Just donating several million dollars to various federal factions, but it didn't affect my federal reputation at all. What am I missing?
What is the point of donating then?
What is the point of donating then?
Donations don't change superpower rank?
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Give it a few minutes to update. For some reason it has to think about it before you see a change, much like Santa Claus.
It raises your rep with that particular faction.
Your Federal rank only raises when you complete specific Fed Rank missions.
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Your Federal rank only raises when you complete specific Fed Rank missions.
Federation/Ranks
There are 14 ranks in the Federal Navy Auxiliary, which can be joined by any independent pilot. As pilots rise through the ranks, they are rewarded with access to exclusive Federal ships, missions, and restricted system permits. For players to be promoted through the Federation's ranks, they...
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Whats the point? - increased rep with that faction, access to better or higher rewarded missions for that faction, often get follow on missions where theyve completely wasted your donation and now need more help, doing the better rewarded missions will increase rank quicker
i usually use them if theres no missions or I need added rep, probably more what theyre designed for, to almost 'buy a mission'.
i usually use them if theres no missions or I need added rep, probably more what theyre designed for, to almost 'buy a mission'.
I'm aware of federal rank vs rep. I'm sorry I used the wrong word 
Semantics sniper here.
Semantics sniper here.
The point is it should increase federal RANK then correct? Assuming I'm donating to a federally aligned faction.
Often the new follow-on mission pays more than you just donated.
You may notice these days there are only two versions of the rep gain with donations:
1+ Rep and 2+ Rep
At the higher ranks these do not go a long way on their own.
They do add up when you give a lot , but even three at 2+ will usually only raise you 1%.
Much better these days to add these in conjunction with as many 4+ and 5+ rewards you can get with delivery (goods and messages) and other missions. Surface scans are often 5+ reputation rewards, and a bunch of these can pump you up fast..
1+ Rep and 2+ Rep
At the higher ranks these do not go a long way on their own.
They do add up when you give a lot , but even three at 2+ will usually only raise you 1%.
Much better these days to add these in conjunction with as many 4+ and 5+ rewards you can get with delivery (goods and messages) and other missions. Surface scans are often 5+ reputation rewards, and a bunch of these can pump you up fast..
Yes. But it still takes a few minutes to register at times. Forget the bit about Santa Claus
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Even if the OP actually meant rank you do have an overall rep with each of the individual superpowers.
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In Elite Dangerous players can change their Reputation with the three major factions (Federation, Empire, Alliance) and countless minor factions to either Allied, Friendly, Cordial, Neutral, Unfriendly, or Hostile. All players start out as Neutral with all factions and by doing missions or other...
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This! Spot on.
Ahhhhh that's it - I'm working on rear admiral. I've been out of the game for a bit and there's so much to learn that when I played before I hadn't really try donating. It's probably just this. Thanks for the help!
Not everybody likes all of the other mission choices for various reasons so a chance to make some progress with a simple