[Guide] Runes of Magic - Getting the most from Multi-Boxing

[Farleito]

How do I get diamonds and what do I do with them?

Diamonds keep the game going. Since the game is free to play, the developers need a way to eat and support their families. Considering the game can be downloaded for free without any subscription fees, a purchase of 1000 diamonds is about the same as a WoW account purchase (not including the expansion packs). Depending on how many diamonds you purchase, you can get them for 3 cents to 5 cents per diamond. At times, they offer discounts and bonus diamonds on purchases for a period of time. If you are going to make a big purchase, try to wait for these times. I've noticed that they usually do it on the weekends.

• Getting around...the cheap way
  
  • As I mentioned earlier in the guide, hang on to your blue gift-bags until you are going to play for a while. Use the temporary mounts from the gift bag.
  • You can rent a mount from the "mount rental" NPC. It's 2000 gold for 2 hours, or 300 gold for 15 minutes.
  • A temporary mount (7 - 30 days) can be purchased with diamonds. I personally feel that this is a huge waste of diamonds since it's not permanent. If you can only afford a temporary mount, wait it out. Do not give in to this. Once your mount is gone...it's gone. Bye-bye diamonds.
  • A permanent mount can cost anywhere from 199 (60% increase speed) to ~380 (65% increase). If you're multi-boxing, they all need the same speed. Also, you want to be able to get away from PK's, right? Go for the fast mounts. It's well worth it.
  • ...and now... the cheap way - Wait for the mounts to go on sale! They go on sale (50% off) once every few weeks.
  • Keep in mind that all major towns have teleporters so that you don't have to run thru the entire town. All zones have a teleporter as well (Snoop). Be sure to take advantage of these to avoid wasting time running around.
• Useful cash shop items (for multi-boxing)
  
  • Party Experience Potion (30% increase to experience gained from combat). These last 1 hour and the party must be close to receive the buff when the potion is first used. You can make gold by inviting people into your party and applying the potion (assuming your not using all 6 spots).
  • Mounts - don't have to say much about this. It sucks to run everywhere.
  • Transportation Portal Runes. It is much cheaper to buy the portals than the individual transportation runes.
  • Big Angel's Sigh - Lets face it... when one character dies...they all die (unless you have a priest in your group). It sucks when one of your followers gains too much agro and gets killed. Do you a) ressurrect and run that one toon back? or b) Suicide the rest of them so they're all together again? If you're like me, and suicide the rest of them to keep things "even", the Big Angel's Sigh makes you immune to experience and talent point debt for a 24 hour duration. You don't feel so bad after a wipe or two.
• Gold to Diamond exchange
  
  • If you don't want to pay for diamonds with real money, you can purchase them thru the auction house using gold. Since Frogster implemented a 30-day holding period on diamond purchases (which prevents selling/gifting diamonds) the demand for diamonds has increased.
  • Using the auction house, there are two ways to acquire diamonds. Selling gold and buying diamonds. If you buy the diamond, you will be paying somebody elses asking price. On Grimdal, this is usually 30k gold per diamond because there are more people buying diamonds then selling them. The better thing to do is to sell your gold with an asking price of 1 diamond. I've been able to sell 15k gold in exchange for a diamond. 1 million gold (on average) would get you 55 diamonds. Since most people have to wait 30 days to buy gold with diamonds, they will pay whatever they can when it's available.
  • So, to recap...don't buy diamonds... sell gold instead. You get a better deal this way. If you're familiar with the Stock Market, it would be like a Market Order (buying diamonds) versus a LImit Order (selling gold). You can pay the "going rate", or set your own price and wait until somebody matches it.
• Rubies?
  
  • When you purchase item shop items, you get rubies. The ratio is 20:6. For 20 diamonds spent, you get 6 rubies. This allows you to purchase exclusive item shop items (such as vanity pets and costumes).