Newcomer / Intro Elite Dangerous Faction Insignia - How to display it on your forum posts.

Welcome Commanders!

Even though in-game you are not forced to choose a Faction to represent, you will more than likely want to choose one to work with and gain reputation with (you may not).
By doing various activities such as missions and trading you will gain reputation with the minor factions within the systems. You will also gain reputation with major factions they represent.

A brief overview of the major factions can be read here:
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Federation
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Empire
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Alliance


With that out of the way, you can also set your forum account to display your allegiance, this is shown as a background image towards the top right of each post you make.
I think its a nice touch and its very rarely mentioned, hence this post :cool: (maybe one day the moderators will make it a little clearer *hint hint*)

To do this, go to this page: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/profil...do=editoptions
Scroll down to Thread Options and set the faction of your choice.

You should then see one of these depending on your choice:

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Enjoy!
 
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I cant wait to start playing and get a feel for the areas of space, to actually pick and start fighting for/against a faction. I'm not going to decide on one until I one pleases me or crosses me the wrong way.
 
Plus 1 to the making the faction logos clearer on the forum posts. Bit too faint at the moment chaps. By the way, what does the logo of our new Thargoid overlords look like? A Character like Joe will need to know so that he is ready for when the time comes.
 
Those logos should have transparancy. If you select a different forum skin (not the default elite skin), then they look even worse. :(
 
Welcome Commanders!
Even though in-game you are not forced to choose a Faction to represent, you will more than likely want to choose one to work with and gain reputation with (you may not).
By doing various activities such as missions and trading you will gain reputation with the minor factions within the systems. You will also gain reputation with major factions they represent.
Not wanting to hijack the thread entirely, but a faction/allegiance related question if I may?

Can a Commander develop equally favourable reputation standings with all 3 Factions? Say I decide to stay unaligned/independent, can I expect work from all the Factions, or will prior work determine whether the others will look kindly on me or not? i.e. If my first trade run is for the Federation, will the Empire give me the time of day, or run me off with guns blazing, when I come knocking on their door next?
 
Not wanting to hijack the thread entirely, but a faction/allegiance related question if I may?

Can a Commander develop equally favourable reputation standings with all 3 Factions? Say I decide to stay unaligned/independent, can I expect work from all the Factions, or will prior work determine whether the others will look kindly on me or not? i.e. If my first trade run is for the Federation, will the Empire give me the time of day, or run me off with guns blazing, when I come knocking on their door next?

I believe you can, although will be corrected if wrong.

So far I have only concentrated on Federation and become Friendly, but can trade anywhere and do missions for any of them.
Some actions may cause you to gain rep with one faction and lose it with another, conflict zones perhaps, because when you enter one of these you choose a side to fight for from the right hand panel, but I personally have not participated in these since the reputation system was added.
 
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Set mine to Federation, nothing shows... Then again nobody else's shows too. Halp?

EDIT: Wait, I saw it!!!! It's pretty much invisible on my screen
 
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