so allies are bad in career mode?

[Hurricane]

I mean i cant get quests from anyone but my ally... hes at war with EVERYONE... i didnt even really get any benefit bar extra cash from missions from him too... wtf is the point in allys? i thought hed sell me rare tech or something?

Can you even get rare tech in career mode? i havent seen 1 gaus or anything... just got my first atlas and i have 2 KC so its not like its early game or anything.

[kensw]

Who did you allie with ? It matters alot.
Pirats are hated by everyone.
Of the 5 major powers you can allie with some are freindly with 3 others some only with 2 and hated by the rest
Minor power do not have alliance stores

[Hurricane]

The second from the left so thr middle faction at the top.

They are fighting everyone but offer me nothing cool?

Is lost tech even in career mode?

[Wendek]

So you sided with Liao, yeah that's not a good idea for a high-score career. Only the Pirates have more enemies iirc.
Lostech is definitely present in career mode, I got an ER Laser (which I'm not gonna use but still) and I know that some people have found several Gauss rifles, mostly with Flashpoints and sometimes with the Black Market.

[legend_slayer]

Other than the Alliance-only Flashpoints, there's no reason to ally. Even the Faction Store offerings are worse than the Blackmarket 99% of the time. Unless of course you really need a ton of Locust and Shadow Hawk mech parts.... Alliance's seem like a very hastily-implemented feature with no thought on the actual mechanics of an alliance or making it worth the rep hit and contract limitations.

[Pherdnut]

Each inner sphere power offers a single alliance FP that drops Lostech. SLDF planets have a very low chance of dropping non + SLDF weapons. Some of the general FPs drop Losttech. Black Markets and SLDF worlds can also drop SLDF Highlanders (BMs have a much better chance) for Gauss and DHS.

Unless they boost your career score, alliances strike me as a terrible idea before the career timer has run out because they limit your missions.

[Reef]

making an ally actually lowers your score. i allied with feds at end of my career just for the achiev and went from elite status to veteran

[Hurricane]

Originally posted by Pherdnut:

Each inner sphere power offers a single alliance FP that drops Lostech. SLDF planets have a very low chance of dropping non + SLDF weapons. Some of the general FPs drop Losttech. Black Markets and SLDF worlds can also drop SLDF Highlanders (BMs have a much better chance) for Gauss and DHS.

Unless they boost your career score, alliances strike me as a terrible idea before the career timer has run out because they limit your missions.

Explain all this

[saliddry]

i just started the dlc today... where do you see your score... or the end score once your done

[wesnef]

Originally posted by saliddry:

i just started the dlc today... where do you see your score... or the end score once your done

Assuming you're playing a Career and not a Campaign (which has no score) - in the top left corner of the screen is the Career countdown timer. Click on it to see the score breakdown.