Has anyone solo'd the Kobold areas here? I am wondering what level of difficulty and is it viable to think I can 'farm' the Kobold parts needed to raise my Giant faction....I've got a Dain's head in the bank thats been there almost 2 years and would like to finally finish the quest. L61.5 atm.

might be alittle bit of a pain to solo the velks lab kobolds at 61 as most of em summon. try farming geonids in wakening land and give the blocks of living granite to I forgot who. will raise giant faction that way as well.

Velks mobs typically have a buttload of hp and tend to have friends CH them. I loath the idea of fighting the entire village at once as a druid, but yes, you should be able to whup their ass with good gear at 65. Doh, your 61.5... I would recommend killing lots of dwarfs to raise your faction.

at 60 on you can single pull upper dogs in velks... while I wouldn't reccomend pulling named.. you could kill the normal dogs...

You will still get occasional adds at 60. Me and a 62 necro were pulling in UK and he would get 2 and 3 every once in a while. He died once when he failed FD on a 3+ add. I don't remember the exact circumstances, but there is still some danger there post 60, at least for non-uber types.

your best bet for giant faction would be to kill the guards in the mines in GD. Most of the are easy kills with 1-2 higher level ones there. All easily quaddable (except for one that summons) and drop coldain heads which I believe are more of a faction boost than kobold claws.