What is the fastest brute force way to earn Norn faction?

AaronSwitchblade

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

I'm about 11,000 points away from where I need to be to buy Norn Ranger Armour. I've done all the quests, and a bit of farming too, so now I want to ask - what is the fastest way to earn Norn faction?

My current working method is to keep the Asura quest where you fight all the "facets" active (Path to Enlightenment?) then get max Norn bonus in Drakkar, and then fight each of the bosses from that mission, zoning before fighting the last one.

Is this the quickest way?

Neo Nugget

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

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I believe so, either that or turn in the handbooks

malko050987

malko050987

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Arad, Romania

The Arctic Marauders [TAM] - now recruiting!

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Why not kill the last boss as well? You get what, 250 faction for him? Taking the quest again doesn't take long at all.

Oh, and doing um... somebody mentioned Hunt for the Nornbear, G.O.L.E.M. and A Time For Heroes in HM then turning in the book will get you 3k points. The person who mentioned it said they were doing it in less than 30 mins, so it depends on how good you are the killing destroyers, but it's a less boring way to farm points. Maybe alternate them?

BladeDVD

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Hawaii

Clan Of Elders

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Quote:
Originally Posted by malko050987
Why not kill the last boss as well? You get what, 250 faction for him? Taking the quest again doesn't take long at all.

Oh, and doing um... somebody mentioned Hunt for the Nornbear, G.O.L.E.M. and A Time For Heroes in HM then turning in the book will get you 3k points. The person who mentioned it said they were doing it in less than 30 mins, so it depends on how good you are the killing destroyers, but it's a less boring way to farm points. Maybe alternate them?
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Edit: Nevermind...I didn't know what I was talking about, see malko050987's post below this one.

malko050987

malko050987

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Arad, Romania

The Arctic Marauders [TAM] - now recruiting!

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Quote:
Originally Posted by BladeDVD
You need to have 8 pages done to get the 3k reward I think: http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Hero%27s_Handbook

Though it might be a bug, so I don't know for sure. Nothing mentioned about it in the wiki link I posted though.
The mission handbook comes with 5 already done quests. "Against the Destroyers," the 3 faction primaries and one more that I can't recall. So you only actually have to do 3 missions to have 8 done.

Cargan

Cargan

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2007

Scotland

[ESP]

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Also add Assault on the Stronghold and Missing Vanguard to the list of fast quests to do with H/H for extra rep. Both are very quick if you skip the extra killing and objectives. They take about 10 mins each.

pkodyssey

pkodyssey

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

In a cardboard box with Internet

The Order of the Frozen Tundra (TofT)

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The "Path to Enlightenment" quest is the best way. Do that zone in HM and leave the facets for last. You get insane points. Also, after you get the bounty dont go back to any of the shrines until you get 100 kills minimum. You get level ups at that point.

blurmedia

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2007

UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE [moko]

Quote:
Originally Posted by pkodyssey
..."Path to Enlightenment"...
Path to Revelations

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

You can net a large number of points just by clearing (vanquishing) a Norn area in either NM or HM. The result depends somewhat on what bonuses you get, how soon you get them, and how well you maintain the "kill something within 45sec" type bonuses.

Lady S Shiva

Lady S Shiva

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

CA

LOD???

W/Mo

do hm duncan, first time gives 7500 norn points

iridescentfyre

iridescentfyre

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

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Beat the game, turn in a completed Handbook to Tyr the Skaald in Gunnar's Hold. That will give you 20,000, plus whatever you got for doing the Norn quests (easily several thousand) will put you within maybe an hour's time of farming for Rank 5 (26,000).

BladeDVD

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Hawaii

Clan Of Elders

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Quote:
Originally Posted by malko050987
The mission handbook comes with 5 already done quests. "Against the Destroyers," the 3 faction primaries and one more that I can't recall. So you only actually have to do 3 missions to have 8 done.
Heh. That's awesome. Never looked at the quest list numbers that closely.

Thanks.

(Edited original post too.)