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Zinger314 · May 07, 2006, 12:29 AM // 00:29

Topic. I need a whopping 70 Amber for this sexy armor...and that's quite the large sum.

(No, I'm not buying the Amber. I only have around 150k, and I still need money to BUY the armor!

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Any ideas? I've tried Atruum Ruins Faction Farming, but most PuGs there don't have a clue.

I managed to obtain a nice sum of Faction (Already obtained 10 Amber from it) through Alliance battles, but they rarely go off and victory is inconsistant.

Any ideas?

(EDIT: Miscounted Total sum. But I still need 60k for crafting. And 40k for Black dye.

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Tigers Anger · May 07, 2006, 12:59 AM // 00:59

Farming Alliance battles on a sword w/mo with mending + healing hands works well for me, or even doing Aspenwood Gate on a w/mo healer with healing seed + healing hands (im on kurzick side so all i have to do is alternate those spells on the guy that needs to live to make the weapon.)

julienp · May 07, 2006, 01:07 AM // 01:07

You could also try one of the repeatable quests that get you 400 faction. The Duelist quest just outside Brauer Academy seems like a good candidate, shouldn't take more than a few minutes with henchman for one run.

On the Luxon side the Supply Lines from Beakers Hollow can be done in ~2 minutes, just switch your secondary profession to ranger and buy the Stormchaser and Zojun's Haste (?) skills (increase running speed for a few seconds). After a few tries you should be able to easily do the quest while watching tv or alt-tabbing between Guildwars and GWGuru

The Kurzick version probably won't be as efficient because of all the crippling traps set out by the wardens, but I haven't tried.

Zinger314 · May 07, 2006, 01:54 AM // 01:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by julienp

You could also try one of the repeatable quests that get you 400 faction. The Duelist quest just outside Brauer Academy seems like a good candidate, shouldn't take more than a few minutes with henchman for one run.

Really? That quest is repeatable?

...any advice how a Necro kills them? 3 Mesmers, 2 Monks, and an Ele doesn't make for a happy time.

MelechRic · May 07, 2006, 02:15 AM // 02:15

I do it on my necro all the time:

Bring henchies first of all

2 Monks (prot/heal)
2 Warriors
1 Domination Mesmer (for interrupting)
1 Eve (for her very nice BR)
1 Aidan (optional Cynn for fireworks)
1 You (blood spiking necro)

16 Blood
13 Soul Reaping

Offering of Blood {E}
Dark Pact
Vampiric Gaze
Shadow Strike
Lifebane Strike ( or Vampirc Swarm)
Vampiric Touch
Awaken the Blood
Rez signet

1. Run to the destination avoiding aggro of various mobs. Watch out for the random Oni triplet spawn.

2. Gank the monks first. There are always two monks in the first row. They must die first. Then you can focus on the rest of the opponents. Failure to kill the monks makes this much more difficult. Fortunately they can't handle 2 warriors and your blood spike.

Note: You will not always face the same foes. Sometimes there will be a back row of only archers. Other times it's 2 warriors, 2 assassins and another named warrior. Sometimes it's two earth elementalists, 2 mesmers and a named mesmer. The front row always has two monks.

Zinger314 · May 07, 2006, 02:48 AM // 02:48

Ah, thanks. That made the killing easy.

Only one problem: It's still quite slow. According to math, it'll take 10 Hours to get all the Ambers I need.

Sigh.

GranDeWun · May 07, 2006, 03:43 AM // 03:43

All the 400 faction quest appear to be repeatable - in fact if you zone out they reset even if completed and no credit claimed, so be sure to get reward first.

geminisaga · May 07, 2006, 05:26 AM // 05:26

wer is tat guy in arcipelago pic will be nice

Kakumei · May 07, 2006, 05:28 AM // 05:28

AMATZ BASIN

Ridiculously easy faction.

geminisaga · May 07, 2006, 05:40 AM // 05:40

anyone have pic the loc for supplymaster keleos?

Corinthian · May 07, 2006, 06:00 AM // 06:00

Wow. 10 hours. That sure is A LONG TIME.

julienp · May 07, 2006, 10:21 AM // 10:21

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Originally Posted by geminisaga

anyone have pic the loc for supplymaster keleos?

He's just outside Breaker Hollow, east exit.

Thailii Monkey · May 07, 2006, 11:35 AM // 11:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kakumei

AMATZ BASIN

Ridiculously easy faction.

QFE

1k faction every 12-13 mins if you play it right

fb2000 · May 07, 2006, 12:13 PM // 12:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zinger314

Ah, thanks. That made the killing easy.

Only one problem: It's still quite slow. According to math, it'll take 10 Hours to get all the Ambers I need.

Sigh.

mate u cant rush everything

u cant expect to buy fow after collecting materials for 10 hours can u

are there even people at aspenwood/jade quarry? i seem to be waiting for opposing party indefinately long

and ya, Amatz Basin is quite easy to get some faction

allience · May 07, 2006, 12:26 PM // 12:26

i prefer to just do allience battles. u win, u ger 750 faction, u lose u get the factin points that u gained, should be at least 300.

MelechRic · May 07, 2006, 12:56 PM // 12:56

Happily, I'm in a Luxon guild so I can do the supplies quest. It really does take 2 minutes to get 400 faction. Sadly that is still a lot of grinding...

80,000 faction for 80 Jade

400 faction / 2 minutes (from supplies quest) = 200 faction/minute

--> 400 minutes for 80,000 faction

400 minutes = 6.67 hours

I guess I'll have to mix it up with PvP and other FedEX questing just to keep my sanity.

Zinger314 · May 07, 2006, 04:16 PM // 16:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thailii Monkey

QFE

1k faction every 12-13 mins if you play it right

You can get faction at the same rate by Farming the duel quest. (It's about 400 every 4 minutes, so 1200 every 12 minutes). Plus you get Money and EXP.

Although I think my Ritualist would be able to cheese through that Duel quest with Spirits...I need to test it out.

Talinna · May 07, 2006, 04:48 PM // 16:48

Does it not bother anybody that all people seem to be doing in this new campagine is rushing and grinding?

What happened to the fun of doing the missions and quest and following the story line?

What happened to getting stuff as you naturally earned it?

tuperwho · May 07, 2006, 05:01 PM // 17:01

What happened is the lack of unique quests and short number of missions, combined with the desire to get the great new armors.

Kakumei · May 07, 2006, 05:14 PM // 17:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zinger314

You can get faction at the same rate by Farming the duel quest. (It's about 400 every 4 minutes, so 1200 every 12 minutes). Plus you get Money and EXP.

Although I think my Ritualist would be able to cheese through that Duel quest with Spirits...I need to test it out.

The thing about Amatz Basin is that it can literally require zero input from you. Enter mission with a full set of henches, walk to the middle path, and stand there. The henches will do all the work for you. Repeat til you're happy.