Comments on: Grinding rep to prep for 2.3! http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/ Feral Druids in World of Warcraft Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:07:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Ratshag http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2694 Ratshag Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:25:00 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2694 When i was doing the Consortium grind, I found that me favorite spots were the ogre caves in Nagrand. Beads don't drop as often as the insignia, but Ogres is easier to kill than space mummies so it works out about the same. But the caves was great 'cause they would often have a couple of adamantite veins so you could score some ore along the way. Happy huntings, either way! When i was doing the Consortium grind, I found that me favorite spots were the ogre caves in Nagrand. Beads don’t drop as often as the insignia, but Ogres is easier to kill than space mummies so it works out about the same. But the caves was great ’cause they would often have a couple of adamantite veins so you could score some ore along the way. Happy huntings, either way!

]]> By: The Daakster http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2693 The Daakster Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:13:00 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2693 I think we need to be kicking some Zaxxis Raider ass together my friend. <br/><br/>I kind of just started that myself. I think we need to be kicking some Zaxxis Raider ass together my friend.

I kind of just started that myself.

]]> By: Ferocious Bite http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2692 Ferocious Bite Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:08:00 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2692 Oh, and how rude of me...I was so bothered about reader not alerting me to your post that I forgot to thank you for linking me!<br/><br/>Thanks for the link. :D Oh, and how rude of me…I was so bothered about reader not alerting me to your post that I forgot to thank you for linking me!

Thanks for the link. :D

]]> By: Ferocious Bite http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2691 Ferocious Bite Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:07:00 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2691 Ok, so, it just NOW showed up at 7pm. Wierd. Ok, so, it just NOW showed up at 7pm. Wierd.

]]> By: Ferocious Bite http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2690 Ferocious Bite Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:16:00 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2690 I sooo hate rep grinding and consortium seems to be the hardest to grind out. Like James said, don't forget about the beads in Nagrand. I farmed those for a while when I had ideas of getting Haramad's Bargain (necklace), but gave up once the Mithril chain of Heroism finally dropped.<br/><br/>Also, did you do something different with this post? It did not show up in my reader. I wanna make sure I don't miss any other posts! I sooo hate rep grinding and consortium seems to be the hardest to grind out. Like James said, don’t forget about the beads in Nagrand. I farmed those for a while when I had ideas of getting Haramad’s Bargain (necklace), but gave up once the Mithril chain of Heroism finally dropped.

Also, did you do something different with this post? It did not show up in my reader. I wanna make sure I don’t miss any other posts!

]]> By: Drashian http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2689 Drashian Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:23:00 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2689 I've done a little wandering on the PTR and the Hula Girl Doll didn't appear to be limited quantity. Griftah's got plenty to go around. :)<br/><br/>And don't worry about the heroic keys, grinding to revered is a lot of work that will be unnecessary anyway when 2.3 knocks the requirement down to honored for all of them. Just keep working on revered the other ways if you want to get it before the patch, and play in heroic mana tombs later if you decide you want exalted. I’ve done a little wandering on the PTR and the Hula Girl Doll didn’t appear to be limited quantity. Griftah’s got plenty to go around. :)

And don’t worry about the heroic keys, grinding to revered is a lot of work that will be unnecessary anyway when 2.3 knocks the requirement down to honored for all of them. Just keep working on revered the other ways if you want to get it before the patch, and play in heroic mana tombs later if you decide you want exalted.

]]> By: Mosshoof http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2688 Mosshoof Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:24:00 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2688 <i>I hate Shadow Labs... sorry Mosshoof, but there it is.</i><br/><br/>I've yet to run Shadow Labs (my L63 druid is my highest level character, so I just haven't done it yet). We'll see how much I love it or hate it when I get there.<br/><br/>Right now I'm grinding Cenarion Expedition rep up towards Honored. When I get tired of the bog lords, I work on the troll quests in Zangarmarsh. Only 140 more unidentified plant parts before I can start doing CE quests. I'm looking forward to L64 when I can take my Braxxis staff out of the bank. I hate Shadow Labs… sorry Mosshoof, but there it is.

I’ve yet to run Shadow Labs (my L63 druid is my highest level character, so I just haven’t done it yet). We’ll see how much I love it or hate it when I get there.

Right now I’m grinding Cenarion Expedition rep up towards Honored. When I get tired of the bog lords, I work on the troll quests in Zangarmarsh. Only 140 more unidentified plant parts before I can start doing CE quests. I’m looking forward to L64 when I can take my Braxxis staff out of the bank.

]]> By: BigBearButt http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2687 BigBearButt Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:37:00 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2687 I hate Shadow Labs... sorry Mosshoof, but there it is.<br/><br/>And I KNOW I have to get my heroic key to run Sethekk and get Epic Flight Form... but I want to wait quietly until the patch, get my key by default, and never run Shadow Labs again.<br/><br/>And also, I do use the rep calculator, I love it because it reminded me how much rep I could still get from quests, most of which it turns out I hadn't finished. So that was a fun discovery.<br/><br/>I think the Etherreal Prison Keys don't drop unless you have compelted the quest to go find them for the IDs... which I had not done until last night. Now that I have, I am looking forward to hopefully getting a few of those keys and getting Revered faster :)<br/><br/>Last point... for all my miners out there. Jewelcrafters prospect ore to get their rare gems. In many cases, rare gems ON THE AVERAGE sell better than the ore, if the ore is priced right. Jewelcrafters can prospect Adamantite Ore and Fel Iron Ore... Adamantite is best by far, but those levelign up will use the Fel Iron for a while. Khorium and Eternium cannot be prospected... none of the uncommon ores can.<br/><br/>On my server, 1 stack of adamantite ore sells, every single time, at 22.5g per stack. <br/><br/>Bars do NOT sell nearly as well.<br/><br/>I have Jewelcrafter friends that typically do dailies, take the money and buy ore off AH, then prospect the ore and sell the rare gems. Or cut them. Or whatever.<br/><br/>I know that with Epic Flying, I typically get between 4 to 6 stacks of adamantite ore in 3 hours, without really trying, just buzzing from daily to daily and flying across ore points instead of taking Flight Paths while playing as normal.<br/><br/>That's 100 - 125g per day, without trying. <br/><br/>I cleared my 28 slot mining bag out as a test. I turned every single fel iron and eternium into fel iron stabilizers to save space, stuck my Khorium stacks in another bag, and started the week, saturday night, fresh and clean. <br/><br/>Last night when I logged out, my 28 slot bag was FULL, in every single slot, with stacks of adamantite, I had 20 khorium bars extra, and 2 rare gems. I'd farmed 33 Primal Earth, 8 Primal Fire. And I have 2.5 stacks of adamantite in my characters' bags that I don't have room for in the bank. <br/><br/>If you want to make money, and you have any flying mount, I heartily recommend you download the latest Gatherer addon, download the wowhead database addon, import the database to get a list of every ore node in the game to date, and then go farming ore following the points. My favorite zones are Terrokar Forest loop, followed by Zangarmarsh half loop on way to Blades Edge Mountains. Do dailies, fly back same pattern. I hate Shadow Labs… sorry Mosshoof, but there it is.

And I KNOW I have to get my heroic key to run Sethekk and get Epic Flight Form… but I want to wait quietly until the patch, get my key by default, and never run Shadow Labs again.

And also, I do use the rep calculator, I love it because it reminded me how much rep I could still get from quests, most of which it turns out I hadn’t finished. So that was a fun discovery.

I think the Etherreal Prison Keys don’t drop unless you have compelted the quest to go find them for the IDs… which I had not done until last night. Now that I have, I am looking forward to hopefully getting a few of those keys and getting Revered faster :)

Last point… for all my miners out there. Jewelcrafters prospect ore to get their rare gems. In many cases, rare gems ON THE AVERAGE sell better than the ore, if the ore is priced right. Jewelcrafters can prospect Adamantite Ore and Fel Iron Ore… Adamantite is best by far, but those levelign up will use the Fel Iron for a while. Khorium and Eternium cannot be prospected… none of the uncommon ores can.

On my server, 1 stack of adamantite ore sells, every single time, at 22.5g per stack.

Bars do NOT sell nearly as well.

I have Jewelcrafter friends that typically do dailies, take the money and buy ore off AH, then prospect the ore and sell the rare gems. Or cut them. Or whatever.

I know that with Epic Flying, I typically get between 4 to 6 stacks of adamantite ore in 3 hours, without really trying, just buzzing from daily to daily and flying across ore points instead of taking Flight Paths while playing as normal.

That’s 100 - 125g per day, without trying.

I cleared my 28 slot mining bag out as a test. I turned every single fel iron and eternium into fel iron stabilizers to save space, stuck my Khorium stacks in another bag, and started the week, saturday night, fresh and clean.

Last night when I logged out, my 28 slot bag was FULL, in every single slot, with stacks of adamantite, I had 20 khorium bars extra, and 2 rare gems. I’d farmed 33 Primal Earth, 8 Primal Fire. And I have 2.5 stacks of adamantite in my characters’ bags that I don’t have room for in the bank.

If you want to make money, and you have any flying mount, I heartily recommend you download the latest Gatherer addon, download the wowhead database addon, import the database to get a list of every ore node in the game to date, and then go farming ore following the points. My favorite zones are Terrokar Forest loop, followed by Zangarmarsh half loop on way to Blades Edge Mountains. Do dailies, fly back same pattern.

]]> By: Mosshoof http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2686 Mosshoof Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:22:00 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2686 Another good place to figure out your rep farming strategy is http://www.wowreputationcalculator.com/ Just plug in your name and realm, and it grabs your reputation information from the armory, and calculates how many more times you need to do the turnin quests, or clear instances.<br/><br/>And don't discount heroic keys -- you are very close to being Revered with Lower City, which means you can get the Heroic Mana Tombs key -- and running Heroic Mana Tombs gives Consortium rep. So if you feel like instancing instead of grinding, try running Shadow Labs for the Lower City rep. Another good place to figure out your rep farming strategy is http://www.wowreputationcalculator.com/ Just plug in your name and realm, and it grabs your reputation information from the armory, and calculates how many more times you need to do the turnin quests, or clear instances.

And don’t discount heroic keys — you are very close to being Revered with Lower City, which means you can get the Heroic Mana Tombs key — and running Heroic Mana Tombs gives Consortium rep. So if you feel like instancing instead of grinding, try running Shadow Labs for the Lower City rep.

]]> By: Hairandear/Lawgiver http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2685 Hairandear/Lawgiver Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:44:00 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/10/30/grinding-rep-to-prep-for-23/#comment-2685 It does seem like the Zaxxis raiders are camped more often than not, however, given the quick respawn rate of them and the fact that the Insignias have a 50% drop rate makes them a little bit more desirable in my book. While I was farming these guys for Consortium rep for my engineering, I also had 3 Ethereal Prison Keys drop for me as well... an added bonus, as using these to aquire an Ethereal Prison I.D. Tag will net you 500 extra Consortium rep... not to mention a blue BoP item that usually had a decent resist enchant which drops off of the spawned mob when opening an Ethereal prison. It does seem like the Zaxxis raiders are camped more often than not, however, given the quick respawn rate of them and the fact that the Insignias have a 50% drop rate makes them a little bit more desirable in my book. While I was farming these guys for Consortium rep for my engineering, I also had 3 Ethereal Prison Keys drop for me as well… an added bonus, as using these to aquire an Ethereal Prison I.D. Tag will net you 500 extra Consortium rep… not to mention a blue BoP item that usually had a decent resist enchant which drops off of the spawned mob when opening an Ethereal prison.

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