Ability Breakdown & Details

At Underworld IV you get Connections which lets you Buy Faction: 20,000c = 250FP or 100,000c = 1250FP. There are however several limitations to this ability:

• You cannot buy any faction if your enemy faction is over 200, "You are a known (insert enemy) sympathizer..."
• You cannot buy faction if your current total in that faction is equal to your faction cap (dictated by what rank you are in the faction). Note: purchasing more faction than you can hold will result in filling your faction point count up to your limit and then losing any excess FP
• You cannot buy faction from an opposing recruiter if you're aligned with the opposing faction

To use this skill go to the recruiter who's faction you want to buy into and select, "I would like to make a donation to your cause" dialog.

Why would I buy faction then? The ability to buy faction allows you to maintain positive faction on both sides, if you do not get in too many scuffles. This gives the Smuggler a bit more freedom in being able to switch sides as he/she pleases and allows you to go to any theme park or story line quest.

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.

Avoid Scans (Smuggling)

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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