Explorators vs Drusians and Kasballica vs Fellowship of the Void?

[Greywolf]

Imperial Navy is a no brainer as the items you trade them are not accepted by the other factions, however it would seem that Kasballica and the Fellowship of the void pay the same for the same items and the Drusians and Explorators also share the same pay for the same items, but which to build rep with first?

Currently in act 2 and looking at the loot offered it looks like Kasbalica are the clear choice over the fellowship however they also look like they take more to increase rep with and I don't want to find myself in a trap where I have put all my resources into Kasballica only to find out the stock of what they offer is updated further into the game and it turns out that the Fellowship of the void are actually offering the items I want.

So I am just curious what you guys would pick and why? Is it possible to max out rep with all factions or do you need to pick and choose?

[Hidetsugu]

Originally posted by Greywolf:

So I am just curious what you guys would pick and why? Is it possible to max out rep with all factions or do you need to pick and choose?

It is best if all holy gifts go to the Drusians. In chapter 2 I only give cargo to factions for some project requirements. If you try to pick the best reputation boost projects and decisions (there is one decision for new governor of Footfall - might seems it gives nothing, but instead gives a project worth 5k in all reputations for example), after you max your colonies (can be done at the start of chapter 4) you can easily straight away max all reputations with your available cargo. If you pick wrong choices, you might have to play through chapter 4 and maybe need to grind some void battles.
Edit: Yes, I meant Foulstone. My bad. Will not edit it in the original.

[Greywolf]

You can get Footfall as a colony?

[Taifun_Vash]

No, he means Foulstone.
Safe holy gifts for Drusians, Kasballica and Explorators level with Mechanicus creations which you get almost endless.

Originally posted by Taifun_Vash:

Easily, it comes a bit down to what events you choose for colonies and so on. In some playthroughs it is harder to complete and one faction isn't reachable in them, but if you know what you're doing, what the factions want and what you can easily get, it's quite possible. Did that in multible playthroughs.
Kasballica and Mechanicus are the easiest to do that with, mechanicus creations are quite easy to get, almost all the grenades are it for example.

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