Monday’s Bag Of Tricks Vol. 16: Playing the Neverwinter Astral Diamond Exchange
Welcome to the 16th installment of Monday’s Bag of Tricks! On some Mondays you will find useful tricks, gimmicks and ideas here that can make life in Neverwinter Online easier. Some of the stuff should be well known, but since even veterans learn something new every now and then, chance is you can, too.
This is actually a fairly old and known trick to make some ADs, but playing (or scalping) the ZAX has been renewed as an option lately by the massive drop caused by the Leadership changes. It’s a simple buy low sell high concept that can can net you a nice ROI (return of investment) on a daily basis.
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Date | Max Offer | Min Offer | ROI |
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2015-09-21 | 418 | 400 | 1.045 |
2015-09-22 | 405 | 400 | 1.013 |
2015-09-23 | 403 | 393 | 1.025 |
2015-09-24 | 397 | 390 | 1.018 |
2015-09-25 | 390 | 372 | 1.048 |
2015-09-26 | 379 | 360 | 1.053 |
2015-09-27 | 390 | 363 | 1.074 |
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There was AD to make on every single day during the last week, up to 27 ADs per ZEN. History and market logic indicate these fluctuations are likely to continue.
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Time PDT | Time BST | Avg Offer |
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04:00 PM – 08:00 PM | 00:00 – 04:00 | 392.68 |
08:00 PM – 12:00 PM | 04:00 – 08:00 | 388.86 |
12:00 PM – 04:00 AM | 08:00 – 12:00 | 389.97 |
04:00 AM – 08:00 AM | 12:00 – 16:00 | 391.20 |
08:00 AM – 12:00 AM | 16:00 – 20:00 | 395.15 |
12:00 AM – 04:00 PM | 20:00 – 24:00 | 391.85 |
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You however do need some knowledge to fully profit from the ZAX, like when to buy, when to sell and what events can majorly affect the market. The price of the ZAX seems to be more impacted by European Times for example as it peaks during afternoon and late EU and is the lowest during night EU and early US. Also Module launches and certain Promotions, that artificially flood ZEN into the market, can drastically influence the ZAX and have to be anticipated, but if you master the exchange, this is a nice source of income in times in which ADs are harder to come by than ever.
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I’ve never much cared for the “buy low sell high” approach, though it’s hard to argue that it’s unprofitable.