(04-18-2016, 01:49 PM)Jan_Mattys Wrote: 1- Why are IDs and IFFs related? Why do I need BOTH a Freelancer IFF and a Miner ID in order to get the bonus from mining?

Quote:2- What happens if I have a IFF and a conflicting ID? for example, allegiance to the Liberty Rogues and a Liberty Police ID? Is that possible at all?

(04-18-2016, 01:49 PM)Jan_Mattys Wrote: 3- If I have green reputation with two factions, how can I switch from one IFF to the other?

Quote: Q: What is "IFF" and what does it do?
A: You can improve your reputation with different factions, and you can see your standing with each faction in your Reputation Sheet (Default: F8). Once you have full green rep (9 blocks green) with a faction, you will be shown as part of that faction to others, and the name of that faction next to your name is called IFF. You can check your IFF by checking for the blinking gold faction name at the bottom of your reputation sheet.
Q: I have the IFF of a wrong faction. What should I do?
A: You can use the /droprep command to lower your rep with the faction you currently have as IFF. Each droprep costs you 350,000 credits, and will lower your rep with that faction to +0.6, and you have to relog for it to take effect. This way, if you have full green rep with multiple factions, you can use /droprep until you have the desired IFF.
Q: I bought an ID and my reputation is changed. Why?
A: Each ID, has a feature called "Reputation fix". Based on the reputation of each faction, their ID adjusts your reputation to reflect the factions you should be hostile to.
Q: What are "Guard" factions?
A: Each major faction, has a regular reputation as well as a guard reputation and a guard system. These systems have bases in them only accessible if you have a good enough reputation with that faction's "Guard", and offer the high-end equipment belonging to that faction. This is why you may see some Navy players as green, and others as red. Because you have a good enough rep with the regular Navy faction, but are still hostile to Navy Guard, so players with regular Navy IFF appear as green on your scanner, but those with Navy Guard IFF appear as red.
Q: When I undock, I get a message about "Incompatible Technology". What is it?
A: Each ID has a set of restrictions regarding which ship and equipment you can use. These restrictions are enforced by these powercore adjustments. It's not against the rules to use a ship/gear with an ID that gives you a low powercore, but there's no workaround for the core reduction either. For the detailed chart of the resulting powercore of each combination, you can check the Nerf Chart.
Q: What is "PoB" and what does it do?
A: PoB or "Player Owned Bases" are bases built and managed by players. These bases work the same as regular bases, but they can be destroyed, and have limited cargo space. There are also certain items (Cloaks, Jumpdrives, Survey Modules, Docking bays) which can only be built on PoBs.
Q: Can I send cash from one of my ships to another one?
A: Yes, you can. Using the /givecash command, you can send cash from one ship to another, and it's perfectly within the rules no matter if the character receiving the money is yours or someone else's. Most people have a character they use to make money, and then send that money to their other characters to use.

(04-18-2016, 02:21 PM)Sand_Spider Wrote: Just to explain /droprep a little..

Lets say your IFF reads Liberty Police, but your other fully friendly faction is Universal Shipping. If you want to switch your IFF over to Universal, /droprep will set the Liberty Police reputation to just below friendly; the highest form of neutral. This causes you to lose the Police IFF. If you have another full friendly faction after that - in this case, Universal - that faction will become your new IFF. The faction you have all the way at the bottom of the reputation window is your IFF, as long as it is full green and the text is flashing at you.

Thanks to genius code writers, most IDs will automatically keep the same IFF flashing as your ID. It will also make sure the proper factions are white, green, or red to you. There are exceptions to this, and Freelancer ID is one of them. Miner ID will adjust some reputations, but not everything.

Something else to keep in mind: Red doesn't always mean dead, especially if you are a Freelancer. People love their roleplaying in this community, so if you ever come across a pirate, try and talk to them for a bit. They may or may not lower the amount of credits they ask, but they'll appreciate the interaction all the same.

Lastly, see if any mining player factions are recruiting! They could teach you how the game works, plus where to mine for more profitable minerals besides helium. Having friends to back you up while you are new is always good.