First Aid to factions: Questions, Details and How tos
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:24 am
Greetings everyone!
First, as everyone else has stated, this game is off to a great start and is full of potential.
One of the things in the latest patch that I wanted to explore is the ability to give first aid to other factions to change reputation with them. I really wanted to test this and see if there were any bugs or exploits. This is what I have discovered so far:
1. It is hard to take advantage of this ability due to the fact the AI is so self efficient. Unless there is one lone solder, incapacitated, then you cant reach the NPC before he or his partner applies first aid.
2. Applying first aid to a "hated" factions gives your own faction instant negative %50 reputation with all other factions. I find this a bit unrealistic. First, unless there are observers near by, who would really know you did it. It would take time for the NPC to share his story and spread your infamy. It wouldnt be so bad at this early stage, except for part 3.
UPDATE: I have been told this is false and what I saw was the NPC's reputation, which is highly possible. I will see to it tonight and update again.
3. If you are lucky enough to give first aid to an "honorable" faction, you get a red bar that gives temporary increased prestige with the group. I noticed after I was done with the application of first aid, this temporary status starts to decrease and is eliminated altogether in time. That means all reputation falls back to 0.
UPDATE: Apparently over many, many heals there can be a base reputation higher than zero.
So, here are my open questions.
1. Why such the harsh negative penalty for healing enemies? It makes being the red cross really hard.
2. How can we develop permanent increases to reputation? what more is there to do besides applying first aid?
Cheers
rsgeiger
First, as everyone else has stated, this game is off to a great start and is full of potential.
One of the things in the latest patch that I wanted to explore is the ability to give first aid to other factions to change reputation with them. I really wanted to test this and see if there were any bugs or exploits. This is what I have discovered so far:
1. It is hard to take advantage of this ability due to the fact the AI is so self efficient. Unless there is one lone solder, incapacitated, then you cant reach the NPC before he or his partner applies first aid.
2. Applying first aid to a "hated" factions gives your own faction instant negative %50 reputation with all other factions. I find this a bit unrealistic. First, unless there are observers near by, who would really know you did it. It would take time for the NPC to share his story and spread your infamy. It wouldnt be so bad at this early stage, except for part 3.
UPDATE: I have been told this is false and what I saw was the NPC's reputation, which is highly possible. I will see to it tonight and update again.
3. If you are lucky enough to give first aid to an "honorable" faction, you get a red bar that gives temporary increased prestige with the group. I noticed after I was done with the application of first aid, this temporary status starts to decrease and is eliminated altogether in time. That means all reputation falls back to 0.
UPDATE: Apparently over many, many heals there can be a base reputation higher than zero.
So, here are my open questions.
1. Why such the harsh negative penalty for healing enemies? It makes being the red cross really hard.
2. How can we develop permanent increases to reputation? what more is there to do besides applying first aid?
Cheers
rsgeiger
