How to get Zaishen Keys / Balth faction

Div

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Join Date: Jan 2006

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Dead Alley [dR]

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1. Learn how to PvP and do HB/GvG tourneys for reward points.
2. Farm zaishen elite (see wiki/other threads on how to do this) for 6k a day
3. Do any types of AB/FA/RA/TA/HA/GvG, but don't expect this to be a "fast farm"

With that said, any future posts asking how to obtain balth faction quickly or how to "farm" zaishen keys will get closed, and if Moko's undergoing PMS, you may get a ban too for stupidity. Any discussion goes on in here, and here only. We don't need 1000 threads asking the same question over and over.

newbie_of_doom

newbie_of_doom

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

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Endangered Feces [DoDo]

W/Mo

I dont know what makes you think RA/TA aren't faction farms, but they are.

Rothan Celt

Rothan Celt

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Join Date: Feb 2008

Aura

Mo/R

I suggest do alot of AB for double faction + the balth faction on the side this weekend

Also...
How do u get Torney points and how do u find out how many u have?

(a link be fine)

Mr.Kotte

Mr.Kotte

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Finally a moderator made this.
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Frank Dudenstein

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Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by newbie_of_doom
I dont know what makes you think RA/TA aren't faction farms, but they are.
They are faction farms. Very very very very very very very slow faction farms.

Winning cinsistently is GvG/HA is much faster. Winning reward points in GvG/HB tournaments is (by far) the fastest.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rothan Celt
How do u get Torney points and how do u find out how many u have?
(a link be fine) Go to your character's Hero Panel - Account Tab and look at Tournament Reward points. You can only get them by participating in daily or monthly tournaments (and making predictions every month at the Xunlai tournament house).

Both GvG and Hero Battles offer 3 tournaments per day ... lots of opporunities to make reward points. (Also even if you don't win in the beginning, there are guaranteed RP payouts to all participants that play the whole tourney. Plus you get the standard Balth. Faction from the matches)

imnotyourmother

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

in a house

The Knitters Guild

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Hi everybody.

I am new to these thread things and i am old....

so what is AB/FA/RA/TA/HA/HB it is greek and If I have never seen it before or am new to the game I must be an idiot cause I have no idea.

gvg I got and pve and pvp and dl and af. is there somewhere that I can go to get the list of brv's? I do not have fractions only NF/PR/GW:EN

Mr.Kotte

Mr.Kotte

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Join Date: Jul 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by imnotyourmother
so what is AB/FA/RA/TA/HA/HB it is greek and If I have never seen it before or am new to the game I must be an idiot cause I have no idea. AB = Alliance Battles
FA = ?
RA = Random Arenas
TA = Team Arenas
HA = Heroes' Ascent
HB = Hero Battle

Randvek

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.Kotte
FA = ? Fort Aspenwood.

I D E L E T E D I

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FA= Fort Aspenwood

royal mercenary

royal mercenary

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Glob Of Ectospasm [GoE]

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how can you gain balth factions there? :s
allmost never players in that city

newbie_of_doom

newbie_of_doom

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

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Endangered Feces [DoDo]

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by royal mercenary
how can you gain balth factions there? :s
allmost never players in that city By killing stuff when you actually get in. 6/kill. Not a real farm tbh. They kinda need to up rewards there anyway.

CE Devilman

CE Devilman

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Join Date: Jul 2006

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N/Mo

its not farming just pvp play to get point . move it to Gladiator’s Arena

Turbobusa

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By the Luxon Scavenger

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Bo Fairfield

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Mu Tants [MU]

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this thread is made of awesome... those Z Key farm threads were supremely annoying.

My Lipgloss is Cool

My Lipgloss is Cool

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Quote:
Originally Posted by CE Devilman
its not farming just pvp play to get point . move it to Gladiator’s Arena Glad's Arena isn't the one being spammed with the 'How Does I Zisen Key!!?!?!' threads (Or maybe they are...I don't actually go over there <.<). This is to stop people from posting those threads here.

NeHoMaR

NeHoMaR

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Join Date: Feb 2006

I don't know others, but I make a LOT of keys just playing RA, hundreds of keys.

Quote:
Originally Posted by holymasamune
2. Farm zaishen elite (see wiki/other threads on how to do this) for 6k a day. LOL, are you serious? 6k what? faction? you make it in some minutes playing HA/TA/RA/HB.

Abedeus

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Niflheim

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But 6k isn't 60 fb. It's still something. You get 600k after 3 1/3 months ;d

Turbobusa

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By the Luxon Scavenger

The Mentalists [THPK]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by NeHoMaR
LOL, are you serious? 6k what? faction? you make it in some minutes playing HA/TA/RA/HB. We're talking PvErs farming balths faction.

Jhadur

Jhadur

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Join Date: Jul 2005

Glob of Ectospasm [GoE]

Quote:
Originally Posted by NeHoMaR
LOL, are you serious? 6k what? faction? you make it in some minutes playing HA/TA/RA/HB. I can make 6k in some minutes farming Zaishen Elite then I go back to doing what I enjoy in the game ie Not PvP

gw_poster

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so cal

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mat's garner me a consistent 15 keys per month.....nobody mentioned that and it only takes 2 minutes to guess...err, I mean "pick" the winners for 1v1 and GvG...this is simple and easy and in addition to what u earn pvp'ing...

Skinny Corpse

Skinny Corpse

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Join Date: Mar 2007

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Quote:
Originally Posted by gw_poster
mat's garner me a consistent 15 keys per month.....nobody mentioned that and it only takes 2 minutes to guess...err, I mean "pick" the winners for 1v1 and GvG...this is simple and easy and in addition to what u earn pvp'ing... Would you mind explaining what, where and how I do this?

blurmedia

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2007

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skinny Corpse
Would you mind explaining what, where and how I do this? Xunlai Tournament House on the official GW website.

Jiao Yang

Jiao Yang

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Join Date: Dec 2005

Considering that you've completely laid down the gauntlet and not allowed any more guides concerning faction and Zaishen Keys, you could have at least made a better effort to describe the methods in detail.

PvE players arn't really going to have a clue.

randomperson

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2007

Guides? He's just telling people to play PvP... how hard can it be to find RA?

If you're talking about the Xunlai House, then it tells you what to do on the website.

gw_poster

gw_poster

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so cal

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for xunlai tourney picks, you can troll the pvp forum and see who is expected to do well or even view others' picks...or just guess, I usually do better that way anyway

FrAnt1c??

FrAnt1c??

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Belgium

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Fastest way, Go resignway in gvg untill your guild has a rating of ~900 or so, Then roll a heroway team, and go for a guild lord rush each time. 2 R/W thumpers, 1 x SS hero, 1x Tainted hero, 1 x Preservation Hero, 1 x WoR Hero, 2x SH Eles. I did this a couple of times with my old HA guild to farm faction, usually a guild battle lasts ~4-5 minutes and yields ~1500 faction if you win, which is the case unless you are complete noobs... But then again, using this build/method doesn't make you any good in pvp either.

Best way still, is to join a real gvg guild, get a good build and make sure you have 1 person per build, that person should only play that profession/build ( ranger or monk for example ), when you are somewhat decent, start playing in the mAT as stated in the OP, which will yield several reward points, which can be traded for Zkeys.

ammad2006

Banned

Join Date: Aug 2008

1 Word: Trapping.

Use a build like this in zaishen elite or challange to get 6k balth a day.

My Character7

Ranger/Monk
Level: 20

Expertise: 15 (12+3)
Wilderness Survival: 16 (12+4)

Trapper's Speed (Expertise)
For 30 seconds, your Traps recharge 25% faster and activate 25% faster. This Stance ends if you successfully hit with an attack.
Energy:2 Cast:0 Recharge:20

Spike Trap [Elite] (Wilderness Survival)
When Spike Trap is triggered, all nearby foes are struck for 42 piercing damage, become Crippled for 26 seconds, and are knocked down. Spike Trap ends after 90 seconds. While activating this skill, you are easily interrupted.
Energy:4 Cast:2 Recharge:20

Flame Trap (Wilderness Survival)
When Flame Trap is triggered, every second (for 3 seconds total), all nearby foes are struck for 21 fire damage and set on fire for 3 second(s). Flame Trap ends after 90 seconds. While activating this skill, you are easily interrupted.
Energy:4 Cast:2 Recharge:20

Barbed Trap (Wilderness Survival)
When Barbed Trap is triggered, all nearby foes are struck for 24 piercing damage, become Crippled, and begin Bleeding for 26 seconds. Barbed Trap ends after 90 seconds. While activating this skill, you are easily interrupted.
Energy:6 Cast:2 Recharge:20

Dust Trap (Wilderness Survival)
When Dust Trap is triggered, every second (for 5 seconds total), all nearby foes are Blinded for 8 seconds and take 26 damage. While activating this skill, you are easily interrupted. Dust Trap ends after 90 seconds.
Energy:10 Cast:2 Recharge:30

Tripwire (Wilderness Survival)
When Tripwire is triggered, all nearby foes are struck for 21 piercing damage. Any Crippled foes are knocked down. Tripwire ends after 90 seconds. While activating this Skill, you are easily interrupted.
Energy:4 Cast:2 Recharge:30

Troll Unguent (Wilderness Survival)
For 13 seconds, you gain +10 Health regeneration.
Energy:2 Cast:3 Recharge:10

Frozen Soil (Wilderness Survival)
Create a level 11 Spirit. Non-Spirit creatures within its range cannot resurrect dead allies. This Spirit dies after 94 seconds.
Energy:4 Cast:5 Recharge:30

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Age

Age

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jhadur
I can make 6k in some minutes farming Zaishen Elite then I go back to doing what I enjoy in the game ie Not PvP That is how I do it to unlock a skill or elite for a hero.

Peter Acid Eater

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

New New York

Warriors of Wynd [WoW]

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Uh, not sure why it's not here, but betting on the GvG and 1v1 monthly championships in the Xunlai Tournament House can net you a nice chunk of zkeys every month.

-edit-
nvm, i'm blind. XTH FTW!

Sai Rith

Sai Rith

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Join Date: Jan 2006

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Just look at obs to see which guilds are doing good. You don't even have to watch the game. Just remember what rank a guild was and remember it to see if they have gone up or down. Also talk to Tolkano to see AT standings.

Expherious

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

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Melandru's Elite Hunters [Hunt]

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RA ALL DAY!!!

Or you can make Balth by grinding for R12 kurz/lux

1.8 Million Balth spent before the Z-title QQ

warrior running

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2008

The Cape Is A Lie[Trim]

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Doing gvg monthlys has made me up to 2.6k rps which equals 2.6mil

brainlizard

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Join Date: Aug 2009

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Trick is can you do ZE completely unattended? I was looking into this, but it seems your heroes won't budge until you either do something or they take damage. So the ranger trappers just run up unimpeded. I tried a pet in hopes he would attack, thus triggering the heroes, but no luck.

Anyone had any success with this? Is there a trick to getting your heroes to attack if you aren't at the kboard? (And yes, they're on attack mode )

Solo farming ZE is just so very, very boring If only my guild were big enough for GvG :lol:

pandon202

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2010

This Is Internet Srs Buisness [SRSB]

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Dude why the heck did i stop getting Faction points from ZE/ZC?????

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

There is a limit on how much faction you can get from them in a 24 hour period. It's 2k/day for Zaishen Challenge and 6k/day for Zaishen Elite.