Versatility, once Melee's great strength, is now granted to these slack combat styles. The style was made more useful by the advent of crossbows and the 1h Ranged weapon OSRS Accounts, which can be used against dragonfire. Ranged still has some disadvantages, such as cheap ammunition and gear, but magic is improving.

A lot of skills have been revamped to make them more attractive. Once completely useless, Smithing was incorporated into a variety of products, including Godswords as well as Dragonfire Shields. In addition, the release of the workshop helped fight sky high training costs. Herblore is perhaps the most prominent example, having become almost as necessary for the endgame as Prayer and Summoning. However, firemaking is totally useless.

A lot of these developments were driven by Jagex's data mining capabilities from the Grand Exchange. It is the biggest step forward in the history of the game. Jagex is able to react to market shifts and create changes to tackle economic problems by using GE data. Anyone who is f2p and looking for an opportunity to earn some money should check this out.

I discovered it just a few days ago and have already made 2 million in less than 4 hours. First, go to the Grand Exchange and buy however many fire runes you want, for 2gp per. Once you've bought the amount you wish to purchase Buy RS 2007 Gold, go to Aubury’s Rune Shop in south eastern Varrok (fire symbol shown on map). Exchange with Aubury with him and ask to buy all your fire runes. Here's the equation.