In my opinion, the free trade would be an excellent re-add to the game. I myself have experienced such things although i never noticed it until Jagex got rid of the free trade. I then shortly afterwards quit for 3-4 years because of it. For some reason i came back to runescape just 4 months ago, and i realized how great it expanded and evolved into what it is today.
My point is, runescape will alway get better, it will always have players and will always have popularity. The fact is, free trade made players quit and then made other players join at a very slow rate do to the players whom have quit, tell other players that runescape sucked, etc... but runescape still gained players. The free trade will accelerate that growth! For example, i have told many of my friends on social sites that it might come back and i received; not replies of mourn, but replies of excitement like in the old days.
I am glad that Jagex has reconsidered this and i look forward to the final moment... the moment in which the free trade will or will not be returned to this wonderful game Jagex created.
08-Jan-2011 21:54:01