[Suggestion] Reputation grinding w/ Minor Factions

[Chrystoph]

It is a long standing problem that missions are often locked behind reputation statuses. In effect, you cannot advance your reputation because you need missions that require more reputation than you have to increase your reputation, a perfect closed system with you on the outside.

My proposal is that the mission generation system acquires the player's reputation prior to mission generation, and, if all of the missions generated are locked, one of them be reduced to the player's current level, including whatever reward nerfs are appropriate.

This way, there is always a path forward without being a gimme.

Ex:

Player_rep = Neutral

Missions generated = 3
Mission_Rep_1 = Cordial
Mission_Rep_2 = Cordial
Mission_Rep_3 = Cordial

Mission_eval Procedure runs to determine if Player_rep < Mission_Rep_[1-3]

If so, then reduce rank of one of the missions to Player_rep (Neutral).

 

[Crank Larson]

I've never had a problem getting reputation with minor factions. Even for new systems, there are usually one or two missions I can take from each faction. If some factions don't have any, they often will do on my return visit. It takes a fair few missions to get to Allied anyway, which are a lot of visits to the same places. I've never yet found a system where I haven't been able to ally myself with a faction.

Personally I don't think it's a problem if a faction doesn't give out many missions to begin with - it's the exception rather than the rule.

 

[Chrystoph]

I can only envy your luck, as I have been watching Cordial missions flow by in clumps of 3 to 5 while I am still Neutral for roughly a week.

In regard to your statement,

"Personally I don't think it's a problem if a faction doesn't give out many missions to begin with...",

I am referring to occurrences where the RNG generates NO acceptable missions for a secondary faction that a player cannot otherwise easily gain reputation with for extended periods of time.

 

[MBaldelli]

I'm not sure what the problem is other than perhaps impatience. It's true that you often have to piecemeal it at the start in order to gain reputation. It's also true that unless you're really careful about accepting missions, you can end up being spread too thin through too many minor factions. I see you're marked as an elite explorer. You should know that a week's worth (60 - 90 minutes a day for 7 days) of stellar cartography handed in at the site in question will almost always increase your standing with the local faction to friendly.

Although I do like where you're going with this. There should be a filtering process outside of the faction's area in order to accept missions with other factions in order to gain reputation with a faction in question. Perhaps regional filters to help with this.

 

[Chrystoph]

Exploration data only counts for the principle faction of the station. I am referring to one of the OTHER factions.