Dragonrazor
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.06.21 00:16:00 -
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I agree, I find it inexcusable that there is NO way to fix bad faction!
In most games of this type (ones with faction) part of the challenge for traders or those who liked to be real mercenaries was to have ways to balance their faction so they could be employed by as many people as possible.
IMHO faction shouldn't be a 1 way street... Even if it IS somewhat realistic that you can't get faction back, it is also kind of unrealistic at the same time for those who consciously attempt to stay neutral in standing but still be well employed.
The way I see it, picking a faction should garner greater immediate rewards from your allies, while staying neutral should allow you to play both sides with more diverse rewards.
Example:
Stay loyal to Caldari, you get more options for higher end goods like Navy Ravens at cheaper LP/Cash/Item exchange rates. But cannot work for guristas or buy thier Dread Guristas stuff.
Stay loyal to Gurista and all the dread Gurista stuff is cheaper... But caldari stuff is off limits.
Stay neutral, you will never be able to get a cheap deal on a Navy raven or dread Gurista stuff, but can still get one at current costs, and still be able to shop with the guristas.
As far as fixing standings, you should be able (always) to fix your standings enough to find low level employement... AFAIK, there are already agents that offer standing increase for isk payoffs, All CCP has to do is allow these agents to be used without any standing to start with, and have it cost a bundle to be restored to a level where you can work with them again (lowest quality L1 agents only).
The price could be determined by standing, costing only a little at first, but a lot after breaking -5.0... IE from the tune of 1-10 mil for 0 to -4.99, and 50-500mill for -10 to -5.00
If it had a high cost like this, players would still need to monitor their actions, and would still pay a high price for ****ing off their neutrals, but wouldn't be broken either.
To prevent exploit or power fractioning, make it so faction increase can only work for people in the gang who do not have -5 or lower to the faction, meaning they would still need to pay to be able to gain positive standing again.
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