Jadd Hatchen
The Phoenix Federation
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Posted - 2014.05.13 17:53:00 -
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Vapor Forseti wrote:What is this supposed to signify? Always saw it on some merc portraits occasionally but never actually knew what it was.
It's a carryover from EVE. A dark blue + means >= +5.00 standing (on a -10 to +10 scale), a light blue plus means >0.00 and < +5.00 standing, a grey = means completely neutral standing, an orange - means <0.00 but still greater than -5.00 standing, while a red - means <= -5.00 standing. So to sum up:
red minus sign means -5.00 or worse standing
orange minus sign means less than 0.00, but greater than -5.00 standing
grey equal sign means exactly 0.00 or neutral standing
light blue plus sign means greater than 0.00 but less than +5.00 standing
dark blue plus sign means 5.00 or better standing.
This matters for EVE pilots as the first thing they do when entering a system is look at the plus and minus signs in the local chat channel when they jump into a new system. It's a very quick and easy way to see how hostile a system is to them.
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Jadd Hatchen
The Phoenix Federation
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Posted - 2014.05.13 18:05:00 -
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Iron Wolf Saber wrote:Thing is I still get the marks from people I don't have contacts with nor do they have them with me so its rather odd how it works.
The standings contain three scales masked as one... (way to go CCP for coming up with a convoluted system... again). Basically there is the security status of the pilot themselves. If they commit criminal acts in the game, then their security status will go down and shou up as either an orange or red square (usually with a small skull instead of a plus or minus sign). Similarly if they do lots of good things then their security status goes up for killing lots of NPC pirates (and the symbol becomes light blue or dark blue).
However the security status can be over-ridden by your corp standings. So let's say a pilot named Jimmy has a negative standing of -6.00 (red) and is a badguy or "pirate". Now lets say your corp is allied with his corp and thus they both se each other to light blue standings. This will typically (unless you mess with the priorities of what shows up first) result in the red being masked by the light blue. Corp standing being more important than the NPC security status. Similarly, your alliance can do the same and set him to a blue plus standing and he will be blue instead of red again. Now if Jimmy was in the same corp as you, it would instead show him as a green star because he is a member of the same corp. Similarly, if he were of the same alliance (not an allied one), then he would appear as a blue star. Finally, you yourself can designate personal standing on a one to one basis for people, corps, alliances, etc. These are standings only you will see and they can override all the rest.
So here is a list of what can affect the standings you see:
The other player's security standing with NPCs
Your corp's standings towards the other player/corp/alliance
Your alliance's standings towards the other player/corp/alliance
If they are a member of your corp/alliance
Your personal settings towards the other player/corp/alliance
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