Newcomer / Intro Permit Acquisition missions and combat ranking

[Alexium67]

Hello all! I will be a newcomer here because I will asking about new thing for me. So it is the question. Will that "Permit Acquisition Opportunity" mission with Harmless requirements increase my combat ranking? I trying play this game with the solid 0% in combat ranking. Yes, I know it is stupid decision. But I can't change my mind for now. Some time ago I asked same question even in FD Support, but... They helped me in other way.. Nevermind... It was not a solution. May someone with low combat rank check my question? Newcomer or with cleared save?..

Thanks.

P.S. Probably I must to change my gameplay strategy and leave that old decision in the past. For the best.

 

[Factabulous]

Will that "Permit Acquisition Opportunity" mission with Harmless requirements increase my combat ranking?

No.

 

[Dommarraa]

Unless you have to kill something you should be OK

 

[Para Handy]

Unless you have to kill something you should be OK

I don't think there are any Permit Acquisition missions that require combat. As far as I can remember the only time you had to actually "do" anything was travel to a station in a different system - like a courier mission.

 

[Hawk of Battle]

Just note though that doing zero combat is going to be tricky for certain things. Like, I can't image you'd ever be able to unlock the fsd booster without killing a few drones, which will inevitably push your rank up. The only way around that would be to get somebody to shoot them for you.

 

[Alexium67]

I unlocked the FSD booster without any shot and without any ingame help from other commanders Anyway I know about disadvantages and limitations of my playstyle.

Thanks again. Maybe I will do that permit mission for the Alioth Independents

 

[Alexium67]

I asked this question because I remember old times when I did courier missions that increased my trade rank or black box salvages for the explorer rank. And it was linked to its rank requirements.

 

[Para Handy]

I asked this question because I remember old times when I did courier missions that increased my trade rank or black box salvages for the explorer rank. And it was linked to its rank requirements.

Yes some time ago promotion missions had a range of mission types that you had to do (smuggling, pirate kills, black box, etc.) but nowadays that requirement has gone, you can just re-enter the Mission Board to cycle required promotion missions. So getting the major faction permit access no longer has any need to carry out illegal or combat missions for promotion.

 

[Alexium67]

I think there are misunderstanding.

When I wrote about courier missions and black box salvage missions and its requirements and rank increasing after success I meant common missions. Not the Navy ones for the superpowers. And my OP question was about simple Permit Acquisition Opportunity mission with Harmless requirements in its description. Using my old experience (about the mission rank requirement that linked to what rank increasing after the mission) I thought this Harmless requirement indicate possible of the combat rank increasing.

But I believe cmdr in the first answer was right. So I will try to do the permit mission. Anyway I can't be harmless forever.

 

[d8veh]

Hello all! I will be a newcomer here because I will asking about new thing for me. So it is the question. Will that "Permit Acquisition Opportunity" mission with Harmless requirements increase my combat ranking? I trying play this game with the solid 0% in combat ranking. Yes, I know it is stupid decision. But I can't change my mind for now. Some time ago I asked same question even in FD Support, but... They helped me in other way.. Nevermind... It was not a solution. May someone with low combat rank check my question? Newcomer or with cleared save?..

Thanks.

P.S. Probably I must to change my gameplay strategy and leave that old decision in the past. For the best.

You get awarded points towards your combat rank when you kill any ship. The points depend on your relative ranks. The greater the difference, the more you get. If you don't kill any ships, youn don't get any points, so no rank either.

 

[d8veh]

You're going to have trouble unlocking some of the engineers, like Selene, Didi, The Sarge, Mel Brandon, Todd the Blaster and Juri Ishmaak.