Yet Another Ranking Thread - A Request To Collate Information On Ranking After 1.5 Update

[domaq]

System: Quince
Empire Rank before: Lord 54%
Did 3 long range smuggling missions worth a total of ~7mil that took about an hour (no scans)
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Rank after: Lord 56%
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Not seeming to be faster for me yet.

 

[IceFire122]

Just to clarify: do you mean take a long-range smuggling mission, follow the guy's wake that wants to talk to you, and do the other option?

No, I was talking about the new vague missions, where you get not initial details, but later some meeting information (system+time). The contact you meet there, gives you the target destination. It is not about changing a mission to a suggested alternative.
The missions I am referring to, usually require you to keep something safe.

Edit: Mission names with higher rank increase:
In safe hands
Dangerous cargo
Running the gauntlet

 

[Abil Midena]

I've been watching my fed rank over the last three days. I'm LCDR on my way to Post Commander. I'm seeing about 0.5% per mission, on average. I've gone up 12% in the last two days.

 

[Alien]

I've been watching my fed rank over the last three days. I'm LCDR on my way to Post Commander. I'm seeing about 0.5% per mission, on average. I've gone up 12% in the last two days.

I currently have "less than 1%" for that rank, so your information here fits in with that. It's a shame the rank progress bar doesn't indicate to one decimal place (ie 0.1% to 0.9%)

Thank you everyone, and please keep these figures coming in.

 

[Quineloe]

Anyone tested if CZ grinding gives rank?

I'm trying to find a fed one but I can't find any.

FDev have repeatedly stated it doesn't and they didn't even blush.

 

[Andragon]

Federation Post Commander takes about 25000 in donations with charity missions to make 1%

 

[crotalus]

I think it might also be worth noting how much the mission is paying and in the case of delivery mission if the faction you are delivery to is allied to one of the major factions.

I just did a delivery mission to take goods to from one Empire faction to another about 30 lys away which increase my percentage by 3 it was a medium reputation mission

current rank marquis

 

[Treeman]

I think it might also be worth noting how much the mission is paying and in the case of delivery mission if the faction you are delivery to is allied to one of the major factions.

I just did a delivery mission to take goods to from one Empire faction to another about 30 lys away which increase my percentage by 3 it was a medium impact mission

current rank marquis

I think distance within the system and value has a significant impact. I did a whole bunch of long distance communication missions. Going from Count to Earl I noticed the following:

Low payout stations <100Ls away never increased rep over 1%.
Stations 200,000+ Ls away had rep of 1-3%
Missions with rewards over 500,000cr had rep of 3-5%

I didn't take note of the delivery faction, but I assume crotalus has a point.

 

[IceFire122]

Just finished a mission to kill 54 Pirates for 2.000.000 Cr (+7.000.000 in Bounties, nice).

Cadet 42%->Cadet 61%

 

[crotalus]

Missions from yesterday listed in the order I got the missions not in the order completed

Spoiler

mission type	distance	reputation	reward	deliver to faction alignment	required rank	time left	percent increase	previous rank %	current %
courier	less then current jump range	medium	16,965	empire			1
courier	less then current jump range	medium	5,056	empire			1
deliver cargo	less then current jump range	low	47,211	empire			0
courier	more then current jump range	medium	63,645	empire			1
deliver cargo	more then current jump range	low	1,846,320	empire			0
courier	more then current jump range	medium	93,315	empire			1
courier	more then current jump range	medium	83,107	empire			0
deliver cargo	more then current jump range	medium	27,650	empire			0
courier	less then current jump range	medium	14,336	empire			0
cargo	more then current jump range	medium	152,574	empire			3	87	90
cargo	less then current jump range	medium	21,047	empire			1
cargo	more then current jump range	medium	81,494	empire			0	87	87
courier	less then current jump range	medium	19,757	empire			1
courier	more then current jump range	medium	94,056	empire			1	86	87
cargo	more then current jump range	medium	122,158	empire			0	87	87
charity algae 16		high					0	90	90	bought at same station
cargo	less then current jump range	medium	75,785	empire	broker		1	90	91
courier	same system	medium	1,380	empire	elite		0	91	91
courier	less then current jump range	medium	16,690	independent	elite		1	91	92
courier	less then current jump range	medium	30,090	empire	elite		2	92	94
courier	more then current jump range	medium	60,340	empire	elite		0	94	94
courier	less then current jump range	medium	5,487	empire	trailblazer	54 minutes	1	94	95
courier	more then current jump range	medium	25,938	empire	trailblazer	3h 6m	0	95	95
courier	more then current jump range	medium	35,360	empire	elite	2h 35m	1	96	97
courier	less then current jump range	medium	18,380	independent	scout	57 m	0	95	95
courier	less then current jump range	medium	28,825	empire	elite	43m	1	95	96
deliver cargo	more then current jump range	medium	3,138,608	empire			0	96	96
courier	9.96	medium	8,575	empire	elite	50m	0	97	97
courier	14.05	medium	11,947	independent	elite	41m	0	97	97
courier	4.6	medium	7,479	independent	trailblazer	28m	1	97	98
courier	8.35	medium	12,975	independent	elite	42m	0	98	98
deliver cargo	20.76	medium	118,888	empire	entrepreneur	9h 30	2	2	4	duke
courier	30.2	medium	40,860	empire	elite	2h 54m	0	98	98
courier	30.2	medium	8,488	empire	aimless	3h 54m	0	98	98
courier	30.2	medium	11,081	empire	mostly aimless	53m	1	98	99
courier	50.61	medium	66,805	empire	elite	42m	1	99	100	after ascension duke	2
ascension	6.91	medium		independent	broker	36m

 

[Uchuu]

Just donated about 200 Missions (dont know the exactly amount)

Faction: Federation
trade rank: elite (if it does matter)
combat rank: master
explorer rank: noob
allied with all factions
Rank before: 5% Post Commander
Mission Type: donate money, donate food
Effect on Reputation: high
Effect on Influence: low
Rank after: 3% Post Captain
so 2 missions = 1%

 

[KG_Jedi]

I strongly remember that going from Post Captain to Rear Admiral cost me around 200 donation missions. So, around 2 donations per 1%.

 

[Dbrn47]

Don't collect any info that might lead to people taking the path of least resistance. They might start directly nerfing rank xp if people gain it too fast.

 

[DidierDrbois]

Don't collect any info that might lead to people taking the path of least resistance. They might start directly nerfing rank xp if people gain it too fast.

Probably true, but I've progressed exactly 6% into Squire after completing about 40 Empire-tagged long-range missions netting me some ~50 million. Nerf this? Lol.

 

[Roi Danton]

Earl: Donate/Donate Food (High) with about 10k credits each: 3 missions for 1% (did about 34 missions for 11%).

I assume the progress depends also on the mission payout/donation amount since there seem to be a lot of differences.

 

[Ikshvaku]

Rank: Earl
Long range aditi missions each worth just over 1 million credits. Smuggling got me a 1% increase. The transport missions are absolute garbage, though. I turned in four and it did not move it even a single point.

 

[CycloCyanide]

Dont even bother with freight specialist missions.
they basicaly send you on a trip to do 3 or 4 supply missions. takes forever.
I am rank earl.
Faction: Empire
trade rank: Tycoon
allied with all factions
Rank before: 9%
Mission Type: freight specialist
Effect on Reputation: low
Effect on Influence: Medium
Rank after: 9%
so 2 missions = 0%

 

[domaq]

I'm having success with long range courier missions. 2-6% each turn in based on the distance in SC you have to travel after you get there. no cargo required. Just went from Baron 12% to Baron 44% on one trip turning in 8 missions.

Sorry. That's from Fehu to the Bubble using an Asp. You'll still get some interdictions but not many. Just couldn't stack a ton of them due to the short duration.

 

[EDbubba]

Federation Post Commander takes about 25000 in donations with charity missions to make 1%

The dollar amount is irrelevant, as is the quantity of goods given. It is strictly the type of charity mission that determines percentage gain (which gets smaller with each rank risen).

This has been illustrated in other "studies", and even FD acknowledges that there is a "point" scheme, which each mission type being assigned a certain value of points, and each rank requiring a increasing number of points.


Essentially in order, at the Post Commander Level:

Cash charity: roughly 0.4%
Goods Charity: 0.8%
Weapons charity: 1.9%


For "do something" missions, mining missions "pay" horribly, the number of missions required pales in comparison to a single charity mission, combat missions pay quite well, somewhere in the 2% region at Lt. Commander/Post Commander.

The bottom line is a progression from recruit would a very long grind, with a huge amount of repetition, so just get it over with with a few evenings of the login-logout mini-game, and then focus on the gameplay you want to do!

 

[Bigglesof206]

Faction: Empire

First the woolly data (I was keeping rough notes since a few days back) - Outsider rank, smuggling missions picked up 20% - 40% apparently (my notes show smuggle took me 28-48, then to 85) , then scored 1% for a courier, 12% donate, 1% courier. Promoted to Serf 29%, carried out a series of deliver data, etc for 1% a go, did some 'go kill this guy in system X' missions for 13-15% each, then courier and 'fetchx amount of goods' all for between 1 and 5% a time until promoted to Master 13%.

So Outsider ranked up pretty fast. Once getting to serf it slowed down noticeably....

Missions since then -
Charity +2%
Deliver clothing (canister plus arrow symbol) +1%
Deliver trade data + 1%
Deliver chips (no increase)
Obtain 18 non-lethal weapons + 10% (faction rep also improved by 1 point)
Donate 3250 Credits + 1%

.... currently sitting at Master, 28%, with rep of Neutral - 15%

The non lethal weapons run was dead easy and scored 10% in about 10 minutes, in contrast the #deliver these chips to x' mission involved flying to a station that was over 60,000 ls from the star and didn't even give me a single percentage increase...go figure.

Dave