Melee was the most popular form of combat in the original video game. Since ranged and magic were not well-developed it was the main method of combat. Ranged was completely undeveloped. There was very little range armor, and RuneScape gold ranged was seldom utilized in a PvP setting. Similar issues plagued magic. If a magician failed to cast an ability, the user was required to wait for 20 minutes before casting it again.
The lack of Runecrafting abilities made magic costly and hard to master. Although magic gained some credence with the advent of god spells, magic was mostly a complement. Runescape Classic Attack (and Strength) were preferred for combat calculations over Ranged and Magic.
The maximum level of combat for Runescape Classic was 123. The calculation of combat did not change much after Runescape 2 was changed. The highest level of combat was raised to 126 because prayer was considered more. The calculations did not favour magic or buy OSRS gold ranged. However, in the actual system of combat they were.
