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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.

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Missions:

* You ~~are able to~~ complete at least two out of ten [[Career Agents|Career Agent]] Mission chains for each Empire. If you have already completed all Career Agent Missions you can still complete The Ploy albeit with difficulty.

* You can complete at least two out of ten [[Career Agents|Career Agent]] Mission chains for each Empire. If you have already completed all Career Agent Missions you can still complete The Ploy albeit with difficulty.

* You ~~have the ships, fits and skills required to~~ complete ~~the~~ Level 4 Empire Epic Arcs.

* You can complete all four Level 4 Empire Epic Arcs.

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

== Choose a Path ==

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

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EVE Online displays only Effective Faction Standings. To help you calculate the Unmodified Faction Standings use [[User:Chris Halsky|Chris Halsky]]'s [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-H30NZjdxuHW8KXeIUiTF2DoQTziTsL346c7dPL7_cM/edit?usp=sharing Sheet].

Early in your capsuleer adventures:

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* 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

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

~~== How it works ==~~

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~~|+ 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.

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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.
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 Missions:
-* You are able to complete at least two out of ten [[Career Agents|Career Agent]] Mission chains for each Empire. If you have already completed all Career Agent Missions you can still complete The Ploy albeit with difficulty.
+* You can complete at least two out of ten [[Career Agents|Career Agent]] Mission chains for each Empire. If you have already completed all Career Agent Missions you can still complete The Ploy albeit with difficulty.
-* You have the ships, fits and skills required to complete the Level 4 Empire Epic Arcs.
+* You can complete all four Level 4 Empire Epic Arcs.
-The Ploy can be completed by following one of four different Paths. Each Path requires a different amount of Unmodified Faction Standing:
+== Choose a Path ==
+The Path dictates the order in which order you have to increase your Empire Faction Standings. You can only choose a Path if you have enough required Unmodified Faction Standing:
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+EVE Online displays only Effective Faction Standings. To help you calculate the Unmodified Faction Standings use [[User:Chris Halsky|Chris Halsky]]'s [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-H30NZjdxuHW8KXeIUiTF2DoQTziTsL346c7dPL7_cM/edit?usp=sharing Sheet].
 Early in your capsuleer adventures:
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 * 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
-* 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.
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