Diamond Trade with Patch 5.0.3

Statement from Gameforge - Diamond Trade with Patch 5.0.3 25 September 2012

The veterans amongst you who have been here since the very beginning will surely remember that fateful day when the book pages fell from Lord Ayvenas’ hands upon the ground, creating the world of Taborea. And if you can still recall that you’re sure to be able to think back to the beginnings of the Auction House. The Diamond trading that took place there allowed you to not only trade in Diamonds for Taborean gold, but also to use gold to buy the sought-after Diamonds that could be used to buy items in the Item Shop.

At the time, the internet played host to a wave of criminality including, for example, the use of stolen credit card information which, in the case of Runes of Magic, was used to supply illegally obtained Diamonds to players. Due to this issue and the increasing economic damage caused, it became necessary to disable Diamond trading in the Auction House for the time being and enter into consultation on what could be done.

Being an F2P we rely on the Item Shop for our revenue which means that any changes we made would have to comply with several regulations. Nevertheless, we wanted to grant you the opportunity again to stock up on your Diamonds through your efforts in-game. So we introduced the two NPCs, Agnes and Cedric, who on a daily basis would trade you gold for your Diamonds and vice versa.

Thanks to enormous improvements and new practices by our anti-fraud department, we can at last make Diamond trading in the Auction House available again today! Although, to ensure this reintroduced Auction House feature retains its value, we have decided to reduce the rates offered by the Diamond NPCs starting today, the 25th of September 2012 with Patch 5.0.3 – Chrysalia’s Shadow.

Below are the new NPC trading rates:

Cedric:
 * Takes 80,000 Gold (previously 100,000)
 * Gives 3 Diamonds (previously 5)
 * Once a day per account (previously three times a day per account)

Agnes:
 * Takes 15 Diamonds (previously 25)
 * Gives 150,000 Gold (previously 175,000)

Both NPCs have also had the maximum number of daily exchanges reduced from 3,000 to 1,000 times a day.

Everybody in the Runes of Magic is very happy to see the return of this Auction House feature and this has been one of the greatest challenges to face Runes of Magic in Europe since it was launched. We would of course love to hear some of your feedback in this post.

Happy trading!