Good article. I went to the rant section of runescape forums and there are alot of people ranting about it. Most are saying "Kill Jagex (unfortunatly not kidding)", and not putting forth any sugestions as to what would be a better alternative. I think the article here is doing justice to what Jagex is trying to do here, but I definatly think they shouldn't have been as hasty, that or they've already thought about all of these things and went with this solution for whatever reason or another. Being a nat crafter that's about to make deaths, the pure ess shortage and price is not something I'm looking forward to. I think a skill total or another more difficult quest would be the best solution. Along with letting f2p mine the pure ess.