Wilderness and free trade refrundum

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RuneScape's referendum poll was a poll that was created around late december. there was more than 1 million votes in less than 3 weeks! votings for it has now closed. The community's response has been incredible with well over 1.2 million votes cast in just three short weeks. Total votes.* The results are now in and with 91% of the vote, you've told us loudly and clearly that you support the restoration of Free Trade and the Wilderness. 91% i want the old wilderness back!!!!7%2% On behalf of everyone here at Jagex we want to express our sincerest thanks for your votes, feedback and for playing such an important role in deciding the future of your game. We have been overwhelmed by the number of you who took part and are extremely grateful to all those who took it upon themselves to campaign so passionately both for and against the proposed update.

While the percentage of votes speak for themselves, it's important that we seriously consider all of your feedback and comments. So we'll be sitting down this weekend to carefully consider the next steps and will make an official announcement on Monday 17th January.


 * - 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


 * - 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 will 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 will be reviewed as follows:
 * - Quests (e.g. Spirit of Summer) and Activities (e.g. Clan Wars) will be relocated
 * - Other content (e.g. Treasure Trails, the Beacon Network and D&Ds) will be looked at on a case-by-case basis