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	'''Note: I think the game truncated any faction point delgation amount that was less than 10 up to the next highest. For example if someone donated 1 fp as a colonel, it would cost them 1.117 fp. This truncated up to 2 fp to prevent the player from being able to transfer without penalty (i think) Any amount over 10 would, naturally see a penalty to the transfer and not require truncation.'''		'''Note: I think the game truncated any faction point delgation amount that was less than 10 up to the next highest. For example if someone donated 1 fp as a colonel, it would cost them 1.117 fp. This truncated up to 2 fp to prevent the player from being able to transfer without penalty (i think) Any amount over 10 would, naturally see a penalty to the transfer and not require truncation.'''
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		+	Additionally, the client seems to use rank.iff to make calculations of faction ranks and delegations. The chart below is based off of this and player data.

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		+	Note: A bothan receives an additional 10% to faction perk reductions so the formula probably looks like 1.10 (Cries of Alderaan) x 1.25 (master smuggler) x 1.10 (bothan bonus) when doing calculations.

	'''What happened to the 500 pt. FP buying cap?'''		'''What happened to the 500 pt. FP buying cap?'''

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	==Combat Chat Spam==		==Combat Chat Spam==
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	==Fly Text==		==Fly Text==

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	==Fly Text==		==Fly Text==
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	==Formula(s)==		==Formula(s)==

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	If your guild or city has a player-placed faction base, and you buy points from the recruiter in that base. All the credits you pay to the recruiter will go into the base maintenance pool. Which will save your guild or city lots of credits in paying maintenance on the base.		If your guild or city has a player-placed faction base, and you buy points from the recruiter in that base. All the credits you pay to the recruiter will go into the base maintenance pool. Which will save your guild or city lots of credits in paying maintenance on the base.
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		+	'''When I "donate" 100k to the recruiter, I always get 125 extra points for something called the Cries of Alderaan. What's going on?'''
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		+	The Cries of Alderaan was an attempt early on to have content in the form of a "monthly" storyline. Each faction had quests to complete for different stages. At the end of a stage, a winner was chosen based on the number of faction members who completed the quests, or for the last 2 stages it was based on the percentage of players from each faction who completed the stage.
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		+	The winning faction of the stages, and ultimately of the storyline, was deemed to be winning the GCW. This brought with it certain advantages, in the form of a 10% bonus to any faction points you earn...wether you kill an opposing faction member, or you buy the points from the recruiter.
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		+	The Rebels won the CoA storyline, so they got the 10% FP bonus. That's where your extra 13 points come from. This is an advantage for Rebels because after the bonus, Rebels only pay around 72 credits per point (10000 / 138). After you factor in a /del ratio (Example 1.18:1 for Colonel), that comes to a "cost" of 85.5 per point. So you can charge less than Imperials per point, but still make a nice profit.
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		+	'''My buddy on the opposite side tells me that I pay less for factional perks than he does. What's up?'''
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		+	Same deal with the Cries of Alderaan story. Except since Imperials were the "losers", they got a 30% discount on all faction perks.
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		+	This works in the Imperials favor, because they can now sell factional perks for less than the Rebels, despite paying 80 per point.
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		+	Example:
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		+	A [Winning side] Colonel Master Smuggler FP broker will pay 45000 FP (~3.27 mil) for a Detachment HQ. That's "cost" with the MS 25% discount.
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		+	A [Losing side] Colonel Master Smuggler FP broker will pay 31500 FP (~2.52 mil) for the same Detachment HQ on the Imperial side. 60000 - 30% CoA discount - 25% MS discount.
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		+	'''The Recuiter gives me two options to buy FP: 20k and 100k. What am I getting for my credits?'''
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		+	The 20k option buys you 200 FP.*
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		+	The 100k option buys you 1000 FP.*
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		+	*Winning GCW faction in COA adds 10% on top of that.
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		+	So in this example if the master smuggler player has joined a faction that is winning
		+	their bonus to FP from the recruiter is as follows:
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		+	faction_Point_amount x 1.10 (COA bonus) x 1.25 (master smuggler bonus or 1.10 if only underworld 1)
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		+	200 x 1.10 x 1.25 = 275 FP for a 20,000 credit exchange
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		+	'''What happened to the 500 pt. FP buying cap?'''
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		+	With the addition of Publish 13, the 500 pt. FP buying cap went away. Smugglers can now buy points up to their rank cap.
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−	~~'''When I "donate" 100k to the recruiter, I always get 125 extra points for something called the Cries of Alderaan. What's going on?'''~~
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−	The Cries of Alderaan was an attempt early on to have content in the form of a "monthly" storyline. Each faction had quests to complete for different stages. At the end of a stage, a winner was chosen based on the number of faction members who completed the quests, or for the last 2 stages it was based on the percentage of players from each faction who completed the stage.
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−	The winning faction of the stages, and ultimately of the storyline, was deemed to be winning the GCW. This brought with it certain advantages, in the form of a 10% bonus to any faction points you earn...wether you kill an opposing faction member, or you buy the points from the recruiter.
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−	The Rebels won the CoA storyline, so they got the 10% FP bonus. That's where your extra 13 points come from. This is an advantage for Rebels because after the bonus, Rebels only pay around 72 credits per point (10000 / 138). After you factor in a /del ratio (Example 1.18:1 for Colonel), that comes to a "cost" of 85.5 per point. So you can charge less than Imperials per point, but still make a nice profit.
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−	~~'''My buddy on the opposite side tells me that I pay less for factional perks than he does. What's up?'''~~
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−	~~Same deal with the Cries of Alderaan story. Except since Imperials were the "losers", they got a 30% discount on all faction perks.~~
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−	~~This works in the Imperials favor, because they can now sell factional perks for less than the Rebels, despite paying 80 per point.~~
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−	~~Example:~~
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−	~~A [Winning side] Colonel Master Smuggler FP broker will pay 45000 FP (~3.27 mil) for a Detachment HQ. That's "cost" with the MS 25% discount.~~
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−	~~A [Losing side] Colonel Master Smuggler FP broker will pay 31500 FP (~2.52 mil) for the same Detachment HQ on the Imperial side. 60000 - 30% CoA discount - 25% MS discount.~~
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−	~~'''The Recuiter gives me two options to buy FP: 20k and 100k. What am I getting for my credits?'''~~
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−	The 20k option buys you 200 FP.*
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−	The 100k option buys you 1000 FP.*
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−	*Winning GCW faction in COA adds 10% on top of that.
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−	~~So in this example if the master smuggler player has joined a faction that is winning~~
−	~~their bonus to FP from the recruiter is as follows:~~
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−	~~faction_Point_amount x 1.10 (COA bonus) x 1.25 (master smuggler bonus or 1.10 if only underworld 1)~~
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−	~~200 x 1.10 x 1.25 = 275 FP for a 20,000 credit exchange~~
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−	~~'''What happened to the 500 pt. FP buying cap?'''~~
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−	~~With the addition of Publish 13, the 500 pt. FP buying cap went away. Smugglers can now buy points up to their rank cap.~~

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−	Thunderheart- Novice Smugglers with “underworld” abilities will have a 15% chance to evade contraband searches plus an additional 15% for each skill box and Master Smugglers add another 20% for a total of 95%. Players in both the wilderness and cantinas may avoid shakedown searches if grouped with smugglers for the same bonuses. In order to receive the smuggler bonus from being grouped with the player the smuggler must be within range (35m).
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−	~~'''What is 'Contraband'?'''~~
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−	Contraband is: Rebel Faction Equipment, Spice, Sliced weapons and armor. Player items are not confiscated. “Crackdowns” occur in the wilderness, “Shakedowns” look for covert rebels and occur in Planetary Cantinas (not player Cantinas)
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−	~~'''Can I Evade Faction scans?'''~~
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−	~~Yes, you receive the same protection from Faction scans as you do for contraband scans (dependent on your character's ability).~~
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−	~~'''What are 'Faction scans'?'''~~
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−	Ever since the GCW meta game was introduced faction players are now always in one of three states, Special Forces (PvP enabled), Combatant (PvE enabled), or On Leave (to all intents and purposes neutral). Players that are On Leave can be scanned by NPC forces of opposing factions and if discovered will have their status changed to that of Combatant and attacked.


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	With the addition of Publish 13, the 500 pt. FP buying cap went away. Smugglers can now buy points up to their rank cap.		With the addition of Publish 13, the 500 pt. FP buying cap went away. Smugglers can now buy points up to their rank cap.
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		+	'''Avoid Scans (Smuggling)'''
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		+	Thunderheart- Novice Smugglers with “underworld” abilities will have a 15% chance to evade contraband searches plus an additional 15% for each skill box and Master Smugglers add another 20% for a total of 95%. Players in both the wilderness and cantinas may avoid shakedown searches if grouped with smugglers for the same bonuses. In order to receive the smuggler bonus from being grouped with the player the smuggler must be within range (35m).
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		+	'''What is 'Contraband'?'''
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		+	Contraband is: Rebel Faction Equipment, Spice, Sliced weapons and armor. Player items are not confiscated. “Crackdowns” occur in the wilderness, “Shakedowns” look for covert rebels and occur in Planetary Cantinas (not player Cantinas)
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		+	'''Can I Evade Faction scans?'''
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		+	Yes, you receive the same protection from Faction scans as you do for contraband scans (dependent on your character's ability).
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		+	'''What are 'Faction scans'?'''
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		+	Ever since the GCW meta game was introduced faction players are now always in one of three states, Special Forces (PvP enabled), Combatant (PvE enabled), or On Leave (to all intents and purposes neutral). Players that are On Leave can be scanned by NPC forces of opposing factions and if discovered will have their status changed to that of Combatant and attacked.

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	'''Explanation of Delegation'''		'''Explanation of Delegation'''
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	Also with the ability to /delegatefaction in the game you can sell faction points as a commodity to other players. The cost is ruinous, and if you are not at least a Colonel in rank you will lose a significant amount of faction in the trade as well, but some folks are willing to wait and pay you to delegate them faction. This can be a slow process, depending on how much faction is required, how much you have to begin with and what your faction rank is.		Also with the ability to /delegatefaction in the game you can sell faction points as a commodity to other players. The cost is ruinous, and if you are not at least a Colonel in rank you will lose a significant amount of faction in the trade as well, but some folks are willing to wait and pay you to delegate them faction. This can be a slow process, depending on how much faction is required, how much you have to begin with and what your faction rank is.
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