Favor Runners Guild DDO Online

Answer: (Based on http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?p=3012617)

You will need to run two DDO clients on the same computer or use two computers.

This is known as "Dual Boxing" and it is rather simple bottom line...but there are things you need to do to set it up.

(See ITALICS for Dual Boxing specific instructions)

Turbine has stated the following on the issue of Dual-Boxing:

Greetings Players,
Thank you for your inquiry. Multiboxing is not a violation of the Terms of Service. However what would be is if you were playing one account and allowing a 3rd party program to monitor or control the other account. You must be in control of both accounts at all times.
If you have any additional questions or concerns, please respond to this email, and we will be happy to assist you.
Thank you,
The Turbine Customer Service Team"

If you are still unsure, you may send your own inquiry here:http://www.ddo.com/component/content/article/670 and expect a response in 2-3 days (depending on stuff that's out of your control).

The organization Favor Runners strongly recommends its farmers be able to Dual Box, meaning to run two clients of DDO at one time to ensure efficient TP/Minute runs (Details on runs below).

To start, begin downloading the DDO client from its main website:http://www.ddo.com/ddosupport/download-ddo

Avoid installing the Turbine Download Manager, as it may drastically complicate the ability to Dual Box. Once you have downloaded DDO (this may take several minutes or a couple of hours) to your hard drive, go to the location you have it installed and right click on the entire folder and select "Copy". On the same drive, or separate of your choice, "Paste" the file so you have two identical copies of the DDO client, but be aware this may take some time since you're dealing with nearly 4GB of data. Both of my copies are on my E: drive, labeled "DDO1" and "DDO2" respectively.

Each copy of DDO has an executable program in it named, "TurbineLauncher" (sans quotations) and if double clicked will launch a client of DDO. Don't do anything with the files yet, instead create a notepad document by right clicking on your desktop and selecting 'New', then clicking 'Text Document'. This is so you can create a .bat file to simultaneously activate both "TurbineLauncher" executables. In the Text Document you should type in the following:

@echo off
cd (((directory for DDO1)))
start TurbineLauncher
cd (((directory for DDO2)))
start TurbineLauncher
exit

In place of the parentheses you should type in the file directory of your two DDO folders. For example, my .bat file looks precisely like this:

@echo off
cd "E:\DDO1"
start TurbineLauncher
cd "E:\DDO2"
start TurbineLauncher
exit

Once you have your directories in, you need to go to "File", then "Save As", and type in "DDO.bat" in the saved name field. This should create a .bat file that can be double clicked to start both Turbine Launchers in both of your clients. You may or may not need to double click the .bat file two or three times, I get a small error message every now and then but it should work perfectly fine. Once activated, you will see a loading screen, but a second identical loading screen should be active obscured by the first. You may have to move one around before being able to see the second.

Needless to say you need two accounts as you cannot play two accounts at once. After you type your account names and passwords to enter the game, you're done!

Some suggestions while Dual Boxing; keep your graphic settings on "Low" or "Very Low" and activate "Windowed Mode" to increase the speed at which you switch screens. Since there is no /follow in DDO you will have to manually use Autorun if you want to move two characters at once. There are some times where one DDO client stalls at a loading screen, and I have had to exit out of both clients and restart the programs to correct it. This game can be run relatively well on any PC, but I would advice some hardware upgrades to any business laptop. 

Some things for troubleshooting the game in general:

If you have latency issues, check to see if pando media booster is running as a process (hit Ctl+Shift+Esc to open task manager) and look under processes and look for anything that says "PMB" or anything like "Pando Media Booster".  You should end these processes immediately and uninstall pando media booster for that matter(add/remove programs).  PMB is a P2P program that shares the game files so that turbine doesn't have to spend its own bandwidth doing so...but they dont tell you its doing this!

If you have a dual core/quad core etc. you can reduce the chances of your game crashing while dual boxing almost completely by setting your processor affinity.  Open up the task manager, find the game processes, which should be "DnDClient..." and there should be two of them. Right click the process and "set affinity".  Assign the 1st game process to a single processor(or 2 if y you have a quad core...you get the idea).  Assign the 2nd game process to the other processor(s).  Now your games are completely independent of each other and won't cause crashing during loading, etc. 

Question: What kind of results can be achieved using Favor Runners patented favor farming methods?

Answer: We are interested in the most timely accumulation of Turbine Points possible, and after hours (perhaps weeks) of theorizing, a system has been achieved that has been deemed extremely successful. You shall focus on gaining 0-100 favor within 20 to 60 minutes depending on your efficiency and assistance, by running through the 11 predetermined dungeons listed below. Your main account character will be called Sponge and should be a DISPOSABLE CHARACTER(you will make one of these and delete it every time a new run takes place) no higher than level 4. Your secondary account be called your Runner, and must be level 7 or higher. Your Runner must be able to solo all of the 11 dungeons on Elite difficulty within 3-5 minutes without the use of hirelings or shrines.

*THIS IS THE REASON IT IS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT IN A GROUP*
A typical group of three players will have three Runners and three Sponges, thereby filling the group. The three Runners will begin to complete their stages of quests SIMULTANEOUSLY and halt before completion. The players then move their Sponges to the quest most near completion and the Runner in that quest will finish it, thereby earning the Sponges full Elite Favor. The Sponges then move to the next dungeon where the next Runner is waiting for them, and gains Favor from it as well, and so on. As each Runner finishes his/her quest, he should rush to the next quest on the list and stop before completion again.

EXAMPLE:
Jerry's runner nearly finishes Heyton's Rest, up until the point that he has to smash the final alter. At the same time, George is completing The Storehouse Secret up until the point where he has to grab the scroll. Both Jerry and George have their Sponges run to Heyton's Rest where Jerry smashes the final alter and earns the Favor for he and George's Sponge. At this point, their Sponges enter The Storehouse Secret, and Jerry starts running The Collaborator. When George finishes The Storehouse Secret for their Sponges, they run to The Collaborator while he begins Information is Key. This pattern continues until Sunken Sewer is completed, and the Sponges for both Jerry and George see they have been mailed a congratulatory message of achieving their first 100 Favor. Jerry and George then delete their Sponges, create new ones, and start again from Heyton's Rest.

The List:
Memorize these! this is the order we do them!

The Storehouse Secret
Heyton's Rest
The Cannith Crystal(if not doing Heyton's rest)
The Collaborator
Information is Key
Bringing The Light
Haverdasher
Durk's got a Secret
Garrison's Missing Pack
The Kobold's new Ringleader
Sunken Sewer
Missing in Action

Please do some runthroughs of these quests and get to know them by heart and learn the shortcuts.

Each of these quests should be completed within 2-4 minutes by each Runner, and the group of Sponges should head to the next quest nearest to completion. The stages are for organizational purposes when more than three players want to participate. Again, total time should be 25 minutes, but experience shows that 30-40 minute runs are more common due to human error.

Some tips:

NO SPONGE NEEDS TO GET ANY QUEST ON THE LIST! All Favor will be earned upon completion of the quest they are in, regardless if they have the quest or not. Finding the quest givers and picking rewards tends to slow down the group and should be avoided. Quest rewards may give you some gold, but gold farming is not the goal here.

YOU CAN ENTER THE COLLABORATOR WITHOUT PREVIOUS KORTHOS QUESTS! Enter through the cellar door rather than talking to the innkeeper.

RUNNING PAST ENEMIES IS VERY GOOD! Do not waste time fighting each group of monsters you run into. Instead run through everything, and stop only at a point where fear the Dungeon Alert Yellow or Orange. If there are optional bosses to 

IGNORE OPTIONAL QUESTS, BOSSES AND CHESTS! This should go without saying.

DON'T DO CANNITH CRYSTAL! Yes it's right there on Korthos, but it doesn't earn you enough favor to justify running it. It can be easily replaced with Haverdasher considering both quests give the same amount of favor but Crystal is just so much slower.

QUESTS THAT TAKE ONE OR LESS MINUTES TO FINISH! Storehouse Secret, Bringing the Light, Kobold's new Ringleader (2 mins max), Stealthy Repossession (2 mins max), and Sunken Sewer.

MOST IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTES FOR RUNNERS! You must have lots of damage, moderate survivability, and lots of run speed. Barbarians seem idea, a Bard or Cleric multi-class may be helpful. Truth be told, not enough testing has been done in this area to point to a single optimal build. Just be sure to do some research to know what you're doing.

SUNKEN SEWER! You don't need to lower the bridges, just have a high Jump skill or Jump item to leap out of the water and onto the second platform.

ABOVE ALL: SPEED SPEED SPEED! Jump while casting to remain at normal speed. Know each dungeon by heart and the best places to stop and fight. Use Expeditious Retreat items at the right time (NOT just before you have to hit several levers). 

KOBOLDS! You will fight lots of them, it may be nice to know they are considered Lawful Evil (Think Axiomatic + Pure Good weapons). They are also Reptiles.

OOZES! No one likes oozes. One Muckbane should be plenty so don't invest in 2WF unless going Ranger. Don't forget to repair.

GEAR! A large 2HW is preferable to 2WF because your Runner is only going up to level 8 or 10. Poison Immunity could help in some quests, but don't worry about Blindness, or Featherfall. Some Balance or Reflex Saves should be had due to Information is Key, and anything with Striding is definitely recommended.