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This simply just another money making scheme from JaGeX.

I read their FAQ that they did about this on the RSOF.

Someone asked how their F2P friend could compete with them (as he was a member and apparently they had pretty close levels), and the J Mod doing the FAQ simply said "Your friend will have to subscribe to members to enjoy all the benefits you do".

Clearly shows how it's all about money now than the game experience and quality.

They're essentially ripping out a part of F2P that has been there since Highscores began.

And why should they support the f2p game in the same way they support a members game?

F2P brings in little revenue from advertisements, while members brings in more than 60% of revenue. The less Jagex cares about f2p game the more money they can make. Now I know you might counter this arguement and say "It is all about the money." But as a gaming company who's intent is to make profit and create jobs for people to live by is and was it ever for the players?

We all accept that which is why we are fine with them not giving F2P new stuff. But taking something away from them that they have had since it started is uncalled for. Also the less they care about F2P the less money they make in the long term due to small F2P playerbase which makes for small number of people that would get P2P. If they were actually thinking the best way for them to make money is to improve F2P to increase number of players and thus increase the pool of people that may buy P2P. Noone immediately buys P2P for runescape without playing on F2P first.