My opinion is that the people who quit and came back for 07RS have left, for the most part, and now the majority of players are people who were inbetween EoC and 07/Oldstyle Runescape.
Now we'll be seeing the content that was good that had existed in '08-'12, possibly even up to Dungeoneering. The few things you won't see are some OP xp gaining and the obvious Dragon claws, for two examples coming from either side (skiller or combat/pvp).
I, for one, would rather have true '07, no GWD or anything past that but yeah..It's going to happen. My point is that a good portion of players have left, perhaps not a majority, but a lot are leaving or have left because Jagex decided to twist their decisions in favor of those who play both EoC and this, despite EoC getting the 'almighty' Runescape 3.
Even if you didn't want Runescape 2007 to turn into a Runescape Classic, I don't think you can prolong the inevitable. People tried so hard to support EoC and keep people interested in a major change to the game but it didn't work by a long shot; you killed off a gigantic portion of players and now EoC is still suffering due to it. The gameplay, even if the combat and all is the only thing changed, is completely different and suffering because of those players leaving. The economy is so warped compared to before, regardless of what EoC nerfed or made irrelevant (GWD items, etc).
I feel the best thing for Jagex to do is to capitalize on 07 updates, for the sake of their game, and ignore EoC to put all resources into Runescape 3 to make it the best possible experience for anyone who is still interested in EoC. Why? People are becoming bored with EoC anyway, regardless of what you put into it. You'll have to modify RS3 more and more the more time is spent dev'ing content for EoC anyway, so just stop there.
Supporting 07 updates will help keep that community interested in paying, even if some leave. I just have no time/interest in Runescape, but I know what Jagex should be doing.
16-Jun-2013 20:13:34