I chose firemaking purely because I wasn't satisfied with my other capes (Cooking, Fletching, and Attack; PCd that). However, I've noticed that some people are starting to lump FM in with cooking and fletching... which is completely wrong, because there is no FM x, it hasn't changed at all since the beginning of RS2, just more people have it because of the cape. I got MAJOR wrist pain from 99 fm... hell from 97-99 it was so bad I had to use my left hand. And FM isn't cheap, either, unless you plan to do it with willows or something, but then you have to burn a lot more so that takes many hours more...