original content written by Saoraid, randomly edited
Faction Types
There are 2 different kinds of faction for every city.
- City Faction (determines if you are KOS or not). This is the faction that the NPCs in a town are on. It is the faction that you can influence by work orders, diplomacy and killing mobs that give you faction.
- Citizen Faction (determines which rewards you are entitled to in a city, has nothing to do with KOS)under 1000 Citizen Faction you dont even see a reward at the Faction Vendor. This faction can only be influenced using faction coins.
Coins that you trade in however do influence both factions, city faction AND citizen faction, which is the reason that you get KOS with certain cities. (see list in the bottom) Which cities, depends on the city that you chose to fight for.
if you get KOS you can repair your CITY faction wih KOS cities (and get non KOS again)
- doing work orders
- by killing mobs in newbie areas/dungeons or in general by mobs that give faction with the city that you are KOS with. (i.e. every newbie zone has a dungeon, mobs in there give faction for the city the newbie zone is attached to.
Keep in mind, that if you ONESHOT the mobs they wont give faction, so let yourself get hit!!!
Faction Coins:
In order to obtain City Platinum Coins, used mostly for Racial Mounts and City Armor, you first go to the city you wish to fight for and seek out the City Faction Registrar. Once you tell him you wish to work for his city, he will give you a necklace (noted as "Insignia of XXX") which is a Diplomacy Necklace. (If you don't find it in your inventory, open your Diplomacy container.) Wearing this necklace will get you city coins that range from Copper, Silver, Gold, and Platinum and will be noted as "Copper Coin of XXX". NOTE: Your MUST have the necklace EQUIPPED to get the coins. If you swap necklaces for Parley's, be sure to swap back before you go adventuring.
we are not talking about money coins. we are talking about faction coins. They are called i.e. "a gold coin of Martok" (if you are on Martok faction). You get the coins by killing mobs that give you XP. This is random, so any mob that gives you XP has a small chance to drop a coin for you.
you do not loot those coins, they get automatically added into your inventory. These coins you trade in for CITIZEN FACTION.
- Copper = 2 faction
- Silver = 10 faction
- Gold = 100 faction
Gold Coins drop off mobs level 30 or higher.
you can change coins into the next quality. I dont know the exact conversion rate, but I think its 20 gold coins for 1 plat coin or so.
Platinium Coins
Ancient Platinum Coins are universal city coins. These coins can be used in any city to trade for a Platinum Coin of that particular city. Just speak with a City Registrar to receive the trade option. Apart from killing CAPSLOCK mobs there are some other ways a player can obtain an Ancient Platinum Coin:
- Trade in Diplomacy Papers (T5) at a rate of 10 Evidence, 20 Rumor, or 30 Hearsay for 1 Ancient Platinum Coin (extremely inefficient)
- Trade in Masterwork Sigils (from crafting) to the Master Crafter in Tawar Galan, New Targonor, or Ahgram (must be level 21+ crafting for this).
- Complete Special Quests: M.E.S.T. or seasonal events like Halloween; complete Named Quests in KDQ/SOD (Shores of Darkness), or BOD (Bridge of Destiny)
- Through /claim as a veteran reward (various veteran claims)
- Through Bag of Wonders
- From Fishing
General stuff:
Following level 10 you can sign up for cities. you do so by visiting the city faction registrar (usually next to or near the diplomacy trainer) of the city that you want to fight for. He gives you a diplomacy necklace (which is also a nice diplo item as it has cool diplo stats). as soon as you equip the necklace mobs will start to drop coins.
few important notes:
- You can sign up for ANY city you want to. So yes, your dwarf could fight for Martok and get the Martok faction rewards. However, keep in mind that you will get KOS with other cities based on your choice.
- Take for example Martok, if you max your CITIZEN faction with Martok to 18.000 to get the faction armor as well as flying mounts, etc. you will get negative CITY faction (which will result in being KOS there if you go for the whole 18.000) with, Bordinars, Cael, Khal, Leth Nurae, Tursh, Rindol, Tanvu and Mekalia. so think about it BEFORE you start grinding coins.
- you can theoretically get more than one faction reward, yes even the highest ones. if you plan to do that, get ready for some serious faction grind as you have to repair your CITY faction first so that you are not KOS any longer before you have to get up your CITIZEN FACTION for the town you choose. Some towns may work together if they dont take faction hits from each other, but in general try to settle your mind before
Mounts:
- (Level 30) = 1000 faction + 50 Platinum
- (Level 50) = 18000 faction + 150 Platinum (100 if you have the level 30 mount)
Flying Mount:
- (Level 50)Pegasus = 18000 faction + 450 Platinum
Note: While these are the prices that will show, you do however get a discount when you purchase each tier of mount, saving you the cost equal to that which you have spent per previous mount. For example, if you purchase the Level 30 Racial Mount, and then decide you wish to purchase the level 50 Racial Mount, you will only be charged 100 Platinum Coins instead of 150. If you have purchased both the level 30 & 50 Racial Mount, and decide to purchase the Pegasus, you will be charged 300 Platinum Coins instead of 450.
Armor:
Note: You must be level 50 to receive the 'quests' to purchase the armor items.
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