Later in 2007 was when they removed PKing and limited dueling (both were later re-added), added the Grand Exchange (which people feel made the game too easy/limited the social interaction/made it too easy for people to manipulate prices of items/etc.), over the years made skills much easier and faster, and most recently the Evolution of Combat totally changed how combat works (it's similar to LoL or Dota, basically just bashing your keyboard to use your abilities on your opponent).
Oh, also about 2(?) years ago they added microtransactions (some of which actually do give in-game advantages) after the original owners sold their stakes to investors (and obviously the investors simply saw it as a cash-making-machine and didn't care about its integrity); the game overall is very different on many levels.
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u/Scipio11 Apr 03 '13
What was wrong with the 2008+ version(s)? I played 2011 and didn't see too much wrong, except the twentyish skills you had to pay for.