To be exact the old days were 2001-2007. Been playing Runescape on and off for roughly 11 years... SRS (3 years break in total) .. Funny thing is Im only 130 CB
Games shit in comparison to how it was. Runescape back in the day was about having fun, doing what you want and how you want. Now you got all these stupid safety pre cautions, barriers, ditches... and loops to make everything safe in the game.
It was fun when you could scam people, lure people easily... and have this open concept around you. The game itself is trying so hard to feed its community, and get them back through stupid "bonus weekends, discounts, auras.. and reward points". Fuck that shit, it was fun when the game was simple and dangerous. Features in the game like Graves, make it boring and less risk worthy.