what am I doing wrong - Empire Rank help

So I decided I wanted to get a clipper... Have the cash for one plus 12 million in the bank but needed to reach baron rank.

I read Yakio's guide and few other posts on these forums about people reaching baron rank in a few days at max.. one guy said he did it in 8 hours.

So as I write this I have spent about 30 hours played time over the last week in empire space trying to get Naval rank up missions to pop. Following previous posts from people I went from Empire system to empire system raising my rank with individual minor empire factions (yes I checked my system's panel to confirm they are empire and not independent) of which I currently have a friendly rep with Major Faction Empire (rank:master) and allied rank with 3 minor empire factions and friendly with 4-5 others. I have not seen a naval rank up mission in the last 12 hours of played time. in that time i have completed over 20 reputation gain missions (no reward other than rep), and spent about 2 hours in one system bounty hunting.

First night doing this I got 2 Rank up missions to pop for me which was great.... didnt see another one till 2 nights ago... now nothing and im about over it. In the time it has taken to this point I could have been running trade routes and bought the python.



Is this bugged or what am i doing wrong?


Apologizes for the minor rant.
 
Patience, young Padowan.

Pay no heed to what has happened to others, likely they are experiencing a bit of artistic licence when retelling their story. You're doing the right thing, but you may need to stick around one system for a few days, just trading, to get the next mission to pop. There is a certain randomness about the whole thing. I read similar posts to you and just decided to keep on keeping on, and eventually the Empire made me a Viscount (not sure how I feel about being a small chocolate covered minty biscuit, but she still wants to be alone with me...)

I still can't afford the clipper though, I only have 6mil in the bank and that's playing since beta. There is no rush, and therefore no grind, in my game.

Fly safe :)
 
OP, it took a LONG time for me to get to Baron. Specifically the leap from Lord to Baron. I lost count how many factions I'd got friendly and allied status with.

In the end I did two charity missions and when I handed them in there it was - the elusive naval rank progression mission. Best feeling I had yet in this game as it took so much work to get there. Trust me when I say the Clipper is worth it, beautiful ship inside and out :)

Only thing I can add to make sure you are doing it right is check your faction standing when you hand a mission in, not the panel on the right of your ship. The former will show you your true faction standing. When it got to friendly or allied I moved on to the next one and repeated until I got the mission and did my own personal fist pump lol

Keep going! ;)
 
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