Consortium rep

Farming the Zaxxis Insignias was a fast way to go for me by myself, but if someone has the key for Yor, heroic mana tombs is great because the badges and gear that come with it.

This last month at exalted I got 4 blue gems.

Q u o t e:
make sure before you farm zaxxis at the heap, you do the quest which alows you to pick up Ethereum Prison Keys from the ethereals. they drop at about 4%, but its worth it because you can get 250 consortium rep and a green or blue, or 500 rep for a random outlands faction.

You can also build up the keys to continue the Consortium quest line. It's a fun one but farming just for the keys sure can take awhile.

Q u o t e:
I don't think he was farming just for the keys. I believe he was attempting at farming the insignias and keys simultaneously. This would prove more efficient as opposed to farming them individually or waiting to farm them until you have completed the quest line or whatever. By going straight for that quest, they can be farmed while working on other Consortium quests.

I know how he was farming rep and keys at the same time, but it was said that you can spend the keys to get more reputation and I think it could be a better option to save them up for the quest line as you need a lot of them to get through it all. I know a couple people who used these keys as they got them and regretted it later because they were already exalted but had to sit and farm the keys.

Q u o t e:
What is the timer for the monthly bag? Is it a month from when you got your rep level or the 1st of the month?

You can get it once in November, once in December, etc.