Honestly I think mauls are not too great of a weapon. They only are really effective when they are on full spec, and it takes quite a while to get the spec up again. It seems slower than a 2H..
Hmm..does she use the AOL browser to play RS? Because I know of some friends that lag/get booted (even on a cable connection) using AOL. Maybe get her to use IE, or Firefox, or even better, the RS Client?
Well in my opinion, f2p deserve little to no updates. Why? The game is FREE. Can you name any other completely FREE browser based games with as many features as RS? I dont think so.