Saturday, August 1, 2015

Getting Reputation Through Dungeons during the Draenor Dungeon Event

This weekend is the Draenor Dungeon weekend event. There are two quite lucrative aspects of the event.

First off, talk to that Shadowmoon guy outside your garrison to pick up a quest to complete four mythic dungeons. Doing so will award you a Heroic-quality Hellfire Citadel Raid Cache. Now, before you moan about "casuals" getting heroic raid gear, try a Mythic Dungeon or two. They're not impossible, but they're definitely a significant challenge if you aren't paying attention.

But far more exciting, to me at least, is that all Heroic and Mythic dungeons will reward reputation with a particular faction. Trash will reward 20 per kill, and bosses will reward a whopping 400, meaning that you can earn quite a bit of rep if you kill all the trash (I had never realized how much trash there was in Everbloom that I hadn't even skipped, but instead just didn't realize was there.)

So, which rewards what rep?

Auchindoun: Shat'ari Defense/Laughing Skull Orcs (apparently you don't need a Trading Post to get this reputation, though I imagine you'll need to build one or perhaps visit a friend's garrison to access the quartermaster)

Bloodmaul Slag Mines: Steamwheedle Preservation Society

The Everbloom: Shat'ari Defense/Laughing Skull Orcs

Grimrail Depot: Council of Exarchs/Frostwolf Orcs

Iron Docks: Council of Exarchs/Frostwolf Orcs

Shadowmoon Burial Grounds: Council of Exarchs/Frostwolf Orcs

Upper Blackrock Spire: Steamwheedle Preservation Society

Notably, none of the Tanaan Jungle reputations are represented, but they're all a lot easier to work on thanks to the dailies - if you've been doing dailies regularly, you're likely exatled with at least Hand of the Prophet/Vol'jin's Headhunters.

Also, Wrynn's Vanguard and Vol'jin's Spear are not represented, as these are tied exclusively to PvP content, specifically Ashran.

Still, this should help a great deal in working on those obnoxiously grindy 6.0 reputations. Yes, it's technically just another way to grind, but not only do you get a fairly substantial rep gain from each kill, you also have the fun of running a dungeon, you know, with like, structure and interesting fights.

I'm sure that Blizzard will reexamine reputations in the next expansion. I'd love to have some reputations tied to dungeons, but having a variety that allows you to run dungeons or do daily quests, but perhaps also allow you to grind things if you want it quicker, would be a good compromise.

UPDATE: And with the Darkmoon Faire around, be sure to pick up the "WHEE" buff from the carousel. If you're worried you might die some time during the run (definitely possible, or even likely, if you're doing Mythics, less so if you're doing heroics) you can pick up Darkmoon Top Hats for 10 tickets a piece, which can be applied elsewhere and give an equivalent buff, as well as making you look awesomely ridiculous.

Also note that running specific dungeons will incur a day-long lockout. You can get the same heroic twice if you run random dungeons, but unless you need all of the reputations, you run the risk of getting a heroic you don't need.

Be sure to clear all the trash in these dungeons, as some have a whole lot of skippable trash that will net you hundreds if not thousands of reputation points - Everbloom in particular has tons of little packs of flower-elementals that you might not even notice on an ordinary run.

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