No support on the merge.
Many players want it but there are also players who don’t who like to play classic self sufficiently.
The remaining classics should have the option to merge or stay in the current game mode the way it is (which yes the market would be split but it can’t hurt anything now) the classics who don’t support the merge are okay with the decreased amount of items available. Similar to how in EIM you can choose whether you want a partner or not. We would have a similar choice and those who want a harder grind and a more self sufficient but not as solo as Ironman have the option to play it that way instead of devaluing the mode completely.
Another option could be bringing our GP rates up to normal with things like thieving, rev artifacts etc. and making our shops the same as normal shops. The main problem in classic is we have no new players due to how difficult early game can be (necessary items like prayer potions are 20k+ on tp, manta rays 5k+ etc) with supplies more accessible and money not so scarce newer players can stick with classic and it doesn’t effect other game modes or our current eco as things don’t sell now.
The players who support the change aren’t wrong for wanting it just like we aren’t wrong for not. But each classic should be able to choose for themselves.
I appreciate your feedback but as it seems to be, you were all for it before. I do think for the total of 4 classic players that don't want the merge can have an option to continue playing Classic, in some sort of "group classic" manner. As for the rest of us, assuming my estimate on 15-20 players was incorrect according to the feedback on the post, we want a merge.
As it has turned out, it appears there is a lot more Classics than I have assumed. Out of at least 30 classics, only 4 of you do not support the merge. Now if we put this into account and bias this off of the way polls on regular oldschool is accounted, there has to be a 75% base that support the change.
What I am trying to prove here is that MOST of us want the merge. A select few do not. Out of the 4 that do not support, one of you has already stated you will quit anyways and play as a normal player. That leaves roughly 27 Classics that support and 3 that do not. Even if the other guy does not quit, there is still a good 86.7% of us that want and fully support this change. That's not even counting all the other miscellaneous people that support this suggestion on this post.
So, if @Omicron wants to code a special code for 3 or 4 people that would like to remain as a Classic without merge, then so be it. Maybe, as I said above, give you guys a "Group Classic" type ordeal so you can remain classics and trade each other.