Weekend Event: Double Luxon/Kurzick Title Points

Thunder79

Thunder79

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Chaos Rising

Double Luxon/Kurzick Title Points this weekend:
Quote:
This weekend, get double points towards your Luxon and Kurzick alliance titles starting at Noon Pacific (-7 GMT) on Friday, June 29. Receive double points for transferring 1,000 faction for Jadeite of Amber, for exchanging 3,000 faction for an alliance skill, and for transferring 5,000 faction to raise your alliance's reputation. The bonus ends at 11:59 PM Pacific on Sunday, July 1.

Cool...guess I know what I'll be doing this weekend...

Tarzan Yamada

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/

So for buying a skill, I get 12k faction and for donating I get 20k faction? looks like i'll have my next tier of the title track soon.

arcanemacabre

arcanemacabre

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Kryta Province

Angel Sharks [As]

Awesome, I'm there!

Thunder79

Thunder79

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Chaos Rising

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarzan Yamada
So for buying a skill, I get 12k faction and for donating I get 20k faction? looks like i'll have my next tier of the title track soon.
yeah:

1,000 faction turned in for Jadeite/Amber turns into 2,000 points going towards the title. (instead of 1,000)

3,000 faction turned in for a skill turns into 12,000 points going towards the title. (instead of 6,000)

5,000 faction transferred to your alliance turns into 20,000 points going towards the title. (instead of 10,000)

I believe that's how it'll work.

AlienFromBeyond

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Heros of Titans Realm [HotR]

W/

Could be just doubling the bonus faction you get, so donating to your alliance would be 15k faction. I hope it's 20k faction for every 5k you put in though, because then it'll actually be feasible for me to get rank 1, or even more this weekend.

nugzta

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Looking forward for this event ^^

prism2525

prism2525

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Among dead bodies.

The Republic of Sky Pirates

E/

An anti-grind weekend event... NICE!

ChyldeOfTheLotus

ChyldeOfTheLotus

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

N/Mo

Didn't we have one of these like a few weeks ago?

Hyprodimus Prime

Hyprodimus Prime

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Vancouver BC

Sorrow Masters

E/

Im not really a FFer but i do want to get some of the PvE skills. I think my brother will be busy all weekend, hes with the Sins alliance trying to keep HzH from Cat.

Arduin

Arduin

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Thunder79

5,000 faction transferred to your alliance turns into 20,000 points going towards the title. (instead of 10,000)

I believe that's how it'll work.
That's sick! I'm in

Drop of Fear

Drop of Fear

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/

woot so sick. might actualy be able to reach tier 7 so that "save yourself" lasts 5seconds and starts to be actuly usefull.

Mr. G

Mr. G

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

S. Wales

Mo/Me

wow, tke this everyone who complains the title is too hard to get (not tht it ever was) wats that for 1st teir now...25k donated?

Miral

Miral

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Hell. AKA Phoenix, AZ

The Gear Trick [GEAR]

W/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by ChyldeOfTheLotus
Didn't we have one of these like a few weeks ago?
we had double faction reward weekend, this is just double title points from turning in faction.... bit weaker than the previous one.

Iuris

Iuris

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Crazy ducks from the Forest

W/

The title is bloody well too hard to get

I spent days farming faction to get my first tier...

Iuris

Iuris

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Crazy ducks from the Forest

W/

The title is bloody well too hard to get

I spent days farming faction to get my first tier...

Drop of Fear

Drop of Fear

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/

in a well coordinated group outside lutgardis u can farm up to 12.4-12.8k per hour, including 1minute break to donate. that's almost 50k in the title per hour

Vilaptca

Vilaptca

Pre-Searing Vanquisher

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

ANet, I need more than the weekend. I'm kind of busy...could you extend this event just for me...please!!!

Thunder79

Thunder79

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Chaos Rising

Quote:
Originally Posted by Miral
we had double faction reward weekend, this is just double title points from turning in faction.... bit weaker than the previous one.
is it really weaker though? If you make it possible to get faction twice as fast is it really faster than doubling the reward for turning in faction...isn't the result the same?

say you can get 10k faction an hour...and turn it into alliance
Double Faction/Standard Title:
20k faction every hour...40k Title points per hour (4 x 5k faction = 4 x 10k title)
Standard Faction/Double Title:
10k faction every hour...40k Title points per hour (2 x 5k faction = 2 x 20k title)

if your ultimate goal is to raise your title...it's exactly the same...

if your ultimate goal is just getting the most faction you can...then yes...it is weaker...

and the first tier is 100k faction...

trobinson97

trobinson97

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Guildless :(

R/

Nice event. I'll be ABing this weekend.

Big_Iron

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

Looks like there'll be a huge jump in "Friends of <blank>" this weekend.

The Real Avalon

The Real Avalon

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Belgium, Ostend.

Mo/A

Big Fail imo, this instead of dragon festival ~ Lame

warren_kn

warren_kn

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

London, England

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Real Avalon
Big Fail imo, this instead of dragon festival ~ Lame
Why, did you want to work on your Lucky/Unlucky titles instead of "Friends Of"?

Saraphim

Saraphim

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Hand of Omega [WHO]

E/

Well I don't know about The Real Avalon, but I was looking forward to the Festival itself - the quests, the finale and being chased around Shing Jea by Grasps while trying to hand in drops. It was great fun.

Can't see how grinding for points is "Dragon-ish" as Gaile put it...

Pfft. Whatever, not bothered really. Just wanted to point out that some people see the Dragon Festival as something more than just AFKing for a title. Plus it makes me a little sad that there seems to be little to no interest in this, look what happened when people thought Tyria wasn't going to get the Mad King last year... mayhem! Disaster! Cats and dogs, living together! In the streets ! >.>

Bane of Worlds

Bane of Worlds

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Meadow

Rt/

Lovely but my playtime is so restricted on weekends...

Thanks Anet. I'll stick with the Luxons since "Friend of Luxons" is harder to achieve. Maybe lux r7 if I find the time for the weekend.

Eh, I do hope the "Dragon-ish" is referring to next week...

Big_Iron

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bane of Worlds
Eh, I do hope the "Dragon-ish" is referring to next week...
Ditto. While I do plan to work on my "Friends of" title this weekend, this would hardly qualify as a "Dragon-ish" event.

warren_kn

warren_kn

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

London, England

Quote:
Originally Posted by Saraphim
Well I don't know about The Real Avalon, but I was looking forward to the Festival itself - the quests, the finale and being chased around Shing Jea by Grasps while trying to hand in drops. It was great fun.

Can't see how grinding for points is "Dragon-ish" as Gaile put it...

Pfft. Whatever, not bothered really. Just wanted to point out that some people see the Dragon Festival as something more than just AFKing for a title. Plus it makes me a little sad that there seems to be little to no interest in this, look what happened when people thought Tyria wasn't going to get the Mad King last year... mayhem! Disaster! Cats and dogs, living together! In the streets ! >.>
I appreciate that, but I think your in a minority. I see way more ppl afking the rings than actively participating in events. I do like the Dragon Festival and am looking forward to it coming back this year.

My real point however was to point out how dumb people are to state that a particular event was "lame" because it wasn't what they wanted. There are people who like to FF and the Friends title so this is a good weekend for them, similarly there a people who like to chest run so the double gold chance weekend was good for them.

Saraphim

Saraphim

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Hand of Omega [WHO]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by warren_kn
I appreciate that, but I think your in a minority. I see way more ppl afking the rings than actively participating in events. I do like the Dragon Festival and am looking forward to it coming back this year.

My real point however was to point out how dumb people are to state that a particular event was "lame" because it wasn't what they wanted. There are people who like to FF and the Friends title so this is a good weekend for them, similarly there a people who like to chest run so the double gold chance weekend was good for them.
/shrug. Then I'm in a minority. Fair point, personally I don't think any of the weekend events are lame. Gaile's already stated there's not going to be a dragon festival anyway, so it's a bit moot I guess.

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Wonderful event. This is the best one since the double Sunspear/Lightbringer points event.

Painbringer

Painbringer

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2006

Minnesota

Black Widows of Death

W/Mo

And I almost turned in 5 k of faction last night sooooooooo close. Have to thank the wife for pulling me off before I cashed it in.

/crosses fingers that next weekend will be dragon festival

yishin

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

Isle of Meditation

N/

Let's see if I understood it correctly.
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Allegiance_rank
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Transfering faction 5k to your Alliance awards 10k faction towards your title track
That's how it is atm.

Quote:
Double Luxon/Kurzick Title Points
This weekend, get double points towards your Luxon and Kurzick alliance titles starting at Noon Pacific (-7 GMT) on Friday, June 29. Receive double points for transferring 1,000 faction for Jadeite or Amber, for exchanging 3,000 faction for an alliance skill, and for transferring 5,000 faction to raise your alliance's reputation. The bonus ends at 11:59 PM Pacific on Sunday, July 1.
This is this weekend.
Hopefully it really means when i donate 5k this weekend I'll get 15k towards alliance title. If this is the case then to get first tier you need to donate 35k ('cause u can only donate 5k each time).

I did Fort Aspenwood yesterday Luxon side, it was kinda fun winning, but when losing the faction points you get sucks (not to mention the "occasional" AFK-ers and leavers). It took me almost 3.5 hours to get 6k. That's bad IMO.

That means I need to look into ways to farm factions faster. ATM I'm not thinking of maximizing the title I just want to have all available skills for my characters. This weekend won't change that, it's not fun to see all those afk-ers and people leaving 'cause they think their side is losing. Honestly it seems like leaving when your team is losing is being "promoted" due to the current faction reward you get when losing.
I haven't left a team yet, but I wonder whether the other team found it fun(ny) when only three of us were left at 50% vengeance... Well the Kurzicks didn't flame us, we lost but we were there till the end. We killed a bunch of them, and we got 80 factions at end (that means 2 gates busted). It just doesn't seem to be worth it to stay when more than half of your team is gone.
TBH I think I could have left if I didn't need the factions (I needed 10k for the befriending luxon for my monk and I was at 9.960k when we started I maxed it by us killing Kurzicks before the battle ended). Since not all of us left I decided to stay as well. Honestly I was hoping they'd kill all of our NPC's befor 100% vengeance.

To Anet Plz change the rewards for the losing teams in Aspenwood to make it worth while playing even though there is hig chance of losing, or make a statement that it is fine to leave when your side is losing.........

PS I am not luxon player per se, I just needed the faction points. I think just before GWEN I'll be running ambers for Kurzick for my Necro and asassin.

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by yishin
Hopefully it really means when i donate 5k this weekend I'll get 15k towards alliance title.
I'm hoping that it means that we'll get 20K for donating 5K of faction.

Currently you get 10K, so I'm assuming that 10K x 2 = 20K...

yishin

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

Isle of Meditation

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetdoc
I'm hoping that it means that we'll get 20K for donating 5K of faction.
Currently you get 10K, so I'm assuming that 10K x 2 = 20K...
That actually makes more sense (for a GW weekend). I was wondering why others where talking about 20k... So that means 5k=20k, 10k=40k, 10=40k so u only need 25k for first tier.
thnx

Painbringer

Painbringer

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2006

Minnesota

Black Widows of Death

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by yishin
Let's see if I understood it correctly.
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Allegiance_rank

It took me almost 3.5 hours to get 6k. That's bad IMO.

That means I need to look into ways to farm factions faster.
I am sure you know about the “FFF” way to earn faction which is the quickest farm. I have lately been faction farming with hardmode outside of Altrumm Ruins or should it be called “Allthebots Ruins the game”. Less running more killing and chance for greens. 1k or so for 10-15 minutes.

Neo Nugget

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

Hey this is pretty awesome! Really lookin foreward to getting friend of the kurzicks

But wheres the other weekend gaile said was happening this week in a link i read,the dragonish one. O.o

http://guildwars.incgamers.com/forum...9&postcount=36
yay found the link

yishin

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

Isle of Meditation

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Painbringer
I am sure you know about the “FFF” way to earn faction which is the quickest farm. I have lately been faction farming with hardmode outside of Altrumm Ruins or should it be called “Allthebots Ruins the game”. Less running more killing and chance for greens. 1k or so for 10-15 minutes.
Yeah thnx. I needed 10k for Luxon befriending quest and I'm trying to venture in the world of PVP thats why I tried Aspenwood again. But maybe if I want to go for alliance title in the future Faction farming on Kurzick side might be the way. Actually it might even be faster to just farm factions on Kurzick side this weekend for the first tier. I don't like FFF (30 runs in 1 hour it's soooo booring...). But Vanquishing in Kurzick side, maybe Boss farming in Altrumm Ruins, treasure hunting/FFF, Aspenwood and AB that's probably what I'm gonna do this weekend if RL doesn't intervene...

MSecorsky

MSecorsky

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

So Cal

The Sinister Vanguard

Me/

She didn't say this weekend... just that the dragonish event is on the horizon.

Be patient.

Diddy bow

Diddy bow

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

Jawsome!!!!!!!!!!!

looking for one :p

A/D

Leechmainia!

vergerefosh

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Englishmen Don't Drink [Tea]

W/R

This is gonna get ridiculous, just got R3, if I do some work should be able to get R4 or more, and keep my little 1 man guild highest in the alliance

knoll

knoll

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

Washington State.

[ToA]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Painbringer
I am sure you know about the “FFF” way to earn faction which is the quickest farm. I have lately been faction farming with hardmode outside of Altrumm Ruins or should it be called “Allthebots Ruins the game”. Less running more killing and chance for greens. 1k or so for 10-15 minutes.
Alliance memeber and I did that run in 5-6 mins >.<

MMSDome

MMSDome

Raged Out

Join Date: Sep 2005

I am going to AB like crazy! This came at the exact perfect time as I wanted to do alot of AB this weekend anyone before I do NF with my necro (I am so sick and tired of that campaign) Going to definetly be bugging my Luxon friend so i can guest his guild. Unfortunetly my guild is Kurzick :/ Cant stand playing for them, I usually run into a bunch of immature pricks on Kurz side but never on Luxon.