09-05-2008, 01:29 PM
Quote:So when do we start on the Admiral's Hat?As someone who just went through this grind on Stormrage due to the upcoming achievement, I can offer a few tips:
The most important thing is to get a group of 5 people willing to do it. With 5 people, the grind of killing Booty Bay bruisers at 25 rep a piece solo for 30-40 hours turns into a fun evening of laying waste to the town of Booty Bay for 3-3.5 hours. Bring a healer and some AoE. Tank is not necessary, although it will speed things up to have a Druid or Paladin tank. If you had a group of the ideal composition (healer, Pally tank, Mage, Warlock, Mage) the whole grind could be done in about 2 hours, I'd bet.
Why 5 people? Because the rep gains start to take a hit with more than 5. By the time you get to 10 people, you're only getting 1-5 rep per bruiser kill.
If you just want to get the hat and then get your rep back with the goblins, it's a pretty quick process. Of course, you'll thrash your rep you just got with the Bloodsails, but oh well. Buy/farm a whole ton of linen and turn them in outside of Ratchet and you'll be able to buy Noggenfoggers again in no time. :)
The best spawn points for bruisers are the bank, the general area outside of the inn where the fishing extravaganza npcs appear on Sundays (and you can't attack them, boooo), the merchant row, and Baron Revilgaz. With AoE pulls, you can easily plow through 15-20 bruisers at once and really rack up rep ultra-fast.
As MongoJerry put it in his fabulous Yarr! article so many years ago, the hardest kill is the first one, as you ask yourself "do I really want to do this?" After that, it's easy.
The most fun about the whole process is people's reaction to it. You'll have crowds watching you, and some will even follow you around. The whispers are great fun, as people ask "why are you doing this" and you can come up with inventive responses. Sometimes it really feels like you're at war with the town, when you pull dozens of bruisers...and look for the occasional member of the opposite faction who tries to take potshots at your group so you can slaughter them too for fun.
It's so worth it for the pirate outfit. :)
-Bolty
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