Dclaws yes, becuase they're about to come to OSRS. No I don't think chaotics is anything to what people would be wanting. But back then there was no limit on people not being able to budget "return sets" or supplies, e.g; Everyone was able to stock pile and enjoy the private server for exactly what it's meant to be....a private server where you can pk almost 24/7 with the exception of the gold having some type of value behind it. Back then there were casket drops w/ coins inside which could be looted from ANY NPC just about. Everything was so easy to get together and form a PK Trip for clans because they didn't have to worry about a member not being able to afford to PK [not saying it's not this way currently, but if you played during BS1 times, you will know exactly what I mean].
There were things that were valuable like AGS, etc; but they weren't impossible to get and the grind wasn't something that was ongoing. When you think of the actual OSRS, how many people do you see that actually just go RWT in order to PK? Quite a bit, and why? Because they simply don't want to grind out all the hours into making gold that is lost in just a few fights. Obviously it's not fun PKing and not receiving anything of value...but in BS1 times, everything worked out perfectly because everything had some sort of value but was never once over-rated. Just think about it, OSRS template, BS1 style of play.....guaranteed to invest in all types of players.
P.S: Yes I'm still around in the pure scene if that makes a difference to my opinon [and yes it should considering the pure scene is what made Battlescape go boomin' and no one should even think of denying it, if you do, then tell me why you're not peaking 2k+ now].