The Elite Dangerous ingame reputation system thread

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SiriusSeven

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nazartp said:
Nope, not necessarily. I'm a Ph.D. and I got it to get a better job and pay. Having to do something interesting along the line is a perk.
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Fair enough, and I've oversimplified things :)

I got into this career because I love research. Any job doing research is a "better" job (and my country pays researchers rather well). My tone probably just reflects my present uncertainty over what the next 12 months have in store for me.
 
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Whiterose

Whiterose
My son has a PhD he did it partly for oneupmanship as I have an honours degree and a masters, but the main reason was he wants to stay in academia, in which case it is essential. I agree for the comments made on 2:2 and 2:1 and masters.
 

Blood Lust

Blood Lust
SiriusSeven said:
Fair enough, and I've oversimplified things :)

I got into this career because I love research. Any job doing research is a "better" job. My tone probably just reflects my present uncertainties over what the next 12 months have in store for me.
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GHCQ likes programmers with doctorates.

BAE Systems too!
 
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SiriusSeven

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Blood Lust said:
GHCQ likes programmers with doctorates.
BAE Systems too!
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GCHQ likes British Citizens... ;) There are, of course, comparable options in my country... And I hear (via Snowden) that we often work together.

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And.... merge. So back on topic... Reputation ;)

So much for my snazzy title
 
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MaccGyver

MaccGyver
SiriusSeven said:
- Where do the major factions fit in?
- How can I tell if killing a target aligned to a minor faction will impact my rep with a major faction?
- What happens in conflict zones when two minor factions are in civil war, but are both aligned to the same major faction?
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I don't understand the first question, can you please clarify?

You can tell if killing the target it will impact your major faction rep by matching the ships faction (found under the Target Panel, Contacts) with the faction list on the Systems Panel, which tells you who the minor factions are allied to. If the minor faction is aligned to a major one, you'll take a rep hit for killing them.

Cashing in CB's definitely affects rep, but I'll admit I have absolutely no idea how the last one works :D

edit: wow, we just got merged to the mega-thread... now I'm gonna have to read the whole thing ;)
 
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SiriusSeven

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MaccGyver said:
I don't understand the first question, can you please clarify?

You can tell if killing the target it will impact your major faction rep by matching the ships faction (found under the Target Panel, Contacts) with the faction list on the Systems Panel, which tells you who the minor factions are allied to. If the minor faction is aligned to a major one, you'll take a rep hit for killing them.

Cashing in CB's definitely affects rep, but I'll admit I have absolutely no idea how the last one works :D

edit: wow, we just got merged to the mega-thread... now I'm gonna have to read the whole thing ;)
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Ok, so the first question is just a generalization of the second... and it's not a particularly great question either.

But here is the scenario I have in mind:

I am doing the Tanmark community goal, and find a ship that is wanted in the local system (i.e., Tanmark Defense bounties). I'm worried about losing Imperial rep, so I do a kill warrant scan. I learn that the target has additional bounties, but I have no idea if those bounties are for factions aligned with the Imperials (or any other major faction for that matter). So is my best bet just to flip a coin and warm up my lasers?
 

Starlanced

Starlanced
You need to do missions on the 3rd night of the full moon of Sector NGC 6665 X-BH A-5 but only when the ammonia based gas giants ring systems align on the galactic plane and all this must occur when onionhead plants a blossoming in the southern hemisphere of the 4th planet.

But truthfully I ranked up to baron but need to keep jumping around to subfactions and strangely enough loosing rep and then regaining it seemed to help also, also the turn in slave missions helped quite a bit.
 

SiriusSeven

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Starlanced said:
You need to do missions on the 3rd night of the full moon of Sector NGC 6665 X-BH A-5 but only when the ammonia based gas giants ring systems align on the galactic plane and all this must occur when onionhead plants a blossoming in the southern hemisphere of the 4th planet.

But truthfully I ranked up to baron but need to keep jumping around to subfactions and strangely enough loosing rep and then regaining it seemed to help also, also the turn in slave missions helped quite a bit.
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The next full moon is April 4th, but I'm not sure about the planetary alignment. Do sun spots contribute in any way?
 

Jenrai

Jenrai
SiriusSeven said:
GHCQ likes British Citizens... ;) There are, of course, comparable options in my country... And I hear (via Snowden) that we often work together.

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And.... merge. So back on topic... Reputation ;)

So much for my snazzy title
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There is no GCHQ it's a myth.. :cool:

Move along...
 

Warren Darkrun

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Fighting in wars doesn't damage my reputation with the opposing force. I think it should.

I am currently fighting for the Crimson State Group in Lugh. Previous stuff has left me with a Friendly reputation with the Federation despite my never having directly supported them (mostly it is from claiming secondary Federation bounties my kill warrant scanner reveals). Fighting against the Federation military is not damaging my reputation with the Federation, and I think it should.

I am not a "friendly". I am an enemy combatant, and not a conscript but a volunteer and a mercenary. I am fighting for a group who are trying to overthrow a Federation government, a group which the Federation claims do not represent the will of the people and are religious fanatics. I have destroyed a lot of expensive ships belonging to the Federal Navy and killed an unknown number of Federation military personnel in the process. They should stop treating me like I am their friend.
 

MaccGyver

MaccGyver
SiriusSeven said:
But here is the scenario I have in mind:

I am doing the Tanmark community goal, and find a ship that is wanted in the local system (i.e., Tanmark Defense bounties). I'm worried about losing Imperial rep, so I do a kill warrant scan. I learn that the target has additional bounties, but I have no idea if those bounties are for factions aligned with the Imperials (or any other major faction for that matter). So is my best bet just to flip a coin and warm up my lasers?
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I'm still bit confused. It shouldn't matter who those extra bounties are for, because afaik you will never incur negative rep with one faction by turning in bounties for another - you'll just get positive rep with the faction you turn vouchers in to. It's the killing of ships that incurs negative rep when BH'ing, and I covered how to tell whether they'll impact you major faction rep in the first response.
 

SiriusSeven

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MaccGyver said:
I'm still bit confused. It shouldn't matter who those extra bounties are for, because afaik you will never incur negative rep with one faction by turning in bounties for another - you'll just get positive rep with the faction you turn vouchers in to. It's the killing of ships that incurs negative rep when BH'ing, and I covered how to tell whether they'll impact you major faction rep in the first response.
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Ok, it's possible I was previously misinformed. I was referring to the exchange in this post: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=124023&p=1916949&viewfull=1#post1916949
 

QorbeQ

QorbeQ
I've read through many posts here about conflict zone reputation and ... well ... there seems to be conflicting advice, particularly given the reputation effect I just witnessed.

Two independent factions at civil war. I pick the non-pirate one. Pew pew. Hand in my combat bonds - and I *lose* rep with the faction that I thought I was fighting for (the faction which I selected in the functions tab). No effect on my rep for the opposition, either on the combat bond screen or on the status panel.

To say I'm confused by that is an understatement.
 

Rieve

Rieve
Good point. Killing Feds in these types of scenario should definitely trash your reputation with them. It should make you effectively an outlaw in Federation space.
 
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carlisle

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Yeah it's slightly ridiculous that you can go out and fight a war against the Feds, and then return to a Fed-owned station at the end of it to get patched up and reloaded.
 

jockmcplop

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Reputation

I seem to remember i would get positive rep from partaking in civil wars, but this isn't the case anymore, has it been deliberately changed or am I doing something wrong?
 
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