What is faction standing and how does it work?
Faction standing is the measure of the relationship a character has with various NPC corporations. Every NPC that a player deals with belongs to an NPC corporation. All NPC corporations have faction standings between themselves, as well as with all player corporations. Faction standing against a certain NPC corporation will rise when the character does something beneficial for the NPC corporation. Likewise, when a character does something disruptive to the NPC’s corporation interests, the faction standing will decrease. For example, if a character kills an Amarr ship, then the faction standing towards the Amarrians will worsen, but it will improve with the Minmatars who are enemies of the Amarrians. Good faction standing allows a character to gain higher level agents from that NPC corporation. This can lead to better missions and access to restricted areas or equipment that the NPC corporation controls.
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