Missions & Complexes

As above :- do you even attempt to keep all 4 factions in a safe standing zone or do you not even bother looking? the reason i am asking is from a mission point of view and tags, in order to farm tags your going to loose standing with someone, is it actually worth farming the tags or not?

thanks

You can farm Tags in Anti-Empire encounter missions and stay above -2.00 standing by working 'The Plan' when needed, especially if you have access to the Epic Arcs.



DMC

excuse my ignorance here DMC but what is an Anti-empire encounter mission?

No problem.

Agents in Security Division offer 2 types of encounter (combat) missions :

Missions against Pirate Factions = Anti-Pirate
Missions against Empire Factions = Anti-Empire

Doing Anti-Empire encounter missions means you're accepting and completing missions against Empire Factions in order to collect Tags for use in the LP Store.

Those missions will ultimately create negative Faction standings that could eventually incite attack from Empire NPC's when traveling through their section of high security space.

Currently there's 8 different Factions that control solar systems located in high security space, otherwise known as Empire Space.

Empire Factions:
Amarr Empire
Ammatar Mandate
Caldari State
Concord Assembly
Gallente Federation
Khanid Kingdom
Minmatar Republic
The Interbus

As an explorer, I like the ability to scan and run exploration sites in all areas of space. As such, I decline all Anti-Empire encounter missions when they're offered. Course I also like the ability to access top level Agents no matter where I go. Thanks to working 'The Plan', I was able to build up high Faction standings with almost all Empire Factions.

Hope that answers your question.



DMC

I have a “thing” about not letting the faction standing get too low. My Amarr / Caldari are high, My Gallente has just crept into the positive and my Minmatar is very slightly negative. I don’t really want to get to -10 or anything like that because I just don’t want to face the grind of getting them back up should I need to, I hate missioning and the like.

Thanks, I'm glad it helped. In this game, Information is King and Conversation is it's Queen. Together they create knowledge and power.

And remember, negative Faction standings can be repaired easily and quickly with 'The Plan'.





DMC

Quickly - as in much faster then grinding 16 missions just to get 1 storyline mission offer.

Yeah, it uses Data Center and Cosmos Agents, along with Career, Circle and Epic Arc Agents and even mentions Research Agents as well.

Not exactly sure what your point is but that's a lot of Agents per Faction and when you add in Agents belonging to the allied Faction, you've got plenty of opportunities to keep the standings above -5.00 for ease of travel.

With proper planning and hind sight, you can even keep your standings above -2.00 in order to access high level Agents.



DMC

What do you mean with "tags"? The only tags I know are those to reset your security status with concord. AFAIK there is no short cut to repair faction standing.

I always keep my faction standings and security status high enough for traveling all of highsec without major hassle.

The OP is talking about the various Empire Tags that denote rank, such as Sargent or Corporal, etc, which drop as loot in Anti-Empire encounter missions.

As for repairing Faction Standings, there is indeed a shortcut. It's called the 'Faction Standing Repair Plan'.

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The actual intention of 'The Plan' is to help players repair very bad negative Faction standings. Yes most of the Agents are a one time shot but as I said before, with proper planning various parts of it can be utilized at different times when needed. The Epic Arcs themselves can be redone every 3 months for a substantial Faction standing increase.

Playing the Faction Standings game is like walking a tightrope, it requires your utmost attention to stay balanced.

Now about doing Factional Warfare, players made their choice and know they're going to tank the standings of the opposing Factions. If they've already completed most of the Data Center and Cosmos Agents and choose to continue tanking those Faction standings, they can either live with the consequences of their actions or work the other parts of 'The Plan' to help repair their negative standings. Some might even consider switching to the other side of Factional Warfare.

If all options become exhausted, they'll have to repair standings the old fashioned way, by grinding missions for Storyline offers.

Wish I could be more helpful.


DMC

To be fair with FW, if you get someone else of each faction to run the missions for you. I believe the standings would all be in the positive afterwards. (probably +3-4 each)