runes?

[campark]

ok so, I have been playing for a bit now and have accumulated a lot of lower runes. I read somewhere that cubing them isnt the best idea at a certain point, but don't know where that point is.

Should you keep or cube tal, ral, ort? Anything lower than that which should be kept around too?

thanks.

[Crowd Control]

There's no one rule that's used. But there are some guidelines which work great.
I'm pretty happy with what I do: stack all low runes till I have 4 and then cube them up. You should stop at Ral, since those have a higher value due to needs with crafting. Everything above Ral I cube up if I can find the appropiate gemmies for them.

[Mursilis]

Personally I keep 4-5 of each of the lower runes (below Ral) but after that don't even pick them up anymore. Cubing up Elds and Tirs to get mid level runes isn't very productive.

[campark]

would you cube Ral? Ort? Thul?

[Mursilis]

Orts and Thuls are part of a Spirit pack, and Rals are used for crafting Safety Amulets, so no I don't normally cube those up.

[BobChuck]

same. I cube up to Ral and stop. I've got 8 or 10 Rals now, and more than 40 P gems.

I should really trade them for a couple Pul.

[Crowd Control]

Orts and Thuls are part of a Spirit pack, and Rals are used for crafting Safety Amulets, so no I don't normally cube those up.

I was actually quite certain the Rals are used for crafting Caster Amulets. You know they are sought for pretty badly.

[krischan]

I keep all runes from Tal on. I have perhaps 2 of each rune below that and beyond that I leave them on the ground.

I cube up Io, Dol and occasionally Lum, but I always keep 1-2 of them, as with all runes.

I also cube up Thul, Ort and Tal if I have too many of them in comparison to Amn which is the highest rune of a Spirit set (not counting the Hel rune), so their numbers even out.

I don't cube up Ral runes.

[BobChuck]

basically remember that 3 Rals are worth more than 1 Ort, 1 Thul, or 1 Amn. Having some Tal's is good, but you'll get so many if you cube up every rune that eventually you'll want to turn most into Rals.

I like the other poster's suggestion of keeping even numbers of Orts, Thuls, and Amns (remember that Amn takes chipped topaz to cube up).

[Bob The Barbarian]

ok so, I have been playing for a bit now and have accumulated a lot of lower runes. I read somewhere that cubing them isnt the best idea at a certain point, but don't know where that point is.

Should you keep or cube tal, ral, ort? Anything lower than that which should be kept around too?

thanks.

I used to cube everything, but ..... cubing up real low runes is tedious after a time unless you need a tal and for some reason just can't find one.

I no longer bother to pick up anying lower than a tal. The tals I pick up are cubed to a ral, which I sell (20 rals for a pul .. sometimes a hr). If I need an el, eld, eth, tir or nef ... those drop with great regularity. I'll pick them up when I need one.

Other runes I cube when I get too many of one kind. I like to keep one or two of the following low runes on hand for runewords, trading or the like:

amn
sol
dol
hel
ko
lem

I do keep everything at the pul level and above as one will never know when they'll be needed. Also, they are very tradeable for items you might want. I collect guls only to cube to a vex ... and prefer not to trade for a zod, cham or sur unless I either need one for something specific or have no other choice. Naturally, I will pick them up if I find one (haven't yet) just to trade for something else.

Rarely will I cube a high rune (except guls) as you can trade one for the other fairly easily.

[SmittySixTen]

I keep Rals, Spirit Sets (Tal, Thul, Ort, Amn), Hels, Sols, Dols (to roll into Hels on occasion), Nefs, and then 2-3 of any others I happen to find.

It works out well for me. The most tradable ones tend to be Spirit Sets including Hels for rerolling and Ral runes.