Minor faction - Influence not changing + idea

[Nic727]

Hi,

I'm in a system alone and I'm trying to make a minor faction having a bigger influence here, but it just doesn't move at all. I did a lot of mission, and it's still the same. The only thing that changed is that I'm friendly now...
Is it normal?

Thank you.

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I still think they should rework Powerplay and minor factions in Elite Dangerous. I would like Powerplay faction to get more influence in systems like Minor Faction allegiance to a PP faction instead of only "Federation, Empire, Alliance or none". Like that it could add many possibilities to the game like:

1. Different government type for each PP faction allegiance. Aisling Democracy is not the same as Arissa.

2. When the bigger minor faction in a system is with Hudson for example, the system go to Federation - Hudson. But only work if minor faction is close to another system of the same faction... Will not put Federation minor faction inside Empire territory... That could change how Powerplay works.


For the moment, changing minor faction is a bit useless other than having new materials or government type... And it takes so long...

 

[Apos]

If the faction is at civil war/war within any system it is present in, then yes, it's normal.

Use the "Factions Status Summary" in the local Galnet tab when docked to get infromation about the factions.

 

[Harley Quinn]

Also what's population size? If 30-50,000 it sounds like you have something blocking such as noted by Apos so normal missions have no impact. If a few billion it will be moving a mountain so unless in a war in system it would be a slow grind.

Also you will still mainly be getting small influence missions at friendly. Look for those that have medium or high changes such as sourcing missions, planetary scans, kill missions and salvage. You may make more cash of the deliveries but if you want faction influence you are better off concentrating on those.