The Ploy: Difference between revisions

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* Total standings (unmodified) for all 4 faction is higher than 8.1 (if your main faction is Gallente or Minmatar) or 7.6 (for Caldari or Amarr)

* Social and Connection skills ~~are~~ trained to V - ~~Social has to be done before starting, Connections can be trained later - it's needed for 2 first Epic arcs, so it's recommended to train it to V before starting~~

* Social skill trained to V and Connection skills trained to IV or V - depending on your connections level you will need different standings at start

* 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

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===Step 1. Adjusting standings===

To be able to start this plan, you need standings set in following way:

* If your main faction is Gallente:

~~Gallente - 3.20 ~~

~~Caldari - 1.20 ~~

~~Minmatar - 3.20 ~~

~~Amarr - 0.50 ~~

* If your main faction is Minmatar:

~~Gallente - 3.20 ~~

~~Caldari - 0.00 ~~

~~Minmatar - 3.20 ~~

~~Amarr - 1.70 ~~

* If your main faction is Amarr:

~~Gallente - 0.80 ~~

~~Caldari - 3.50 ~~

~~Minmatar - -0.50 ~~

~~Amarr - 3.80 ~~

* If your main faction is Caldari:~~ ~~

table table

Gallente - -0.50~~ ~~

Caldari - 3.50~~ ~~

Minmatar - 0.80~~ ~~

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

~~Amarr~~ - 3.80~~ ~~

!rowspan="2" style="background-color:#222222"| Main Faction

!colspan="4"| Connections IV

!colspan="4"| Connections V

|-

!style="width: 75px;"| Gallente

!style="width: 75px;"| Caldari

!style="width: 75px;"| Minmatar

!style="width: 75px;"| Amarr

!style="width: 75px;"| Gallente

!style="width: 75px;"| Caldari

!style="width: 75px;"| Minmatar

!style="width: 75px;"| Amarr

|-

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

|

| 3.20

| 1.20

| 3.20

| 0.50

|-

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

|

| -0.50

| 3.50

| 0.80

| 3.80

|-

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

|

| 3.20

| 0.00

| 3.20

| 1.70

|-

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

|

| 0.80

| 3.50

| -0.50

| 3.80

|}

This is minimum required to follow. Differences between main faction and required standings are result of asymmetrical standings gains modifiers between Amarr and Caldari. It's way easier to grind standings now, than to try fix it later. If you're stuck in place where on faction is too low, you can run COSMOS missions or datacenters or more storylines to make it up. If you start with standings below these, you will not be able to finish it - keep that in mind before starting. Since the whole process is long, you might want to run SoE epic arc to fix last faction to required level. Keep in mind that SoE will give you around 0.7 gain if run for enemy faction - so grind it to 1.2 to get required 1.9

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* Chosen faction

* Friendly faction

Alternatively, you can copy this sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XqJqgMUvu9oWGj5YkK03x2AR0VQ5LQ0AaLevpzAWfzg/edit?usp=sharing , leave only your faction path, and put your standings - and then follow plan described there.

The main point if this part of The Ploy is to get both friendly empires to 4.0 standing (to be able to run Epic Arcs) and keep both enemy factions at correct level, which will be required later. If your total standings are above 11.2 and both friendly faction are at 4.01, you can skip some Career agents - keep in mind that you should be sure that you have all standings above required minimum for next step.

The main point if this part of The Ploy is to get both friendly empires to 5.0 modified standing (to be able to run Epic Arcs) and keep both enemy factions at correct level, which will be required later.

===Step 4. Epic Arcs===

With 3.81 you have 2 Epic arcs unlocked - run them both, picking standings reward (Minmatar!). This will push friendly empires to 4.75 - which allows us to lower them ~~to 3.80~~ in next step, while gaining standings for 2 enemy factions.

With 3.81 (Standings V) or 4.10 (Standings IV) you have 2 Epic arcs unlocked - run them both, picking standings reward (Minmatar!). This will push friendly empires to 4.75 - which allows us to lower them in next step, while gaining standings for 2 enemy factions.

===Step 5. Rebalancing===

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* Step 5 - If your standings are higher, or other means of standings gain are available

You can skip some Storyline missions and replace them with Career agents, COSMOS or Datacenters - again, important thing is to achieve desired results. ~~For~~ all starting factions it's 3.81 with two friendly factions and 2.3 and 3.0 with enemy factions. With initially high standings it's also ~~possbile~~ to achieve 3.0 with both enemy factions, which skips one SoE Epic arc. If 3.0 and 3.2 is achieved with enemy factions, one faction Epic Arc can be changed to SoE Epic Arc, which is significantly easier, but offers less rewards.

You can skip some Storyline missions and replace them with Career agents, COSMOS or Datacenters - again, important thing is to achieve desired results. Assuming Connections V, for all starting factions it's 3.81 with two friendly factions and 2.3 and 3.0 with enemy factions. With initially high standings it's also possible to achieve 3.0 with both enemy factions, which skips one SoE Epic arc. If 3.0 and 3.2 is achieved with enemy factions, one faction Epic Arc can be changed to SoE Epic Arc, which is significantly easier, but offers less rewards.

==Proof of concept==

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 * Total standings (unmodified) for all 4 faction is higher than 8.1 (if your main faction is Gallente or Minmatar) or 7.6 (for Caldari or Amarr)
-* Social and Connection skills are trained to V - Social has to be done before starting, Connections can be trained later - it's needed for 2 first Epic arcs, so it's recommended to train it to V before starting
+* Social skill trained to V and Connection skills trained to IV or V - depending on your connections level you will need different standings at start
 * 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
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 ===Step 1. Adjusting standings===
 To be able to start this plan, you need standings set in following way:<br><br>
-* If your main faction is Gallente:<br>
-Gallente - 3.20<br>
-Caldari - 1.20<br>
-Minmatar - 3.20<br>
-Amarr - 0.50<br>
-* If your main faction is Minmatar:<br>
-Gallente - 3.20<br>
-Caldari - 0.00<br>
-Minmatar - 3.20<br>
-Amarr - 1.70<br>
-* If your main faction is Amarr:<br>
-Gallente - 0.80<br>
-Caldari - 3.50<br>
-Minmatar - -0.50<br>
-Amarr - 3.80<br>
-* If your main faction is Caldari:<br>
+table table
-Gallente - -0.50<br>
-Caldari - 3.50<br>
-Minmatar - 0.80<br>
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
-Amarr - 3.80<br>
+!rowspan="2" style="background-color:#222222"| Main Faction
+!colspan="4"| Connections IV
+!colspan="4"| Connections V
+|-
+!style="width: 75px;"| Gallente
+!style="width: 75px;"| Caldari
+!style="width: 75px;"| Minmatar
+!style="width: 75px;"| Amarr
+!style="width: 75px;"| Gallente
+!style="width: 75px;"| Caldari
+!style="width: 75px;"| Minmatar
+!style="width: 75px;"| Amarr
+|-
+!style="background-color:#222222"| Gallente
+|
+|
+|
+|
+| 3.20
+| 1.20
+| 3.20
+| 0.50
+|-
+!style="background-color:#222222"| Caldari
+|
+|
+|
+|
+| -0.50
+| 3.50
+| 0.80
+| 3.80
+|-
+!style="background-color:#222222"| Minmatar
+|
+|
+|
+|
+| 3.20
+| 0.00
+| 3.20
+| 1.70
+|-
+!style="background-color:#222222"| Amarr
+|
+|
+|
+|
+| 0.80
+| 3.50
+| -0.50
+| 3.80
+|}
 This is minimum required to follow. Differences between main faction and required standings are result of asymmetrical standings gains modifiers between Amarr and Caldari. It's way easier to grind standings now, than to try fix it later. If you're stuck in place where on faction is too low, you can run COSMOS missions or datacenters or more storylines to make it up. If you start with standings below these, you will not be able to finish it - keep that in mind before starting. Since the whole process is long, you might want to run SoE epic arc to fix last faction to required level. Keep in mind that SoE will give you around 0.7 gain if run for enemy faction - so grind it to 1.2 to get required 1.9
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 * Chosen faction<br>
 * Friendly faction<br>
 <br>
 Alternatively, you can copy this sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XqJqgMUvu9oWGj5YkK03x2AR0VQ5LQ0AaLevpzAWfzg/edit?usp=sharing , leave only your faction path, and put your standings - and then follow plan described there.
 <br>
-The main point if this part of The Ploy is to get both friendly empires to 4.0 standing (to be able to run Epic Arcs) and keep both enemy factions at correct level, which will be required later. If your total standings are above 11.2 and both friendly faction are at 4.01, you can skip some Career agents - keep in mind that you should be sure that you have all standings above required minimum for next step.
+The main point if this part of The Ploy is to get both friendly empires to 5.0 modified standing (to be able to run Epic Arcs) and keep both enemy factions at correct level, which will be required later.
 ===Step 4. Epic Arcs===
-With 3.81 you have 2 Epic arcs unlocked - run them both, picking standings reward (Minmatar!). This will push friendly empires to 4.75 - which allows us to lower them to 3.80 in next step, while gaining standings for 2 enemy factions.
+With 3.81 (Standings V) or 4.10 (Standings IV)  you have 2 Epic arcs unlocked - run them both, picking standings reward (Minmatar!). This will push friendly empires to 4.75 - which allows us to lower them in next step, while gaining standings for 2 enemy factions.
 ===Step 5. Rebalancing===
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 * Step 5 - If your standings are higher, or other means of standings gain are available
-You can skip some Storyline missions and replace them with Career agents, COSMOS or Datacenters - again, important thing is to achieve desired results. For all starting factions it's 3.81 with two friendly factions and 2.3 and 3.0 with enemy factions. With initially high standings it's also possbile to achieve 3.0 with both enemy factions, which skips one SoE Epic arc. If 3.0 and 3.2 is achieved with enemy factions, one faction Epic Arc can be changed to SoE Epic Arc, which is significantly easier, but offers less rewards.
+You can skip some Storyline missions and replace them with Career agents, COSMOS or Datacenters - again, important thing is to achieve desired results. Assuming Connections V, for all starting factions it's 3.81 with two friendly factions and 2.3 and 3.0 with enemy factions. With initially high standings it's also possible to achieve 3.0 with both enemy factions, which skips one SoE Epic arc. If 3.0 and 3.2 is achieved with enemy factions, one faction Epic Arc can be changed to SoE Epic Arc, which is significantly easier, but offers less rewards.
 ==Proof of concept==