Wilderness and Free Trade Referendum

[Aidenn]

We received a petition of 1.2M votes in less than 24 hours! This is the highest number of votes we have ever received for any player poll so it’s time we swiftly move on to a qualified referendum, allowing all our players to express their wishes.
We want our entire community to decide the future of their game by voting in the first ever RuneScape referendum, please make sure you register your vote and ensure you also get everyone you know who plays/has played RuneScape to register their vote too!
The number of players who registered their name on the petition and the feedback in the forums and on fan sites has shown how passionate you are about this matter. The following referendum clarifies exactly what we propose to bring back, or not, based entirely on your votes.
The referendum also gives you the opportunity to vote “Yes” for the return of Free Trade & the Wilderness, “I don’t mind either way” or “No” to the proposal. Please read through the following carefully and log in with your account to cast your vote as well as the option to see the results of the referendum.
About Free Trade:

• Unrestricted Free Trade between players
• Unlimited staking in the Duel Arena
• The Grand Exchange would remain, but with the lower and upper price limits removed
• Party Room drop restrictions removed
• Item Lending still available
• Assist System still available
• LootShare and CoinShare still available

About the Wilderness:

• The Wilderness becomes a rather dangerous area again and players can kill each other for their items
• PVP, Bounty and Bounty +1 Worlds removed (game mechanics may be re-used in the future)
• New objects that affect combat will be analysed on an individual basis
• Gravestones would still be used outside of the Wilderness
• Various PVP items and gear will still be available and won’t become ‘rares’
• Revenants patrolling the Wilderness will be relocated
• Content located in the Wilderness area reviewed as follows:
  
  • Quests (e.g. Spirit of Summer) and Activities (e.g. Clan Wars) would be relocated
  • Other content (e.g. Treasure Trails, the Beacon Network and D&Ds) would be looked at on a case-by-case basis

To view the referendum result and cast your vote, click here.
Thanks for your support,
Mark Gerhard

So far 89% Say yes to this Happened

192k Voters....

This is where people that mass-voted have really ****** up, because this time you gotta log in :L

[Callum.]

may as well as stuck to the first thread and posted the update as it's just the same thing really.

shame it's 3 years too late.

[Zak]

I agree with Callum on that one, I played runescape loads back then, its appeal has faded a lot since then. Good on bringing back umlin staking, wildy and unlimited trade tho

[Callum.]

altho i'd might go back every now and then, maybe.

think it could make a bit of an increase in activity in this section as it'd probs retain more players.

[Icemaniceice]

Well I am going to go ahead and reply to this thread and I agree with Callum, having a seperate thread for this new poll could gain activity in this section.

I voted yes to bring back both the old wilderness and free trade. I really miss the old wilderness but what I think is most important is the free trade. I remember when people gave other people free stuff and that is not as common anymore because of the trade limit so bringing back free trade in my opinion is a good idea. Now seeing as there was a poll before this one that you did not have to log in to vote in the votes are now reduced a lot because many people were just voting over and over.

[Aidenn]

If free trade and wilderness do return ill probably host comps on here and give a certain amount of cash away per week


Freebies are always good

[Cheryl]

This is good for any Runescape and other online game players as it now lets us trade freely between the games, rather than having to find different methods.

[Neversoft]

Wow, kudos to the staff for actually doing this. Could never imagine Sulake holding a referendum concerning the future of Habbo. If they bring back free trade and the original wilderness I might have a reason to play Runescape again.

[JoeyK.]

Now all they need to do is bring back the old random events... I miss the evil chicken

I always liked the risk involved with the wildy, actually made PvP somewhat interesting. I remember playing WoW for the first time and thinking that battlegrounds were a complete waste of time - I didn't like the whole 'grind honor lawl' system, got really stale (especially after a few seasons of having to grind the same gear with slightly better stats)

[Zak]

Aiden I thought the referendum was today? (Friday)