As a poor player of RS2 before and after the GE, I have to say, for us it hasn't changed too much. It's a lot easier to make money; before, I had to fish a thousand lobs and stand for days in a crowded bank to make a few sales. I could never make money because people always bought low and sold... well, low.

 

 

 

The GE has made it a lot easier for poor people to make money. All I day is drop off my load of sharks and collect the money. I'm still pre-1mil, but I say it's amazing.

 

 

 

The trade limit.. is not good. You can't run runes anymore, but assisting helps. I can't give stuff to my friends for helping me out. I can't sell something for less then it's worth. i have a relatively high QP, but it's still awfully annoying.

 

 

 

I'm not even going into all the RWT/wildy buisness. That's way too much of a hot button.

I used to sell cooked lobsters for 100 gp each with no idea of real price (DAMN!!!)

 

 

 

I made over 200k as a newbie with that, to bad i was getting ripped off each time.

i think that it has improved player interaction. before people would have to spend some/most of there time trying to buy what they needed, now they just go buy it. sure it has slowed some peoples money making, but now we all have time to do other things