Honor Hold Faction: 101

In my previous post (entry? update?) I said I didn't understand why my Honor Hold faction stopped at 5999/6000. I should elaborate.

I was working my way through Friendly when the meter seemed to come to a halt at the 5999 mark. One point shy from Honored, I sat perplexed. We had just got done running Ramparts and I didn't know why mobs that were giving me reputation with each kill had simply stopped.

A little research goes a long way. What I discovered was the mobs in there no longer give faction once you hit Honored. The mobs were giving +5 rep per kill, so they stopped giving me anything because 1 more +5 rep bump would put me into Honored which is a Ramparts no-no.

If I want to continue getting Honor Hold reputation, I will need to do:

- The Shattered Halls (This has a level requirement of 68, so that will have to wait);
- The "Daily" from there (This only gives reputation until halfway through Honored
- Some various remaining quests (Most likely for me, especially since the Alliance holds the zone's towers 90% of the time I am there, making the Daily not a feasible path).

"But Aaranay, why work your Honor Hold faction", you ask? Several reasons.

Flamewrought Key - Available at Honored, used to unlock Heroic instances of Hellfire Citadel

Veteran's Musket - Available at Exalted. Yea, that will take work, but if this piece of purple sweetness doesn't light a fire under your ass you should consider retiring your Hunter. It's OK, the Wii will be back in stock soon....maybe you can go bowling instead.

So how does one stomach this reputation grinding? Well fortunately you get to do it in instances, which in my opinion beats the pants off of finding a camp and repeatedly pulling mobs to the same spot. Ugh, EQ nightmares are coming back...but I digress. For the cost of 5 Marks of Honor Hold you can get an Honor Hold Favor. It only has a 30 minute duration, but a 25% increase to reputation gained AND a 5% increase to experience gained is sweet! All you need is to do the Daily from there 2x (which itself will yield reputation, depending on your rep level) -or- kill some players of the opposite faction near the Daily's objectives and the Favor is yours.