"Moderate" rep in MP, "Good" rep in SP

[frontier204]

Hi all,

What do I have to do to improve my MP system rep in Cygnus? In SP it's "good" for some reason but remains "moderate" in MP. Do I continue doing contracts in Cygnus, or is system rep bugged / constant in MP as stated in the guide?

EDIT: Hmm the "book of hints and tips" says MP system rep doesn't change, although that still leaves the question did I skip over "Fair" reputation by min/maxing the faction reps in MP...

I was hopping between MP and single player (SP) when doing this, so I'll list what I did... I have no clan tag, my callsign in the profile is "Frontier".

0. Note before my rep change attempt I bought at Cygnus but never touched its contracts.
1. (MP Starport 6) I purchased a station license in StarPort 1203 (Cygnus B) and did a few contracts for Miners, Navy, and Energy until I got Navy ~60%, Guild ~60%
2. (SP) I did a few more contracts for Navy and Energy - mostly combat contracts - my rep was definitely MODERATE as I did this. I forgot what I got the faction reps to...
3. (MP Starport 6) I did a ton more contracts, plus at the end of a solar panel cleaning contract I went nuts shooting down Guild and Rebels - I got the following:
System rep: MODERATE
Navy: 100; Energy: 100; Rebels: 0; Guild: 0 Miners: 70
4. (SP) I took my MP profile and loaded back into single player. My system rep is GOOD with the same faction reps. "Good"ness is proven by lack of docking fees and combat contracts.
5. (MP) Loading back into multiplayer with exactly the same save, my system rep for Cygnus is "Moderate" again with the same faction reps. I tried Galactica 1 and Starport 6 servers.
Leaving the system results in my faction reps going down the drain a good deal - 82% Navy and Energy. (I did not save after seeing that!)

It seems I duplicated Miaz's result in the guide...

* as a side note I've got proficient enough in combat vs AI with all the contracts that I can now choose which AI in the "wagon wheel" should explode in my next 1-2 passes (Lvl 8 cannon, Lvl 3 beam) without my shields (L10x4) going down unless I eat a missile.



[Edited on 4-29-2012 by frontier204]

[MiaZ]

Hi all,

What do I have to do to improve my MP system rep in Cygnus? In SP it's "good" for some reason but remains "moderate" in MP. Do I continue doing contracts in Cygnus, or is system rep bugged / constant in MP as stated in the guide?

There is no way.
Your overall level stays the same in MP.

Only Factions are saved and changed in MP.
Having a good rep with the factions will provide a safer clearer system to play MP in but overall level doesn't change is MP.

Leaving the system results in my faction reps going down the drain a good deal - 82% Navy and Energy. (I did not save after seeing that

What you are seeing in that case here is the resetting of the factions back to the default for "good" overall level.

If you had not worked the faction to be a "good" overall level in SP they would have changed a lot more than that and back to a default moderate overall level factions.







[Edited on 4-29-2012 by MiaZ]