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Mental Wyro

Mental Wyro

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Dear Moderators of Jagex,
I would like to start by saying, I seriously do love Runescape, & it's mechanics. Some of the players in the game are not perfect, but at the same time, it's family. Whether or not you like them, you know also in the end, that you cannot hate them. It's a community that has grown over these ten years, and you as well, know that too. I've been Playing (if I remember right) for three years now, and I still have yet to experience all the world of Glenior. However, the areas I have experienced, I have enjoyed throughly. Now, for my constructive critism (as best as I could make this constructive).
I know I am just ONE FACE in this crowd, but by all means, I'll get use to the old wild coming back, and the other world minigames being relocated, but in the end of everyone's votes...

I AM HIGHLY AGAINST THE GRAND EXCHANGE BECOMING A FREE TRADE ENVIRONMENT! :(

Sorry, but it's too painful for me to think about me buying my construction supplies at OUTRAGEOUS PRICES. It would also make other general purchases that make some of our lives easier, much more tougher to buy. I would like to think I am speaking for everyone that is against some of these ideas, because some of us we rely on the Grand Exchange for stable prices. If there is EVERYTHING at unlimited prices, somethings that I will need will be IMPOSSIBLE TO PURCHASE! Sure there are quests to finish to make some of these objecties easier (if changed), but some of us don't have the time or means to do so. Some of us have school, families, &/or jobs to attend to. We get on for about an hour a day to go ahead, check on how the gameplay is doing for us, & to use the grand exchange to buy our supplies. Some of us level up faster because we rely on stable prices on the general products sold on the Grand Exchange. However, if you threw in "Hey everyone! FREE TRADE ON THE GRAND EXCHANGE!" Some of the people who get on for an hour will have to go through quests they don't have time for, & (continued)

05-Jan-2011 21:44:20

Mental Wyro

Mental Wyro

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(continued from earlier post) because of the result, may want to quit. Yes, you are doing what's best for your company, making palyer happy, and doing what's most profitable, but the small 8% may not like this change. out of the 1 million voters as of today, that 8% equals about 80,000 players. That is still a huge chunk. Assuming that about half of them may quit because of this, about 40,000 players may quit Runescape. Howeer, you may look at this and say "Big deal, we got more people coming in to replace all of them." However, you don't have to lose those players. There are many things you can do and you know it too to benifit both sides that like and dislike this idea. I'm only against the free trade on the grand exchange, but there has got to be a percentage of that 80,000 that disagree with this idea that have the same views as me. Maybe they might not have the same problems I share, nor have the same opinion, but we all want to enjoy Runescape by it's glory.


My point being, for every problem others have, there is a solution. Me, I got three ideas listed below for you. Now, however, some of these ideas can be tweeked around with a little bit, and they could just work, but I would at the very LEAST, Try checking some of these ideas out, and consider them strongly, because wouldn't it be nice if you could keep those 80,00 people, as well as the MILLIONS that are flowing into Runescape as of today? Okay, maybe 70,000 as well as that million, but still, wouldn't it be nice to try to keep everyone playing runescape?
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Again, Moderators, I know you are hard at work at this, and possibly, my opinion won't even be noticed in the end, but I would polllitely ask of you to please do, and/or at LEAST consider to do one of the three:
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05-Jan-2011 21:45:07

[#LHG9INIEP]

[#LHG9INIEP]

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to begin with i look at your point about the pk worlds. For jagex themselves it will be a hassle moving things on specific worlds. itll take more time then it would to do it for every world. secondly. as a player. wilderness WILL benefit me, as i play this game for one purpose: to be entertained. the wilderness has its risks, but even with those risks there are things jagex has done to counter this. for the wilderness. its the ditch. if your stupid enough to jump over the thing. ignore the warning screen and then get killed.. then you deserve to do (in the game that is.) and for the free trade it will be the warning messages that people ignored the first time round, and as an extra precaution, jagex are keep the medium price of an item on the trade screen. so you can SEE how much its worth.So once again, if your stupid enough to accept a trade that you dont like. then you deserve to be scammed.

05-Jan-2011 21:45:44

Mental Wyro

Mental Wyro

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(continued from an earlier post)
#1: Keep a "Trade Limit/Non Pvp Wilderness" World for the ones out there that don't want to be scammed, and people who go out in the wild to kill Green Dragons/K*d/etc near Clanwars and other locations (or where-ever it will be in the end). Make it a "World 170/171" for members and non-members who prefer the game the way it is. Think about that, sure, it may cost you more per month on new servers, but with the millions of people coming inward, you're going to be making a ton of money to be able to afford two more servers. Try to have a world unchanged by the world of the old wilderness returning. Think about it.
#2: Create a SECOND Grand Exchange, and call it "General Supplies Exchange" where people can buy herblore products, cooking supplies, Basic Chopped wood (unprocessed, like, non-fletched, non-planked, etc), fishing equipment, and other basic stuff? I'm doing my best to comprise, but think about it, the players would still have to do SOME WORK, but not as grueling as having to do all the quests and leveing for it. Maybe have it located south of Falador, or east of Draynor? Think about that one, because personally, I think it's a cool idea there. Sure, there are general stores, but again, some of us still like to profit by selling the stuff we got, rather than have our earning be lost in a general store. Also, setting our own prices for the things we sell would still cause quite of bit of chaos by selling things at outragous prices. Consider it.
#3: Toss the entire idea out with free trade on the grand exchange... because maybe it's for the better.
If I have more ideas to suggest, I'll update this post.


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05-Jan-2011 21:46:03

[#DM8QW2HXK]

[#DM8QW2HXK]

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Old RuneScape made you more cautious and made you learn from mistakes. No sugar-coating everything like todays RuneScape.
Bring back free trading and the wilderness means bringing back player independance and maturity. Younger and more naive players will learn in both game and real life what responsibility is all about.
Your item means your selling price and for what YOU want for it, not what Jagex or the majority of sales data collected (Grand Exchange) wants.
Wilderness brings high adreniline rushes and greedy players aboard. You risk to gain and gain to lose. You learn and change accordingly or begrudgingly.

05-Jan-2011 21:46:22

Mental Wyro

Mental Wyro

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(continued from and earlier post)

One last time, I know I am just a face in the crowds of many people, who have played runescape, and just blend in with the 8%. However, that 8% that will equal me, and the other approximent of 79,999 people value this game the way it is. I hope I spokke for everyone in that 8%, and it would be nice not to lose that many people because of one big update. In the end, you could make a decision that would benifit everyone that loves runescape for what's to change, and how it is today.
With all graditude to the Jagex Moderators, and sincerly from one of you great players,
Mental_Wyro,
your member on runescape, and one of the the Green Brotherhood. :)

05-Jan-2011 21:46:41

Nicholasgord

Nicholasgord

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I do often wish that the people who support this update were as well worded as the people against it.
But I'm afraid I have to side with the idiocy... Runescape is a game after all, and it has been hard to enjoy since it became as regulated and boring as the world outside us is today.

05-Jan-2011 21:51:08

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