If I was responsible for the overall strategy for skills

It's fascinating to watch the gloves against. chaos debate. The time it takes to RS gold acquire gloves or chaotics is different. While I don't know what the balance is, it is evident that quests and combat abilities require more skill (on an army with strong combat abilities, you may be able get to chaotics without the need to utilize combat abilities). It will still take a lot of effort. This could mean that the content is unbalanced. It's possible to find more than 90 weapons with even greater demands. They would have been discussed in the HTML5 blog.

A chaotic is one of the best weapons that you can use, just not the best in show. You're not in any sense "go figure" or "good fought' unless you roll in PvP and PvM circles...but I'm sure many chaotics have that. Based on what I've been told it takes time to acquire the gloves however, it's not as important as a talent.

Jagex is slowly moving to implement your interesting suggestion of getting rid competition. Each player has to mention it that the new hunter DnD Moths let you obtain private hunting zones. Bonfires also eliminated competition and encouraged group training. Runespan theoretically asks players to band together to find the runesphere, which might be required with the recently updated version.

If I was responsible for the overall strategy for skills, I would concentrate on policies that encourage the skill's update based on abilities. Skills that require skill instead of time would be my policy. For example, Agility would undergo a significant change. Courses would offer more than just the standard route. There would also be the possibility of running faster if you were proficient in the area.

This includes paying attention to the most boring skills: I'd be content with bonfires and runningespan (even though they're not skill-based, they make things go a lot faster), I'd also be looking at other aspects of craft skills, like exploring the idea of being an artist: creating some really great items and getting rewarded for it rather than producing mass amounts of clone jewels that diminish the OSRS buy gold value and popularity of the item.