isnt rune armor dogshit tier at this point? I havent played the game since like middle school

>>737077271
Yes because rune platebodies are an infinite money machine

>>737077271
i did giants foundry thoughever

Yes, but adding rune gear to like half the fucking drop tables in the game thus rendering the skkill pointless was not.

>you need 90-99 to craft the most mediocre gear replaced by literally any low tier boss drop
they really should have fixed this dogshit skill along with mining like rs3 did

>>737077387
They're not obsolete but they fall off hard around 40-50 defense, still a good drop if you're an ironman.

>>737077387
Yes. If you had the funding or patience for 99 smithing, then you have the funding or patience to get literally any other melee armor that is both a) better and b) effortless compared to getting 99 smithing.

I think i ironpl8 to 99 because blast furnace too expensive

>>737077387
BIS 40def pure

>fight endgame boss you need 97 slayer to even attempt
>takes 5-10 minutes per kill
>reward is 75 water runes

>>737077271
No. RS3 redesigned smithing and reduced rune to level 50.

>>737077561
rs3 solved that issue by replacing all smithable weapon/armor drops with "salvage" which is only good for alching or disassembling for invention components. All existing smithable weapons/armor at the time of the update were deleted from the game(players were compensated).

>>737077547
They alch for 39k, 5 runite bars is 62k