Things I have noticed recently are that doing missions for the Crimson State alone is not enough to get the highest influence or damage LFE. There is also the possibility of doing missions for LFE and then going to a USS and delivering the mission to someone else as stated by others on these forums. Both of these things seem to be beneficial to CSG (at least when the missions are doing what they are supposed to on return).
However, there is another major aspect at work here I believe we missed. Certain factions seem to be associated with certain industries or commodities in the stations. You will notice that specific factions often ask you to collect a particular good like coffee for example very often. LFE seem to be growing without much hinderence from us. I believe this to be the case because their actual influence on the system is not being challenged. In other words, we should be doing missions from other systems that are delivering to the Lugh system. LFE have a stranglehold on specific trade channels. When we introduce other factions from outside to compete with their business it reduces their influence on Lugh because they are not the only sole supplier bringing these goods into the system. All the other things like lockdown, civil unrest and famine are triggers that set off a civil war but first we need to have a majority but to do that we need to be doing CSG missions to raise our profile. Then, when arriving in an outer system we need to be taking missions from outside that are delivering to the Lugh system but that do not deliver to LFE.
Check these missions and make sure they are not being delivered to LFE. This I believe will reduce their stranglehold.
You will also notice that there are different kinds of missions in the game. Delivery missions effect influence but there are others like fueling the flames of war which may have the effect of creating civil unrest. We need to identify which missions do this from the other types of missions. I would guess that each type of mission has a function in this process and knowing which buttons to press and when are key.
However, there is another major aspect at work here I believe we missed. Certain factions seem to be associated with certain industries or commodities in the stations. You will notice that specific factions often ask you to collect a particular good like coffee for example very often. LFE seem to be growing without much hinderence from us. I believe this to be the case because their actual influence on the system is not being challenged. In other words, we should be doing missions from other systems that are delivering to the Lugh system. LFE have a stranglehold on specific trade channels. When we introduce other factions from outside to compete with their business it reduces their influence on Lugh because they are not the only sole supplier bringing these goods into the system. All the other things like lockdown, civil unrest and famine are triggers that set off a civil war but first we need to have a majority but to do that we need to be doing CSG missions to raise our profile. Then, when arriving in an outer system we need to be taking missions from outside that are delivering to the Lugh system but that do not deliver to LFE.
Check these missions and make sure they are not being delivered to LFE. This I believe will reduce their stranglehold.
You will also notice that there are different kinds of missions in the game. Delivery missions effect influence but there are others like fueling the flames of war which may have the effect of creating civil unrest. We need to identify which missions do this from the other types of missions. I would guess that each type of mission has a function in this process and knowing which buttons to press and when are key.
