I agree with fitting into both categories. As a player who prefers to DIY most of her skills and materials, I can say that I often find myself spending more time than necessary on gathering my materials for my levels but I feel that this is more rewarding. I'm not a rich player on RS. I don't sell a lot of my things for money but will often take a longer approach. Sometimes I DO mine my own ess, make my own runes and then eventually get around to training my magic. But, of course, the minute I get bored, I go do something else. Do I ALWAYS do it all myself? The answer to that, of course, is no. At times, there are goals that I need RIGHT NOW like getting a few range levels for a clan war. Then I have no problem marching to the GE and buying my arrows and any other supplies that I need. There are some things that I refuse to buy, not when I can easily make them myself but there are things that I'll buy in a pinch. There are even things that I won't use because I can't make/obtain them on my own. I guess I'm a different kind of RS player but as long as I'm happy with my game experience, I really don't care.