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SlickPBW

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- There's a player on our leaderboard that is at Rank 280 (!). I'm not going to speculate how that was achieved, but are there continued rewards for ranks >100?
edit2: Disregard this. I found the answer in game.

- Is there any way to know, in game or otherwise, how many players are aligned to each power?

- Once a particular Powerplay module is unlocked, where can it be purchased? only in own power systems? Jameson Memorial?

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- Is there a formula for calculating the available number of those PP deliverables (to undermining, reinforcing or acquisition systems) based on rank?

Thanks in advance for any answers.
 
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Rebel Yell

Rebel Yell
SlickPBW said:
- There's a player on our leaderboard that is at Rank 280 (!). I'm not going to speculate how that was achieved, but are there continued rewards for ranks >100?
edit2: Disregard this. I found the answer in game.
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We had some one hitting 200+ on first week!

SlickPBW said:
- Is there any way to know, in game or otherwise, how many players are aligned to each power?
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Inara has some stats, but based on Inara CMDRs only.

SlickPBW said:
- Once a particular Powerplay module is unlocked, where can it be purchased? only in own power systems? Jameson Memorial?
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I bet all strongholds have them + Jameson Memorial.

SlickPBW said:
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- Is there a formula for calculating the available number of those PP deliverables (to undermining, reinforcing or acquisition systems) based on rank?
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Some one posted the information in the PP 2.0 guide (can't find link unfortunately).
 

Ian Doncaster

Ian Doncaster
SlickPBW said:
- Is there a formula for calculating the available number of those PP deliverables (to undermining, reinforcing or acquisition systems) based on rank?
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Very roughly, starts out at 15, and you get 5 more every other rank up to 100.

I think there are a few steps missed out of that as it apparently caps at 250 not 265.
 

SlickPBW

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Another couple of questions regarding finding enemy power npc's:

Where/how do I find the high probability areas in each of Undermining, Reinforcing, and Acquisition systems? See below for what I have tried.

Is my understanding correct?: I can attack/kill any enemy power npc in any of my power's systems without getting a bounty or notoriety; and I can attack/kill any enemy power npc in a system NOT owned by my power, but I will always get a bounty but no notoriety.

I haven't done much on-foot with regard to PP, aside from a few raids for PP materials and uploading malware. Are there any on-foot npc's that are aligned to a power? if so, how to find them? And do they give any merits when they die? I have seen small merit payouts such as 4-8 merits for scanning dead npc's, but I'm looking for something more worth the time/effort on-foot for merits, if it exists.


As of now, I have tried a number of things, below, that are only spawning enemy power npc's at a very low rate, such as maybe 3-5 per hour.
  • RES sites in my power's systems - this does provide lots of merits, but I'm specifically looking for power-aligned npc's, which are rare in RES sites.
  • RES sites in other power's systems
  • Cruising in supercruise in my power's systems
  • Cruising in supercruise in other power's systems
  • looking in various USS in my power systems and other power systems; this hasn't yielded any enemy power npc's for me yet.
 

Angus McSix

Angus McSix
SlickPBW said:
I haven't done much on-foot with regard to PP, aside from a few raids for PP materials and uploading malware. Are there any on-foot npc's that are aligned to a power? if so, how to find them? And do they give any merits when they die? I have seen small merit payouts such as 4-8 merits for scanning dead npc's, but I'm looking for something more worth the time/effort on-foot for merits, if it exists.


As of now, I have tried a number of things, below, that are only spawning enemy power npc's at a very low rate, such as maybe 3-5 per hour.
  • RES sites in my power's systems - this does provide lots of merits, but I'm specifically looking for power-aligned npc's, which are rare in RES sites.
  • RES sites in other power's systems
  • Cruising in supercruise in my power's systems
  • Cruising in supercruise in other power's systems
  • looking in various USS in my power systems and other power systems; this hasn't yielded any enemy power npc's for me yet.
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Yes, there are on foot NPCs that are aligned to the power that controls the system
You find them by pulling up the contacts menu on your on-foot HUD and searching for their name. Focusing on their name will bring up their profile, which will show you with which faction they are aligned; the local minor faction, or the power controlling the system
You can also sometimes tell at a glance by the armour they wear. Powerplay NPCs all wear a uniquely painted set of armour according to the power they're aligned with.
All powerplay NPCs will be security staff
Killing a powerplay NPC yields greater merits than killing a local, EXCEPT if the local has a bounty that you discover BEFORE killing them, at which point you're only awarded the bounty claim.
 

SlickPBW

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Angus McSix said:
Yes, there are on foot NPCs that are aligned to the power that controls the system
You find them by pulling up the contacts menu on your on-foot HUD and searching for their name. Focusing on their name will bring up their profile, which will show you with which faction they are aligned; the local minor faction, or the power controlling the system
You can also sometimes tell at a glance by the armour they wear. Powerplay NPCs all wear a uniquely painted set of armour according to the power they're aligned with.
All powerplay NPCs will be security staff
Killing a powerplay NPC yields greater merits than killing a local, EXCEPT if the local has a bounty that you discover BEFORE killing them, at which point you're only awarded the bounty claim.
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Holy smokes! Thanks! Just what I was looking for. Is there any way to tell by the settlement description if the settlement might have npc’s aligned to a power?
 

Ian Doncaster

Ian Doncaster
SlickPBW said:
Is my understanding correct?: I can attack/kill any enemy power npc in any of my power's systems without getting a bounty or notoriety; and I can attack/kill any enemy power npc in a system NOT owned by my power, but I will always get a bounty but no notoriety.
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Correct.

Note that if you're pledged to Power A, and undermining a Power B system, depending on who else is close NPCs from Power C might show up - you can still kill them for a small bounty and no notoriety, but you only get the tiny "murder" merits for doing so, not the higher "power kill" merits.
 

SlickPBW

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Rebel Yell said:
USS Power Convoy Distress Call can spawn any random type of encounter... from zero to try hard: one of the last I had was with 8 (yes EIGHT) enemy pledge Anacondas trying to kill a fleet of my pledge haulers.
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A famous quote applies:

“They've got us surrounded again, the poor s” is a quote attributed to Colonel Creighton S. Abrams, a tank legend who led the charge through German lines during the Battle of the Bulge.“
 

Rebel Yell

Rebel Yell

Frankymole

Frankymole
Ian Doncaster said:
You don't.

You can generally avoid the tasks generating with specific named systems if you start the week (i.e. end the previous week) well outside your territory.
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I've tried that today.

Result = "No Powerplay assignments". I've not had that before...
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