Reputation decreasing talisman broken or is it just me?

[WabbaCat]

It simply doesn't work... I have a -150% reputation modifier talisman... and it seems it gives me more rep rather than take anything away
I used to get like 30-40 rep hits... now its past 100,... you'd think with such a nice talisman that you'd get no hit at all??

[WabbaCat]

am I just misunderstanding where this thing is and isnt suppose to be effective?

[Playforfun]

Even at 100% draw on best paper, I got -95% ish, so not sure if -150% would actually overflow into being +50% or not.

Also, it could be a stupid suggestion but I make the same mistake a lot as well, since you can only activate 3 talismans at the same time, make sure that one is active and you are not just carrying it with out it being activated

[Rogue]

Depending on the difficulty and event, it can be in the hundreds...

Spectre refine your sacred talisman to T12 and then draw on it for a good effect.

T15 if you illuminate the talisman, turn it to human, reach demi-god, then die and return to an object for the ultimate talisman to draw on...

Modding or cheating by changing the value directly on a talisman don't work, the tier of the talisman must match before it's been drawn on.

[WabbaCat]

talisman was definitely checked... I checked and rechecked several times on that thinking the same thing, lol

I used a T12, spectral refined talisman before drawing, on normal difficulty.
idk how the heck you would get 100% draw tho. It's just not possible for me, I get 95% at most on my best of draws. The dang thing just bleeds all over.

T15 if you illuminate the talisman, turn it to human, reach demi-god, then die and return to an object for the ultimate talisman to draw on...

whoa whoa... rogue you are way over my head, lol. What? Just what? lol


All I really want to know is if there are instances where the talisman doesnt work? On the adventures I get virtue from (putting a stop to bloodshed for example) I get no reputation hit as expected....
Then when I try to win the kunlun competition, or take a side in fights of good or evil... or fight a golden core check to see who gets the artifact.... all those things still give me reputation hits.
Although its worth noting, Kunlun only gave me something like 250 rep for winning the artifact crafting. A save/load test without it gave me over 2,000 rep, but that might have been a different competition than the artifact crafting.
IDK if the crafting one normally gives less of a hit.

[Shiranai]

You don't need 100% talisman. Improvements on effect occurs only every 10%, so if you can draw a 91% talisman it's already giving you max bonus.

[⎛⎝Tiùwilo⎠⎞]

You can easily lower your rep by spamming derivative calculation, getting Manifest Mandate events and sending some rando golden core goon to try and break the seal. Each time gives you -300 rep and barely even injures the goon in question. Make sure not to wear any rep reduction talismans for that though.

[WabbaCat]

thanks for tip. I'll have to try that next time I am playing.

Turned out to be pointless in the end. I was still getting rep gains where I shouldn't but,... it also didn't matter because I was above the curve and didn't need to be as cautious as I was being.