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Metal Little
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Metal Little

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momnyomen said :
EllingerMain said :
Don't forget the Dev Blog mentions if GE passes we're getting at least one more poll after this for GE tweaks and changes. We don't know what kinds of tweaks and changes they have in mind but we have to be patient.

In conclusion, people need to wait for the other polls and see what will happen instead of trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill. Relax.

I just wish we could have been given the opportunity to use the trading post at it's full potential before having to say that it's necessary to go straight to a GE.

Thank you, mate! And, that's why I'm heated. Noobs never gave TP a chance.
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15-Jan-2015 03:14:33 - Last edited on 15-Jan-2015 03:15:12 by Metal Little

Sony Jonson

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I feel that adding the Grand Exchange would be inappropriate for Old School RuneScape. To me, OSRS is more for the basics of the game and for a nostalgic effect provided to those who played prior to updates in recent years. If we add the GE to OSRS then we will be making it more and more like the current RS. Again, that is not how I feel OSRS should be. If you want to play with these aspects then just play regular RS and don't change OSRS for those who want to play in "The Good Ol' Days" of RS. The GE was a large milestone in the development of RS. After its addition to the game everything changed. The OSRS I think of is more or less RS before the GE. Adding the GE, again, just makes it the current RS with less quests, less items, and lower graphics. I ask that everyone please consider the points that I have made on this subject and
VOTE NO
to the addition of the GE to OSRS.

15-Jan-2015 03:29:33

Lady Fenris

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I recently just became a member again after about 2 years. I stopped playing for a few reasons but now I am back and am yet again addicted to old runescape.
I would stick around a lot longer and would
LOVE
for the GE to be in old school. It would make trading much easier and I would not have to keep typing in the same message 1000's of times and spend hours upon hours trying to sell and buy items. It would be very convenient, less aggravating, save time, make the game more fun (in my opinion)

Very convenient because if I needed something I can go to the GE type in the item and buy it right then and there without having to find someone who has the item I am looking for. :)

Save time by buying it at the GE and go on about what I was doing rather then going on a super long adventure for one item or many items.

less aggravating because we wouldn't have to deal with typing in the same message over and over and over and then suffer from carpel tunnel and sore fingers.

Make the game more fun by buying and selling what we need when we need it and then returning to our fun leveling up and awesome adventures!
I'm sure there are many other reasons why the GE would be nice to have but those are my few reasons why I think the Grand Exchange should return to 07 runescape

15-Jan-2015 04:18:51 - Last edited on 15-Jan-2015 04:22:53 by Lady Fenris

Lady Fenris

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AN idea if you're interested and if it is possible. Maybe there could be a few worlds/servers without the GE for those players who do not like the GE and vote no to it. That way we could have the best of both worlds and everyone is happy.
Just an idea! :)

I do vote
yes
for the GE BTW

15-Jan-2015 04:21:35

Hi Doggy

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I have been undecided on the stance for the GE for a bit, and after reading a lot of arguments (and all of them have been good arguments), I have some questions regarding the anti-GE side of the argument. It seems that the main argument for not adding the GE to OSRS is that it takes away player interaction. Proponents of this argument say that we should have fleshed out the Trading Post to its full potential before "taking the easy way out" with the GE. They argue that the Trading Post could have been something that everyone would have liked, in that players could buy what they needed easily by trading through the trading post. Sounds like a good argument, as it would seem that this would make everyone happy.

My question to the anti-GE advocates is the following (and is in no way meant to be a hostile or aggressive question. I am merely trying to gain more information):

If the Trading Post is going to allow players to trade through the Trading Post and not directly with each other, does this not take away from player interaction as well? A lot of you have stated that this would be a great compromise and would please everyone. But, on the flip side, you say that the GE goes against what OSRS is all about because it takes away player interaction and may destroy the community. Would the Trading Post not do something similar? Will it not allow players to trade without ever having to talk to each other or perhaps even really trading (if the option to directly buy from the trading post is passed)?

So what makes the GE so bad? Why is the GE so much worse than the Trading Post? It just seems that the Trading Post would be a much more inconvenient version of the GE, that would ultimately have the same negative results that so many anti-GE proponents are arguing about. I worry that many people are basing their arguments on this false causality: GE is in RS3 and RS3 is bad, therefore GE is bad. Is it really necessary to inconvenience so many people because of this?

15-Jan-2015 04:35:46

Darkhemming

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When this passes OSRS will be dead to me. It's going the exact same way RS3 went and won't have any nostalgia because the gameplay will be fundamentally changed.

Polls really should have been set at 95% pass rate - 1 in 4 people not supporting an update is a very significant portion.

EDIT: I'll have a crack at this because it's such an easy target

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If the Trading Post is going to allow players to trade through the Trading Post and not directly with each other, does this not take away from player interaction as well?

No, because there's a fundamental difference here:

With the trading post, you look at the people's offers and select deals from them to buy, "Oh this guy has 25k nats for 250 ea, that sounds reasonable". You're buying directly from a player, but through an interface and everything is right there in front of you.

With the GE, you select the item you want, the price you want and insert money. Items come out. Who sold them to you? Nobody really knows - it's just a money to item converter. It also brings a "guide price" with it which will soon be everywhere in the game, dictating the prices people buy and sell items for. The 4 hourly updates of +- 5% are too slow and inaccurate to give a good idea of what the "real" price of the items are, but people will be trying to buy and sell for them anyway.

15-Jan-2015 06:22:33 - Last edited on 15-Jan-2015 06:34:29 by Darkhemming

Angels Truth

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Darkhemming said :
When this passes OSRS will be dead to me. It's going the exact same way RS3 went and won't have any nostalgia because the gameplay will be fundamentally changed.

Polls really should have been set at 95% pass rate - 1 in 4 people not supporting an update is a very significant portion.

Should have only been 51%, majority vote should always win.

15-Jan-2015 06:26:20

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