I disagree.

Even the modern version that we have today still “feels” like Old School.

Obviously, you have new things to do, but so far they’ve done a pretty good job of keeping it very similar to the way that it used to be.

Having someone discover this game, expecting it to be “old school“ or “2007“ and then, realizing that there is a entire new skill will be jarring to many people I imagine.

I’m not saying that any new skill can’t be a good thing, but it has the potential to do damage if not implemented in a way that seems to fit into the “feel” of the current game.

Look at the name of this subreddit. r/2007scape

Is it becoming 2008 scape?

2009 scape?

2010 scape?