I'd like to understand why it costs 250k just to be able to gather items. Is there something that I am missing here. In RoM you just have the ability after learning mining. So to my surprise you get mining then have to buy a mining pick which costs 250k and at level 5 I am scratching my head on how to do that. I bought 1900 diamonds but the perm tool is 4000. Is there some way to exchange diamonds for gold? How do I get to mining anything as a new player or should I level then come back to crafting? Just seems better to use some of the gear and weapons from crafting as I level.