In this episode of XP Waste, I’m joined by Heartless from the Raids Bank podcast, and we end up doing what we always do: turning one simple topic into a full-on OSRS therapy session. We talk Ironman progression (especially that “endgame pipeline is fast now” feeling), what it’s like to be a PVM Andy who still somehow ends up maxing, and why racing an XP-per-day calculator for months is a great way to hate your life. Heartless also casually drops that he maxed, because of course he did, and we get into what he’d change—spoiler: leaving Agility and Runecrafting for last is still a war crime. From there we pivot into the real meat: raids, long grinds, and the weird economy/design-space problems created by weapons like Fang and Shadow. I talk about how my Iron has honestly been more motivating than my main (don’t tell Michael), because the upgrades feel achievable and meaningful instead of “go buy Ancestral again.” We also get into why some bosses feel overloaded with best-in-slot uniques (Nex/Nightmare/Doom vibes), while others like Araxxor feel way healthier. The takeaway is simple: chill methods beat burnout, and OSRS balance is always a tug-of-war between fun progression and busted gear warping the entire game.