Curse

Evilsod · Jun 17, 2007, 02:52 PM // 14:52

Since the addition of faction for killing things in areas under Kurzick/Luxon control if you get teh blessing, faction can be farmed via boss runs.

So i guess we need a thread were people can share there boss runs for faction farming.

So far the best i've found for Kurzicks.

Eternal Grove (explorable)

Clear the 3 patrols near Scar Eater, then kill the Scar Eater last in his mob, ensures max or very near max faction from the kill.

Go back down and kill the mobs there on the way to Shatterstone.

Head back along towards The Time Eater. Then go left upto Spiritgarden.

Clear the mob to the left on the way back to Jayne and the patrol that will join it. Then clear Jayne.

Head through and go left. Either go across the bridge or just go down and kill another couple of Warden mobs, the 1 on the other side of hte bridge will always charge back after a bit.

Kill Everthorn.

Can be done easily with H/H in Normal mode for about 1-1.5k faction in 10-15 minutes.
Can be done just as easily in Hard mode with a few people and heros for about 2.5k-3k faction in ~15 minutes.

Build as you'd probably guessed... multiple SF eles and an MM and any method of chaining Theres nothing to Fear.

At present our build involves 1 R/P w/ TNTF (my own build, working quite well).
SS w/ TNTF
MM
Some SF eles (heros) and a Savannah/Tenai's/Searing ele w/ Intensity
Couple of monks.

So... anyone else found some good runs for farming faction?

kielus · Jun 17, 2007, 04:15 PM // 16:15

Ferndale, start from fort aspenwood gate, follow south, kill mungri + clear dredge patrols, kill ritu boss, follow east to necro and assa, make round and clear tarnok, follow south to dredge temple, clear that area, kill mesmer boss and follow the path until lutgardis. on the way you can do 2 additional quest (luxon scouts, supply lines) that'll cause some luxons to spawn. total 2k faction (without quests) on NM, takes around 40mins. (if doing HM, make sure for organised party, should bring up to 4k faction in about and hour) this run is rather for fun, as already cellardweller posted faster run in HM Arborstone.

enjoy ;]

note: 40 minutes was doing the lazy way, with lots of stops and forum browsing + typing on the net so i bet you can do it in 20 ;]

FoxBat · Jun 17, 2007, 04:52 PM // 16:52

The real question is whether any of these can beat good-ol Lutgardis FFF. But worth looking in to definitely.

kenichiukiya · Jun 17, 2007, 05:43 PM // 17:43

Hm someone better come up with something similar for luxon side >.<
been trying to devise a luxon faction fast farm but closest i can get is just doing the jade arena with about 475 faction points per 4 or 5 minutes. sigh...

NuclearDope · Jun 17, 2007, 06:25 PM // 18:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenichiukiya

Hm someone better come up with something similar for luxon side >.<
been trying to devise a luxon faction fast farm but closest i can get is just doing the jade arena with about 475 faction points per 4 or 5 minutes. sigh...

Couldn't you kill the Kappa outside Gyala then Stou Swiftscale's group?

Evilsod · Jun 17, 2007, 10:06 PM // 22:06

You need as many bosses as possible really, thats where the real faction comes from.

Quote:

The real question is whether any of these can beat good-ol Lutgardis FFF. But worth looking in to definitely.

I think it might. In Hard Mode definatly. Its also slightly more active and profitable. So far its gained me 1 Vera and 1 Scar Eater outside of the merchable drops.

Evilsod · Jun 17, 2007, 11:08 PM // 23:08

As the luxon side of it goes i'd suggest Gyala or Rhea's. See if theres a good run of bosses. Gyala will prob be the best. Off the top of my head, going left taking out the few rampaging bosses in the middle first followed by the few bosses wandering the left hand side of the map might work.

cellardweller · Jun 17, 2007, 11:23 PM // 23:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evilsod

So... anyone else found some good runs for farming faction?

yes

12 characters

Evilsod · Jun 17, 2007, 11:41 PM // 23:41

Hmm, does seem worth a look. So you basically clear out the entrance then kill the 3 Gargoyle bosses on the left side...

But i think the Eternal Grove run might net more faction, course its not as doable with H/H. I would probably put it second on my list, ie, i'll go do that if Vasburg Armoury is taken over by luxons and i can only gain luxon faction from it (c*nts...).

I'll give it a go after i've done chest running.

King's Spectre · Jun 18, 2007, 03:10 AM // 03:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evilsod

At present our build involves 1 R/P w/ TNTF (my own build, working quite well).
SS w/ TNTF

Thanks for all the help getting paragons into pugs, ANET..

Destro Maniak · Jun 18, 2007, 04:14 AM // 04:14

For luxon it might me shoken farming when its possible. But still I dont thing anything can beat lutgardis FFF's 10k per 40minute

kenichiukiya · Jun 18, 2007, 05:01 AM // 05:01

Well I'm going to try out Gyala Hatchery Explorable now both in NM and HM and see how it turns out. as for the kappas and Stsou group...may be it's just me but they pwn my grp so badly in HM T_T well i might go try again with some other builds.

Will report back later.

EDIT: ok the Stsou group gave me about 475 faction per 4 or 5 minutes...which is bout the same as doing the jade arena. however the Gyala Explorable gave me 680 faction in 7 minutes in NM and 1520 factions in 12 minutes in HM...that includes killing 5 bosses. well i guess it's not that bad after all but the fight can get very nasty and bloody in HM.

The builds i use are:
Offensive spirit spammer (me) with TNTF
2 SF eles
1 MM
healer hench, spirit hench (he's useless), fighter hench and illusion hench

Any ideas or comments?

Carboplatin · Jun 18, 2007, 02:25 PM // 14:25

you guys remember the halycion job farm a while back? with a Mo/N using SS you can do a run in 4-5 min solo in HM, with good drops and 520 factions. i can pull 4 min runs consistantly. i'll pull a screenshot later today.

flipfly2004 · Jun 18, 2007, 04:38 PM // 16:38

whats "TNTF"?

Zeek Aran · Jun 18, 2007, 04:45 PM // 16:45

There's Nothing To Fear!

Silly Warrior · Jun 18, 2007, 05:03 PM // 17:03

To Flipfly....

TNTF is There's Nothing to Fear...its a new Paragon shout....go get it from Sunspear Sanctuary

Carboplatin · Jun 18, 2007, 05:43 PM // 17:43

here are some screens of a run i did.
before:

after:

520points solo per 4 min + gold and drops

Evilsod · Jun 18, 2007, 07:04 PM // 19:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Destro Maniak

For luxon it might me shoken farming when its possible. But still I dont thing anything can beat lutgardis FFF's 10k per 40minute

The Lutgardis run gives you 400 faction. 10000 faction in 40 minutes means you finish a run in 1.6 minutes. You don't finish a run in 100 seconds. Get a real statistic.

Zeek Aran · Jun 18, 2007, 07:41 PM // 19:41

100 seconds is actually pretty close, but it's more like a bit more than two minutes. If you have a door man, it saves a ton of time.

Kaitoa · Jun 18, 2007, 07:51 PM // 19:51

Ive been doing Halcyon job as well as a Warrior (Unlimited Glads build). Was farming Golds there but now i do it for Luxon points as well. I was killing Geoffer as well (he doesnt drop Tomes very often, 1 in 20 for me).
Anyway, I thought Ide take heros henchies, kill 25 things, then Geoffer solo. Next is Sskai kill his mob and then him (need to modify build to take him solo). Go over to Halcyon job. Flag henchies away to get drops, "Finish the job" there. Killing Assasin boss solo, then finally trying to kill last mob with henchies, because there is another Warrior boss there. Should net at least 2k faction a run but need to see how long it takes.