07-12-2006, 06:34 AM
If you have a capable group of running 45-minute Baron reliably and repeatedly, it's by far the best way to rep up for all five of you (one person farming at Gahrron's might beat it, but five people farming at Gahrron's uses up the spawns too fast). Even assuming no rare spawns, you get +25 reputation from each of Baroness Anastari, Nerub'enkan, Maleki the Pallid, Magistrate Barthilas, and Ramstein, +50 rep from killing the Baron, and a bonus +150 for completing the run in 45 minutes (which you get even if you have no quest to do so). That's 325 reputation for everyone in your party, so 1625 reputation over around 40 minutes - hard to beat with cauldron runs. In addition to that, each run yields a number of Invader's Scourgestones (around 30) and six Corruptor's Scourgestones, which is another 450 reputation total for turnin+token. Not only that, you get a mass of blues (shards, if nothing else) and money, instead of blowing cash on Arcane Quickeners.
A full Scholo clear including Vectus and Marduk also yields 325 global rep and more scourgestones, but it's my experience that Scholo tends to be a far longer run. I imagine for a five-man party it's probably still superior to outdoor farming.
A full Scholo clear including Vectus and Marduk also yields 325 global rep and more scourgestones, but it's my experience that Scholo tends to be a far longer run. I imagine for a five-man party it's probably still superior to outdoor farming.