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'''The Ploy''' is a guide to simultaneously increasing [[Amarr Empire]], [[Caldari State]], [[Gallente Federation]] and [[Minmatar Republic]] [[NPC standings#Faction Standing| Faction Standing]] to 5.0 as quickly as possible.

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! Advanteges !! Drawbacks

| Reduced [[Tax#Broker fee|Broker Fee]] in all major [[Trade Hubs]] ||

== Preparations ==

 

* {{sk|Social|V|icon=yes|mult=yes}} to gain more Standing from each Mission. You can manage with {{sk|Social|IV}}, but The Ploy assumes you've trained {{sk|Social|V}}.

* {{sk|Connections|IV|icon=yes|mult=yes}} to decrease the amount of [[NPC standings#Skills|Unmodified Standing]] you need to achieve 5.0 [[NPC standings#Skills|Effective Standing]] with each Faction.

The Ploy can be completed by following one of four different Paths. Each Path requires a different amount of Standing:

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!style="background-color:#222222;width: 95px;" rowspan="2" | Required<br />Standing

!style="background-color:#222222;" colspan="4" | {{sk|Connections|IV|icon=yes}}

!style="background-color:#404050; width: 95px;"| Gallente Path

!style="background-color:#404050;width: 95px;"| Caldari Path

!style="background-color:#404050;width: 95px;"| Minmatar Path

!style="background-color:#404050;width: 95px;"| Amarr Path

!style="background-color:#222222;" | Gallente

| 3.74

| 1.28

| 3.75

| 0.08

!style="background-color:#222222;" | Caldari

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!style="background-color:#222222;" | Minmatar

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!style="background-color:#222222;" | Amarr

| 1.09

| 4.10

| 2.21

| 4.11

 

Early in your capsuleer adventures:

* Avoid accepting Missions against an Empire; the Gallente will want you to fight the Caldari: decline it

 

Tips for getting the sum of 20.0 Empire Standing:

 

* Standings set up in specific way, to ensure that target (5.0 with all Empires) is reachable

* At least 2 Career agents from each faction are available to run - if that's not possible, other means can be used, but with significant drawbacks

* Capability to run empire Epic Arcs - in terms of ship/skills

* Main faction chosen - faction for which you have the best standings (or the worst standings for it's enemy)

* Copy of [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-H30NZjdxuHW8KXeIUiTF2DoQTziTsL346c7dPL7_cM/edit?usp=sharing| Google spreadsheet]

 

== How it works ==

 

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 300x;float:right;"

|+ Derived Empire Standing modifiers

! scope="col" | Standing

! scope="col" | Amarr

! scope="col" | Caldari

! scope="col" | Gallente

! scope="col" | Minmatar

| Amarr<ref name="Standing">Row reads: completing an Amarr Storyline Mission will add 100% of the Standing value to Amarr, 70% to Caldari, -20% to Gallente and -50% to Minmatar.</ref> || 1.0 || 0.7 || -0.2 || -0.5

| Caldari || 0.5 || 1.0 || -0.5 || -2.0

| Gallente || -0.2 || -0.5 || 1.0 || 8.0

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| Minmatar || -0.5 || -0.2 || 0.8 || 1.0

Storyline Missions will start decreasing your total sum of Empire Standings. This is because negative Derived Standing will become greater then positive Effective Standing gain.

 

If something causes a standing decrease, then it's a percentage decay towards −10. For example, if someone with 1.0 standing suffers a −5% change, then that's 5% of the difference from 1 to −10; that's a change of −0.55 with an end result of 0.45. If someone with 4.0 standing suffers that same −5% change, then it's 5% of the difference from 4 to −10; that's a change of −0.7 with an end result of 3.3.

 

 

 

 

 

"The Ploy" is detailed plan how to get to 5.0 standings. The process is very similiar, but differs depending on the path you choose. In order to choose one:

 

* Your path will most likely be the Empire path for which you have the most standings

* If you have two Empires with similiar high standings - choose path based on the faction with lowest standings

* In all other cases consult the detailed standings requirements on specific wiki pages for each path - the answer is not obvious which path will be the easiest

 

Alternatively, "Selector" sheet in [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-H30NZjdxuHW8KXeIUiTF2DoQTziTsL346c7dPL7_cM/edit?usp=sharing| Google spreadsheet] allows you to put your current standings and check for which path the requirement are met.