Talk:Guide to farming Norn reputation points

Page Move
Page is norn rank/farming locations to match the other rank titles that have farming guides, the proposed move can be done but i would suggest updateing all farming locations (5 in total i think) MafooUK 16:02, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, I'll go mark them. Backsword 06:38, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Additional Shrines
I've seen conflicting thought on this- is it better to grab as many additional shrines as possible hoping to increase your hunt rank bonus asap, or should you wait until you're done for the extra points awarded? --Ari 12:28, 16 October 2007 (UTC)


 * It is considred better to grab the additional Shrines after gaining 150 kills, even counting in the chance of getting rank ups
 * in the best possible scenario (getting a rank up from a shrine as soon as you reach it) you get about 700 points in hard mode.
 * if you wait till you hit 150 kills and go collect from 3 shrines (same number as best possible scenario) and get only points you get 750 points in hard mode.
 * if you get unlucky and collect shrine bonuses and don't get rank ups you get about 300ish points
 * the points start to rack up rapidly after about 250+ kills when most of your party will be at rank 3 or 4, and you can engadge bosses to get the full kill bonus.
 * oh and statisically if you get hunt rampage, try to furfil it even if you have to ignore going to shrines, you will net gain more points (from the double)
 * i could plot a graph of all the possible combinations, but generally you net gain more points by waiting to 150 kills before collecting (and on the olfstead map you can reach 4 shrines at aproximately 150 kills (excludeing starting shrine) and you can quickly get 2 more shrines in about 50 kills.


 * don't forget this is my opinion not a gospal so if you feal you get more points by shrine grabbing as soon as you can, please do that, at some point i might do a statistical analasys, but to be honest to many factors, and can't really be bothered as my gut fealing does me well enough MafooUK 20:52, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

I did this quest 2 times yesterday. Both times I grabbed additional shrines when I got to them. Both times got to r4 Hunt party this way and hunt rampage. Ended up getting over 9k in norn points by the time I killed the bosses and this is without finishing the vanquish. I started out barely over r3 norn with about 8700 after only 2 half runs I ended up with r5 with 27k. Brian78wa 17:11, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Time
Anyone have a average run time for this NM and HM (saying you only do 250kills then bosses and then shrines) Turns To Despair Xx 10:15, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
 * NM took me and my other half about an hour and a half but we had breaks and interuptions (kids) so could probably do it faster. We also only took 2 real people and 6 heroes.[[Image:user melheihaemathet signature.png]] Melhei Haemathet [ contributions ] 21:01, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

In HM took me 30-45 minutes but was using cons because I just wanted to get r5 norn fast. Brian78wa 17:10, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Took me 42 minutes total no conset HM with a cryway PuG Syntheticfibers 04:12, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

NM or HM
The guide seems to quote completing the run with approximately 400 kills and 3000-4000 points. however fails to mention if this is in normal or hard mode
 * The rep gained for killing a boss (250+ kills gives 300 points) is consistent with NM, so I'd assume that the rest is for NM. Alaris 19:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah I realised it was definately NM after a stint both in NM & HM last night HM seems to be around 6000 - 8000 mark but not completed one HM run yet [[Image:user melheihaemathet signature.png]] Melhei Haemathet [ contributions ] 21:01, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Hunt Ramapage
I get 450 points per boss w/ or without Hunt Rampage (while having party r4) on HM. Is this a bug or intended? --Risus 19:54, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Seems normal! In NM the first shrine bonus is 20, in HM it is 30.
 * You get more than 450. It only says 450 across the screen but you do get the bonuses I kept the hero panel open while killing them to watch. I had r4 Hunt and Hunt rampage and I was getting like 904 a boss. Brian78wa 17:13, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

NM/HM
Is it better to start farming in NM or HM? I mean, which one generates the most net Norn Rep points per second? (note, I have r4 & HM, I want to know if I should farm HM or NM)Crimmastermind 08:33, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Path To Relevations
Isn't it just faster to move from the battledepts to the boss area and back? You beat five bosses and make sure you don't kill the last one so the quest gets reset. Gives 500+ rep each small run. -- Karasu (talk) 18:35, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I tried doing this and no it is not better. Takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes to get 9k this way and it takes me 45 minutes to get 250 kills and the kill the bosses which nets me 9k per run. I could vinish the whole vanquish in the same amount of time to get 9k norn by zoning and get around 15k or so plus golds and cash etc.Brian78wa 17:16, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Shadow Bomber
It can't be used universally since it has to be A/E or E/A, but I farmed a lot of points using this build: Shadow Bomber. I got about 20k doing this for a while. BrainRotMenacer 04:29, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

HM Rep Points
I havent seen this anywhere, so I thought Id at least note it here. I get roughly 10,000-13,000 asura rep points here per run. Ive been h/h and its taken a little over an hour using a discord setup. The decline 16:12, 24 April 2010 (UTC)