Curse

bill howard · Nov 04, 2007, 04:02 PM // 16:02

Getting 3000 points of any of the four reptations is easy by just doing three quests in the hard mode book and turning it in. You get five filled in with a new book and by doing three more you can turn it in for 3000 points to any of the four reputation npc's. I do Curse of the Nornbear, then G.O.L.E.M and lastly Against the Charr.
I am a Dervish and use SAP'S 3 Necro/Ritualist hero builds which is found in this forum. I also use 2 monks, one earth and one fire elementalist henches.
The Nornbear is always in the same spot the three times you fight him and once you learn them it is really fast.
The G.O.L.E.M quest is tricky but I immediately take the entire party to the east side and after killing two destroyers I flag two necro/rit heros there and take the remaining party as fast as I can to the other side. The necros i flag are the ones with Jagged Bones and the other with Weapon of Remedy. They easily hold off the destroyers while I run back and forth.
For Against the Charr I just go straight for the end Boss and do nothing to weaken the garrison. Fridgid Armor helps as many Fire dealing Charrs.
I do two runs a day and 6000 points adds up pretty fast. I hope you find this helpfull as killing one monster at 2 points apiece means killing 3000 of them to get the same rep points. See you in the game.

impoc · Nov 04, 2007, 07:38 PM // 19:38

actually, with shrine, boss, and hunt bonuses, you never have to kill 3000 monsters to get 6000 points, I think its actually faster to get points by killing monsters because you could probably get 6000 in an hour and a half, making it about 9000 every 2 hours

Charr · Nov 04, 2007, 10:51 PM // 22:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by impoc

actually, with shrine, boss, and hunt bonuses, you never have to kill 3000 monsters to get 6000 points, I think its actually faster to get points by killing monsters because you could probably get 6000 in an hour and a half, making it about 9000 every 2 hours

6000 points in and hour and a half, are you drunk???

Tarzanboy · Nov 05, 2007, 12:05 AM // 00:05

It's very possible to yield 4500 points in an hour, depending upon bonuses.

Norn example:
151 kills in Varajar Fells in HM and killing the 6 bosses for Path to Revelations alone yields at least 1951 points without going to more than the initial shrine, not killing any other bosses in the area and failing to receive any bumps through random blessings. Add on the Random blessings such as Hunt Rampage, Hunt Point Bonus and Timed Attack.

Dwarf:
Secret Lair of Snowmen...

Asura:
Vanquishing Magus Stones in HM.

Cheers,
TB

mcsumo · Nov 05, 2007, 12:22 AM // 00:22

The OP is right about quest books being faster than farming areas for rep. Trouble is he is doing the wrong quests.

Nornbear yep good 1, 10 mins in and out.

That last quest wtf is it called again? Anyway killing the 'great' destroyer, with the right HH set up 5 mins. A time for heroes...i remember now

The last 1 I think I agree the quickest is Against the Charr, just ignore all optionals and run straight to the 'full strength' garrison. Should clear that in 10-15 mins.

Finding the Bloodstone is also quick and easy. Sometimes I do that one instead, sometimes I do both.

So 6000+ rep per hour.

I haven't found any areas that are quick and easy enough to guarantee that much. Vanquishing areas the most I have seen is 5-6K but that takes 1 and a half hours or more.

Mind you the 'random' bonuses do hate me. I have reached 200 kills and spoken to every shrine guy and still been on rank 1 before now :/ .

Cobalt · Nov 05, 2007, 12:54 AM // 00:54

That is a great idea!

Also, I have seen many who will run "A time for heroes" in HM for a few K so if you have trouble with it you can just hire a runner for that one.

impoc · Nov 05, 2007, 01:53 AM // 01:53

I would have to say that if you have the right builds, farming is much much faster, but if you don't want to take the time in working those out, then filling out quests books would be your best option

ShadowofWar · Nov 05, 2007, 02:38 AM // 02:38

I can usually do 7 missions in an hour and a half so about 8k an hour. hard mode missions of course.

Washi · Nov 05, 2007, 07:34 AM // 07:34

Snowmen in hard mode is about 2000-2500 in 15 minutes but thats only for dwarf.

Graphik Desine · Nov 05, 2007, 09:24 AM // 09:24

i did this backwards in normal mode. i farmed all those points by killing things, then i did the dungeons, which got me a few points over the max (8), since i knew hard mode needed to be released. i nearly pulled my hair out it was very tedious...

but if you get them all up to 8, then do all hard mode dungeons and quests FIRST, you will have 9 assuredly in all reps...i did, and did no additional rep farming in-between. so i assume this is average.

THEN get both book rewards--turn them in to either lowest # or least favored rep farming spots, it shouldn't be much of a hassle. 2 titles get knocked out in 1 sitting, then you have 2 others to farm up, in my case i needed 13k for vanguard and roughly 22k for dwarf, so hands down, asura and norn got the books turned in (how bad can sacnoth valley really be, anyway...all the charr...gimme a challenge on my way out of rep farming!

).
i pounded the junk out of asura and norn in normal, and was tired of it, so these were definite "no's" when the time came to turning in books...

that is, if you are going for legendary master of the north and (10) in all reps and plan on filling every page of dungeon/quest to get the max reward from them.

it might not be the BEST way to do rep title maxing, but it is a way nonetheless. nice, profitable way. think of all the money you can get from turning in both books in 1 min. exciting!

happy rep farming everyone!

edit: 2nd paragraph-line-type words: i vanquished all areas while i was doing dungeons...not really considered rep farming, but that is a lot of points.

Cebe · Nov 05, 2007, 10:39 AM // 10:39

I Recently maxed out Ebon Vanguard, and I concur with the "fill in a few pages of the book" strategy.

Even in Hard Mode I consider the following quests pretty quick to complete:

Curse of the Nornbear
A Gate Too Far
Finding the Bloodstone
The Elusive Golemancer
G.O.L.E.M.
A Time for Heroes

That's 6 missions which can be done in about 2-2.5 hours or so, and with the standard entries in the book, net you 9000 points (not to mention the 18,000XP and 1.8k)

I consider it easier, quicker, and a damn site more entertaining than slugging through piles of monsters for hours on end.

Valeria · Nov 05, 2007, 01:17 PM // 13:17

So it is really worth it to give the book away without filling ALL the pages?
Maybe i should try this in normal mode until i reach rank 8. That should be easier and maybe even as fast as hard mode.

IslandHermet · Nov 05, 2007, 01:28 PM // 13:28

Norn verjair falls HM kill all 500 monsters and you have 7-9k points If your with good team 1 hour run.

Guildmaster Cain · Nov 05, 2007, 01:40 PM // 13:40

Snowmen is for me 1500-2500 in NM and only takes 10 mins. You also get 3-5 Locked Chests, so good chestrunning.

bill howard · Nov 05, 2007, 02:54 PM // 14:54

Thanks for the replys guys! I did A Gate to Far in 30 min this AM and was easy in HM. I wrote this post for a friend that was lvl 8 in all four Reputations and tried to average 1000 points in a 20 minute span. Farming for points is fine but to get max points you must kill at least 100 monsters and and then try to rampage as much as possible. I usually dont have the time to play for two hour, plus, so farming didn't work for me.
Adding quest The Great Destroyer is fast for me in NM but in HM, as I am a Derv, is more of a pain that it is worth, but that is only my opinion. Wish I was a 55 Monk LOL.
Finding the Bllodstone might be easy but just getting to the dungeon is a pain if you run into Raptors or Ferothrax's in HM. They must have 2500 health points apiece.
Again thanks for the replies and I have added A Gate to Far to my list as you get 1500 more points for a book with 9 quests done than a book with 8 quests when turned in.

Cobalt · Nov 05, 2007, 02:56 PM // 14:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graphik Desine

THEN get both book rewards--turn them in to either lowest # or least favored rep farming spots, it shouldn't be much of a hassle. 2 titles get knocked out in 1 sitting, then you have 2 others to farm up, in my case i needed 13k for vanguard and roughly 22k for dwarf, so hands down, asura and norn got the books turned in (how bad can sacnoth valley really be, anyway...all the charr...gimme a challenge on my way out of rep farming!

).
i pounded the junk out of asura and norn in normal, and was tired of it, so these were definite "no's" when the time came to turning in books...

that is, if you are going for legendary master of the north and (10) in all reps and plan on filling every page of dungeon/quest to get the max reward from them.

it might not be the BEST way to do rep title maxing, but it is a way nonetheless. nice, profitable way. think of all the money you can get from turning in both books in 1 min. exciting!

happy rep farming everyone!

edit: 2nd paragraph-line-type words: i vanquished all areas while i was doing dungeons...not really considered rep farming, but that is a lot of points.

I would not turn in NM rep books until you are just a few points from level 8 then that 20k will get you close to level 9 maybe level nine I forget the amount you need to go from 8 to 9. In any case it would shave off a lot of HM grinding that way.

mcsumo · Nov 05, 2007, 04:17 PM // 16:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by IslandHermet

Norn verjair falls HM kill all 500 monsters and you have 7-9k points If your with good team 1 hour run.

See that is the advantage of book filling. You can get the same or better rpm (rep per minute)

, plus you don't have to pray you get a decent team, who will all stay the full hour and that you get decent bonuses along the way ( vanquishing Drakkar lake I only got just over 5K

), plus if you have 10 mins to spare you can do a quest, then do more when you have time later.

Finding the bloodstone is quite easy to get to without aggroing any 'saurs once you have done it a few times and know the patrols.

Killing the great destroyer is far less about what you are than what you do with your H/H. You need SS, interrupts and pain inverter. The rest is just about making sure enough of you survive the enraged blast, to PI him again the next time he is interrupted, then he is dead. Other things work really well too (touchers, 55s, mesmers etc), but any character can use this strategy.

mage767 · Nov 06, 2007, 02:26 AM // 02:26

For Asuran points, try this:

Arbor Bay HM, ~500+ enemies, with bonuses etc, you should get 9000xp in 2 hours.

Xx_Sorin_xX · Nov 06, 2007, 04:31 AM // 04:31

its kinda nice to go back and forth. what i am doing and plan on doing for the rest of the rep titles is doing some of the handbook, turning it in and then vanquishing an area, then doing a handbook, vanquish, till i've vanquished all. that means i can work on master of the north title as well. and its not the same thing over and over.

Sheriff · Nov 06, 2007, 09:33 AM // 09:33

I think there are excellent choices to get reputation points for most paths - except Vanguard. And this is where the partial books come in handy.