Reintroductions of the wilderness area in 2011
To get 50k defense experience I played for 1.5-2 hours RuneScape gold every day during the summer. Even though it was brief however, it was challenging to log in and get the experience I wanted since I wasn't interested at the time.
Reintroductions of the wilderness area in 2011, and the subsequent shunning of Revenants to dungeons were the two things that saved my life. It allowed me to AFK at Ice Warriors in the wilderness for the 50k xp a day I got in the summer since players never frequented the spot.
It took me a long time to finally get it. I was unable to be online longer than 2 hours at a stretch and even AFK. It was finally done in the summer 2012. Ironically, just after reaching 99 Defense EOC I killed a clanning. I've never been able to tank using my 99 defense. I was at 98 defense when I last tanked a fun battle between Sals Realm, and another clan.
Honorable mentions My first 99, firemaking. I am proud of the way I persevered and never gave up. Firemaking is a 99 percent occupation, even before bonfires. Sals steel war stuff as well as snowball battles (air strikes) were my strengths. Probably because I was a high level but never the top level, since the highest level was always piled first. That's enough for me. I'd like to hear yours.
I'm not sure I feel any pride about my in-game achievements that required nothing more than lots of hours grinding. I'm happy that I was able to max melee and fight later, but I wouldn’t say I'm proud of it because it didn't require any thinking or quick-reflexes. Nothing is more essential than patience, perseverance and persistence.
If I had to choose one, 99 Prayer is it. Simply because as an absolute novice in the years 2006-2007, I didn't think I'd be able to pay for it. 99 Attack was a nice experience, my first combat 99.
A few of my achievements are PvP-related, both single and clan. I think I was a decent F2P player prior to EoC. It was a joy to see that my first gallery featured 100plus kills. My 400-500 kills were posted here on Sal's. The posts were spread over three to four galleries, as well as cheap RS gold a myriad of other topics, including random kills. This led to some old PvP players calling me Sal's #1 F2P PKer (this is the reason my RuneScape King title and Witch King titles are so important to me). While I don't think I made any significant progress but it's something I am proud of.