u/JagexAyiza Please consider current account builds... The way in which the 2 melee stats affect combat level means changing an attack level requirement has different implications than changing a range/mage weapon requirement... When you consider there is no actual benefit to increasing requirements and only negatives for these accounts, I don't agree with increasing the attack level requirement on the rapier, mace, etc
This is still something we're discussing internally, though I'll be honest with you by saying it's hard to come up with a suitable solution that still achieves what we want whilst not impacting limited account builds.
If you have any suggestions outside of "don't do it" I'd genuinely really appreciate hearing them.