factions

🫡 o7 Commanders, I’ve got a couple of questions about how reputation and influence work, and I’d really appreciate any insight: If I have established high reputation and/or influence with a specific faction (Faction X), and then proceed to run missions for another faction (Faction Y)--not...

That was just an idea but isn't the colonisation suiting well with factioning his own system? I was just wondering why we should not have the opportunity to have our own system and faction going with it instead of expanding the faction of someone else into new systems, in this case, our. Of...

I'm looking for someone or some people who can run the faction alongside me and the other active leader while I'm unable to put as much into the game and the community side of it as I'd like right now. I'm also looking for people who generally would want to join the faction as enlisted members...

From an in-universe perspective, it doesn't make sense for all factions to equally dislike each other. It does not make sense, regardless of how heated debates get in the Federal senate, for Jerome Archer to dislike Felicia Winters as much as he does Yuri Grom. Does it make sense for Admiral...

I know that in-game during wars ships are essentially infinite for both sides, but for the purpose of writing a fanfic, I'm interested in how large independent system fleets and armies could be. Lets take an independent system with an Earth-like world and about a billion residents and another...

I am unsure if this has been officially posted anywhere as I can't find anything on the subject. The only thing I can see is a post from Fdev back in 2021 regarding PMF's and them being on hold. I have just received an email saying they are again on hold due to some internal problem. They also...

Hello Cmdrs, I am lookin toward the future and deciding what I want to engage in across this vast universe. I want to know what Faction people have aligned with and why. Also, I need to understand the difference between Major Faction (or superpower, whatever it is called, please clarify), and...

Some minor factions have territory that spans a huge amount of space. With the way that these factions are implemented - native to a system, generally named or representing a specific political party or grouping of that system, it seems weird that the BGS makes no distinction for how the...

Hello So I am going to ask a question that I think I know the answer to, but I thought I would run it by the experts first. I have a particular system I call Home, as I assume most players do that don't have a FC to call Home. I've been calling this system Home for probably a year and just...

I'm relatively new to Elite: Dangerous, so I apologize if this is something that has already been suggested. I really think it would help Elite become a better game if creating a BGS faction gave more of a connection to the original creator. Perhaps as a new career path. What would people think...

Hello Frontier! I really like the faction tracking tools you provide squadrons. I even created my own squadron for the sole purpose of tracking a faction I was working for. However, this prevents me from being a member of an actual squadron, and it feels a bit overkill for accessing this one...

I RTFM and am still confused.. So I'll just ask my questions: 1) Is there an influence cap per BGS tick? Is it possible to somehow trigger a NEGATIVE influence by over-'milking' high influence rewards? The last influence mission I turned in showed the faction's influence bar in the red instead...

Elite 3.x Beyond suggestions These are some of my thoughts regarding the state of Beyond and some simple improvements to make it flow better and deepen the immersion. I’ve been playing for a number of years now and I’m sure with the combined community suggestions we can achieve a truly great...

The Wanderers are an in game faction that has two main focuses: The BGS system- taking over systems and how that is done is up to the skills and preferences of our pilots, the Wanderers do not discriminate pilot types as long as you don’t harm any other Wanderers unless it’s an organised event...

Noob question - does Powerplay actually affect how the galaxy progresses? For example, say the factions supporting Edmund Mahon took the time to ally themselves with the factions of Denton Patreus and they started cooperating in BGS. Would the in-game universe explain it in that Edmund Mahon...

Hey everybody (and any FD staff checking in), We were chatting in our Discord earlier today, and this resulted in a list of bugs with the current BGS as far as we know. This seemed wise to share with all of the BGS community, and may be an easy list for FD to work from, should they come across...

I have been trying to affiliate my squadron to a minor faction in a system but it isn't present in the list where you chose the faction you want to affiliate with. Can somebody please tell me how I can align my squadron to a minor faction? (I am allied with the faction)

Greetings commanders, this is a suggestion for not quite overhauling, but tweaking the BGS and minor factions function, but let me preface with a simple statement: As we all know, Squadrons can pledge allegiance to a minor faction. And this, fellow commanders is what i propose to be the...

While the new ability for a faction to be affected by multiple states sounds great. It still seems off. Wouldn't it make more sense for a "famine" or "outbreak" state to affect a whole planet, or station, rather than just a faction? It's like if a new flu epidemic broke out but only labour...

the idea here [ https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteAntal/comments/980krv/guardians_of_harmony/e5d5avj/?context=8&depth=9 ] . is one i've had before, and does seem SUITED, to different locations, where something just doesn't MAKE SENSE, when you look at it, especially when you're a new player, and...

Introduction So as of now, trading in BGS only affects the controlling faction of the station. If you think about this, you come two one of 2 conclusions: a) The controlling faction gets a monopoly in all industries on a station. b) The controlling faction is in charge of the port and flow of...

I set up a player group some time ago and we ran a minor faction (Democracy - Federation) but due to moving house and losing internet I had some time off. I returned recently to find that the people I used to fly with have all stopped playing since then so there is a PMF with no group. I have...

Greetings CMDR we are Infinite Corporation! We are a very easy going group that is active on daily bases! We have members from all around the world EU, US, australia and so on. And we have some good news for u, because we are recruiting!!! Our group exist of easy going people who like to hang...

are there plans to allow a CMDR to pledge to a minor faction? this should be introduced and play part in the BGS stuff. should two faction be at war, then missions and what you are allowed to attack should change based on which minor faction you are pledged too. When you scan a ship, the...

I'm having a very hard time taking smuggling seriously in this game. The stations appear to have a significant ground crew available for each and every ship that lands, given the architecture. But if I ask permission to land and then suddenly disappear off the radar then they can't spare just...

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OK, this could get fairly involved so I apologise up front. Also, I have 7000+ hours of ED and am pretty familiar with how BGS works, so this isnt a noob question, I kinda understand what I am talking about. Pleasantries over. For the last 5 days I have been working on and monitoring a dozen...

My group would like to merge two player minor factions. There were two factions requested because of a miscommunication. Is it possible to have them merged?

A megaship should have its own faction(s) like any other station. It shouldn't change to the local system factions every time it moves. No ship would operate this way. The owners of the ship and allied groups would be on the ship not changing random factions that may or may not be aligned with...

Whilst I concur that more diverse missions and joined up missions are good - more content is more - it all seems to me to continue the [Fly to location, perform preprogrammed action, get new location] format, relieved only by possible combat. The combat itself is also quite samey; you fight and...

I would like rare goods that are blocked by factions to be available to buy on the black market. It would be nice if we could use the black market as a black market. The market would have to be a permanent fixture, no matter the Power or faction. The weakness would be possibilities of T-sensor...

o7 Commanders. We're a Player Group based on Xbox One. We have Members located on PC and Ps4 as well but we host Events and such on Xbox One. Our Main focus is Research and gathering players of all origins and Experience and do stuff together. We plan on doing CQC Events, Exploration Voyages...

I've been doing some bounty hunting in the sol system near Saturn and have been using the kill Warrent scanner because I thought it would yeld extra dough on ships who are wanted. I seem to be stuck with a bunch of bounty claims in my transaction log, but when I go to the contact menu I can't...

OK, maybe I'm being stupid but I'm having a lot of paying off the smallest fine and it's getting on my nerves. So, here's what's happening - I'm doing a little bounty hunting in the Subra system. I've just beefed up my vulture with engineered pulse lasers so I've accepted 4 different missions...

My group is trying to get a player faction put into the game and are confused with the instructions on the application. The field says that the home systems we choose require the same government as our player faction, but I don't understand what that means. The government changes according to...

Hey guys i was wondering exactly how do I make my own player made faction? Any help would be appreciated

Would like to see a minor faction involving liquor production established much like the Brewers of Perez Ring. Distillers, Moonshiners, or Bootleggers. Missions focused on liquor delivery, liquor smuggling, faction warfare... Location or power not important. Whatever fits. Thanks ;)

3 Bullet points that I think will strongly improve both overall gameplay and the BGS with Anarchy style systems. 1 (and 2): Influence and One New Faction Type Anarchy Faction: All ill-gotten and illegal goods are able to be sold to their markets Increasing their influence within the system...

Hello, all I am looking for a new faction to join. I'm currently in one but wishing to leave since they aren't very kind. I'm a good PVP and PVE pilot and good at exploring. I do not wish to join a empire faction. So Fed or Independent will have to do. I'm also not sure if this the right place...

Hi there, i recently get into BGS and all that stuff. I read this thread here https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/98378-Influence-Flipping-stations-and-systems-(A-collation-of-dev-comments-and-feedback-Jan-13th-2014)?page=1 and there is a point that said to capture a controlling...