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Monky killer

Monky killer

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Hutchens said :
Say NO to grand exchange. Keep it conservative. We don't want to lose the feeling of nostalgia before the games even out for 2 years.
as jagex did some research the average player created his/her account in 2009
so for most people 2009 is nostalgia and see 2007 as a too old game that doesn give only a little nostaliga feeling

11-Dec-2014 16:10:06

Monky killer

Monky killer

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Mini Aurelia said :
Look at the difference in levels though.
Just Rave is 1706 total/110m xp while Illomphis is 83 total/50k xp
... and thus we have requirements on voting.

I believe that players' views can change over time, but some of the features of a GE were really pretty unpopular back in May when we offered a trading system. Offline trading, for example, failed pretty dismally. The ability to trade with someone who'd been offline beyond 6+ hours scored 48%.

I reckon the question about trading through the post would have crept over the 75% threshold if we asked it again now.

As for whether 75% are now in favour of a full GE, that's less sure. We've made it clear in the newspost that we're willing to consider polling such a thing.
poll this time the exact question and come to the point: ' Do you like to see the Grand Exchange added into the game'? setting up a poll is not much of an effort and if it fails so it be

11-Dec-2014 16:14:46

Going Mental

Going Mental

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The trading post fails pretty bad.... at first I thought it was cool but I honestly don't know to either use the trading post or Zybes or both... and so do alot of other people. Merchers quit and Varrock bank is quite silent atm.

Jagex cant u make it so that you're able make more sell offers? like 10-20? And also allow people to make buy offers. Now if u want to buy a certain item and only see douchebags selling for insanely high prices it can be quite frustrating. So then people will use Zybes again. Its alot more user-friendly. Also I think it's weird to put the cheapest sell offers first and ordered by price; why not in order the way theyre posted by time?

The trading post will have to be improved alot to match Zybes. Or either just implement the Grand Exchange once again, as this was probably the best update ever.

11-Dec-2014 16:25:11

Dog Gem

Dog Gem

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Oh great, I knew a GE would be implemented at some point. Lazy people who can't be bothered just to hop world and meet another player. As soon as a full GE comes out, people will stop talking to each other (outside of clans/friends), quests will become insanely easy, almost all banks will become empty, the game will feel less immersive and you'll be able to make money without even being online and whilst skilling etc. It will destroy the foundations and excitement of this game. I'm going to miss being able to set a price on items in which to buy/sell. Stop making this game easier and easier, because its losing its magical feel and touch. It will eventually become RS3 with a different battle system.

11-Dec-2014 17:23:18

Richy Ray

Richy Ray

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Monky killer said :
but i agree trading posts is better then nothing, before the posts it was a whole spam and you didn't reach the public that may be interested in your item so you bought for too much and sold for too low

Its better then nothing if people really will sell the supplies i need :@

I have used the system for a serveral hours, and a lot sellers are offline, neither responding to their pms... so pointless time wasting.


edit:

people are able to price-manipulate aswell.. with G.E. we are better off simply

11-Dec-2014 18:49:28 - Last edited on 11-Dec-2014 18:53:55 by Richy Ray

Rilla Ralla

Rilla Ralla

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Hello!

There are few thing that have passed my mind while using the new trading post system (Haven't read the forums so don't know if these has been suggested already).

First of all, I think this is propably the best compromise between G.E and shouting in varrok. I like the fact you still need to do the trade in person, although the trading post does need few improvements (in my opion). The first thing I came across was when I tried buying something, and the player had private on friends. There should be an opion to by pass this feature when using trading post. Also, having the players location shown on the trading post would be most helpful.

Second thing that I thought would be useful (Don't know if it's already in the game or not, I couldn't find it after couple of trades. I've only bought not sold) is a "price checker". If you've got alot of items in the trading post and you're old like me, you can't remember all the prices. So I think it'd be nice to see the trade "value" based on the sell offer. I.E If I'm buying a magic log and the seller has it up for 1k ea, the trade window would show me how much gold I need to give to the seller. EDIT: Found this in the game :P

I hope you got what I was trying to say, hehe, was pretty hard to put them in words :)

-Rilla

11-Dec-2014 19:45:07 - Last edited on 11-Dec-2014 19:51:54 by Rilla Ralla

King mike357

King mike357

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This solution, is not very handy or useful. Some people may say that ge is bad becuse it takes out the challange out of the game. But you can still but very huge stock if you want to, but huge stocks would be cheaper in ge and easier to get so I dont really see the problem.

Second thing is that I AM TIRED of waiting 1-6 hours to buy some items whitch should sell/buy faster when I wanna do some fun, and thats why many people rather wan'****.
People want fun ge would give people more fun that it would harm "the veterans". This is not ironman mode so why should I be punished to wait such a long time to buy some items. This is just a waste of real time and ge would help people who dont have the time to sell items for hours per day.

Some of "The veterans" also use secondary accounts to work like a ge and is not that **cked up?

Offline trading is good for players who dont have hours to play every single day.

11-Dec-2014 20:12:35 - Last edited on 11-Dec-2014 20:13:24 by King mike357

Eberwolf
Dec Member 2009

Eberwolf

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The main reason I enjoy not having a tradition GE is that when I need a particular item for a quest, I like that not having the item available on demand via a GE forces me to acquire that item myself. Yes it is time consuming, and sometimes annoying, but at the end of the day it keeps me busy, keeps me playing, and I learn something new about the game, for example, where a particular item is obtained in game that I would have otherwise never known. Such as Jangerberries on the Ogre island near Yanille, needed them for the Watchtower quest and had no idea where to obtain them, and thanks to not having a GE, I actually LEARNED something.

11-Dec-2014 21:21:11

Eberwolf
Dec Member 2009

Eberwolf

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Adding to my last post, the GE makes the world feel smaller. It takes away from the immersion. Instead of really getting out there and experiencing all corners of the world and learning of item origins and global spawn locations you simply visit an exchange clerk who might as well be a giant general store containing all the items you'd ever need, instead of learning the world and experiencing it you simply go "well, I'll take one of those, one of these, and some of that". Wheres the fun in that? Sounds like some stupid private server nonsense to me, no one likes buying everything from a shop, it ruins the sense of achievement of going out and getting something yourself.

11-Dec-2014 21:31:58

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