Firm NO to a GE. Everyone here who actually played back in '07 knows the game definitively changed with November 07 GE update. That in succession with the stake nerf in September and then the Wildy removal and, lastly, free trade removal in Jan '08 signaled in a new era in RS. I still enjoyed the game thereafter but to say the GE was representative of RS 07 as a whole is a flat out lie, and you all know it.
Additionally, I understand why people want the GE; namely, the ease of buying/selling, barriers to getting scammed, and helpful splitting (for pvp drops via lootshare) it brings to the game. That being said, there's also massive price problems that the GE can cause and anyone who was around in 08-11 knows that skilling became progressively unprofitable directly because of the over supply caused by instant access/merching.
So, in my opinion we lose the true essence of 2007scape and OSRS if we just replicate the GE; it was one of the pivotal changes that occurred that transitioned RS into a different era, and if it comes to OSRS it will be no different. I wouldn't necessarily be against some edits or even expansion of the trade post system--I think its working fine, and it's an original way to deal with the challenges some players face in trading while staying to OSRS. However, I think the development team, and Jagex as a whole, need to be clear about their intentions with this game: are these dedicated authentic 07 servers meant for a nostalgic 07 experiences with minor edits and additions based solely on player input; or is this game meant to become something more, and develop its own character irrespective of the demands of staying "old school".
If its the former, I vote trading post with possible compromise on automatic trading; if its the latter, well, I would hope we could at least have an original to OSRS trading station not just recycled RS3 GE garbage**
16-Dec-2014 01:51:59
