ok i do not get it :(

getting negative rep for completing naval progression missions

just did a naval assention opportunity. i have been trying to get friendly with the empire for ages but cant get beyond neutral.

i did the mission they asked.... killed 3 pirates. went to return it. they paid me 22k BUT did not increase my rank AND got a red arrow next to me so they did not like me doing it......

as title. i do not get it.

any idea what i did wrong. thanks

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ok just did another one. this time i got the progression i am a knight now but yet again more red arrows . if i am not careful my aim to get friendly with them will have me pegged and an enemy and not even neutral :(
 
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sorry to bump my own thread I know its a bit lame, however I am just after some confirmation really.

Does anyone know what it is I am likely to have done wrong re my naval promotion mission to kill pirates.

the 1st time I just got negative rep, no promotion.
the 2nd time I DID get promotion, I am now a Knight BUT I still lost rep with them...is this a bug or is there more to killing X number of pirates in a system than meets the eye?

thanks
 
It does seem that many other players are experiencing odd reputation drops after completing missions for a faction. It also happened to me with some Federation missions. It seems to be randomish, try to go on (maybe change the sub-faction with witch you run missions) and if you keep losing rep... then... well "start a ticket" (so sad to say that)
 
When doing these missions I carry some cargo and then wait for them to scan me and start the fight. For some reason even if they say wanted they did not count toward my pirate kills. If they are pirates they will go after your cargo.

Hope that helps :)
 
I might have an idea why, you sometimes have to be careful that the pirates you are shooting are not allied to another empire faction, it can be a bit wierd sometimes, the best way to progress is the fetch missions as these always seem to work ok.

Also you've somehow jumped a few ranks as 'Outsider' should have been first, followed by Serf before Knight.
 
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getting negative rep for completing naval progression missions

Hi thanks guys..... just to add, I was maybe sparse with the info....

These WERE pirates - tho I have no idea which faction they were, but they were pirates none the less.. and I didnt skip any promotions.

I did the others back in 1.0 getting up to squire and decided to leave progressing too much incase it got fleshed out more and had more excting missions..... but then I decided I want to get an imperial clipper so decided to crack on today.
 
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sorry to bump my own thread I know its a bit lame, however I am just after some confirmation really

Rather then bumping your own threads, I recommend putting a little more thought into the title in the future. Many people will not stop help with a thread titled, for example: "Help me" or "I don't understand" or "?" But if you squeeze the essence of your concern into the title (for example I would have titled this thread "unable to advance navel rank" or "Navel progression quest loosing reputation!") I am absolutely sure you would have gotten a quick reply. I may have seen the thread myself this morning but though to myself "Nobody gets my help 'till I get a cup of tea!" and promptly forgotten about you 'till you were off page one. :p

Not trying to be snarky just saying it gets help quicker on the forum.

I don't know what your doing wrong (or if it's a bug or whatever is causing the loss or reputation) I somehow got Baron without even firing my weapons...... but from my understanding if you do any Empire quests and become "Allied" with them you should be able to buy the Imperial Clipper.
 
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Hi thanks guys..... just to add, I was maybe sparse with the info....

These WERE pirates - tho I have no idea which faction they were, but they were pirates none the less.. and I didnt skip any promotions.

I did the others back in 1.0 getting up to squire and decided to leave progressing too much incase it got fleshed out more and had more excting missions..... but then I decided I want to get an imperial clipper so decided to crack on today.


I experienced the same thing, they were pirates, they were wanted, but they never counted unless they scanned me for cargo and then shot first.
 
Rather then bumping your own threads, I recommend putting a little more thought into the title in the future. Many people will not stop help with a thread titled, for example: "Help me" or "I don't understand" or "?" But if you squeeze the essence of your concern into the title (for example I would have titled this thread "unable to advance navel rank" or "Navel progression quest loosing reputation!") I am absolutely sure you would have gotten a quick reply. I may have seen the thread myself this morning but though to myself "Nobody gets my help 'till I get a cup of tea!" and promptly forgotten about you 'till you were off page one. :p

Not trying to be snarky just saying it gets help quicker on the forum.

You are right..... sadly AFAIK you cant rename thread titles....... normally I am pretty good with being descriptive in the title but I must have been having a brain burp on this one. (I have tried to change the title but not worked)
 
I have had a kill mission where the Pirates were 'Friendly' to me (green) despite the fact they had bounties and were wanted.

I have worked for various factions during my time in Elite (all Empire) and have ended up in some strange situations, I had to abandon that mission due to the massive rep loss I would have incurred by shooting a friendly pirate!

The only reason I could think this could have happened might be down to me trading extensively with a pirate outpost previously.
You might have had the same happen to you.
 
Really, put some cargo in your hold, go to the nearest nav point and wait for an NPC to scan you. Wait for it... When he attacks, then fire back. You can check your transaction tab and in the mission objective see if you were credited for a pirate kill. I am allied as a lord with the empire and post commander with the feds and this has worked every time.
 
Hi Tha is decent advice but not for this thread. I successfully completed the mission and only killed pirates but on completing my rep went down. Theissue is with the rep not with iding pirates.
 
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