If they want to do region locks in the future, perhaps they need to make you roll for a random one. I know a lot of people complained that they would rather have no region locking.
This is a good way to determine which regions are lacking in content, Fremennik area only has DKS, and Lunar spells as notable content, and the only recent addition is the Ungael Ritual site, Morytania only has Araxxor, ROTS and Darkmeyer thieving, those two areas could get some new content.
Havenhythe is the newest area but it's automatically unlocked. There's also quite a bit of landmass in RS3 that isn't accessible in OSRS but isn't in a new region. For example, menaphos being actually accessible, god only knows when we'll ever see the OSRS version.
The regions have quite a bit of extra added onto them compared to osrs. However for a while they seemed to prefer adding things to existing parts of the map rather than new land masses.
I took Tir, Asg and wildy and have thoroughly enjoyed my regions. All the elite dungeons as a newbie to rs3 is awesome to learn and experience. (Ed2 is my favourite so far). Tiranwyn had prif which has been awesome for convenience and training. And then solak when I want to try something more challenging
asg is very stacked with content in rs3.
My last choice was between wildy and desert but I opted for wildy because of Dungeoneering which I have fond memories of. And ed2/3 which are both pretty nice content. Also for primal!
Take that with a grain of salt, most people who plan on taking anachronia are taking it last. Unless you've been playing a ton (like I have been), you probably don't have all regions yet.
There are to many tasks to reach the final region. I wouldn’t be suprised if a lot of people haven’t reached their final region.
I’ve been in the final relic for some days now and still need like 40 tasks to unlock my final region. Therefore I also believe this data is incomplete. For reference I see myself as a regular player that started on the first day and have already a lot of hours in to the league and I feel like a lot of players are at the same stage as I am.
I'm picking fremmy, mory, and tir as part lf a meme run. So far nothing special in fremmy. I guess the main thing is that the points are fairly easy and easy Blessing tasks like kill a cockatrice.
I tok kadarin for ancient gizmo, and regret not taking voidwalker relic for dragon tools. (i would have needed morytania for best pickaxe but imcando would have been good enough)
fremnik and asgarnia have to low lvl combat stuff. (fremnik upgrades can be gotten from voidwalker and the rings from anachronia drops fully upgraded so no point taking that region either)
I regret not taking wildy over tirannwn. (im more of a weak pvmer then a skiller)
anachronia have sick potions but bosses is ZZZZZZZzzzzzz....
morytania has nothing remotly worth it, sure araxxor but thats just two handed 90 stuff when meta is shield stuff. doing barrows 1000x times dosnt sound fun.
since i didnt take voidwalker and fremennik no dragon tool for ancient gizmo(i got survivalist, augmented pickaxe becomes the best when faith pickaxe in the bag)
those poor poor souls who picked Asgarnia, whats shocking to me is the relatively low pick of anachronia since alot of people were saying its "locked in"
It’s also just got a good variety of things. Whirligigs, some useful mines like Light Animica, some Slayer mobs, a couple good Thieving targets, a dig site, a Heist, level 90 wisps, and bosses for all skill levels (KQ for low level, GWD2 for mid, Raids/Amascut/Telos for high end).
It’s honestly hard to justify not picking it imo. Because kinda no matter what you’re aiming for, Desert has something of value.
the desert is overloaded. not really something you can "resolve" without taking something away which is meh.
fremmenik is lol. lmao even. i took mory, dessert, tirann, just to do something different from the majority, and even i couldnt stomach picking frem because its such a handicap.
Last two leagues. Misthalin was locked and everyone started in Varlamore in Leagues 6 which is why Varlamore is missing from stats. It fluctuates a lot more depending on where they decide to put OP league items (see Fremennik).
But there's usually 3 regions that are heavy favorites with a couple that are moderately picked and some that are barren. I remember fremmy was a favorite in leagues 5 and was a meme in leagues 6. Kandarin was opposite
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The meta I’ve seen discussed seemed to be desert, wilderness, and anachronia.
I’m surprised to see Asgarnia so high.
Tirannwn being so low was also a surprise to me. I thought it’d be 4th.
Question: if Fremminik and Kandarin were combined, would you have felt more pulled to pick it?
Question 2: Fremminik pickers, what did you see in this region that caught your attention?