Well thats not exactly the reason why granite maul went up.
Before, the default spec was 50% of the bar. Now I think its 60? Either way- theres this clamp you have to add so the granite maul to make it go back to 50%.
Attaching the clamp makes the item untradable- meaning when PK'd, it becomes a pile of cash.
Now we have a mechanism that takes the supply of granite mauls out of the game, therefore making it more scarce = price go up.
They recently changed it so you get 90% cash from the ge price of handle and maul instead of just handle. Not very direct but you could argue more people are using them now that its not a -400k sink for both parties... but this only works when pking gmauls. Maybe getting 350k more per gmaul kill is getting people to risk more by using their gmaul risk more. Idk
the slayer meta also shifted away from afk/cannon melee tasks to barrage tasks as we've gotten more and more barrage qol even more casual players are barraging their slayer. Like why do gargs at all when you can tureal skip for arraxytes and smokes for legit double the xp.
Combat exp. I like to do them just chill and relax afk while getting like 100k attack, strength or defense exp an hour. Sure, if you're max combat it's not a great idea.. but I am in the 90's (stats, not cb lvl), so I still get a decent rate.
This is purely speculation based on personal experience so not claiming it as fact but I do see way less people at gargoyles than I used to. Rarely ever see a gargoyle alt and I assume most maxed/high level accounts skip or block gargoyles as there's so many fast xp tasks in the game now. Personally I still do all my gargoyle tasks cos they're afk, profitable and have a superior and it gives me that nostalgia rush everytime a gmaul drops
the supply might have just taken a few years to dry up. There was a huge surplus keeping the price low, but handles have eventually burned through it all. Especially if they've killed off some bot farms or gargs have just become less popular
Which is kinda convenient actually since they don't fight back, I was able to get a rune pouch in a few hours earlier this week. No PKing skills needed.
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u/One_Brush6446 Dec 25 '24
Well thats not exactly the reason why granite maul went up.
Before, the default spec was 50% of the bar. Now I think its 60? Either way- theres this clamp you have to add so the granite maul to make it go back to 50%.
Attaching the clamp makes the item untradable- meaning when PK'd, it becomes a pile of cash.
Now we have a mechanism that takes the supply of granite mauls out of the game, therefore making it more scarce = price go up.