Playing Castlewars: Do You? How do you?
I play Castlewars... Frequently [ 3 ]  [7.89%] Once in awhile [ 28 ]  [73.68%] Never (P2P) [ 2 ]  [5.26%] Never (F2P) [ 5 ]  [13.16%]
My preferred combat method is... Melee [ 28 ]  [73.68%] Range [ 1 ]  [2.63%] Mage [ 2 ]  [5.26%] I told you...I don't play. [ 5 ]  [13.16%] I just run around trying to stay alive. [ 2 ]  [5.26%]
Concerning the flag, I... Grab it as fast and as often as I can. [ 11 ]  [28.95%] Protect it. [ 11 ]  [28.95%] Ignore it. [ 11 ]  [28.95%] Will you listen? I DON'T play! [ 5 ]  [13.16%]
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Baakalor

Sep 6 2006, 09:58 PM | Post #1

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So, like it says, do you play and how do you play? And what pet peeves do you have concerning Castlewars?

Personally, I pretty much ignore the flag unless it goes right by me. I melee and run over to the other team and try to take out as many of them as I can.

One minior irritant comes from lower level players (around 40's, 50's, or 60's) when I go against a high-level mage who stops me from moving and then hits me with ice barrage. The lower levels are either hitting zeros or maybe as high as a 10 once in awhile. After the mage hits me 3 or 4 times for 20+ these guys stand around yelling, "N00b! We are pwnzring you!" Idiots. Give the mage the credit, he's the one doing the work.

My pet peeve is the team that gets their own flag and then goes and hides in a corner with 7 or 8 level 100+ guys protecting it. They generally have a high level mage there who stops you and the rest all pile on. Usually if I find them, I just keep going back until I wear them down and the guy with the flag has to run. It's the only chance we have at that point.

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Loggy

Sep 6 2006, 10:00 PM | Post #2

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Though I don't play RS much these days, when I played more I liked to play it. I was usually a mage, sticking with my old clan buddies and fighting on the walls - either that or going on some 'top secret flag mission' with Paradox or Sokker.

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Axis Of Evil

Sep 6 2006, 10:09 PM | Post #3

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I like to play every once in a while. I played a lot more when I was a lower level, and I used to run around attacking people and getting owned by people higher levels than me and ancient mages. Sometimes I went with a lot of friends. *sigh*....good times. Now, I dont play as frequently as I used to, but when I have a bit of free time, I might play a game or two. Brings back memories.

I have a few pet peeves about the way people play Castle Wars. The first one is that you can hold your OWN flag, and when you grab it you might just keep running or hide in a corner with a few of your team's strongest men protecting you. It's basiclly an automatic win for your side. I hate it, hate it, hate it. I really wish Jagex would take it out of the game. Another of my pet peeves is when a pretty low level (40s-50s), immediately goes for the flag, thinking he can get through a teams entire defence without being killed. It's really annoying, because they'll die, and sometimes it causes someone on the other team to grab the flag he was holding, and it causes our team to lose. My last, and biggest pet peeve, is the collapsing tunnels inside the underground area. If you're stuck in there and anyone collapses the wall, it's an automatic kill. Low levels can taunt you to make you come over to your side to start attacking, and when you go in to attack them, they collapse the wall, it falls on you, and you die. It's really very lazy, and I hate it.

Well, some of my views on Castle Wars.

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Nightmare

Sep 7 2006, 06:44 AM | Post #4

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srry guys but i am a f2p so i don't play castle cars cause i can't

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Makoto

Sep 7 2006, 07:47 AM | Post #5

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It's fun to attack the flagbearer, especially in full Dragon with a D2h that just got done hitting a very random 35. They freak out, and run away with their lives, me hitting 0s all the while...

It's a fun game, but sometimes the lower levels take too much credit. If they were the ones barraging me, I'd respect them better. On top of that, you have some of the most fanatical RS players here; if you don't like that type of crowd, Castle Wars is definitely not for you.

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patrico12345

Sep 7 2006, 10:05 AM | Post #6

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I play Castle Wars a little bit. I've got over 600 tickets but I mainly play when I just feel like killing something and I'm too scared to Pk, so castle wars is the substitute. When I do play, I mainly use melee with a variety of other armours for protect and occastion will bring some entangle runes. I got 94 magic the other day but I've yet to go to Castle Wars and use ice barrage, I want to see how well that will go

Within the game, I'm normally the scorer. I like to score points as much as possible. I get a huge thrill out of stealing and running away with the other team's flag. It can get quite challenging at times too, but I think I've gotten a nice grasp of how to score sufficiently.

I have two huge pet peeves with CW.

1) I can't stand when there are tons of people playing CW and lots of high lvls gaurding the their castle then a low lvl combat person will take the flag run outside and die two steps out the door. There are tons of other higher lvl people that could get the flag and score.

2) Second pet peeve is the catapult. Not really the other team using it but instead your own team using it their same team. They like to fire it right at a huge group of people on the same team just to be jerks I suppose. I had this happen once where I was low on health running back to score and they killed me with the other teams flag

That's about all I have to say. Castle Wars has to be my favorite mini game though. I'm not sure why but there is just something that keeps drawing me back unlike most of the other mini games Jagex has created.

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Mysticallity

Sep 7 2006, 04:45 PM | Post #7

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I do CW randomly once in a while (when I was playing). I would mostly stay behind and defend the castle. If I'm maging or ranging, I just lurk at the walls. Sometimes I just wait at the second/top floor and (attempt to) kill anyone comming up. At random times, I close the front doors or have fun repeatedly locking the side door. It works; it could stop someone long enough to let others kill. People should have more sense to lock the door after going outside, it could stop a wave of attackers comming through immediately.

Peeving time! I shall do this in the order of utmost unpleasantness first.

Flag-Holding
Let's face it, this Satan-inspired stalling is evil. Anyone who holds their own flag will gain a significant advantage. Most people (lower levels) would ignore the situation (because they have no idea what to really do), leaving little to no manpower to go after the flag. Looking at the poll, most people are melee, which means there will be people standing by, replenishing barricades, healing the holder and the horde to stop you in your tracks.

Oh look, now both teams are holding the flags! Now people will rush to aid the holder, leaving the random person going after the flag. Nobody can get either flags because the independentility within the battlefield is so incompetently high that any individual attempt is utterly futile. Oh, why should we help you? Why are you ordering us? We can do as we please. Oh man.

Of course, someone's bound to say "Oh but Mr. Effeminate Robot! This is our tactics! If you don't like it, too bad. You can sit outside and watch us triumph with out M@D 31337 L00T1N(-| 5K1LLZ!" Oh boy. Tactics are long gone. Holding and power dominates teamwork.

Don't bother. CW creates more stalemates than 60 memorable games. Pack your bags and go to PC.

Killing Attitude
"Owned ya, noob." says the random, insignificant CWer. Oh yes, you owned me, but you hardly did any damage to me. Mr. Mature over there has done the killings. Just because you did the final blow doesn't change the fact that you're still an idiot.

Good winners or bad winners? I try to be a good one, mostly because I stay silent or mutter a 'nice fight' in my mind. Too many bads are roaming around though.

Tunnel Collapsing Attitude
Not about the method, no. It's about people saying "0\/\/|\|3|) |\|00|3" that ticks me off. It's even more embarassing if you're like some high level and you get killed by a bunch of noobs, who then proceeds to get the cake out and celebrate whilst posting your demise everywhere.

No, I don't want to negotiate with little children who are just to wussy to come out and play. But I do have the occasional chuckle when I lure them into collapsing, and then mage/range from behind the rocks.

Can't think of anymore. Bye.

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Shredar

Sep 8 2006, 12:57 AM | Post #8

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once in awhile not much anymore tho. last time i played i think it was after a runeweb party lol. When doing it tho i use melee.
i like to be one of the first into the other teams flag room and try to grab it and also i like to kill the low lvls newbs trying to protect their flag and have a convo with em snce im not imature saying z0/\/\G P\/\//\/3|) /\/338 C4K3Z lol. sometime i even just hang outside in the middle and kill people if i have the chance.

some stuff i hate are mages entangling u so a group of ppl can come over and kill u while saying pwned and then the people who hold their own teams flag unless its my team doing it of course

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Geo1988

Sep 8 2006, 01:04 AM | Post #9

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Ooh. I only CW with friends... I usually like picking on a noob or two. <3

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gnomer15

Sep 8 2006, 01:30 PM | Post #10

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I barley play CW. If I do, it's with friends.

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Deathbyape

Sep 9 2006, 04:57 AM | Post #11

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My pet peeve is when people take it too seriously, like when they start calling lower levels useless and whatnot.

And Baak, where is the option of "Defending castle using catapult"!?

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Twilight Ray

Sep 9 2006, 12:19 PM | Post #12

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Back when I played, I always maked sure to kill any lower levels I saw, so if I did actually go up against someone with a chance to kill me, all the nubs are dead, and can't be like "O DAM I WINNED UR FACE LULKTHXBAI" I was a pretty pwnage flag runner, always the first out the door, protect melee with draghides and a inv full of bandages=first score lollahtwi. MAKOTO. I got the urge to CW with you now. Good times. GET ME GEAR GOGOGOGOGOGOGO

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Killr_Ace

Sep 9 2006, 03:41 PM | Post #13

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I play Castlewars once in awhile. It's fun doing ice spells on them. But expensive.

But when I do melee I find it annoying when a whole group of 100s gang up on me and then the noobs do the trash talking once im almost dead. Owned you.. etc.

But most of the times I go for the flag if im not maging.

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Slim50

Sep 9 2006, 04:03 PM | Post #14

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When I play...usually because I'm bored or I want to hang out witha bunch of friends on rs, I usually just go melee, sometimes range, and just hack at people...On occassion if the game is really lame and I can't find masses of people to kill I'll take the flag.

Also, if you're fairly high level and you go up into their flag room you can have loads of fun killing other people for like almost the entire game. teehee it's fun.

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Baakalor

Sep 9 2006, 06:12 PM | Post #15

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QUOTE(Deathbyape @ Sep 8 2006, 09:57 PM) [snapback]72412[/snapback]

And Baak, where is the option of "Defending castle using catapult"!?

I assumed that would fall under the "Protect the flag" category. It would be impossible to list all the different options open to defenders.

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