Is Reputation really that important?

A Fandom user·7/29/2019 in Questions and Answers

Reputation with people that can enter your caravan and factons has obvious benefits. Lawbreaker and Slaver have obvious effects and can be grinded (Virtuous can be grinded too). I remember reading that you need a few points in Rational to recruit Spencer. Tough is used in 1 way to attack Drekar with Lois and I think there was some use for Smart as well.

That brings the question: "what's the point of remaining stats and stats above after Tribal?".

I Ctrl+f'd the Dialogue Walkthroughand Reputation pages, but found nothing. Anyone knows something about it?

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Jeanioz·7/31/2019

Reputation with factions determines if their units are friendly or hostile, so they are important even in sandbox mode.

Other reputations, including reputation with people, counts for some Story Mode events. After tribal they counts, for example, to convince Kevin A to trust you missions, to convince Samantha Stone and 4 other rebel leaders to join your caravan as Escorted to deliver to Tifk, and to convince Lois to join your caravan as a volunteer.

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A Fandom user·8/1/2019

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That...doesn't completly answers my question. I wrote in my post that I'm aware about reputation with factions mechanics. Sorry if all of text made you skip that.

Fact that reputation with people can affect somthing beside them joining your caravan is new to me. Thx. I'll be more wary of that one.

To specify about general? reputation:

Friendly - no use found

Trustworthy - unlocks some scenes and dialogue, like convincing Apis to tell you about Lois when working for Drekar.

Rational - unlocks some scenes and dialogue, like recruiting Spencer. Is it even used after getting to Alkubra?

Smart - seems to mostly work in the same scenes as Rational and is seems somewhat more important.

Virtuous - unlocks some dialogue, like when convincing Spencer to go back to Kivil.

Tough - used in some scenes, like convincing Lois to attac Drekar just with us. Not as important as it can be grinded by defeating strong enemies

Slaver - extremaly important for storyline, but very easily (if tediously) controled by releasing slaves.

Lawbreaker - makes police attack you. Controled by bringing prisoners.

IMPORTANT PART STARTS HERE!!!!

...that means that we can disregard Tough, Slaver and Lawbreaker in dialogue options, as they are grindable, leaving us 4 to worry about, of which at least 1 seems completely useless (Friendly) and one other has seems to only be used in early game (Rational).

Also some hard numbers on lowest amount of general and personal rep needed to don't miss anything would be very nice.

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What do you think?