Kyle wrote:
I haven't played for about two years so you'll have to excuse me while i get caught up to speed playing again. What is the "squeal of fortune" and its importance to the game? Secondly, how bad is the botting problem still, i was fishing today and noticed quite a few level 3's fishing but just assumed they were skilling or noobs as being on a F2P world.
The Squeal of Fortune is basically Jagex solution to gambling and their own form of RWT. Everyday you get spins for free and you can earn extra spins in game through various ways. You even get 2 spins for completion of every quest. You can also buy spin packages. The rewards are ok at best, but even the best items aren't tradeable or sellable. Check it out on the wiki for better details.
Ya, the botting problem is still there. The bot nuke helped, but bots have slowly recovered. Most the level 3's you are seeing are in fact bots (if you look at the name and their patterns, it's easy to tell). There are still a lot of them and they still affect the economy pretty heavily.