So what's the best way of gaining merits?

[Rubbernuke]

A new consideration too (one that is more obfuscated and to many not a concern) is the value of influence per merit.

Exploration still counts personally but it counts less for your power (going by the latest X post).

 

[Dragsham]

I did the 1st week's 5 missions but this week I've only done 3 cos 2 of em are on foot and I've not been on foot cept exo for ages...even though I got all the g5 weps n gear its a bind yeah cos I ain't a fan of on foot in elite tbh. But I'll endeavour.
I put 12 of those data crack things but there's 2 types and the mission doesn't specify which one and the other ones locked out l can't get em from the power vendor.

 

[Rebel Yell]

I wonder if that means delivering Onionhead for the King would yield a good result?

Flashes up the Smuggler Adder in a week to test

No sigh but you can buy Harma Silver Rum there... (be careful, our scoundrels might be waiting fer ya!).

 

[zimms]

Frontier: "Now you can earn merits and advance your power doing just what you normally do while playing!"

Players: "I must grind this single activity forevermore!"

Players can just do the weekly assignments. It's diverse gameplay and not "grindy".

Of course that way it would take about 15 years to unlock the full Power bonus.

 

[WhiteHaulerMan]

No sigh but you can buy Harma Silver Rum there... (be careful, our scoundrels might be waiting fer ya!).

Bah. I was hoping to undermine other powers with the good ole Onion head.

I'm surprised they haven't took a moment to give the King Ginger hair now, the way FDEV seem to be kicking him like a ginger stepchild

 

[CMDR Daiyus]

A new consideration too (one that is more obfuscated and to many not a concern) is the value of influence per merit.

Exploration still counts personally but it counts less for your power (going by the latest X post).

So they're weighting merit application based on how they're earned? So there will be a disconnect between my PowerPlay rank and how much I've actually helped the Power? Interesting.

 

[Rubbernuke]

So they're weighting merit application based on how they're earned? So there will be a disconnect between my PowerPlay rank and how much I've actually helped the Power? Interesting.

No, its what one merit gains you in influence when handed in for your power.

 

[CMDR Daiyus]

No, its what one merit gains you in influence when handed in for your power.

I think that's what I was trying to say, but poorly. I earn merits, but merits are worth different amounts of influence (helping the power) based on what they're awarded for. There isn't a linear link between my PowerPlay rank and how much influence I've inflicted on the galaxy on behalf of my Power due to merits not being worth the same influence.

 

[Darrack]

No sigh but you can buy Harma Silver Rum there... (be careful, our scoundrels might be waiting fer ya!).

Mate we have been pilfering your Rum for days!

O7

 

[Rubbernuke]

I think that's what I was trying to say, but poorly. I earn merits, but merits are worth different amounts of influence (helping the power) based on what they're awarded for. There isn't a linear link between my PowerPlay rank and how much influence I've inflicted on the galaxy on behalf of my Power due to merits not being worth the same influence.

TLDR its what that activities merit 'buys' influence wise. So an exploration merit might buy 0.2 influence, while say a rare merit 0.5 (these are values for arguement, not based on any tests!)

 

[CMDR Daiyus]

TLDR its what that activities merit 'buys' influence wise. So an exploration merit might buy 0.2 influence, while say a rare merit 0.5 (these are values for arguement, not based on any tests!)

Cool, thanks, that clears it up succinctly. I still find it odd that merits are worth different amounts of influence. I'd have expected a merit to mean the same amount of influence, and the activities would be balanced around that, so there would be a linear relationship between helping the power and rank. I guess when you have a game that's as hard to balance activity wise as Elite, that type of simple relationship isn't as easy to implement as one would think.

 

[Nowski]

Has anyone tried doing the operations against stronghold carriers that appear as preferred local activities when you're in an enemy stronghold (but not capital) system?

Destroy carrier objects
Kill power ships around carrier
Shutdown carrier defences
Disable carrier defences
Disable carrier generators
Hack carrier datalinks
Hack carrier cargo bays

Haven't seen any discussion of these (but may well have missed it).

 

[Rebel Yell]

Bah. I was hoping to undermine other powers with the good ole Onion head.

I'm surprised they haven't took a moment to give the King Ginger hair now, the way FDEV seem to be kicking him like a ginger stepchild

We should get 1 merit/1t for illegal (not stolen, as that would be exploitable) stuff sold at BMs in every PP status where a BM is present.

Mate we have been pilfering your Rum for days!

We know, there are some pods with dead CMDRs around... probably you didn't notice as these doesn't spawn in other-than-open game modes.

 

[Darrack]

We know, there are some pods with dead CMDRs around... probably you didn't notice as these doesn't spawn in other-than-open game modes

Its the Simguru's special cloaking device

O7

 

[Rebel Yell]

Its the Simguru's special cloaking device

 

[Phill P]

I did the 1st week's 5 missions but this week I've only done 3 cos 2 of em are on foot and I've not been on foot cept exo for ages...even though I got all the g5 weps n gear its a bind yeah cos I ain't a fan of on foot in elite tbh. But I'll endeavour.
I put 12 of those data crack things but there's 2 types and the mission doesn't specify which one and the other ones locked out l can't get em from the power vendor.

I couldn't get some things to do missions with without going to the power's capital. Possibly they existed elsewhere like a fortified system but the capital seemed a safe bet, and was. Don't know if that helps.

 

[Nowski]

Haven't seen any discussion of these (but may well have missed it).

Well, apart from the farming npcs at carriers thread, which I guess would include "kill power ships around carrier". But nothing on the other stuff like hacking cargo bays, disable carrier defences, destroy carrier objects etc. Am I having a senior moment?

 

[Darrack]

O7

 

[Rebel Yell]

O7

https://www.reddit.com/r/kumocrew/s/RHBKiLMahC

 

[WhiteHaulerMan]

We should get 1 merit/1t for illegal (not stolen, as that would be exploitable) stuff sold at BMs in every PP status where a BM is present.



We know, there are some pods with dead CMDRs around... probably you didn't notice as these doesn't spawn in other-than-open game modes.

Urgh. I really dont want to get back into big ships to be effective.

Whats Planetside reaving like for the King, surely that should be effective and efficient?