MERCHANT IRON MAN
I dove into OSRS last December and have loved my time back in Gielinor, but I do miss one aspect of the game. The experience of pre-GE trading.
I remember heckling with people over bank sales. I remember respecting rare items even more, since I knew it didn't just funnel through the GE. I remember having high mining or crafting meant more because it meant you were the true source of that resource.I remember certain areas naturally becoming popular areas to sell specific types of items, driven by the communities need to organize trade.
I understand the GE solved many problems, but what was lost was how heavily the community relied on one another, how much player interaction it took to get the items you needed/wanted, and most importantly, another layer of immersion. An important layer.
The solution? An iron man category that can trade, but only with other iron men of the same category. I understand it would be hard to restore the same sort of system and liveliness in banks as before, but I think if there were a dedicated world for these players, a whole network of trade would form and the people that miss this part of the game would be hooked. I know I would.
06-Sep-2020 20:25:06
