WoWMap gives us that functionality and feel. Taking it from the author:

Tired of having to work your way through that annoying dropdown menu every time you want to check something on a different map? Then WoWMap is for You! The aim of WoWMap is to make the worldmap of RoM feel like you may know it from WoW i.e. the map handling will be changed to feel more like WoW.

This is how my Runes of Magic worldmap looks like:

With additional functionalities not found on the default RoM worldmap like:

• Right-Click: Zooms the map out by one level. Examples:
  
  • When you are displaying a zone map it will change to the worldmap; or
  • When you are displaying the map of Varanas it will change to the map of Silverfall.
• Left-Click: Clicking on a zoomable area, the worldmap zooms in on that area or zone or town. Examples:
  
  • When you are viewing the worldmap itself and you click on Howling Mountains, it will zoom-in and show the zone map of Howling Mountains; or
  • When you click on the town of Varanas, WoWMap will zoom-in and show you the town map of Varanas.

The original features are still intact. If you want to ping the map or show the dropdown menu, simply press your Shift key then Click! Of course all other maps are viewable, if your local RoM server have it enabled.

How to Install?

1. Get the latest version of WoWMap which is v1.8.5.
2. Extract the WoWMap folder to your /Interface/AddOns/ folder located on your Runes of Magic folder. (If it isn’t there, just create it.)

That simple! But if for whatever reason it isn’t working for you, then do the following steps:

1. Download this RoM mappack (it’s safe, don’t worry)
2. Extract the folder to /Interface/ (NOT /Interface/AddOns/)
3. Rename the folder to: WorldMap

That should do it.

But if it is still not working for you, especially if your local RoM server have a different setting somewhere like Runes of Magic Philippines, then you need to do additional steps:

1. Go to the folder: /Interface/AddOns/WoWMap/
2. Open the file: WoWMap.lua
3. Search for (usually line 87): loc == "ENUS"
4. Change it to: if (loc == "ENUS" or loc == "PH") then (change “PH” to your own locale if needed)
5. Save the file!

Done! Finally! Go enjoy Runes of Magic with a new enhanced worldmap.

By the way, if you do not want to use the WoWMap addon but you want to see the latest map of RoM, just download the RoM mappack as instructed above. However, do not expect to see some of the maps if it isn’t enabled or activated on your local RoM server.

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I will tell you now: addons are legal. As you can see in the screenshot below…

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Convinced? I hope so. The question now: where to find addons and which addons to use?

To answer your first question, the best place to find addons for Runes of Magic are the following sites:

• Curse.com
• CurseForge.com (if you are an advance user and willing to help in testing addons for bugs)
• RoM-EU AddOns Forums
• RoM-US AddOns Forums

You can also use Curse’s AddOn Updater tool. It is safe, go install the tool by downloading it here. If you want to install it on your Debian-based Linux machine (like Ubuntu), you can follow my instructions here. (Yes, Runes of Magic runs on Linux.)

Your second question: Which addons to use? Well that depends on what you want and on how you play. Each class have different needs and each role (Tanker, Healer, DPS) have different play styles. For healer roles and classes, you will want addons that allow you to see at first glance which of your party/raid members requires immediate attention.

If you are a tanker, you will want an addon that will let you see which of your party/raid members are getting too much attention (aggro/threat level) and warn him to stop for a while to allow you to build up threat (again). Caster types may want to use an addon that will alert them of previous casted spells ready for another round of casting. Or maybe you want an addon that gives you the ability to show all the bar slots - all 80 of them! (80 slots as of this writing)

It could be anything. If there is an addon available then you are in luck, just install it and set it up, voila enjoy your game. But if the addon that you are looking for is not available, then you either have to learn how to create an addon (first you need to learn: Lua programming language), then study RoM’s addon system, and do a lot of testing. Or you can go find someone who knows how to program an addon and file a request.

Probably, most of you are not Lua programmers. Probably, you also want to just jump right in and use addons instead of spending countless of hours searching for the “right” addon for you. I can help you with that, but I can not help you find the “right” addon. As I’ve said earlier, each of us have different needs, different play style, different tastes.

In the next few days, I will go through a series of RoM AddOns I have personally tried and recommended to our guild. For some of these addons, I will also provide a short guide on how to make it compatible with Runes of Magic Philippines. Then after I’m done with it, maybe I will do a review of the other addons (that I do not use or previously used).

For now, if you can not wait simply visit the links I provided above and start using addons that will help you be efficient and at the same time make the game even more enjoyable.

As expected, there were gamers who are new to this type of 3^rd Generation MMORPG. They asked a lot of questions which were answered by concerned and patient gamers who were lucky to join the Alpha and Closed Beta Test of RoM-PH (or played in the International servers).

Everything was fine and well until the server recorded its first official guild registration - Relentless. A name fitting them because they were relentless in their effort to be the RoM-PH’s first guild under two hours since the game went live. An impossible thing to the eyes of those who have not played Runes of Magic but a small challenge to those who have been conquering the world of Taborea for a long time already.

An hour and a half later, by my reckoning, the next official guild was established in-game, the guild Exitializ, founded by ExcEsc. Of course, this prompted a wave of guild requests from the unguilded which every guild master have learned to put through some rigid application process.

Here are five screenshots from RoM-PH’s OBT launch.

re one of the new players, be sure to check out our short guide to Runes of Magic’s Dual-Class System by clicking here. It might save you time and effort - from deciding which one to combine and from restarting all-over again.