The Elite Dangerous ingame reputation system thread
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Same here, red arrows with all major factions, i stop doing missions now, makes no sense for me as a casual player with the next work project around the corner.
THX, all the previous efforts will be lost...
Frontier, I would love to send you back my t-shirt and all the Paint Jobs i bought after a long period of not logging in, to get my money back, OK?
Because while being offline, it seems i forget you once made me happy with that great game you delivered... You know, reputation decay.....
+ once there was a promised offline mode for this game, now i even get punished, when not online regulary... what a bad joke
THX, all the previous efforts will be lost...
Frontier, I would love to send you back my t-shirt and all the Paint Jobs i bought after a long period of not logging in, to get my money back, OK?
Because while being offline, it seems i forget you once made me happy with that great game you delivered... You know, reputation decay.....
+ once there was a promised offline mode for this game, now i even get punished, when not online regulary... what a bad joke
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It sucks!! I opted to roleplay as a Federal Pilot. I've spent a great deal of effort in getting to 'Allied' and to Lt. Commander. I logged in and saw a red arrow next to my 'Allied' status. :-(
I'm allied , I've devoted my career to the Federation!! I've had some time off, not gone to the dark side!!
I'm allied , I've devoted my career to the Federation!! I've had some time off, not gone to the dark side!!
I have to chime in here as well.
Reputation decay should ideally be removed or altered, for the current implementation punishes everyone unduly, in my opinion. I have earlier made a suggestion to add a 20-day 'grace period' before the reputation decay actually starts. Factions shouldn't start forgetting about people right away, especially not those that have gone to the trouble of becoming allied with them.
Or, as was mentioned above, only calculate decay while people are actually online. FDev needs to do something about the decay.
Reputation decay should ideally be removed or altered, for the current implementation punishes everyone unduly, in my opinion. I have earlier made a suggestion to add a 20-day 'grace period' before the reputation decay actually starts. Factions shouldn't start forgetting about people right away, especially not those that have gone to the trouble of becoming allied with them.
Or, as was mentioned above, only calculate decay while people are actually online. FDev needs to do something about the decay.
As I've posted elsewhere, the rep decay now makes a mockery of the rank progression system. It was bad enough before when we had no idea how close we were to a rank progression mission. Now, you see more red arrows than blue, even when you are doing missions constantly. Am I one mission away from a rank progression mission? Am I hovering just above Friendly and keeping my rep the same? Or am I just slowing down the inevitable rep decay to friendly by doing missions? The constant plugging away at missions only to see downward red arrows is demoralizing at best and has actively encouraged me to not bother any more until something is changed with this or some form of visible progression is introduced for main faction rep!
Sorry to mention EvE online here, but the reason, i am a subscriber to CCP's MMO since 2006 is, i get rewarded while offline, because of a real time skill system. That means, my Character gets better, even if i dont log in for weeks. Perfect for me as a hard working family father . ....
Regarding needing an update to reputation gain
Update: Actually, i have got a strong feeling there is nothing above 'Allied' rank which would make the rest of post definitely obsolete.
Hello people, as the title suggests i believe there should be a boost to reputation gain on stations. My chosen path of career has been courier work and i feel the reputation gained between stations is a bit too low as it is.
People who are giving answers and maybe the dev's, please could you test ONLY doing the three types of courier going back and fourth between only TWO stations like i have been doing. Standard courier. Smuggling courier. Data delivery and even donations.
Make sure you give it at least more then a couple of days instead of just the one.
As it is only the two stations you have been working at it should give you a clearer idea on if there is any chance a person could do completion. Now factor in how many galaxies there are and how many stations need to be completed. There is absolutely tons. Because of that I believe it is impossible for any human to be able to complete all the stations within the universe because either the level's are set too high (Allied isn't the final rank i believe yet this is the one i am starting to struggle on, i really am starting to tire of completing this goal) or maybe the frequency in good reputation boost is set to low.
Do not forget one of the reasons the stations don't go up that fast is because you are not getting rep just for that station. There will be jobs that will get rep up for the crew members. For the station party and the like. I believe this is an important factor.
But PLEASE factor in how many stations.
(i recommend putting in at least 3-4x 12 hours, that's how many i put in for the first two days but then it started trailing off, getting less motivated to complete my task, though would be great if someone could test actually the time it takes to just complete only doing going back and fourth from the two stations all the ranks. Then we need to times the amount of hours by how many stations exist.)
Update: Actually, i have got a strong feeling there is nothing above 'Allied' rank which would make the rest of post definitely obsolete.
Hello people, as the title suggests i believe there should be a boost to reputation gain on stations. My chosen path of career has been courier work and i feel the reputation gained between stations is a bit too low as it is.
People who are giving answers and maybe the dev's, please could you test ONLY doing the three types of courier going back and fourth between only TWO stations like i have been doing. Standard courier. Smuggling courier. Data delivery and even donations.
Make sure you give it at least more then a couple of days instead of just the one.
As it is only the two stations you have been working at it should give you a clearer idea on if there is any chance a person could do completion. Now factor in how many galaxies there are and how many stations need to be completed. There is absolutely tons. Because of that I believe it is impossible for any human to be able to complete all the stations within the universe because either the level's are set too high (Allied isn't the final rank i believe yet this is the one i am starting to struggle on, i really am starting to tire of completing this goal) or maybe the frequency in good reputation boost is set to low.
Do not forget one of the reasons the stations don't go up that fast is because you are not getting rep just for that station. There will be jobs that will get rep up for the crew members. For the station party and the like. I believe this is an important factor.
But PLEASE factor in how many stations.
(i recommend putting in at least 3-4x 12 hours, that's how many i put in for the first two days but then it started trailing off, getting less motivated to complete my task, though would be great if someone could test actually the time it takes to just complete only doing going back and fourth from the two stations all the ranks. Then we need to times the amount of hours by how many stations exist.)
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Ruined reputation?
I've been running small missions for the Empire and seen some nice blue arrows but still not got beyond "Neutral".
Now after two failed attmepts at an assassination (having gained two fines for assault), I have had to abandon the mission and subsequantly gained a red arrow next to the main faction.
Is my rep ruined? Is it now going to be a real grind to get anywhere with the Empire? I'd just like to get to Baron someday...
Thanks.
I've been running small missions for the Empire and seen some nice blue arrows but still not got beyond "Neutral".
Now after two failed attmepts at an assassination (having gained two fines for assault), I have had to abandon the mission and subsequantly gained a red arrow next to the main faction.
Is my rep ruined? Is it now going to be a real grind to get anywhere with the Empire? I'd just like to get to Baron someday...
Thanks.
Agreed that they have little rep, but they counter a failed mission, and kill those little red arrows.
One feature of Elite that was around in the original and still in ED, just Looking at a mission for a faction and declining taking it costs you rank as well as quitting/failing a mission.
So if you have been going to the bulletin board and checking but not taking missions, stop doing it, only look at what you are going to do.
So if you have been going to the bulletin board and checking but not taking missions, stop doing it, only look at what you are going to do.
Ah, I had a nasty feeling that might be the case. Thanks for confirming.
That, as far as I know and have experienced is not true at all. I browsed hundreds of missions when ranking up Empire from outsider to King and never once did just "looking" but not taking the mission negatively effect my rep.
I would say that simply looking at and then declining a mission has no effect at all. I have declined shed loads of mission with no effect. You need to choose your mission with care. 2 weeks ago I was having issues with ranking missions, but that has been fixed, well for me anyway. You DON'T have to take any mission you don't want to, so pick and choose.
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I thought this was a bug, but it looks like a there's a discussion regarding reputation decay. I would like to contribute with my thoughts:
Reputation decay seems to be happening extremely often. I've done over a dozen missions the past few hours without doing anything fun for myself, other than these chores to maintain my reputation, yet I'm getting these red downward arrows across all allied factions (including minor factions for the system).
There's no doubt that as more bigger patches and expansions are released, there will be more things to grind and maintain, such as merits for PowerPlay. This reputation decay added in recently only make things more tedious, the game less enjoyable, and is arguably an unreasonable addition. After all, there already many ways to lose reputation and the penalty is extremely high for failing a mission or accidentally upsetting the NPCs (so it's fail one mission, and you need to succeed in multiple missions to even get back to where you were in order before you can think about progressing again).
Above all, it simply makes no sense for you to suddenly stop being allies with your faction because you're taking a break from grinding and doing insignificant chores and busywork. The words and concept of alliance and allies should hold more significance!
I very much hope that our good friends in Frontier would take another look into this new negative feature and give us some relief.
Reputation decay seems to be happening extremely often. I've done over a dozen missions the past few hours without doing anything fun for myself, other than these chores to maintain my reputation, yet I'm getting these red downward arrows across all allied factions (including minor factions for the system).
There's no doubt that as more bigger patches and expansions are released, there will be more things to grind and maintain, such as merits for PowerPlay. This reputation decay added in recently only make things more tedious, the game less enjoyable, and is arguably an unreasonable addition. After all, there already many ways to lose reputation and the penalty is extremely high for failing a mission or accidentally upsetting the NPCs (so it's fail one mission, and you need to succeed in multiple missions to even get back to where you were in order before you can think about progressing again).
Above all, it simply makes no sense for you to suddenly stop being allies with your faction because you're taking a break from grinding and doing insignificant chores and busywork. The words and concept of alliance and allies should hold more significance!
I very much hope that our good friends in Frontier would take another look into this new negative feature and give us some relief.