Difficult to make the right moral choice

[roryscarlett]

So I select missions based on which faction I want to become friendly with etc then I come across a contact in a USS who makes me some kind of alternative offer. The money is different and I will no doubt lose reputation with the original faction if I choose to take the new offer.

Now I find it very difficult to choose because the available information is just too vague! I don't know enough (and I can't seem to be able to find out) about the new contact and who/what they represent.

It would be nice if there was somewhere where we can find out all about the factions which would allow us to make the right or wrong choice.

The info on the right panel is not really adequate I find to distinguish between many of the factions.

 

[grae3107]

If I am purposely trying to improve rep I stick to the original mission.
If I was only doing it for the money I generally go with whoever pays the most.

Without detailed info about who I would gain rep with there is little more to base a choice on.

 

[titas]

I don't know about your particular experiences, but whenever I've had that happen it was something along the lines of "don't kill these pirates" or "don't deliver food to these starving people", so the moral choice has always been simple for me so far. Though it would be interesting if those commanders tried skewing your choice by painting their faction in a more positive light!

 

[roryscarlett]

Yeah that's my point, they don't really give a reason. I need more convincing I'm afraid

 

[TheNut]

I think the point is really what form of governance do you prefer. Do you want to support authoritarianism? Democracy? Corporatism? Each faction represents one of those goals and it's just a decision of which aligns with your perspective. Though, I'm not sure what to make of systems that have duplicates of the same government, like two factions that promote their political agenda. I guess it just comes down to what name you like better in that case.

Having some backstory for each faction would be nice though. However, it sounds like it could be a lot of effort on the devs. Especially since every political party changes over time.