Edit2: Quite a few people have replied about how they 'clear' a zone, go to another one and then come back and everything has respawned. I am here to dispel this illusion. You should never have to leave your zone at all. Once one node/chest is looted, another will respawn immediately elsewhere in your zone. Don't waste time traveling back and forth between 2 different zones. Instead, use that time to learn the spawn points a little better to make your loops that much more profitable. Also, while I am at work I cannot confirm this, but I am almost positive that turning in bounties does not give you marks. If I am wrong, I will slap my own wrists. However, if I am right, all of those people screaming to just do the pvp bounties won't help with marks, only rep. Edit1: I forgot to mention that while farming materials, I also kill every mob on the route as well as completing any patrol missions that don't require me to leave the mini zone. I get at least 5 or so blue engrams each hour, rep from the patrol missions and exp from killing eveeything. I also stop and complete the public event each time he pops up as well. If you did none of these, you may well be able to push it past 150/hour! I see a lot of people complaining about being forced to pvp in order to get those extra 100 marks for more epics and shards/energies. I am here to tell you about an option you know about, but probably didn't realize how efficient it can actually be. To start off, you all know you need 100 marks to cap your vanguard/crucible for the week. I am sure that you know that you also can turn in 50 of any material (spinmetal, relic iron, spirit bloom, helium coils) for rep/marks to the quartermaster of either the vanguard or the crucible. You get 5 marks for every 50 of any material you turn in, as well as 250 glimmer and a bit of rep for that faction. This translates into 10 materials needed per every mark you need to earn. For instance, if you wanted to cap your entire 100 vanguard/crucible marks (as I have done for the past two weeks for crucible), you need 1,000 of any of the 4 materials. At first glance, it may seem like a daunting task. However, if you are one of those out there that can't stand to sit in the crucible for 15 minute matches and only get 2 marks for a loss, then this may be the option for you. Find an area that you know where most of the material and chest spawn points are at. Once you know your circuit, pop on a movie or some music and make your rounds. Personally, I enjoy Mars the most. I come from an MMO background and farming things is something I enjoy. I actually kept track of the last two hours of farming before posting this and I was able to get 150 relic iron per hour on Mars. This equates to a little over 6 hours of farming to get crucible marks maxed for the week, which in my opinion trumps spending 12 hours in the crucible losing 50 matches to max instead! I realize this post isn't flaming someone, whining, or begging for something to be changed. Sorry for thinking outside the box and trying to help the community of players who actually like the game! Peace out, and good farming.