Curse

Baraden · Sep 19, 2007, 07:15 PM // 19:15

I am trying to get Asuran armor for my warrior but have hit a big problem: grind. I quite being a player moderator in Runescape so I could avoid it but, alas, it is inevitable.

But that is besides the point. I added all the quests up and found that you can only get a total of 5500 title points out of doing purely quests, ignoring the spammability of Finding the Bloodstone.
Polymock, I must say, is a pathetic source of title points, so I can ignore that.
I was grinding in Margus Stones for a while and, after an hour and a half and 2k of title points later, I quit that.
So now comes the question: What is the fastest way of getting title points? Is there an area in the area I can grind in (

) or is spamming that quest the best way?

Mordakai · Sep 19, 2007, 07:24 PM // 19:24

You can get 3,000 Asuran faction for completing http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Shards_of_Orr dungeon.

I managed to get over 10k Asura points just by clearing areas though.

Exoudeous · Sep 19, 2007, 07:26 PM // 19:26

You get a few thousand points for each asura dungeon completed, and you can get Lots of points per run if you clear maps.

Mournblade · Sep 19, 2007, 07:30 PM // 19:30

You are also forgetting the potential points you get just fighting your way through the quests.

Fill your Players Handbook up and turn it in for 2,500 faction also.

As for Magus Stones - go clockwise, starting with the spiders and spiral around to the middle. I was very suprised at the difference in faction gained when I started doing it that way.

Mordakai · Sep 19, 2007, 07:31 PM // 19:31

Another hint: When taking quests like "O Brave New World", then get your Asura rewards up (like +3 per kill), to really milk it.

darktyco · Sep 19, 2007, 07:51 PM // 19:51

Clear all the enemies out of Magus Stones. You can get something like 7k per clear, which takes about 45 minutes or so. From the start, start clearing clockwise around the map, hitting each shrine as you go. Your first time through won't be very efficient because you will need to figure out how best to weave and loop as you go around the map so you can quickly reach all of monsters and shrines.

The best scenario to hope for is that you will get the rank 4 hunt relatively quickly, in combination with the rampage bonus. If you choose your path well enough you should probably be able to keep the rampage bonus up indefinitely.

That said, the grind still sucks: Anet really needs to add other non-grind ways to get the reputation points, even if they aren't as quick as straight up grinds.

Mordakai · Sep 19, 2007, 08:49 PM // 20:49

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Originally Posted by darktyco

That said, the grind still sucks: Anet really needs to add other non-grind ways to get the reputation points, even if they aren't as quick as straight up grinds.

I agree, even though I don't think the grind is bad (25k to get armor); I would like to have more options than clearing areas.

I would prefer more Quests myself. Even ones that go through several areas, with multiple stages (like the longer Faction Quests. Gah, never thought I would miss Factions!)

Corwin_Andros · Sep 19, 2007, 09:04 PM // 21:04

I got the last 10k I needed for the armor just doing the quests. Haven't really done a lot of the dungeons yet, so it sounds like I should be pushing rank 6 by the time I get done there.

Most of that last 10k was just clearing areas as I was questing, looking for those God Facet thingies. Since there was no arrow, just a proximity meter, you pretty much HAD to just wander around anyhow. Made sense to kill anything in my path.. and of course when you get a rampage bonus, it actually gets fun trying to find they next mob before the timer runs out.. Much less grindy feeling that way, and the double faction is really sweet.

And on a side note.. that Dino warrior boss and his gang, in Sparklefly swamp, is pure EVIL. Wiped out 10 minions and all 8 party members in about 15 seconds. Think I'll just avoid him.. No problems with any other bosses in Asura lands though.

Mork from Ork · Sep 20, 2007, 03:29 AM // 03:29

I actually found this to be one of the easiest ones to boost (dwarf is the easiest because of all the dungeon grinds). Just farmed Magus Stones with it's easy to kill wind riders about three times and that added to the basic quests got it done for me.