WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE NO to the GRAND EXCHANGE in OSRS!

The grand exchange will pass and you can't do anything about that

 

Fixed the link for ya

Edit: After actually thinking about it I changed my mind. I'd support the GE (I'll probably vote for it once I'm done botting today.)

Pros of the ease of access and that you would no longer have to sit around for however long looking for items. I myself hate the wait, GE is/was awesome. I don't have the time to sit around and buy armour sets or whatever it is I need.

Only negatives I could see would be the lack of individual trading (ex: bank sales.) Even so, w/o there being a trade-limit I don't think it'll be a huge problem. Merching (hopefully not price manipulation) will take place with the GE. When the GE was initially instated, there was that looming trade-limit coming and it wasn't in RS all-that-long before the trade-limit.

 

Thanks but I'll pass standing around for 2 hours to get a full set of gear. The grand exchange is completely worth the problems that it has.

 

That video is stupid. There's no backbone evidence to support anything he is saying.

"If the GE passes, OSRS's numbers will decrease" ---------- You really think people are going to abandon all of the time and efforts that they've put into their accounts because of an automated trade system?

"Active players (players online) will decrease." --------- What? Maybe a player who is solely a mercher. So, they'll log on and off periodically and not spam the public chat. Drats..

"The vibe of OSRS and it's amazing community is partially killed." --- You like the community? It's the same community as Rs3. WE WILL NEVER HAVE A NICE COMMUNITY LIKE WE USED TO.

"If the GE is implimented, it will make worlds seem empty." ---- There will still be players all across the world. Sure, the GE will be a central meeting spot, so what....?


Sorry, if you're gonna try that argument saying that the GE will be the reason that the community isn't appealing, you have no idea what you're talking about.

 

Thanks very much for fixing the link man!

Hehe, just try to weigh it up man. If you can also see that there are larger negatives at play, then I would honestly suggest voting 'no'. <3

 

The GE won't make the community less appealing; the community whom are voting for the GE are sending themselves in a downwards spiral towards low player interaction. The players who communicate and interact with each other are the ones who are helping the community grow.

Old School's community cannot benefit from a stunt like the GE. The game's future will be ruined.

 

Nice ingame name btw. im wondering if jagex could ban your account because you show your name on a black market site...

 

Jagex isn't actually legally allowed on this site.

Providing they were on this site, you're in a community section discussing various topics. Not real-world trading/etc.

 

Keep in mind I've never been in favor of a GE.

Now, explain to me something. How is it effecting the trade interaction.

Trade without a GE: Player A advertises he is buying an item. Player B puts it up in trade. Both Accept. Both say "Ty".

Trade with a GE: Player A searches for his item, puts in his offer, and waits for it to go through. Player B get's a notification that his item has sold.

Wow. Such a difference. Just saying, if you're going to attempt the argument, you should have it ready.

 

I was indecisive before, but its clear the pros of GE outweigh the cons. That's +1 on GE side of the balance.

 

GE is far better than no GE, what people forget is ge was added in 2007.
Also if you only make friends with "player interaction" by buying an item off a mercher then you need friends irl.

 

I never said it was affecting trade interaction, I specifically said "player interaction" (not to confuse the two). There is nothing different with trading apart from the convenience of the GE and the negatives that come with the destruction of the OSRS economy (besides the point).

Player interaction is influenced negatively because if you are using the GE to obtain / sell items then you are effectively playing a Single Player game (you don't need to rely on ANYONE). Without player interaction the game is bland, the community becomes less friendly & finally the slow death of the game (less player interaction means less promotion of the game).

 

As I said in my last post, the only interaction you are having with another player is either thanking them, or flamming them for a bad price.

You haven't put up a solid argument yet.

 

Grand Exchange makes merchanting way too easy. The cool thing about Old School is the older styled merchanting. It takes actual effort and skill.

The Grand Exchange makes it too easy, I would probably be able to get several max cash stacks in 07 with my knowledge of the market in the game (been able to get a near max cash stack already without GE).

I don't know, it's good for convenience but it's bad for community. It also waters down the difficulty in getting GP, one of the main fun things to do in OS in my opinion.

I voted no because the community aspect being compromised is my biggest fear with the GE going in the game. An instant virtual trading post is less invasive and still makes merchanting easier, but I'd be in favor of that over the Ge.

 

So if the GE is added, surely we will see a small decline in OSRS gold prices?

 

Absolutely, I would think.

It's really fun going for GP now. Yeah, it's a bitch and a half finding a buyer sometimes, but it's not all that bad.

Usually I just use Zybez in conjunction with actually playing the game still and have the player meet me up at a skilling location. IE: Edgeville bank when I'm trying to sell Nature Runes.

People are just so interminably lazy in this generation that they need everything instantly. The Grand Exchange caters to those needs. Yes, sometimes finding a quest item is a royal pain in the ass. And I would agree with the sentiment that even in face to face trading there's not a whole lot of dialogue. However, I do like the fact that it still feels like a tight-knit community thing.

It's really fun merchanting legitimately within this community, albeit I will concede there are a lot of manipulators and scammers - the Grand Exchange mitigates these problems.

No matter the outcome, I'll still play Runescape 3 + OSRS.

As long as the Micro-transaction bullshit is out of OSRS, I'm content.

 

This is the exact reason that it will never be "as good as it once was". Thanks for that.

 

When did I ever say it was as good as it was though? I didn't. Old School Runescape is pretty good as it is, and I'm fine with new content being added to it occasionally.


The root problem is not just the Grand Exchange though, it's like I mentioned to you in your thread --- it's that this could easily be a gateway for microtransactions + cosmetic items. And god forbid free XP.

Old Runescape - community, popularity, excitement will never be returned to what it once really was.

That doesn't mean Old School has to make all the same mistakes over again. Your attitude seems to be they will no matter what. Mine is with enough people not being sheep, only 25 percent needed, a lot of crap updates will never pass.

I would say that I don't think MTX or cosmetic polls would win, but then again I honestly thought that while the GE would get approval, not 75 percent approval. Surprised it might actually win.

 

I loved the grand exchange. To be honest it was one of the best updates that came out in Runescape. It makes the game more enjoyable because the average person doesn't have to factor in hours of waiting around a bank for people to sell him skilling items or questing items.

People are so hung up on it ruining the game but it WON'T! It will still be old school except you won't have to smash your keys for 2 hours to get your gear to go barrows. How is that at all negative?