That happens when you stay in tier 2. Fight in the tier your trying to level up, or the tier below.
Yes, fighting in tier 2 will give drastically diminishing returns when your trying to level up rank 10, 11 & 12.
I was only rank 12 in Jericho when 0.8.0 came out. I only got empire rank 12 a week ago.
I GOT THE ENTIRE RANK, yes… the ENTIRE rank of empire 12… in 4 hours in t3.
I was 0/0/12 and 0/0/0/0/8/8 when 0.8.0 came out. That was fully half of my playtime that I have had.
In that same amount of time, where its rumored to have become harder to level…
I have fully ranked out 2 other factions 4 subfactions and finished off my other 2.
OMG… how does he do it?
Tier 2 flown for rank 1-9 in factions and subfactions… all of them aside from what was higher already.
Once you hit rank 10 in a faction… tier 2 will net you VERY VERY low faction rewards, as if saying… “Man up and go fly with the better pilots and quit farming the new guys”
If you have all your subfactions lined up… you jump right into t3 with rank 9 ships and all mk3 gear. you should have had enough money from your other leveling in t2 to get everything you need if you have a license.
It also helps if you come in at the top 3 of your team, you get better credit and reputation rewards.
So… here is my esimated list.
Rank 1 - EXP for Rank 1-4
Rank 2 - EXP for Rank 1-5
Rank 3 - EXP for Rank 1-6
Rank 4 - EXP for Rank 1-7
Rank 5 - EXP for Rank 1-8
Rank 6 - EXP for Rank 1-9
Rank 7 - EXP for Rank 1-10
Rank 8 - EXP for Rank 1-11
Rank 9 - EXP for Rank 1-12
for when tier 5 comes out, tier 3 wont net you jack, everyone will need to move up to t4 to get any substantial faction exp rewards.
So yes, even flying a rank 8 ship… even though it is tier 3, will grant you diminished returns when trying to rank up 12.
Now, all the information here is just what I myself have personally experienced. Im not saying this is how it is… or calling anyone who disagrees with me wrong.
This is MY opinion, from what I have seen and experienced when I myself was leveling up all my faction ranks.
If you still want to fly t2 rank 6 ships to try to level up rank 10-12… by all means, go for it. Just don’t expect sympathy for your clause of it taking too long from me.
Your post in there, funny, hilarious eve, how your game, apparently, is totally different to mine!
Let’s state what I got since 8.0
I began with rank 9/8/9 and loyalty 7/6/6/6/6/6. Now, after 89 hours of gameplay, i got 10/8/9 and 9/7/6/6/6/9.(IIRC)
In the mean time I have been able to buy the hydra 2, deimos 2, machete AE(or type s…the rank 6 one) and fully outfit it with mk3 stuffz.(also fit the stiletto with mk3)
Because 8.0 screwed me over hard i had to start over with R4 ships, and had to farm 10-20 million of credits with less than useful ships.(unfitted R4 ftw?)(And the support just told me to suck it up lol)
I don’t know how you “pros” get your 20m a day somehow, but I definitly am not able to just buy ships and fit a real T3 ship now im done with T2.
I was using T2 R6 with reputation lvl 9, maybe that is why it was slow, but even with a R9 ship i only get 1500 reputation per match, which is still not that goddamn much, definitly not enough to rank 1-12 in 4 hours…
