Not Addicted

I know Gold Farming in WAR is pointless, but hey... the Public Quests are too good to ignore.

With the release of Warhammer, comes their new and shiny public quest system. A system by which you can easily join in on the action, stay for a while and get some nice phat lewt for relatively little effort. No need to spend hours screaming on LFG channels for a raid group, no need to beg your guild leader for a raid spot, just rock on up, smack whatever is running around and you too can be getting a nice white/green/blue/orange bag of goodies for your time spent.

"It all seams to easy" you may say, however there are a few tips you have to keep in mind when running from PQ ( Public Quest ) to PQ.

1. You gotta do something.

Granted you can just AFK in a PQ and rack up the stage change influence, however the best loots are in those annoyingly random rolled loot bags. Generally just running around screaming like a little girl isn't going to cut it, so you got to do something. Keeping track of the quest objectives helps, but the best way to rack up contribution points is to be a healer. Playing my Warrior Priest I have been amazed at how many times I get 500+ contribution points for just sitting back and healing. So, if you have the ability to heal, do it. If not, just start swinging.

2. Stay for the stage changes.
Each PQ is broken up into distinct stages, which makes up the entire PQ cycle. When a stages objectives are complete, you get a nice boost of influence for that chapter and a bonus dump of XP. This point gives you two things you can do.

If you are doing a PQ, stay for the entire cycle. No point just doing the first bit, when for a few more minutes play time, you can get a nice boost of influence and XP. Most PQ's move swiftly that hanging around for a few cycles is no big deal. Most of the time you may need to stay for 3 to 4 cycles to max out your influence bar.

Also, if you are moving about the zone and don't want to spend too much time in any one spot, run past the PQ's and see what the objectives for the current stage are. If they are almost complete, then spend a few moments doing whatever to "tip it over" to the next stage, get the easy influence/XP and move on.

3. PQ's are farming gold mines.
With the constant stream of spawns, related to the PQ system, this is an excellent place for all you scavengers. Most of the PQ's I've seen have humanoids, so when everybody is distracted with beating the bad guys, you are free to pick over the bodies. Provided there isn't too much competition, then you can get a nice haul of crafting stuff for your alts.

Also having an instant cast attack spell is handy too. Just sit in the middle of the PQ, tag everything and let everybody else smack it. Then you can loot as well as scavenge the bodies.

4. Remember to check your influence rewards.
Commonly overlooked, are the available influence rewards you can get once you build up your influence running PQ's. So, once that blue bar is full, be sure to check back with the local rally master to see what you can get. Also, if you click on the influence bar you can see what is on offer, use this to decide if the current chapter PQ is worth your while.

So in other words... FREE LEWTS!!