I think the Trading Post is an excellent addition and it suits its purpose well. Besides, its a great compromise between the people who want the GE and people who just want the normal/oldschool trade system.
Personally, I don't see where the arguments of "Why is this added when it doesn't make it more convenient for us to use it, implement the GE instead and make it convenient for us to buy our items instantly" are coming from. Before any of the posters bash me for saying this by rebutting "We don't play runescape to trade, we play runescape to ________", I have to say that its a selfish opinion, because MMORPGs were meant to be a all-round game, which takes in every factor of how it works into play.
Whether you like that specific area is up to you. Personally, I hate questing, and if it wasn't for the barrow gloves or the odd Trollheim teleport, I would have avoided all the quests and just focused on other parts of the game which I love. By saying this, I'm already ******* off those players who absolutely love questing and are now judging me as a 'non old-school player'.
Some of us absolutely hate "wasting our time" on the trading aspect of the game, because its inefficient, its a chore or whatever reason you might come up with. I love it though. I find that its a far more integral part to the game than questing or money-making or ______. I love squabbling over 50k with the other trader even though I'm buying a bcp or something else where 50k wouldn't even seem much. I can't do that with the GE, because everyone sets the price to the market price and frankly, its not fun for me when I can't haggle like an old woman.
Here is where the fun starts though, I love trading and hate questing, you love questing and hate trading. But in the end, all of us is still playing the game because its a great game as a whole. Take it as a compromise just like how we are "forced" to do quests to get the essential upgrades and play the game.
A Stingy Trader who loves the TPost
11-Dec-2014 12:31:00