Player Power

Power to the Players is the ingame polling system introduced to RuneScape in mid-January 2014. It allows players to see and vote on polls about upcoming content and updates from inside the game. All polls are open to members, and some are available to non-members as well. Three polls are run simultaneously. Six polls were run in January 2014, and seven per month after that.

There are three tiers of poll. Dragonstone polls are regarding large updates, such as the addition of a new skill to RuneScape. Diamond polls concern medium updates, like the addition of a new boss monster. Ruby polls are for small updates, e.g. the reworking of a quest's rewards.

Each player only has one vote per poll, but they are allowed to change their mind as many times as they wish while the poll is open. The vote they've chosen at the close of the poll is the one that will be logged for that player.

With every poll, the winning option is guaranteed to enter the game. This does not, however, mean that the losing option will never be added as well, just that it will not be given priority at that time. The exception to this will be "yes/no" polls; a majority no vote will mean that update will be scrapped.

The removal of the Evolution of Combat, Squeal of Fortune and Solomon's General Store will not be polled.

There is a specific forum for discussion of Power to the Players polls, as well as suggestions for more.