Patchesgem,
Jagex is not going to make the entire map PVP because, as has been pointed out many times, the majority of RS players are not pkers.
I think the map as it exists with a smaller region of wildy and a much larger section of non-wildy generally reflects the reality that a minority of players are pkers and a majority are non-pkers.
Personally, I hate pking, and I never do it.
But I know people who love it, and consider it to be the most fun and exciting part of the game. These are not homicidal maniacs or bundles of suppressed anger. They're just ordinary kids and adults who like what they think of as the ultimate challenge: pitting their wits and skills against the unpredictability of other *human* players. Programmed, computer-generated, and therefore largely predictable NPCs just can't quite compare in their minds.
So I'm willing to let pkers have their section of the map to have their fun.
Yes, I wish we skillers and PvM types didn't ever have to go into the wildy for any reason. But hey, you don't always get everything you want in this life.
On balance, even with the return of the old wildy, Runescape as a whole will still be heavily weighted toward non-pkers.
About access to the blood altar, you might be interested in this:
Mod Paul M, Jagex Mod, speaking in the thread "Wilderness & Free Trade Q&A" (QFC: 254-255-55-62204744), page 3:
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Rac3-11 –“Also blood altar. A lot of people used abyss to get to mutated bloodvelds for slayer. Any alternative being provided for that that is reasonable? Maybe a teleport deep in Meiyerditch?”
Good idea!
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24-Jan-2011 18:23:34
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Mystic Monad