Best ways to raise reputation with factions?

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I was told I could do drop pods (not sure how) to get rep.

I know you can choose "good will" if you get a quest to do so (if the other rewards are trash)

I know you get a small gain when trading or you can travel to "gift" items to them

Overall what are some good effective methods. It doesn't have to be faceroll easy (unless it just is) or "immediate". I don't mind working some but I just could use some guidance and pointers for help please. Thank you for your time and have a wonderful day / night.

[Sebslocker]

I like hospitality mod I call them they visit pay for beds buy beer and stuff if they were comfortable they leave gifts and boost relations.
Pods are pretty straight forward you load them with gifts and shoot it at them.
You can gift stuff personally as you mentioned. Missions are pretty good. Other than that you get boost about +12 when someone get downed and you patch them up and release them. It works on raiders too but not on pirate(red) factions.

[AMEI]

Transport pod full of drugs is my go to method for fast goodwill

[Hoki]

the transportpod in that recommendation simply acts as a quick way to transport the goods.

the actual way thats included there is make gifts to other factions. gifts can include all items the trader would also be able to buy but give faction reputation instead of silver. to access the gift option initiate a trade and then click the gift icon in the bottom right of the trade window.

transport pods quicken this by being quick and assign all content as gifts if theres no colonist in the pod as well

[Bullwinkle]

You can also destroy a city owned by someone's enemy. All factions love it when you destroy their enemy's city. Just attack it until everyone flees. At that moment, the city is considered destroyed when you leave. You don't need to burn stuff down or anything. Just take whatever you want and go. If you destroy a pirate city, you'll get a lot of rep gain with a lot of factions.

[Chuck]

You can make some drop pods, make some sculptures, and send em over. Do this a few times, and theyll be youre allies. If they start lowering reputation, just give em some more art. I guess everyone appreciates a few statues.

[Astasia]

I just rescue and release their pawns when they are downed on my map for whatever reason. It has the potential to be a very fast method of gaining rep if like a caravan is downed by pirates/mechanoids/insects, but it could be a long time before something like that happens.

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Originally posted by Sebslocker:

I like hospitality mod I call them they visit pay for beds buy beer and stuff if they were comfortable they leave gifts and boost relations.
Pods are pretty straight forward you load them with gifts and shoot it at them.
You can gift stuff personally as you mentioned. Missions are pretty good. Other than that you get boost about +12 when someone get downed and you patch them up and release them. It works on raiders too but not on pirate(red) factions.

I have seen the hospitality mod, but thought early on it would hurt relations since I don't focus on "the best rooms" and things early on. I just give them extra recreation time, some decent food and try to push through research / weapons / defense buildings before getting a "great room".

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Originally posted by AMEI:

Transport pod full of drugs is my go to method for fast goodwill

"Hey kids do you like drugs?"

Reputation +9001

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Originally posted by Hoki:

the transportpod in that recommendation simply acts as a quick way to transport the goods.

the actual way thats included there is make gifts to other factions. gifts can include all items the trader would also be able to buy but give faction reputation instead of silver. to access the gift option initiate a trade and then click the gift icon in the bottom right of the trade window.

transport pods quicken this by being quick and assign all content as gifts if theres no colonist in the pod as well

I can include a colonist to be a gift as well you say. -rubs claw on tentacle face- Interesting...

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Originally posted by Bullwinkle:

You can also destroy a city owned by someone's enemy. All factions love it when you destroy their enemy's city. Just attack it until everyone flees. At that moment, the city is considered destroyed when you leave. You don't need to burn stuff down or anything. Just take whatever you want and go. If you destroy a pirate city, you'll get a lot of rep gain with a lot of factions.

Pirates are the red skull and bones I presume after the ol' Jolly Roger flag? It used to say for me "Pirate faction" and now it doesn't. Not sure if a mod disabled it or a UI button I pushed somehow. >.>

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Originally posted by Chuck:

You can make some drop pods, make some sculptures, and send em over. Do this a few times, and theyll be youre allies. If they start lowering reputation, just give em some more art. I guess everyone appreciates a few statues.

I always send art. Zoidberg makes great art. -sprays ink everywhere and scuttles off- Goodbye friends...

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Originally posted by Astasia:

I just rescue and release their pawns when they are downed on my map for whatever reason. It has the potential to be a very fast method of gaining rep if like a caravan is downed by pirates/mechanoids/insects, but it could be a long time before something like that happens.

I have had 2 mech ships drop from space on me so far, but nothing else. I still get raiders with bows and axes. I am keeping my wealth very low and using most of my silver to purchase food that is eaten (was mostly due to an Ice Age that hit me and me running out of food to eat). Regardless it worked out and now I am advancing into the bionics age so I will soon have cyborg warriors to fight the mechs with.