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6000 Chipmunks has Kerbal Space Program

Jul 8, 2015 @ 6:07am

Reputation frustration.

So I earned enough science to purchase the max reputation for science(thingy) at the Administration building.*its maxed!
I'm getting roughly +300 rep points per mission..average!...And its costing me ALL of my income from each mission. However, My reputation is only marginally better than without it. ???
No matter how many rep points I reciever per mission, my rep barley moves.

What gives?
TIA

Last edited by 6000 Chipmunks; Jul 8, 2015 @ 6:07am

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RossDBrown has Kerbal Space Program

Jul 8, 2015 @ 6:17am

Reputation has a maximum limit.

http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Reputation

"The upper limit of reputation is 1000. The points actually obtained for a contract decrease exponentially as the level gets nearer to the limit so a player will never reach it."

RossDBrown has Kerbal Space Program

Jul 8, 2015 @ 6:28am

Also - 300 points per mission seems a lot.

According to the wiki, If you're trading science for rep, at 100%, you should be getting approx 2 points for every 1 unit of 'contract reward' science, and 1 point for every 55-or-so units of 'field' science.

Missions tend to give pretty worthless 'contract reward' science values. Assuming we're talking field science, to get 300 rep points you'd have to be bring in about 16,000 science points.

If it's the other way around, and you're bringing in 300 science, you'll be getting about 5.5 rep.

Hardly seems worth it really... Surely that can't be right? I'm just saying what I see on the wiki.

Last edited by RossDBrown; Jul 8, 2015 @ 6:29am

6000 Chipmunks has Kerbal Space Program

Jul 8, 2015 @ 3:30pm

Thanks Ewok!

OK, I hope this will clear things up a bit.

When I started the new game. I maxed out Science Rewards, and Fund Rewards(ONLY). *I'm new at this.

So, it didn't take very long to get enough science to purchase the Science for Rep, AND Money for Rep, contracts at the admin building.

100% of my funds are converted to Rep, and 100% of any Science I do gets converted to rep, but its not much.

So, I now get an average of +300 rep per large contract...IE:I did the Challange mision for 1,200 -1,500 rep.
However my rep seems to be staying pretty close to 950-970?

I'm a bit confused, as the Tick-mark at the top of the page,(which, incidently doesn't SAY what your rep IS.), is barely moving towards the blue..inperceptively so. There seems to be a whole new color (Blue and white stipes?), that I can't get to. :(

Last edited by 6000 Chipmunks; Jul 8, 2015 @ 3:31pm

6000 Chipmunks has Kerbal Space Program

Jul 8, 2015 @ 7:42pm

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=478015238

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=478015224

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=478015210

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=478015186

My Rep changes (if any), are not being displayed.

Have I missed something? Should I be able to at least get to the Blue, and light blue stripes in rep?

I have just completed two similar missions, worth about 1,500 total rep...but I'm stil stuck with 96%. :(

Last edited by 6000 Chipmunks; Jul 8, 2015 @ 7:50pm

Migz - DH

Jul 8, 2015 @ 7:49pm

As he said in his first response, you'll never reach the cap. You're not intended to.

6000 Chipmunks has Kerbal Space Program

Jul 8, 2015 @ 7:50pm

Originally posted by Migz - DH:
As he said in his first response, you'll never reach the cap. You're not intended to.

Is the cap, the blue and light blue stripes, or the top of that?
Does it just quit, or get harder(As I understand it.).

Last edited by 6000 Chipmunks; Jul 8, 2015 @ 7:51pm

Migz - DH

Jul 8, 2015 @ 7:51pm

100%, I believe. You're at like 98% now.

Last edited by Migz - DH; Jul 8, 2015 @ 7:51pm

6000 Chipmunks has Kerbal Space Program

Jul 8, 2015 @ 7:53pm

Originally posted by Migz - DH:
100%, I believe. You're at like 98% now.

Thanks Migz-DH,

96% but who's counting. :) So, I guess that "Cash for rep" is pretty usless as by the time you can afford that, it does nothing for you?

I guess, if I failed a few dozen missions it would come in handy.

I actually cancelled the "Money for Rep" contract, and I'm actually getting MORE rep per mission. Still, there is the limit of course.

Last edited by 6000 Chipmunks; Jul 8, 2015 @ 11:33pm

RossDBrown has Kerbal Space Program

Jul 9, 2015 @ 4:29am

I'm still not 100% what use rep is to be honest, other than for doing the opposite of what you are doing - converting it into science and/or money.

6000 Chipmunks has Kerbal Space Program

Jul 9, 2015 @ 4:51pm

I think it increases the amount of money and such that contracts pay out. Also, it makes you walk around sayin' things like "Pa-Dow!", "Yea, we bad!", "Who da Man?", "Bring it!" and, "Take that Biotch!". :)

*OK, maybe thats just me. I don't get out much.

Last edited by 6000 Chipmunks; Jul 9, 2015 @ 4:52pm

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Just Jim

Jul 10, 2015 @ 5:26am

Originally posted by Ewok:
I'm still not 100% what use rep is to be honest, other than for doing the opposite of what you are doing - converting it into science and/or money.

More contract offers. My career game I'm at 85%, and as it's gone up, so has the number of available contracts. At the beginning of the game I only had maybe 3-4 offers at a time, now I average 15 contract offers, sometimes 16. This lets me accept all the big "Explore where-ever" contracts and still have a few left over for easy money contracts like tourists or satellites.

Also, like I think someone already mentioned, the payoffs seem to be increasing as well.

Last edited by Just Jim; Jul 10, 2015 @ 5:27am

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