As it is now, you have to run a lot of low paying missions for system factions to get the more profitable missions. But what it does, is that the mechanic basically constricts you between flying in 3 sectors and that is it. And in the end, you get bored with the system and move on, but only after "wasting" couple of hours on increasing your reputation with local factions, to do it all over again few Ly further.
Should the reputation with local factions go up faster?
- Thread starter The Law
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My whole point was that it is not that hard to raise the reputation in terms of your actual skill, but rather needlessly time consuming. Time spent doing something =/= difficulty.
If you stick with it you will eventually become friendly with the Major faction that controls that system. This will make every smaller faction under the major faction's control to be friendly with you and give you access to higher paying missions regardless of what system you are in (so long as it's controlled by the major faction).
The entire game is about time consumption. If you don't like time sinks, you might want to move along and find something else to play...
Why does it matter if it takes time to get to certain ranks? There is not "End Game" to Elite. It is not meant to be completed in a day. There isn't any instant gratificication, you must work for it. You are NOT going to do everything, you are NOT going to see everything, and there will always be someone who has done something you haven't done.
Elite is about YOU, as a single pilot, trying to change the universe. Your action can affect a system and where it goes, just like someone else who is trying to do the exact opposite of what you are striving for.
This is the game I have waited 30 years to play. I am going to do my best to infuence the universe the way I see fit and will have loads of fun doing it.
Elite is about YOU, as a single pilot, trying to change the universe. Your action can affect a system and where it goes, just like someone else who is trying to do the exact opposite of what you are striving for.
This is the game I have waited 30 years to play. I am going to do my best to infuence the universe the way I see fit and will have loads of fun doing it.
I agree it's not difficult. In my experience it has been very schizophrenic in that some place I have become friendly after on mission, others it's taken a bit of a grind...there seems to be a lot overlap with factions affecting one another, but unless it's fed imp or alliance, it's so opaque it's impossible to tell, which is a shame