First started playing around my GCSE's (mid-2004), so I've never played classic. Died to a scorpion and two black wizards in quick succession, but then some really nice guy gave me free full adamantite & rune 2h, so I kept playing. I still remember my outfits:
1) Chef's hat, black wizards robes
2) Full iron
3) Full adamantite, iron kite and scimitar
4) Full adamantite, rune 2h
5) Found that was too slow, so went to full adamantite, rune scimitar and iron kite
6) As 5, but with a steel kite (woo!

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7) As above, but replaced the adamantite helm with a green haloween mask
8 ) Bought an adamantite kite
9) Uograded to full rune (inc. kite), but kept haloween mask.
And that's where I am today - haloween mask, runeite plate, kite & legs, and rune scimitar

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-Forgotmytea