Free Trade and Wilderness Announcement

legolascamo3 · **Posted:** January 17th, 2011, 8:10 am

It has just been released that the Wilderness and Free Trade will be returning on the 1st of February 2011.

What are your thoughts on this update happening?

I personally never cared for the wilderness so it that side of the update will not affect me, free trade however will affect me greatly.

Adbot · **Posted:** January 17th, 2011, 8:10 am

Lisaz · **Posted:** January 17th, 2011, 9:42 am

I never liked PKing, so I do not like that Wilderness will be returning. Anyhow I did like the Grand Exchange idea, so the free trade will mix things up now.

Flash · **Posted:** January 17th, 2011, 9:58 am

I'm not in much favor of the old wildy returning because I don't want to go in there for a treasure trail or something and then just get killed by some PKer, but I am very happy that free trade is coming back. =D>

Sherdo · **Posted:** January 17th, 2011, 10:25 am

I'm excited for the Wildy coming back, but i still have constant wories on how the new G.E. will work or free trade.
First off, when friends trade other friends out of generosity their few antipoisons how will that affect the G.E.?
Will it tell the G.E. that it's worth very little, or that the demand is rising and it should be worth more... Idk, just still skeptical.

Uncle Dano · **12 99's on 12/12/12!**

I am definitely happy about Free Trade returning. It has many benefits. The G.E. will remain as well, which is also good. With respect to how the G.E. will work in light of Free Trade, I think that the G.E. market will still be based only on the transactions that happen within the G.E. I don't think Jagex wants to "contaminate" (for lack of a better word) the G.E. market with FT (on-the-street) market behaviour. There are some of us who want to transfer large amounts of goods, like ores, logs, food, runes, etc. to the RS community. The G.E. allows us to do this efficiently. Even though the street price may get us a few more gp than the G.E., it's not worth the hassle to barter in laggy World 1 or 2 where you are competing with thousands of other sellers and buyers. I'd rather put my goods up for sale on the G.E. even though I may have to work a little harder to make the same amount of money.

The return of the old wilderness, I have mixed feelings about. On the one hand, I agree that when I want to go somewhere in the wildy, like a clue scroll location or even to make my way to Stealing Creation, I don't really want to run across a Pk'er. But, on the other hand, I kinda like the dynamic that the extra danger adds to the game. I'm not one to go on any PK trips... been there, done that, was pwned so bad... nope, not much fun there for me. But, for those who do find that fun, all the more power to ya! Enjoy! I will adapt and find ways to elude PK'ers to get to my destination in the wildy. That in itself is kinda fun to figure out. Take this as a new opportunity to explore different strategies, not as an annoyance or an encumbrance to your current gameplay. A dynamic ever changing game is much more challenging and more fun than a boring static game.

Wonderful news!

Brimmk · **Posted:** January 17th, 2011, 10:46 am

I'm still in favor of free trade coming back =D>

, but wild, I still think it's a completely out-dated model that we don't need back, and many people are still being way too nostalgic about it. So old wild, I still hate you, and you're about as much fun as jumping naked into a giant pile of extra-sharp needles and thumb-tacks.

Adbot · **Posted:** January 17th, 2011, 10:46 am

Ben · **Posted:** January 17th, 2011, 12:20 pm

I don't really care either way - I never kill people outside of safe minigames and most things I give away are well under my trade limit. I'm hoping the Grand Exchange remains exactly as it currently is, though. It was really hard to sell anything before it existed and the limited price range helps keep trades reasonable. I wouldn't mind if the forced price caps were removed, though.

Ice · Runite: 9/30/2010

No to wilderness.
Maybe to free trade.

I am not happy about this in general. >_>

Davo · **Posted:** January 17th, 2011, 2:09 pm

I'm pretty stoked for both, to be completely honest. If I had to pick one though I would definitely say I'm looking forward to free trade the most. However, I have no problem with the wilderness coming back unlike most people. People that are against the Wild coming back are either 'new players' (started playing within the past ~3 years) or they have just been spoiled to death with the tame wilderness. I never went into the wild 6 years ago, I never went the past 3 years , and I won't be going much in the future. I never have been an avid 'clue do-er' so it doesn't affect me much.

Another thing people can't seem to understand, is that the return of the wilderness isn't just good for PKers. It's pretty vital to skillers such as myself. Now, there will be a much larger market for runes, food, potions, armor, arrows, and weapons. Who makes a majority of that stuff? Skillers! Finally the market will be fairly balanced again and there will be a bigger demand for supplies that crashed horribly due to the removal of the wilderness. I guess we will see how things play out.

Sadly, I started to really get into runecrafting the summer after free trade was removed. Therefore, all the runecraft exp up to this point (18.6m) that I have earned has been via 'the hard way.' I looked up some of the "famous" rc'ers that I used to run ess for way back when and they have around 22m xp and that was just from hiring mass amounts of essence runners. I can honestly say once free trade comes out, I'll prolly be hiring some runners finally and possibly go for front page RC ranks.

Overall, I'm happy about both returning. I'm glad the wilderness will be back to normal. For everyone who is complaining about the wild coming back, just do the logical thing: when you go into the wilderness, expect death. So don't go unless absolutely necessary, or unless you're PKing.

PS - I laugh in the face over every merch clan leader. It's time to get back to legit merchanting. As opposed to the corrupt under-the-table manipulation stunts they pull, but tried so desperately to justify as being "fair."

PPS - For all that are concerned and worried about scamming now with free trade: RuneScape is meant for ages 13+. If you have a mentality lower than that and fall victim to stupid noobs, I can honestly say you deserve it. lol

Shane · **Posted:** January 17th, 2011, 2:11 pm

Please put all discussion here: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=80438