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MacGriogair
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If free trade is bad, why do so many people welcome it back? The ability to enjoy a flexible economy again is enticing. I have my own reasons for enjoying it, my friends coming back to this game is one thing.
I was annoyed to say the least when they changed the free trade as I was gone for a month of 2 at the time and I'd loaned my friend a few mil to get a fury for a loan. I come back and then cannot get my money back? Everyone has personal stakes in this. It'll be good for me to have my friends back on this but it will also be good to have my stuff finally returned to me.
Each to their own.

03-Jan-2011 19:07:35

FredUp

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Keplers Law some many people welcome it back because 3 years is a long gap and absense makes the heart grow fonder but when it comes back thoese tinted glasses that rember all the god times now will remember all the bad i just hope we get another vote a few months into it asking if we want to keep it .

03-Jan-2011 19:12:48

Beta TMW

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After a long think I finally decided to vote yes. My vote does feel like a drop in the ocean but I got to slap my opinion in there.
Originally I was for free trade but against the wildy, however as they stated that aspects added to the wildy after 07 would be moved I decided I agreed with both. I was worried that people would camp Corp, clues and quests, but if they're moved I have no reason to enter the wildy. I do believe clues should be hard, and as there are now 4 levels of clues I feel levels 1,2 and 3 should not have wildy clues, but level 4 clues should. The wall would stay meaning you can't be lured in, and as long as you're clever you wont get scammed in the wildy and killed.
Free trade will be a God send. I've taken a few breaks from this game when I get bored of it (gave up after farming, came back etc), however when I regained members at the start of this year ( I played F2P with the G.E and finished this morning as I have January exams), I was shocked at the prices. 1k for a steel bar? almost 7k per PPot? And it's not just stuff going up, I used to play when nat crafting was a big big money maker as they sold for around 400 each. Free trade would mean I could sell the item for how much I feel it's worth, I also wouldn't have to pay the outrageous prices for other things. If I want to sell nats for 400 each and buy PPots at around 3k each I should have that choice.
It would bring items back to what they're worth and the wildy would add some competition back into the game.
In short:
Free trade - the ability to charge what you feel you should be rewarded for what you worked for.
Wildy - Competition returned to the game!
Scamming - *** something I encourage and it would return, but if you miss all the warnings, then you will learn from your mistakes and have to earn it back.
And the main point? It's a GAME, here for us to enjoy. Don't wanna get Pk'ed? Don't use the wilderness. Don't wanna get scammed? LOOK at the trade.
Just enjoy yourselves.

03-Jan-2011 19:14:00

MacGriogair
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MacGriogair

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Fred

Absense does make the heart grow fonder but many of us didn't want rid of the wilderness and especially free trade in the first place. The problem was not one that was noticably affecting players. It was one JaGeX had with botting and rwt.
Don't get me wrong, I love the GE but I preferred the forums. Bank sales just aren't the same anymore. Buying is no longer fun and spontaneous.

03-Jan-2011 19:15:53

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