2x only seems bad in theory, but its the best rate.
Once you hit level 30-40 it starts to slow down. Most players of runescape during 2006 are much older now and don't have the same amount of time.
Exactly. In 2006 I was in 6th grade, which was when RuneScape was my life. I would play until 12 in the morning and wake up at 4-5 AM just to get some more play time in. Then I would go to school and immediately go on the computer as soon as I got home at 3. On a good day, I could get 12 hours of play time. Thats 1/2 of a day! Now a days, I have time to play for a half hour in the mornings, but I come home at 6-7 everyday because of wrestling practice. 8-9 at latest if we have a match. Then I have until 12 to do whatever I want, which is to play RuneRebels. And I will get almost no playtime on Fridays, because you know, girlfriend, so Fridays and Saturdays reduce my playtime significantly. I have no time to no life this game. I already did that in 6th grade, and I almost had to stay back a year because of it.