No your totally wrong, they recently brought back the wild and free trade and its still boring. You actually had to work to get something in RS. You can just walk to grand exchange and get all items for a quest. that totally ruins the quest. Or you can just walk to grand exchange and get food. before you had to find a specific seller or get it yourself.
So in short, Grand exchange ruined the medieval feel of runescape. not the wilds or free trade. The G.e made r.s boring.