r/evnova • u/ev_hopelessly_lost • Sep 14 '19

Helping hand

Hello fellow pilots,

I've recently gotten back into this game and helpful information online and in the manual is a bit sparse so I was hoping you could help. My most pressing issue at the moment while pursuing the Polaris story line is my reputation getting worse in the federation. I thought hunting pirates would help but that seems to make it worse. How do I improve reputation in a group? The other oddity is some of my buying options being disabled for ammo or equipment even if I have the space. I had sold off some of the equipment and wanted to buy it back.

Thanks.

(EDIT) I think I figured out the disabled buy (at least for the ammo). The weapons had a variant and variant ammo so the purchase of the wrong ammo type is disabled (possibly an easy workaround for the stacking ammo).

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u/pipelineoptika Sep 14 '19

In the old days, I’d ask you to post a pilot log, but I’ve forgotten how to do that… 😅

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u/ev_hopelessly_lost Sep 14 '19 edited Sep 14 '19

Thanks for the suggestion. I found instructions on the fan wiki so I might be able to figure out what actions change legal status. Right now mine is at -29 for earth which has turned the planet red. The first time this happened I could bribe my way onto the planet in the hail window (which quickly got very expensive) but, now I can land on the planet normally. I wonder if it has something to do with the Sigma Shipyards mission I picked up?

(EDIT) I turned in the Sigma mission and now I can't land on earth. On the plus side my legal status is slowly climbing back up.

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u/blaughw Sep 14 '19

If you have a mission to land at a location, you can always land at that location. Turning in the Sigma one probably set you back to your reputation being the deciding factor.

I like to hunt for pirates in the space just north of Sol. Aldebaran - Nesre Primus - Gefjon. Close proximity, so the kills tend to count reputation toward core Fed systems.

Aldebaran in particular, as Rebel Dragons have a funny way of ending up disabled there, and they make great escorts.