consequences of bullying faction ships

[coolman552]

I kinda want to destroy every faction ship i see for free loot + money from contracts, but I do not want to get assblasted by 3 dreadnoughts when I cross over to london for a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ prospect... What are the real consequences? Does the stuff you do in one region carry over into another? Does the game spawn faction ships standing watch around major ports and such?

[Wintermute]

I think the main ruling factor here is reputations with Tacketies, Stovepipes, and whatever else I'm yet to discover. I've been farming the absolute ♥♥♥♥ of both factions in the Reach and in Albion. And only when my reputation with Stovepipes reached 0 (due to one-time deposit of 40+ trophies from them) London ships started shooting me on sight, and before that they were happily ignoring me. Tacketies are still happy with me and my bodycount, and I'm helping them to build a new ship to farm later. So as long as you manage to keep your reputation more than 0 with both sides, you should be fine.

Also, to be honest, the Dreadnoughts are harmless and easily avoidable. My main problem so far is Monitors, which are that much harder to kill if you can't gank them from the side. No reason not to kill them though - they are the main source of low-tier posessions in Albion.

[Lemonidas of Sourta]

It also makes docking in London a hazard. You slow down so as not to bump into anything and a Monitor just snipes your a__e.

[Краб Андрей]

There is amost no consequences if you have any ship from 10k+ gold price tier, which is relatively easy to acquire, maybe non unique t3 weapons are also slightly weak vresus them(uniques like undeparted are exceptions)

[Краб Андрей]

amount of ministry monitors seems to be varying based on your smuggling level, and possibly notoriety(never got it so idk)