What can Construction do to help?

Now I won’t say that I am one of the most experienced Runescape players out there because I’d be lying – but being a player that gets the lingo of Runescape, XP, Levels and what-not…I’ve come to realize something. Construction doesn’t play an extensive role within the game. I’m not saying its useless per se, but I think it needs a functionality update.

There sure is quite a lot you can do with the skill, but most of it is vanity based – it’s all about looks and boasting. Even then, who really gets to see your Player Owned House on a daily or even weekly basis? Not many!

Yes, I know that Construction has Gilded Altars, Telescopes for star hunting, Armour repair stands and maybe the odd portal or two… but is that enough? There are so many reasons to train other skills (bar firemaking) and Construction is the one that I constantly overlook and forget to train… something needs to be done!

Jagex may think that attaching the Construction skill to Dungeoneering and Effigies would give us more reasons to train it but I don’t think it does, to be honest. There has to be something about the Construction skill that either allows you to benefit highly and something that cannot be used by others. If Jagex has any trouble sorting out ideas for Construction, here are a few that I thought up within 5 minutes:

• The ability to construct a very high level Agility course inside your POH
• Ability to build Teleport portals that cannot be cast with a normal spellbook
• A dungeon containing specific slayer monsters that you can train on
• A spot that allows you to create a rock up to Runite (Only one, hopping worlds doesn’t help)
• A tree you can actually cut
• A bank deposit box
• Ability to construct a farming patch

Now I know some of these ideas may have their issues, but I thought of them quite quickly. The point I’m trying to make is that with the money attached to training Construction, it should be rewarding in some way, it’s expensive for little to no reasons.

I want to know your opinion – do you think the same way I do? More suggestions? Let me know in the comments box :)