Question for the BGS experts: Trade and Superpower rep?

[DukeIronHand]

1) Selling to a station, run by the controlling faction, improves your rep with that faction and boosts them in the BGS System influence %.
Why doesn't buying have a similar effect? If I do a lot of buying it seems(?) to have a minuscule effect on my local rep but apparently does nothing for the faction BGS %.
I am no economics major but it would seem logical that buying a product would have as good (or better?) effect on a local economy as selling?

2) Superpower Rep: Lately (thru a game change or something) I notice I now can clearly see my super power rep go up and down. I understand the effect on my gameplay of local faction rep but does a superpower rep (Fed, Empire, Alliance) do anything for me directly?

Thanks in advance.

 

[_trent_]

1) Selling to a station, run by the controlling faction, improves your rep with that faction and boosts them in the BGS System influence %.
Why doesn't buying have a similar effect? If I do a lot of buying it seems(?) to have a minuscule effect on my local rep but apparently does nothing for the faction BGS %.
I am no economics major but it would seem logical that buying a product would have as good (or better?) effect on a local economy as selling?

2) Superpower Rep: Lately (thru a game change or something) I notice I now can clearly see my super power rep go up and down. I understand the effect on my gameplay of local faction rep but does a superpower rep (Fed, Empire, Alliance) do anything for me directly?

Thanks in advance.

1. I'm guessing to prevent exploiting it. Dock, buy a full load of stuff, fly outside no-fire zone, dump. Repeat.
2. Not that I am aware of with regards to minor factions. Don't know if it has any effect on Powerplay.

For the record, I'm not an expert. I just like to try to look clever. Sometimes I even manage it. [haha]

 

[DukeIronHand]

Sounds clever enough to make sense!
Thank you Cmdr.

 

[Dommarraa]

2. With a high superpower rep, your rep increase with minor factions of that superpower is supposed to be increased. However, if it's actually implemented it's small.

 

[Limoncello Lizard]

2. With a high superpower rep, your rep increase with minor factions of that superpower is supposed to be increased. However, if it's actually implemented it's small.

Not so small. If you are allied with a superpower, it can take half the effort to become allied with aligned minor factions. It's less if you're only friendly or cordial. I don't think it's any harder if you're unfriendly.