Thoughts about IFF on discovery

[Echo 7-7]

What about an Order agent with an Order ID but a non Order ship?

Sorry, what? Everyone with an Order ID is too busy flying an Osiris.

Topic at hand: a combined ID/IFF guide would be great. Something that explains having an IFF is more than just "I did missions for these guys so I could get their guns". Probably the mentality left over from vanilla SP.

Now that I think about it, aerelm's quick repping guide is out there somewhere. It got locked, though, I can't remember why. Possibly since those methods are designed for speed and not "roleplay honesty".

I've wondered if we should just force the IFF once you get the right ID. I'm not sure about Merc, FL, Trader and Miner IDs though. We could force those to a Freelancer IFF.

This would make things a lot simpler for new players.

This sounds like a smart idea, actually. However, some IDs can be acquired without maximum reputation to certain factions (corporations, non-guard lawfuls, etc). Would this mean that a ship would have acquired an IFF without first maximising the rep with that particular faction?* NB: this could be solved by making all IDs, except for generic IDs, only acquirable at maximum friendliness.

*Yes, I know that your rep can drop after acquiring an IFF while still keeping it. That's not the point.

I support Merc, FL, Trader, Miner IDs flashing a FL IFF, but the main problem is the generic Pirate ID. While these kinds of pirates are obviously independent of the major pirate factions, I feel that the Freelancer IFF misrepresents them - the person is 'playing the system', not 'playing the character'.

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