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==Faction standings== | ==Faction standings== | ||
Faction standing is the strongest NPC standing. Faction standing gives access to agents from all corporations belonging to that faction. This includes normal agents, [[COSMOS]] agents, and [[Epic arcs|epic arc]] agents (L3 for pirate epic arcs, L4 for empire epic arcs). Unmodified faction standing of 0.0 or higher is also a requirement for joining | Faction standing is the strongest NPC standing. Faction standing gives access to agents from all corporations belonging to that faction. This includes normal agents, [[COSMOS]] agents, and [[Epic arcs|epic arc]] agents (L3 for pirate epic arcs, L4 for empire epic arcs). Unmodified faction standing of 0.0 or higher is also a requirement for joining faction warfare. | ||
Most agents will accept either faction, corp, or personal standing to fulfill their requirements. That means, even if you have no corp standing with Caldari Navy, if you have faction standing with the Caldari State then you will be able to access agents using that faction standing. The exception to this is R&D agents: if you attempt to use your faction standing to access an R&D agent, you must also have the appropriate corp standing up to the agent's requirement -2. If a Kaalakiota agent requires 5 standing and you have 6 standing with Caldari State and 2.5 standing with Kaalakiota, you will not be able to use that agent. COSMOS agents are another exception in that they only care about your faction standing and don't care about your corp standing | Most agents will accept either faction, corp, or personal standing to fulfill their requirements. That means, even if you have no corp standing with Caldari Navy, if you have faction standing with the Caldari State then you will be able to access agents using that faction standing. The exception to this is R&D agents: if you attempt to use your faction standing to access an R&D agent, you must also have the appropriate corp standing up to the agent's requirement -2. If a Kaalakiota agent requires 5 standing and you have 6 standing with Caldari State and 2.5 standing with Kaalakiota, you will not be able to use that agent. COSMOS agents are another exception in that they only care about your faction standing and don't care about your corp standing | ||
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The formula for standing increase is | The formula for standing increase is | ||
:<math> \text{ New standing} = \text{Old standing} + ( 10 - \text{Old standing} ) \times \text{Standing increase} </math> | :<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 | The formula for standing decrease is almost the same, just towards -10 | ||
:<math> \text{ New standing} = \text{Old standing} + ( -10 - \text{Old standing} ) \times \text{Standing decrease} </math> | :<math> \text{ New standing} = \text{Old standing} + ( -10 - \text{Old standing} ) \times \text{Standing decrease} </math> | ||
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:<math>\displaystyle S_n = S_0 + ( 10 - S_0 ) \times ( 1- ( 1 - \text{Standing increase} )^n )</math> | :<math>\displaystyle S_n = S_0 + ( 10 - S_0 ) \times ( 1- ( 1 - \text{Standing increase} )^n )</math> | ||
And in a similar style the equation for resulting standing for receiving the same standing loss multiple times is | And in a similar style, the equation for resulting standing for receiving the same standing loss multiple times is | ||
:<math>\displaystyle S_n = S_0 - ( 10 + S_0 ) \times ( 1- ( 1 - \text{Standing decrease} )^n )</math> | :<math>\displaystyle S_n = S_0 - ( 10 + S_0 ) \times ( 1- ( 1 - \text{Standing decrease} )^n )</math> | ||
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*Completing a storyline mission: Small to moderate faction standing increases depending on the level of the mission. Large corporation standing increases. | *Completing a storyline mission: Small to moderate faction standing increases depending on the level of the mission. Large corporation standing increases. | ||
*Doing [[Datacenter missions]]: Faction standing increases, with higher level missions granting more standing. These missions require turning in pirate tags, and may only be done once. To access higher levels requires higher standing, L1 can be done at any time. | *Doing [[Datacenter missions]]: Faction standing increases, with higher level missions granting more standing. These missions require turning in pirate tags, and may only be done once. To access higher levels requires higher standing, L1 can be done at any time. | ||
*Doing [[COSMOS|COSMOS missions]]: Similar standings | *Doing [[COSMOS|COSMOS missions]]: Similar standings gain as a hard storyline mission of the same level. These missions are more complex than normal and may require special attention and research. They may only be done once. To access higher levels requires higher standing, L1 can be done at any time. | ||
*Doing [[Circle Agents|courier circle missions]]: One time faction standing increases only, the first time you do the loop. | *Doing [[Circle Agents|courier circle missions]]: One time faction standing increases only, the first time you do the loop. | ||
*Doing the [[epic arcs]]: Significant faction and corporation standings increase without a derived decrease in opposing factions' standings. This is the only way to gain faction standings without losing standings with other entities. | *Doing the [[epic arcs]]: Significant faction and corporation standings increase without a derived decrease in opposing factions' standings. This is the only way to gain faction standings without losing standings with other entities. | ||
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Every time you gain faction standing from a mission other than epic arc mission you will also gain derived standings. You will automatically lose standings with factions that dislike the faction and gain standings with factions that like them. The gains and losses depend on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111844/http://www.newedenlibrary.net/eon/faction_standings.shtml inter faction relationships] and are usually smaller than the original standing increase. This makes it very hard to gain high faction standing with more than two empire factions or both pirate and empire factions. | Every time you gain faction standing from a mission other than epic arc mission you will also gain derived standings. You will automatically lose standings with factions that dislike the faction and gain standings with factions that like them. The gains and losses depend on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111844/http://www.newedenlibrary.net/eon/faction_standings.shtml inter faction relationships] and are usually smaller than the original standing increase. This makes it very hard to gain high faction standing with more than two empire factions or both pirate and empire factions. | ||
The derived standing modifier is based on the standing | The derived standing modifier is based on the standing of the secondary faction towards the faction you work with and the ratio of the sizes of these two factions. | ||
:<math> \displaystyle\text{Inter-Faction Standing Modifier} = \text{ Secondary Faction’s standing view of Primary Faction } \times \frac{ \text{Primary Faction Size } }{ \text{Secondary Faction Size } }</math> | :<math> \displaystyle\text{Inter-Faction Standing Modifier} = \text{ Secondary Faction’s standing view of Primary Faction } \times \frac{ \text{Primary Faction Size } }{ \text{Secondary Faction Size } }</math> | ||
If you gain ''Gain%'' | If you gain ''Gain%'' amount of standing with a faction then the derived standing to another faction is | ||
:<math> \displaystyle\text{ Derived Standing% } = \text{Gain%} \times \frac{ \text{Inter-Faction Standing Modifier } }{ 10 }</math> | :<math> \displaystyle\text{ Derived Standing% } = \text{Gain%} \times \frac{ \text{Inter-Faction Standing Modifier } }{ 10 }</math> | ||
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You may find yourself in a situation where you have ruined your standing with a faction. This may be the result of taking missions against that faction or taking part in faction warfare. The first problems arise at −2.00 standing as you can not take higher than L1 missions from the faction. The more serious issue comes when you hit −5.00 faction standing as the navy of that faction will start chasing you in high security space of that faction. | You may find yourself in a situation where you have ruined your standing with a faction. This may be the result of taking missions against that faction or taking part in faction warfare. The first problems arise at −2.00 standing as you can not take higher than L1 missions from the faction. The more serious issue comes when you hit −5.00 faction standing as the navy of that faction will start chasing you in high security space of that faction. | ||
Quite simply, if you are below −2.00, you have very limited options. First, train Diplomacy skill to as high as you can. This will modify your negative standings upward by a certain percentage. You can do all the tutorials, data center, and COSMOS missions for one time boost to standings, for both that faction and ones that are friendly with it for the derived standings. Remember even if Caldari State is −3.00, if Amarr Empire is −1.00 you will still have access to all the Amarr agents and can even run L4 missions for them which will eventually get you derived standing from storyline missions. If you have no more tutorials, COSMOS, or datacenter missions available, your only recourse are L1 agents (very small faction standing increases with storylines), playing the derived standings game, doing the epic arc, or joining Faction Warfare as detailed below. It's a long road to travel. | Quite simply, if you are below −2.00, you have very limited options. First, train your Diplomacy skill to as high as you can. This will modify your negative standings upward by a certain percentage. You can do all the tutorials, data center, and COSMOS missions for one time boost to standings, for both that faction and ones that are friendly with it for the derived standings. Remember even if Caldari State is −3.00, if Amarr Empire is −1.00 you will still have access to all the Amarr agents and can even run L4 missions for them which will eventually get you derived standing from storyline missions. If you have no more tutorials, COSMOS, or datacenter missions available, your only recourse are L1 agents (very small faction standing increases with storylines), playing the derived standings game, doing the epic arc, or joining Faction Warfare as detailed below. It's a long road to travel. | ||
*Once you get to −2, you can again access agents with whom you have a high corp standing. Both corp and agent personal standing can be shared in missioning fleets, so this can be the fastest way to start doing high level missions for that faction. You will never gain or lose faction standing from other people's storyline missions when in fleets. | *Once you get to −2, you can again access agents with whom you have a high corp standing. Both corp and agent personal standing can be shared in missioning fleets, so this can be the fastest way to start doing high level missions for that faction. You will never gain or lose faction standing from other people's storyline missions when in fleets. | ||
*If you are in a corp, the corp's relationship to each faction is determined by simply averaging all the member's standings together (ignoring members who do not have standing to that faction). This means that even with low faction standing, you may be able to join a corp that qualifies for Factional Warfare and work your way up through the ranks to recover your faction standing. | *If you are in a corp, the corp's relationship to each faction is determined by simply averaging all the member's standings together (ignoring members who do not have standing to that faction). This means that even with low faction standing, you may be able to join a corp that qualifies for Factional Warfare and work your way up through the ranks to recover your faction standing. | ||