However, there is a commonly used arguement that RuneScape gold for the skills that make use of money more prominently (such for cooking or firemaking) Members also have to earn the money needed to buy the necessary materials to power-level that skill, which turns the discussion into a "Members make money faster, so they are able to spend less time (assuming that time is equivalent to the amount of money) compared to a pf2p that earns less money. It can be a bit tricky since there are a variety of alternatives. To clarify, I'll list each side's points.

P2P-Earns money usually quicker. Green drags, abilities like slayer and a greater amount of money to merchwith provide them with an advantage over P2P. They are faster in their training. Big bones are better buried than altars with gilded gold. You can achieve a 99 on the skills which are more dependent on money than other abilities.

The PF2P earns money more slowly, and the fastest method (short of merchaching) is likely to be to mine rune rocks, which is pretty slow and risky, or chopping stuff (be it yews or cockroach soldiers). In an per hour basis, a PF2P would earn less doing the fastest money making method compared to the P2P which also performs the fastest money making method.

The availability of slower training methods is generally more prevalent. The reason I use the term generally is that certain players train in F2P locations such as SoS Red Spiders or Cockroach Soldiers, which slows down their speed, but places them at the same with Pf2Ps. However, in general, 99+ players head straight to members because they gain more experience than free players.

Since all the variants are the same, it is reasonable to assume that a pf2p would receive 99 points at a lower rate than a member. It would be unfair to assume that all skills are the same. An example of a member who is trained to be range-oriented could get an 89 percent faster since there are more possibilities to increase his level quickly. However, in training for mining, he will be less competitive than a pf2p at more advanced levels. This is because the two would have to compete against others for ore rocks until rune.

It all comes down to what one sees as a skillcape. Similar questions arise about the issue of whether gold medalists from ParaOlympics should receive more respect over the Olympic gold medallists. ParaOlympics competitors had to overcome physical limitations to be awarded the medal. However, to decrease the importance of the person who attained the gold medal is unfair, since he had to overcome other physically fit athletes to win cheap RS gold that gold medal.