EVE New Citizens Q&A

do you mean standing?

In EVE we call "reputation" another term; Corporate / Faction Standings

And yes. There are some good reasons.


Higher standings can grant you...

- lower tax rates and fees when buying / selling stuff on the market
- lower building / industry fees
- the ability to create Jump Clones (when you reach +8.0 standings)


Also be aware that your standings with other players can only be set by the players themselves (see: manually). This is important if you venture out in null-sec as docking rights for player-owned stations is dependent on it.
Generally speaking, the corporation / alliance that owns the station has to set you "blue" (see: +5 or higher) before you can dock in a player station.

On the other hand... NPC-owned stations will NEVER deny you docking no matter how abysmal your standings are (exception: if you are part of Faction Warfare and the "enemy" owns the low-sec system).
NOTE: don't ask for a lore reason why this is. It's a gameplay decision. The DEVs don't really want to lock people out of huge chunks of the NPC space and stifle overall gameplay.

there is a corp that has 8.0+ standing that recruit anyone so they can make jump clones and then boots you.

Only real reason to get high standings is to get lower tax at trade hubs.

Those have been removed with the industry revamp.

Besides the benefits mentioned above keep in mind that aquiring standing gets progressively harder the higher your standing already is. Additional standings gain is a percentage that is calculated from the difference between your current standing and the maximum of 10. In your case - assuming that 7,115 is your base standing and not modified by skills - the difference is 2,885, so a standing gain of 10% would be only 0,2885.
Standing loss works the same but in reverse: the difference between your current standing and -10. In your case 17,115.

I've pretty much reached my two goals of that kind: just hit l3 mastery in hurricane and retriever with all required skills. Not much by most standards, but it was a goal. Plan on working to the higher version of the hurricane and making both as good as I can, while upping my refining and general mining skills.

I second this, even if all you do is chat on comms while you do your own thing.

If you are not sure yet about a corp and PvP ... check out the various NPSI chat channels Spectre Fleet, RvB Ganked, Redemption Road, Bombers Bar and their mailing lists (for fitting examples and announcement) with nice/crazy people for mostly newbie-friendly, casual PvP without obligations and politics. Also you may visit Syndicate or Providence to check out null sec without being part of a power block. There is so much to do and having fun in EvE

... and don't forget the 2 goals, get killed in lower sec space and return the favor and accomplish your first PvP kill.

EDIT: Just saw you have already completed one of the goals, but you should repeat your experience with a PvP ship.

By lower building/industry fees, are you referring to the Manufacturing costs at Empire Stations? I thought the cost of Manufacturing goods was now calculated based on the number of people Manufacturing at that particular station.