Help with pirate rep...

[Hurricane]

So I googled it and most places are saying its impossible or use some game edit hacks...

It's 2023 now did anyone find a good way to get rep back up for pirates?

I'm playing on hard but should be able to take on anyone at this point but I have no good items... and black market is how I get them I suppose.

Is there a decent way to build rep back?

Also if I ally with a faction can I reset that after I checked theor special stores?

[HurtfulPlayer97]

Don't tank your rep with them to begin with?
Sorry, but you are Mercenaries. This should be self evident.

[VenomousFangs]

Try doing missions in the outer rim, bottom of the star chart map. Most missions there are vs the local government so no peeving off the other factions. Many systems are low skull meaning the pirates will give you a job even when in bad rep with them, so visit a few systems down there, do the pirate jobs and rebuild your rep with them.

[wesnef]

Yeah, whether you can recover the rep depends on how far into the Campaign you are (because overall map difficulty increases as you advance the story) and how badly you've tanked pirate rep (i.e, what the maximum skull rating of missions they'll give you is).

If you can still do 2-3 skull missions, and the star map still has 2 skull planets, you should be able to find pirate missions you can do. It just might be tedious and time-consuming to do so.

(that said, you can absolutely complete the game without the Black Markets. ++ gear starts showing up in the loot of missions around 3-3.5 skulls, especially basic stuff like MLas/SRMs/ACs. You just won't be able to get get lostech mech chassis easily.)

[Hurricane]

Yeah i think ive tanked pirates so hard and i refused the black market popup the first time so i dont have access at all..

I can easy do 5 skull missions now with mostly basic gear but i want the cool stuff to play about with the mechs and use special mechs.

I will try to find them missions but it could take a long time to get my rep back up.

The guy above saying dont tank rep with them to begin with... yikes who shet in your bed this morning? I havent played in years when i pick the game up i dont plan ahead for this and the missions ive been doing have been vrs pirates.... im playing on hard so it was VERY slow to progress as i need loads of parts for mechs and i start with like 30 and 40 ton mechs...

[VenomousFangs]

Originally posted by Hurricane:

Yeah i think ive tanked pirates so hard and i refused the black market popup the first time so i dont have access at all..

I can easy do 5 skull missions now with mostly basic gear but i want the cool stuff to play about with the mechs and use special mechs.

I will try to find them missions but it could take a long time to get my rep back up.

The guy above saying dont tank rep with them to begin with... yikes who shet in your bed this morning? I havent played in years when i pick the game up i dont plan ahead for this and the missions ive been doing have been vrs pirates.... im playing on hard so it was VERY slow to progress as i need loads of parts for mechs and i start with like 30 and 40 ton mechs...

Don't fuss about refusing the Black Market offer, that randomly appears so you will get future offers. Sounds like your well into the career doing 5 skull missions, so what Wesnef said about difficulty increasing with career is true if your doing the campaign, on the career the difficulty doesn't change.

If your doing the Campaign it might be a case of not been able to improve you rep, i.e. bridges burned with them as no low skull missions available. If so cosy up to one of the house by doing their missions exclusively and you will get enough rep to ally with them. Once so you get access to unique and Lostech equipment through their stores.

[wesnef]

Be aware that House Ally shops only stock specific goods, so before you ally with someone to buy stuff, do a search for what each one sells.

(personally, I've never Allied with anyone, I don't like locking out possible contracts to do. Yeah, I'm a merc. :D)

[HurtfulPlayer97]

I can see how people can tank their Pirate Rep. I just got to Bringdam in the Arano Restoration space and Every Single Mission was against Pirates. LOL

[Hurricane]

Does rep reset after dropping an alliance? I wanna buy some tech from this person who im ready to ally with but then i wanna ditch and go around buying other tech, also gonna try get pirates back up...

TBH its a pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥ system locking most stuff behind pirates... least i know for next time

[HurtfulPlayer97]

No, Rep does not reset after breaking an Alliance.

[Werecat101]

go to half skull planet and sometimes even with a complete -100 they will allow you to do a half skull mission for them. after that its a long slow case of doing very low class missions until your rep is back to normal.

[revenantsknight]

Originally posted by Hurricane:

TBH its a pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥ system locking most stuff behind pirates... least i know for next time

IIRC the black market was much less important in earlier versions of the game, in that there was a lot less in the way of fancy gear and the black market had a more limited selection anyway. I also don't mind a reason to not completely beat on the pirates since they're otherwise much too convenient as punching bags. But yes, it's something that can (inadvertently) increase replay value!

[kensw]

You should be aware that while the Black Market makes the game Much easier ( Too easy in my opinion ) it is Not actually needed to win the game just a bit more challenging.

[Jamie Wolf]

Originally posted by kensw:

You should be aware that while the Black Market makes the game Much easier ( Too easy in my opinion ) it is Not actually needed to win the game just a bit more challenging. :liao:

Agreed, my first playthrough I didn't get the option to access it until after I completed the campaign. Although I was lucky to salvage a whole awesome on the graverobbing campaign mission which was a massive boost along with the highlander

[darthkellin]

if i recall correctly the rep starts after u get the dropship to have effect n you should start with the outter most planets resetting it with each reload for the rep u need

[Hurricane]

Well I'm 1 shotting mechs with 2 annihilators right now. Maybe my fave mech. I haven't even seen the accuracy mech this round... is that the mauruder? That's a beast for headshots too.

But yeah I doubt I can fail any mission and I'm playing on hard. The hardest part for me is early game as using 30 and 40 ton mechs are so weak and your pilots can't hit jack!

Do I just restart and focus pirates? I feel like I'm missing so many fun items!

Only unique items I got this game was 2x heatsink d and 1 got killed. A snub + 10 damage and it got killed...

I found a gausrifle for sale for 1.5 mil so bought that.

Ecm bought that.

Some heatextenders.

2x Uac with reduce tonnage.

Rest of my rares are just basic items ++

No special mechs of they even exist?

No other special items or nada.

Maybe have to do some notepad editing to cheat pirate rep tbh