What is the quickest way to get balthazar faction.

monk of the godss

monk of the godss

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I didnt know where abouts to put this on the pvp forum parts so i put it here.

I dont care what profession, just what is the quickest way to get balthazar faction, i know zaishen elite> but im looking for areas that dont have a balthazar faction gain cap, like it stops at 2-3k faction.

Thanks for your help.

MisterB

MisterB

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Join Date: Oct 2005

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Zaishen Elite, 16 consecutive, flawless rounds=6K, and it takes ~15 minutes. After that, try something that's slower.

Darcy

Darcy

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Join Date: Jul 2006

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Wiki says Zaishen Elite caps at 2k per 24 hours.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Balthazar_faction

If that is wrong, someone needs to fix the wiki.

payne

payne

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Join Date: Apr 2007

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Darcy
Wiki says Zaishen Elite caps at 2k per 24 hours.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Balthazar_faction you missed a bit..if you get consecutive wins in ZE - you can get up to 6k faction ^^

also RA is a laugh for balth faction lol as most ppl suck and its easy kills ;P
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Zaishen_Elite_(mission)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Guild Wars Wiki
You can earn up to 6,000 faction per day from the Zaishen Elite.

ogre_jd

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2008

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Alliance Battles are also quite good for Balthazar Faction, I've found, and also a fair bit more fun than the torture that is the Random Arena...

Targuil

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Play gvg and HA, those are good sources. Arenas are decent.

matsif

matsif

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RA is good if you don't suck and get on a team that doesnt suck terribly.
AB is also a good source cause of 10 points every time your team kills something (I think...correct if wrong)
you can solo zaishen challenge for 2000 points and then do elite for another 4000 points

so getting 10k a day isnt that hard if you wanted too

ccruzp

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Anyone have good builds for heros to bring to elite zaichen? the 3xfiremesmers + 1 monk is kinda ok, i usually do 2 mel d/w w/ wildblow , a N/rt healer/splinter a Rt/R splinter/healer/frozen soil. but when i get a real high number of trappers and cant kill then before mel wears out they usually break my winning chain and i have to do it in 2 or 3 trips.

MisterB

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If you're talking about the PvXWiki Zaishen team of Me/E Nukers, that build is crap. Take a trapper with [[Frozen Soil] and 3 SH or SF Ele heroes. Blow them to pieces. [[Winnowing], [[Brambles], and [[Edge of Extinction] are nice, too. Make one(or more) of the heroes E/R to bring them if you want. Put a copy of [[Frozen Soil] on one of your heroes; the Obsidian Flamers always target spirits first, so as long as you have one spirit out, they'll never touch you, and with FS, they can't res.

Wnx Mreslayer

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London

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For Zaishen Elite today I done 1 trapper, 2 ele flame spikes, 1 monk... 15minutes to get 6k faction. very good indeed.

dreadlord369

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Join Date: Apr 2008

I say all trappers and one ele to finish the job is fastest in my opinion

novawhiz

novawhiz

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if its z-keys you want dont bother with getting faction

you can do anything in pve farming or runing and make more z-keys than with faction

Even Hfff will get you 3-4 keys an hours

MisterB

MisterB

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Quote:
Originally Posted by novawhiz
if its z-keys you want dont bother with getting faction

you can do anything in pve farming or runing and make more z-keys than with faction

Even Hfff will get you 3-4 keys an hours Check your math. If you can farm 3-4 keys/hour in gold, let's say 20K, then you get one Z-key every 15 minutes. Zaishen Elite can also be done in that amount of time, and the rate of return is guaranteed. They are the same, if you are only concerned about zaishen keys.

masta_yoda

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ha is the fastest for factions long run

PyrAnkh

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HA is indeed the fastest way. If you play gvg and win quick flawless games (on smurf guilds for example) you can get faction pretty fast as well.

canto

canto

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Quote:
Originally Posted by dreadlord369
I say all trappers and one ele to finish the job is fastest in my opinion And that extra ele is me .

I do 2k at zaishen challenge.
-use troll-farming build
- get all war team at de' allessio

Then I'll go to Elite and find or make a trap team. FROZEN SOIL is important.


I use a pvp ele, so my inferno does 150 and my dd does 232. Just give urself as much pvp wep energy as u can, and rune up. I got 300 hp but 133 energy.

Risus

Risus

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56min UW HM post-2/25 I win

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Raptors HM (E/A or A/E) solo's all but trappers, LOL
but
This solo's most Zaishen Teams:
[build prof=ranger/any wilderness=12+3+1 expertise=12+3 beast=3][Quickening Zephyr][Trapper's Speed][Spike Trap][Flame Trap][Barbed Trap][Viper's Nest][Whirling Defense][Troll Unguent][/build]

If you bring a few heros with this and micro their traps in your base area, it is UBER easy. [skill]Frozen Soil[/skill] helps a lot too.

novawhiz

novawhiz

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Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterB
Check your math. If you can farm 3-4 keys/hour in gold, let's say 20K, then you get one Z-key every 15 minutes. Zaishen Elite can also be done in that amount of time, and the rate of return is guaranteed. They are the same, if you are only concerned about zaishen keys. no... they are far from the same...You can get a key in the same time period, but you can only get 1 key every 24 hours with zaishen(8 a week). You can get as many keys as you want by hfff, there is no cap.

Skinny Corpse

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Quote:
Originally Posted by novawhiz
no... they are far from the same...You can get a key in the same time period, but you can only get 1 key every 24 hours with zaishen(8 a week). You can get as many keys as you want by hfff, there is no cap. Excuse a noobish, off topic question but what is hfff?

Mr.Kotte

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skinny Corpse
Excuse a noobish, off topic question but what is hfff? Hero Fast Faction Farm
The one you farm kurz/lux faction with, gives you 150g/run = 3k750g per 10k faction. He's saying there's no cap on how much you can donate per day.

To the OP:
Go roughcore farm. Spend a day or two amassing money and then buy keys, it's way faster then getting balth faction/rps (not sure with rps as I rarely do AT)

monk of the godss

monk of the godss

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skinny Corpse
Excuse a noobish, off topic question but what hfff? How long does it take to get the 10k faction and money?

Mr.Kotte

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Quote:
Originally Posted by monk of the godss
How long does it take to get the 10k faction and money? Depends on the one who does it. I once did 10k in 21 min and 57 seconds (phew)

El Sabio

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Join Date: Apr 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.Kotte
Hero Fast Faction Farm
The one you farm kurz/lux faction with, gives you 150g/run = 3k750g per 10k faction. He's saying there's no cap on how much you can donate per day.

To the OP:
Go roughcore farm. Spend a day or two amassing money and then buy keys, it's way faster then getting balth faction/rps (not sure with rps as I rarely do AT)
whats roughcore farm oO? ^^

Scarn

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Join Date: Apr 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by El Sabio
whats roughcore farm oO? ^^ It's where you farm non-stop for a long period of time. Event weekends are a good example.