Do missions help powerplay?

[Starfisher]

Although I am a very beginner in the game I know some things about preparation/expansion/control.
But doing simple missions are good for my chosen power or not? I mean if I do tasks from the Mission Board that belongs to the controlling factor. After such missions they say that I helped their economy and influence - but is this just maybe flavour text?
Also some thing I do not understand. I am in Aisling Duval's territory. In the Mission Board there are a person who is from the controlling power. But there are other factions too who are also with the Empire! But their influence meter is not the same as the controlling guy's influence meter.
If I help these other Empire factions with missions does this advance Aisling or not?

[Edelweiss ✿]

Nope, Powerplay is on another plane of existence than the rest of the game.

[Starfisher]

So doing these missions are only for my gains? But then what is the point of donating money? Only to make myself more liked for better missions?

[ReeNoiP]

Originally posted by Starfisher:

So doing these missions are only for my gains? But then what is the point of donating money? Only to make myself more liked for better missions?

That and it helps the minor faction you are donating to gain influence.

[Edelweiss ✿]

Originally posted by Starfisher:

So doing these missions are only for my gains? But then what is the point of donating money? Only to make myself more liked for better missions?

Navy rank, faction influence

[Starfisher]

Thank you again! But this leads to another question. Why is the influence of a faction important if it isn't affecting powerplay?

[Edelweiss ✿]

Originally posted by Starfisher:

Thank you again! But this leads to another question. Why is the influence of a faction important if it isn't affecting powerplay?

Powerplay was added after the game had been out for a while and never updated since. Influence is spreading minor factions within a system and outside its borders. Like for example the minor faction Perez Ring Brewery, it only exists in a few systems and is not a powerplay figure. Players used influence to push it out of its original system

[Manwith Noname]

Doesn't influence dictate which minor faction is the "controlling faction" of a station?

[Surian Bedivere]

Every mission you finish for a minor faction also helps open up more and better paying jobs with them through reputation. Like say 4-7 mil passenger missions to a few systems away.

Its good to pick a "home" system and grind out missions for all the minor factions there to give you an easier time.

Additionally, dont hold me to this but i believe once you are friendly or allied to some minor factions, they also come to your aid if you're under attack and they're around in the instance.

[Josey Wales]

Originally posted by Surian Bedivere:

Its good to pick a "home" system and grind out missions for all the minor factions there to give you an easier time.

There's a caveat to this. If you have a particular faction in a good state that's doling out lucrative missions, be careful about running missions for an opposing faction if there is a risk of tipping the balance of power within the system and screwing yourself out of the good missions from the original minor faction.

I've seen people do this in the past, then complain that FDev nerfed their missions, when in reality they nerfed themselves.

[Agony_Aunt]

Once upon a time, before PP was launched, they talked about PP missions, but they didn't materrialize. A year or so ago, they once again mooted the idea, but they still haven't appeared.

I look forward to the post from FD this year when they bring up the topic of PP missions...

Having said that, sometimes its advantageous for PP to flip a system to a different controlling faction with a compatible government type, so you can run missions to do that.

[Chibbity]

Originally posted by Edelweiss ✿:

Originally posted by Starfisher:

So doing these missions are only for my gains? But then what is the point of donating money? Only to make myself more liked for better missions?

Navy rank, faction influence

Wait, donating money to a Fed faction will help me up my Fed rank for buying a Corvette?

[bbfloyd]

I'm not totally certain, but everything I've read indicates the Navy rep boost is related to the amount of faction Rep reward for a mission, so yes, Donation missions provide Rep, and the minor faction rep supposedly pumps your Navy rep.

I've not personally tested it, I base this on several players recommendations to look for missions with four or five plus signs (Rep+++++) when grinding Navy rep.

[Chibbity]

Hmm...makes sense, I'll have to test it out, thanks!

[the smoking mค็็็็็n]

They are related..somewhat, but i can't be bothered (nor would you want me to) rambling on about how so, the respective discord advanced PP'ers can tell you all about it if you wish
Suffice to say though, in Aisling's case it is Empire Commie, Co-op, or Confeds(top pick of the 3) that you want to back/work to help thier PP efforts (independent govs will be tolerated to, if of those gov types) While Feudal, Theo, and Prison gov's are considered the enemy
Does it directly affect PP? No, however, it is the main drive behind how the respective PP bubbles grow and expand, and indeed how well they protect themselves against incursion

It is the PP leaders who mostly take care of and concern themselves with this side of the PP efforts, and just direct the footsoldiers as needed, as most PPer's who are envolved with organised efforts will tell you
The Alliance/Mahon PPer's would be the one's that keep all this most tightly woven together, as is evident in the growth and prosperity of the faction's
The Lave wars that were raging for some months that some maybe aware of was actually a fight between the Alliance/Mahons and a PMF over this very factoring
The "ganking" that was going on there was really just unwitting souls walking into the middle of this fight, as is alot of other lesser known "gank" spots
This is also the basis of how and why PvPers did and managed to insinuate themselves into PP