Another Heap of Ethereals

This gives rep all the way to Exalted

I tried grinding for beads on the ogres last nite and ended up with 180+ netherweave, 83 Runecloth, 3 greens and 80 beads in 65 minutes. Thats 2000 rep.

Today I decided to do Zaxxis to test the higher drop rate. I ended up with 127 Netherweave, 1 green, 91 zaxxis insignia and 5 prison keys in 65 minutes. Thats 3500 rep.

So to me in only one trial at each, the Zaxxis drop rate and possibility of keys made it a much better choice for straight rep, but the ogres definately balanced out the time with the additional amount of cloths. Plus I had no competition for the ogres, I still ran Zaxxis without having to search for mobs but there were 2 other people farming there.

It all depends on what you are going for. If you just want strictly Consortium rep, then grind the Heap in netherstorm for these insignias, they also drop a fair amount of netherweave for bandages/tailoring along with some pretty good amounts of silver. If you want Consortium rep, Kurenai rep, plus netherweave for bandages/tailoring, as well as crystal powder to turn-ins for the research tokens (say going for the riding war talbuk: http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29228) then farm the ogres in Nagrand. True the drop rate on the beads isn't the best, but as said previously, they are lower level, easier to kill, and you gain three things at once. Hope this