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impression · Nov 14, 2008, 04:10 PM // 16:10

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Originally Posted by imnotyourmother

don't gorget to grab a book as you vanquish now

Aren't books only for missions/Dungeons?

Thanks.

Titine · Nov 14, 2008, 08:20 PM // 20:20

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Originally Posted by impression

Hi,
Will we get double faction for vanquishing as well this weekend?

Thanks.

yes

Just vanquished boreas seabed and got 19,400 luxon faction (194 monsters killed)

Red Sonya · Nov 15, 2008, 02:43 AM // 02:43

Who cares about scrolls I want a triple drop green item weekend again and every weekend thereafter haha. I'd also like triple drop juvinile termite legs and charr carvings and gargoyle thingys hehe before christmas

Mourne · Nov 15, 2008, 05:55 AM // 05:55

Got right at 40k Kurzick faction from vanq'ing Arborstone. That was in 1 hour...so if you guys want some good Kurzick faction this weekend, I'd suggest doing that.

Nightow · Nov 15, 2008, 06:10 AM // 06:10

Holy Moley and Sweet Mother Teresa!

Our guild vanquished half the Jade sea tonight I went from having something like 115k to 240k in a matter of just a couple of hours!

Not only that, but we broke some where 1.6 million faction before it got to be 1am and some of us decided to call it a night.

Before this update, I would have never bothered working towards a r8+ luxon title but now, the darn thing is practically right in front of me!

Is November 13th a National holiday yet? If not, it should be!

THANK YOU LINSEY AND ANET!

Red Sonya · Nov 15, 2008, 01:03 PM // 13:03

I know why doesn't Anet/NCsoft just sell those that want those titles the faction to get the titles say $1 every 10000 or just sell them the titles outright. Gives them a way to make lots of money and then nobody has to grind ever on anything.

Aldric · Nov 15, 2008, 03:38 PM // 15:38

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Originally Posted by HawkofStorms

Well, just off the top of my heads, they could improve vanquishing by...

a) Increasing the rewards all together so they aren't so... crappy. Maybe more exp/gold. Maybe a dungeon reward style chest spawns somewhere (with better rewards for harder areas, possibily even exclusive weapon skins that only drop in certain vanquishing runs, thereby encouraging people to vanquish certain places).
b) create some sort of target pinging system on the radar that activates automatically once you've killed like ~80% of the monsters in a zone (ie, you no longer have to waste a half hour running from one side of an empty zone to another trying to find that one random mob that you missed, but it instead shows you where to go).
c) provide a better group mechanic to allow players that want to vanquish to find each other.
d) provide numbers on the vanquish bar rather then a percentage. Right clicking the HM icon "you have killed 150 of 174 monsters in this zone, and there are 15 additonally pop ups still active in this zone." Rather then having to squint at that little bar and say "eh, it looks like I only have to kill another 5 or so monsters."

These suggestions are made of win and nice things, especially D

The double weekend bonus is very nice though. I've done Canthan Vanquishing but i'm running Mt Qinkai a few times just now , 20 mins for ~135kills and 17k faction.

Mourne · Nov 15, 2008, 04:09 PM // 16:09

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Originally Posted by Red Sonya

I know why doesn't Anet/NCsoft just sell those that want those titles the faction to get the titles say $1 every 10000 or just sell them the titles outright. Gives them a way to make lots of money and then nobody has to grind ever on anything.

Yeah...how about no.

Calista Blackblood · Nov 16, 2008, 05:01 AM // 05:01

I'm not quite sure what I was expecting regarding the update and this choice weekend "event".But it has been awesome!,vanquished 2 areas with guildies and between 8 of us (some did more areas) guild faction shot up a few hundred k in around 2-3 hours (maybe someone could verify that :P)

The faction rewards per 45 mins were far superior to < 30 mins of depressing hero flagging

Kha · Nov 16, 2008, 06:25 AM // 06:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by HawkofStorms

Well, just off the top of my heads, they could improve vanquishing by...

a) Increasing the rewards all together so they aren't so... crappy. Maybe more exp/gold. Maybe a dungeon reward style chest spawns somewhere

I thought we were suppsoed to play the game for fun and not be greedy for rewards? Turns out that only applies to things that you don't care about it would seem. The rewards are fine.

garethporlest18 · Nov 16, 2008, 06:42 AM // 06:42

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Originally Posted by Calista BlackBlood

I'm not quite sure what I was expecting regarding the update and this choice weekend "event".But it has been awesome!,vanquished 2 areas with guildies and between 8 of us (some did more areas) guild faction shot up a few hundred k in around 2-3 hours (maybe someone could verify that :P)

The faction rewards per 45 mins were far superior to < 30 mins of depressing hero flagging

We cleared the 2 areas in 77 minutes

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I like this double faction thing, I just wish it'd stay after the weekend.
It's okay if it doesn't, that's still a full bar of faction every hour or so if I vanquish the same areas.

Sakura Az · Nov 16, 2008, 08:19 AM // 08:19

with the new rewards and double rewards from vanquishing.. its insane the amount of faction you gain, i love it, i vanquished gyala a few times, took 40 mins or less and got about 24k luxon faction including the blessing.

Jae Onasi · Nov 16, 2008, 08:49 AM // 08:49

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Originally Posted by Calista BlackBlood

The faction rewards per 45 mins were far superior to < 30 mins of depressing hero flagging

Added bonus--it encouraged a bunch of us guildies and alliance members to team up for the Luxon territories, and we had a marvelous time talking on vent, mowing through enemies, watching the Alliance faction total go way up....

QoH · Nov 16, 2008, 10:00 AM // 10:00

Just vanquished pongmei valley, didnt get any faction at the end.

Aldric · Nov 16, 2008, 12:10 PM // 12:10

Its only for Echovald Forest and Jade Sea areas

Echovald Forest :

Arborstone
Drazach Thicket
The Eternal Grove
Ferndale
Melandru's Hope
Morostav Trail
Mourning Veil Falls

Jade Sea:

Archipelagos
Boreas Seabed
Gyala Hatchery
Maishang Hills
Mount Qinkai
Rhea's Crater
Silent Surf
Unwaking Waters

upier · Nov 16, 2008, 07:34 PM // 19:34

For the love of everything that is fun - keep the 100 faction per kill for vanquishes.
So sweet!

joea64 · Nov 16, 2008, 08:38 PM // 20:38

To date, I haven't been particularly interested (heresy!!!) in gaining Luxon or Kurzick faction beyond what I needed for a particular character to progress through Factions or get elite armor, but I made good use of the new update this weekend in getting Legendary Spearmarshal for my mesmer. On my previous character, I think I had to vanquish about 23 areas, going back and doing one at least twice (Holdings of Chohkin, if memory serves) to make Sunspear R10; this weekend, I started from just under R9 on Friday and maxed Sunspear late Saturday night, and only had to vanquish 10 areas (repeating Marga Coast from a pre-update vanquish, and a couple of false starts on Turai's Procession) to do it. Made Norn R7 from about 41k this morning by vanquishing Varajar Fells with The Path to Revelations active, too.

Daenara · Nov 16, 2008, 10:09 PM // 22:09

I've vanquished arborstone 3 times this weekend. It's an easy vanquish with heroes/hench, and I got about 40k faction too.

Even when it's no longer double faction, 20k faction an hour is faster than the 13/14k I could get through hfff.
Yay