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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.

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

{| class="wikitable"

|- style="background-color:~~#222222~~;"

|- style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);"

! ~~Advanteges~~ !! Drawbacks

! Advantages !! Drawbacks

|-

| Access to all seven [[Epic arcs|Epic Arcs]] || Hard to achieve 7.0 Faction Standing with any [[Faction#Empires|Empire]]

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| Access to all [[Faction#Empires|Empire]] Level 4 [[Missions#Agents|Mission Agents]] || [[NPC standings#Derived standings|Derived Standing]] from [[Missions#Storyline Missions|Storyline Missions]] may drop you below 5.0

|-

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

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

|}

== ~~Preparations~~ ==

== Requirements ==

Skills:

* {{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|Social|V|icon=yes|mult=yes}} to gain more Standing from each Mission.

* {{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~~.

* {{sk|Connections|IV|icon=yes|mult=yes}} or {{sk|Connections|V|icon=yes|mult=yes}} to have greater [[NPC standings#Skills|Effective Standing]] with the same [[NPC standings#Skills|Unmodified Standing]].

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

Missions:

* You can complete at least ten out of fifteen [[Career Agents|Career Agent]] Mission chains for each Empire. If you have already completed all Career Agent Missions you can still complete The Ploy, but you will need to invest more time.

* You have the ships, fits and skills to complete all four Empire and the Sisters of EVE Epic Arc.

{|

== Choose a Path ==

|

The Path dictates the order in which you have to increase your Empire Faction Standings. You can choose a Path only if you have enough Unmodified Faction Standings:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|-

<div>

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

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

|- style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);"

! style="width: 6em;" rowspan="2" | Required<br>Standing

! colspan="4" | {{sk|Connections|IV|icon=yes}}

|- style="background-color: var(--background-color-neutral);"

! style="width: 5em;"| Gallente Path

! style="width: 5em;"| Caldari Path

! style="width: 5em;"| Minmatar Path

! style="width: 5em;"| Amarr Path

|-

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

! style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);" | Gallente

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

| 3.67

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

| 1.32

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

| 3.67

| 0.10

|-

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

! style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);" | Caldari

| 3.74

| 1.60

| 1.28

| 3.85

| 3.75

| 0.42

| 0.08

| 3.85

|-

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

! style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);" | Minmatar

| 1.55

| 3.67

| 3.92

| 0.12

| 0.35

| 3.66

| 3.92

| 1.32

|-

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

! style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);" | Amarr

~~| 3.60~~

| 1.00

~~| 0.15~~

| 4.17

~~| 3.60~~

| 2.12

~~| 1.35~~

| 4.18

|-

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

| 1.09

| 4.10

| 2.21

| 4.11

|}

|

</div>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

<div>

|- style="~~font~~-~~weight~~:~~bold; vertical~~-~~align:middle;~~ background-color~~:#222~~;"

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

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

|- style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);"

!colspan="4" | {{sk|Connections|V|icon=yes}}

! style="width: 6em;" rowspan="2" | Required<br />Standing

|- style="~~font~~-~~weight~~:~~bold; vertical~~-~~align:middle;~~ background-color~~:#404050~~;"

! colspan="4" | {{sk|Connections|V|icon=yes}}

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

|- style="background-color: var(--background-color-neutral);"

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

! style="width: 5em;"| Gallente Path

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

! style="width: 5em;"| Caldari Path

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

! style="width: 5em;"| Minmatar Path

! style="width: 5em;"| Amarr Path

|-

| style="~~vertical~~-~~align~~:~~middle; font~~-~~weight:bold;~~ background-color~~:#222~~;" | Gallente

! style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);" | Gallente

| 3.17

| 3.09

| 0.65

| 0.69

| 3.17

| 3.09

| -0.62

| -0.58

|-

| style="~~vertical~~-~~align~~:~~middle; font~~-~~weight:bold;~~ background-color~~:#222~~;" | Caldari

! style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);" | Caldari

| 0.93

| 0.97

| 3.36

| 3.28

| -0.32

| -0.27

| 3.35

| 3.28

|-

| style="~~vertical~~-~~align~~:~~middle; font~~-~~weight:bold;~~ background-color~~:#222~~;" | Minmatar

! style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);" | Minmatar

| 3.03

| 3.10

| -0.55

| -0.57

| 3.03

| 3.10

| 0.72

| 0.69

|-

| style="~~vertical~~-~~align~~:~~middle; font~~-~~weight:bold;~~ background-color~~:#222~~;" | Amarr

! style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);" | Amarr

| 0.46

| 0.38

| 3.57

| 3.63

| 1.63

| 1.54

| 3.58

| 3.63

|}

</div>

~~Early in your capsuleer adventures~~:

EVE Online displays only Effective Standings. [[User:Chris Halsky|Chris Halsky]]'s [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-H30NZjdxuHW8KXeIUiTF2DoQTziTsL346c7dPL7_cM/edit?usp=sharing Sheet] will suggest which Path you should take based on your current Standings.

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

* Complete the Career Agent Missions no more then once as you~~'ll need the other two sets later~~

* Pick your ~~favorite Empire and increase their Standing first~~

* Run Missions for as few Corporations in each Empire as possible

~~Tips for getting the sum of 20.0 Empire Standing:~~

If you do not have high enough Faction Standings to choose any Path you will have to [[Gaining faction standings fast|increase your Faction Standings]] first.

* Do Level 4 Security Missions; blitz them with other pilots to speed up their completion

* Every 16th completed Mission you ~~will be sent a Storyline Mission~~

* Sisters of EVE Epic Arc The Blood Stained Stars increases your Standing by 7% towards an Empire of your choice

* 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~~

|-

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

|}

[[~~File:FW~~ faction ~~alliances.png~~|~~thumb|200px|right|Amarr fight Minmatar and Caldari fight Gallente.]]~~

~~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.~~

~~===Standings gain mechanics===~~

When standings go up or down they do so as a percentage; this is always a percentage decay towards the extreme end of the scale. For example, if someone has 1.0 standing with an NPC corporation and completes a mission that changes standing by +5%, then the current standing is increased by 5% of the difference from 1 to 10; that's a change of +0.45 with an end result of 1.45. However, if someone else with a 4.0 standing completes the same mission under the same circumstances and also gets a 5% increase, then that's 5% of the difference from 4 to 10; that's a change of +0.30 with an end result of 4.30.

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 formula for standing increase is~~

~~:<math> \text{ New standing} = \text{Old standing} + ( 10 - \text{Old standing} ) \times \text{Standing increase} </math>~~

~~The formula for standing decrease is almost same, just towards -10~~

~~:<math> \text{ New standing} = \text{Old standing} + ( -10 - \text{Old standing} ) \times \text{Standing decrease} </math>~~

~~where ''Standing decrease'' is the decimal form of standing change. For example 0.4% would be 0.004.~~

The consequence of this math is that the higher your standings are, the less effective standings increases become and the more dramatic penalties become. For example a standing loss of 1% turns 9.0 standing into 8.81 but increase of 1% would bring 9.0 standing to 9.01.

~~==Choosing the path==~~

~~"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~~.

{{co|red||'''You will not be able to reach the 5.0 Faction Standing with all Empires unless you have the minimum required Faction Standing, Skills and Missions.'''}}

~~{{ThePloyNav}}~~

[[Category:Factions]]

</noinclude>

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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.
+'''The Ploy''' is a guide for simultaneously increasing [[Amarr Empire]], [[Caldari State]], [[Gallente Federation]] and [[Minmatar Republic]] [[NPC standings#Faction Standing| Faction Standing]] to 5.0 as quickly as possible.
 {| class="wikitable"
-|- style="background-color:#222222;"
+|- style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);"
-! Advanteges !! Drawbacks
+! Advantages !! Drawbacks
 |-
 | Access to all seven [[Epic arcs|Epic Arcs]] || Hard to achieve 7.0 Faction Standing with any [[Faction#Empires|Empire]]
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 | Access to all [[Faction#Empires|Empire]] Level 4 [[Missions#Agents|Mission Agents]] || [[NPC standings#Derived standings|Derived Standing]] from [[Missions#Storyline Missions|Storyline Missions]] may drop you below 5.0
 |-
-| Reduced [[Tax#Broker fee|Broker Fee]] in all major [[Trade Hubs]] ||
+| Reduced [[Tax#Broker fee|Broker Fee]] in all major [[Trade hubs]] ||
 |}
-== Preparations ==
+== Requirements ==
 Skills:
-* {{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|Social|V|icon=yes|mult=yes}} to gain more Standing from each Mission.
-* {{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.
+* {{sk|Connections|IV|icon=yes|mult=yes}} or {{sk|Connections|V|icon=yes|mult=yes}} to have greater [[NPC standings#Skills|Effective Standing]] with the same [[NPC standings#Skills|Unmodified Standing]].
-The Ploy can be completed by following one of four different Paths. Each Path requires a different amount of Standing:
+Missions:
+* You can complete at least ten out of fifteen [[Career Agents|Career Agent]] Mission chains for each Empire. If you have already completed all Career Agent Missions you can still complete The Ploy, but you will need to invest more time.
+* You have the ships, fits and skills to complete all four Empire and the Sisters of EVE Epic Arc.
-{|
+== Choose a Path ==
-|
+The Path dictates the order in which you have to increase your Empire Faction Standings. You can choose a Path only if you have enough Unmodified Faction Standings:
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
+<div style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap;column-gap: 1em;">
-|-
+<div>
-!style="background-color:#222222;width: 95px;" rowspan="2" | Required<br />Standing
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
-!style="background-color:#222222;" colspan="4" | {{sk|Connections|IV|icon=yes}}
+|- style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);"
+! style="width: 6em;" rowspan="2" | Required<br>Standing
+! colspan="4" | {{sk|Connections|IV|icon=yes}}
+|- style="background-color: var(--background-color-neutral);"
+! style="width: 5em;"| Gallente Path
+! style="width: 5em;"| Caldari Path
+! style="width: 5em;"| Minmatar Path
+! style="width: 5em;"| Amarr Path
 |-
-!style="background-color:#404050;width: 95px;"| Gallente Path
+! style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);" | Gallente
-!style="background-color:#404050;width: 95px;"| Caldari Path
+| 3.67
-!style="background-color:#404050;width: 95px;"| Minmatar Path
+| 1.32
-!style="background-color:#404050;width: 95px;"| Amarr Path
+| 3.67
+| 0.10
 |-
-!style="background-color:#222222;" | Gallente
+! style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);" | Caldari
-| 3.74
+| 1.60
-| 1.28
+| 3.85
-| 3.75
+| 0.42
-| 0.08
+| 3.85
 |-
-!style="background-color:#222222;" | Caldari
+! style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);" | Minmatar
-| 1.55
+| 3.67
-| 3.92
+| 0.12
-| 0.35
+| 3.66
-| 3.92
+| 1.32
 |-
-!style="background-color:#222222;" | Minmatar
+! style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);" | Amarr
-| 3.60
+| 1.00
-| 0.15
+| 4.17
-| 3.60
+| 2.12
-| 1.35
+| 4.18
-|-
-!style="background-color:#222222;" | Amarr
-| 1.09
-| 4.10
-| 2.21
-| 4.11
 |}
-|
+</div>
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
+<div>
-|- style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#222;"
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
-!style="background-color:#222222;width: 95px;" rowspan="2" | Required<br />Standing
+|- style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);"
-!colspan="4" | {{sk|Connections|V|icon=yes}}
+! style="width: 6em;" rowspan="2" | Required<br />Standing
-|- style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#404050;"
+! colspan="4" | {{sk|Connections|V|icon=yes}}
-!style="background-color:#404050;width: 95px;"| Gallente Path
+|- style="background-color: var(--background-color-neutral);"
-!style="background-color:#404050;width: 95px;"| Caldari Path
+! style="width: 5em;"| Gallente Path
-!style="background-color:#404050;width: 95px;"| Minmatar Path
+! style="width: 5em;"| Caldari Path
-!style="background-color:#404050;width: 95px;"| Amarr Path
+! style="width: 5em;"| Minmatar Path
+! style="width: 5em;"| Amarr Path
 |-
-| style="vertical-align:middle; font-weight:bold; background-color:#222;" | Gallente
+! style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);" | Gallente
-| 3.17
+| 3.09
-| 0.65
+| 0.69
-| 3.17
+| 3.09
-| -0.62
+| -0.58
 |-
-| style="vertical-align:middle; font-weight:bold; background-color:#222;" | Caldari
+! style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);" | Caldari
-| 0.93
+| 0.97
-| 3.36
+| 3.28
-| -0.32
+| -0.27
-| 3.35
+| 3.28
 |-
-| style="vertical-align:middle; font-weight:bold; background-color:#222;" | Minmatar
+! style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);" | Minmatar
-| 3.03
+| 3.10
-| -0.55
+| -0.57
-| 3.03
+| 3.10
-| 0.72
+| 0.69
 |-
-| style="vertical-align:middle; font-weight:bold; background-color:#222;" | Amarr
+! style="background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle);" | Amarr
-| 0.46
+| 0.38
-| 3.57
+| 3.63
-| 1.63
+| 1.54
-| 3.58
+| 3.63
-|}
 |}
+</div>
+</div>
-Early in your capsuleer adventures:
+EVE Online displays only Effective Standings. [[User:Chris Halsky|Chris Halsky]]'s [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-H30NZjdxuHW8KXeIUiTF2DoQTziTsL346c7dPL7_cM/edit?usp=sharing Sheet] will suggest which Path you should take based on your current Standings.
-* Avoid accepting Missions against an Empire; the Gallente will want you to fight the Caldari: decline it
-* Complete the Career Agent Missions no more then once as you'll need the other two sets later
-* Pick your favorite Empire and increase their Standing first
-* Run Missions for as few Corporations in each Empire as possible
-Tips for getting the sum of 20.0 Empire Standing:
+If you do not have high enough Faction Standings to choose any Path you will have to [[Gaining faction standings fast|increase your Faction Standings]] first.
-* Do Level 4 Security Missions; blitz them with other pilots to speed up their completion
-* Every 16th completed Mission you will be sent a Storyline Mission
-* Sisters of EVE Epic Arc The Blood Stained Stars increases your Standing by 7% towards an Empire of your choice
-* 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
-|-
-| Minmatar || -0.5 || -0.2 || 0.8 || 1.0
-|}
-[[File:FW faction alliances.png|thumb|200px|right|Amarr fight Minmatar and Caldari fight Gallente.]]
-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.
-===Standings gain mechanics===
-When standings go up or down they do so as a percentage; this is always a percentage decay towards the extreme end of the scale. For example, if someone has 1.0 standing with an NPC corporation and completes a mission that changes standing by +5%, then the current standing is increased by 5% of the difference from 1 to 10; that's a change of +0.45 with an end result of 1.45. However, if someone else with a 4.0 standing completes the same mission under the same circumstances and also gets a 5% increase, then that's 5% of the difference from 4 to 10; that's a change of +0.30 with an end result of 4.30.
-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 formula for standing increase is
-:<math> \text{ New standing} = \text{Old standing} + ( 10 - \text{Old standing} ) \times \text{Standing increase} </math>
-The formula for standing decrease is almost same, just towards -10
-:<math> \text{ New standing} = \text{Old standing} + ( -10 - \text{Old standing} ) \times \text{Standing decrease} </math>
-where ''Standing decrease'' is the decimal form of standing change. For example 0.4% would be 0.004.
-The consequence of this math is that the higher your standings are, the less effective standings increases become and the more dramatic penalties become. For example a standing loss of 1% turns 9.0 standing into 8.81 but increase of 1% would bring 9.0 standing to 9.01.
-==Choosing the path==
-"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.
+{{co|red||'''You will not be able to reach the 5.0 Faction Standing with all Empires unless you have the minimum required Faction Standing, Skills and Missions.'''}}
 <noinclude>
-{{ThePloyNav}}
 [[Category:Factions]]
 </noinclude>