In the reputation grinder
by Chris Jahosky 
Aug 15th 2007 at 5:00PM
Reputation grinding is something of a mixed bag in the World of Warcraft-- some factions have many options for the player who wants to gain rep. Most of the new factions in Burning Crusade have quests, turn-ins, and various instances that all award rep. Others (especially those that existed pre-BC) are more difficult, requiring hours upon hours of grinding away on specific mobs that provide little return, as anyone who's ever gotten exalted with the Wintersaber Trainers will tell you.Not all factions provide rewards that everyone will need-- if you're anything like me (and, I think, most players), you'll pick and choose which factions you want to grind. For at least one person, however, the goal was to hit Exalted with all available factions.
Tombom, from Cho'gall, is exalted with 36 different factions (37 if you count switching from Scryer to Aldor), including Darkmoon Faire. I'd be lying if I said that this didn't make me feel bad about neglecting some of my own reputation goals, but it does inspire me - if a Disc / Holy priest can do it, why not me?
Congratulations, Tombom!
Thanks, Centipede!
Filed under: Odds and ends, Factions
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ahoni Aug 15th 2007 5:08PM
OMG
Go
out
side!
BaboonNL Aug 15th 2007 5:13PM
Ahoni, please die.
And I guess Emilyspear just got beaten.
Basic Aug 15th 2007 5:15PM
Having high reputation with opposing factions (magram / gelkis and booty bay / bloodsail) is quite impressive.
RogueJedi86 Aug 15th 2007 5:22PM
In before "omg he has no life".
Seriously though, someone needs to interview him, find out what his /played is as a result, and how hard it was, all those details.
Krick Aug 15th 2007 5:26PM
I thought Warla was the king of rep...
http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-reputation.xml?r=Dragonmaw&n=Warla
...but I think this guy has him beat.
honkhonk Aug 15th 2007 5:43PM
"Tristessa"? what faction is that?
Skrilla Aug 15th 2007 5:45PM
this is just stupid
joe Aug 15th 2007 5:53PM
hmmm - thought i read this on elitist jerks yesterday
st0rmy1 Aug 15th 2007 7:08PM
I love these sort of posts and the "get a life" comments that follow. Most of those factions aren't very difficult to rep up with. Anyone in a decent raiding guild and has had that character as their sole focus over their WoW subscription time could achieve something like this.
However, all that gear and a shitty Blue BoE melee dagger? WTF? and what's with the strange talent spec?
Jp Aug 15th 2007 7:40PM
Wow, someone beat Warla. And even on the factions Tombom doesn't have exalted with, he's farther along than Warla is.
Some interesting bits - Revered with Bloodsail while Exalted with Booty Bay.
Revered with one Centaur clan, honored with another.
n00bsauce Aug 15th 2007 7:57PM
What a noob, neutral with BT and Hyjal faction
Argent Aug 15th 2007 10:18PM
my 34 exalteds feels so...inadequate.
did them all as a holy paladin, though. :)
http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-reputation.xml?r=Khaz+Modan&n=Argent
Otacon Aug 16th 2007 4:22AM
jeez how do you increase rep with Bloodsail buccanners and with both Magram and Gelkis clans?
Todd Aug 16th 2007 9:25AM
"How do you kill that which has no life."
Todd Aug 16th 2007 9:27AM
@Otacon
Honestly, I think he grouped with someone who was doing the killing and he was just standing on the side collecting the rep. I wonder if he has two computer with two accounts and simply farms rep.
Halicante Aug 20th 2007 4:54AM
He did it by being a guild leader and looting all the gold to himself to buy the stuff to up the rep and eventually gdisbanding the guild and transferring to cho'gall with the guildbank after his e-gf's naked pics got out.
gg tom, gg