The only way I could see it being worth it to be slower, more XP and 1 by 1, is if you could use noted items to make pouches and you either get noted ouches back or you don't get any pouches but you can just park up and AFK.
I feel like the graphical updates needed to be done 12 years ago, when people were actually playing the game. Like, 12 years ago people actually played this game and everything looked close to a potato (and a lot of people still played). They should focus on content rather than graphical updates, even if it looks really good. I'm a HUGE runescape fan, but man have they lost me after the Extinction quest. The questlines now have boring and average stories, most of the new content isn't exciting anymore, combat metas don't feel balanced between each style... RIP