Reputation and Criticals

With the recent accidental introduction of the organisational abilities i got thinking about reputation and how to increase it. At present the only way is grinding missions. Now thats not fun especially if you have 1 (like my zion who used to have max " width="15" height="15" /> *sniff* ) So i got thinking...couldnt we increase the reputation gain from critical missions? They only come every few days and wont make a major difference but will in terms or trying to boost rep.

I agree.  You kill two birds with one stone too, as it gives more incentive for people to do the crits and get more involved in the storyline.

In addition, the rep gain chances at the very high end is horrific and almost masochistic.    I've had my main character Villemar since beta with massive amounts of /play time and for all that, the highlight of my year last year was to jump from 123 rep to 124.  At this rate I'll be able to enjoy my top tier org ability in the year 2011.  There's something very wrong about that, in my opinion.

adding it to the crits wouldnt hurt nothing but help the ones who are at the point that its rare to get a rep point get points.

Good Idea, that is if the org abs go into effect and not end up like Zen master.

I'm sure those who don't have max rep would really like this idea, but the decrease in % chance for each level was implemented for a reason.

I had 125 Rep initially but then used to help some lowbie Sirens with missions and had that knocked down to about 80, I decided to once again increase my rep back a long time ago and spent a LOT of time grinding out the missions but did get my Max rep in time.

Those abilities are never going to be released. Getting your rep ro 100 is not hard and that's the highest level rep you need to get anything. That's NOT going to change. Max rep is earned by dedicqtoin to your org, continue doing org missions, help others level up, keep working at it and you get there. Suddenly you see some rep based abilities that are NEVER going to be released and now you say "max rep is tooo hard, please make it easier...". So you didn't care to get it before you saw the rep based abilities that aren't going to be released and now you think it needs to be made easier so you can have something that will never be available anyway. Pffft. Either you prove you're worth it or you're not. If it's too hard for you to keep doing missions to get it, then you're not worth it.

So i say no to the rep point in criticals.. and just get on with the grind it part of the game !!

I'm going to agree that most games out there are a grind...but the difference in them and MXO is the ways in which to can actually gain xp/rep. They provide alot more content to allow you to mix and match how to get to 50. and it doesnt help that the games half dead. What im asking for is a way to ease that grind. To be quite honest to have to grind the same missions is bad enough without having the possibility of getting absolutly no reward at the end of the mission (0 org rep points)

Initially i wasnt implying that the criticals always give out 1+ rep...althought that would solve any problem since after about 5 or 6 months play you could deffinatly have full rep (even if you didnt completeany normal missions) which realistically isnt much. Considering the casual player would still only be about level 30-40... But: Increasing the % at which it is given in criticals wouldnt make much difference..as you said anyway theres not much to "use" the rep for the highest reward being at 100 (org construct).

r3spon5e wrote:

Suddenly you see some rep based abilities that are NEVER going to be released and now you say "max rep is tooo hard, please make it easier...". So you didn't care to get it before you saw the rep based abilities that aren't going to be released and now you think it needs to be made easier so you can have something that will never be available anyway. Pffft. Either you prove you're worth it or you're not. If it's too hard for you to keep doing missions to get it, then you're not worth it.

Excuse me? This issue has been brought up serveral times and the fact that they considered (and granted probably wont) releasing content based on this system only goes to exemplify the fact that it needs fixed. I've had max rep on my zion character for two years, then changed orgs (the hard way) and back again..yes thats max -min-1 which is over 200 missions atleast...So i ask for a little help like most of us had, and have for years and your saying i dont want to work for it?

I've put more than my fair share of time and effort into this game and i'd appreciate it when i ask or suggest something you don't assume im lazy or impatient. I've been there done that and this is an issue that needs fixed for more than my "selfish reasons". If you dont like the idea please make valid reasons against it other than shooting down the people themselves accusing them of qualities you don't even know we have.

Back in the beginning, there wasn't a maximum rep and you got a rep point for every mission you did regardless.  I remember within the first month of live or so, I must've had over 500 rep points for Zion.  Then, they implemented the current rep system, and everyone that had rep over 127 was put at Maximum.

Most people who have maximum rep with their orgs got it this way, not by doing the grind that's neccessary now.

I agree that crits should give you a rep point.  It only makes sense.

Back in the beginning, there wasn't a maximum rep and you got a rep point for every mission you did regardless.  I remember within the first month of live or so, I must've had over 500 rep points for Zion.  Then, they implemented the current rep system, and everyone that had rep over 127 was put at Maximum.

Most people who have maximum rep with their orgs got it this way, not by doing the grind that's neccessary now.

Good idea. One guaranteed rep point per critical would be a godsend.

Wow, not only would it be a godsend, it would be a total freakout!  I've been marooned at 120 for years, and suddenly it quietly slipped to 121 last week.  I thought my heart would stop!

I'm glad we're getting positive feedback on this i can only hope someones taken notice and would consider the possability...

*crosses fingers* xD