However, to generalize the skills as being the exact same would be unjust. An associate who trains scope would have the ability to achieve a 99 much quicker, as he has more options avaliable to him for leveling quickly, but in training mining, he would have a far smaller edge above a pf2p until the higher levels, as irregardless of whether a player is a member or not, he'd need to compete with others for ore rocks, at least until rune.
In my opinion, it all boils down to how one perceives a skillcape. It is an identical question to if people who achieve gold awards from the ParaOlympics should be respected more than those who achieve gold medals from the Olympics, as people who collaborated in the ParaOlympics needed to overcome physical disabilities to snag that medal. However, to decrease the importance of the person who attained a gold medal would be unfair, as he also had to conquer other physically fit competitors to find that gold medal. I'm interested to hear other people's ideas concerning this question, since it appears to me that pf2p's who get a skillcape are treated just like'gods' ("OMG YOU GOT A SKILLCAPE) while members who undergo the exact same skillcape are given a pat on their minds ("Oh you have a skillcape, how adorable. What's the next one?)
I am a Summoning tank, in desperate need of charms. They take too long to get on my own, and I don't have any friends willing to lootshare theirs. So, I am offering to cover (per Charm). I would like if we can take action at the Chaos Tunnels, since it's all multicombat and has a vast array of monsters. I'd like to lootshare in these creatures: Ice Giants/Ice Warriors - Readily one-shotted with melee, very superior drop% of Gold Charms.
Moss Giants - Moderate Gold Rush fall speed, incredibly easy to kill. Fire Giants - Good Gold Charm drop speed. Giant Cave Bugs - Frankly not worth it; over 50% chance of a Green Charm, but they are level 96. Baby Black Dragons - 1 at 4 fall rate for Green Charms. Zamorak Rangers - Moderate Combat level, over 50% drop rate for Blues. Green Charms: 1k to 3k gp per Charm.
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