50 Defence gives me access to the cheapest Power armour, which is Rockshell/Spined/Skeletal RuneScape Gold. It gives the same combat level as 60 Pray. It gives access to an Amulet of Zealots, arguably the best amulet on the market. It's a summoning for an animal, but I've never ever had any use for it.

With the upcoming Defence reset, I have the chance to reset my defence to defense level 1. However, this renders me unable to make use of Power armour, and shuts out the essential Freedom ability. I can train myself back to level 34 in a flash but what would be the purpose of a reset then?

Another issue is that PvP is basically out of the game, with warbands being the only exception, and now with the shift of mechanisms for warbands there's little benefit to having a low level of combat any more.

If I am able to improve my combat, I will be able to access better Slayer masters. This speeds up my main objective. It was so hard to achieve 90 slayers without being competent to complete Smoking Kills until 90 combat. Not being able to use Kuradel as well as the Iowerth master of slayers could be similarly frustrating, however on the other hand it will be an exciting feat to get 99 slayer without ever having the masters that are better than Sumona.

Leo and I are well-versed in warbands but we have completely different perspectives. My focus is regarding the game mechanics and metagames of warbands Old School RuneScape Gold, whereas Leo is an expert in all aspects of battle tactics and pvp strategies.