Reputation Decay
- Thread starter Codger
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I don't think it decays faster; I have noticed FD seem to have sneakily increased the threshold for allied, from 80% to 90%, which means from 100% it takes indeed half the time until you are friendly, but the decay speed is technically the same.
This also directly contradicts the notion that decay stips "just slightly under the threshold for allied". 5% under the threshold was already not "slightly" in my view, but 15% is a far cry from that even know. It means 3 times the work to get back to allied when you return from a long exploration trip.
I understand why reputation decay is present - I've used similar techniques myself.
However it should be a smaller, slower component that it is at present - especially as the game runs in realtime. Very annoying if you only get to play once or twice a week (or fortnight).
This could be balanced by more negative rep effects for Allied players on missions which benefit factions with whom the Major Power is in conflict. This reflects that being Allied comes with greater responsibility to uphold the ethics/politics of the Major Power than would be the case for just Friendly.
However it should be a smaller, slower component that it is at present - especially as the game runs in realtime. Very annoying if you only get to play once or twice a week (or fortnight).
This could be balanced by more negative rep effects for Allied players on missions which benefit factions with whom the Major Power is in conflict. This reflects that being Allied comes with greater responsibility to uphold the ethics/politics of the Major Power than would be the case for just Friendly.