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I couldn't find this covered in the recent Blog, so figured I would make a new thread.
Prior to Season 2, we had five Tiers for Reputation:
0+ Tier 0
10+ Tier 1
30+ Tier 2
50+ Tier 3
90+ Tier 4
Now, we have four:
0-19 Ignored
20-59 Liked
60-119 Admired
120+ Revered
My 8th Level PC was just shy of unlocking Tier 4 with his primary faction, and had already unlocked Tier 4 with All Factions. I was then planning on working on a secondary faction, much like you can do in Starfinder Society.
Now, you'll have to be around 11th Level to unlock "Revered", and it'll be virtually impossible to get above "Ignored" with a secondary faction.
Was there something overly unbalancing about the previous rewards system that this change was meant to correct? I realize this aligns with the GMG, and lessens the amount of "Society houserules", but with the previous setup you could diversify your characters and champion multiple factions. It was a selling point when Starfinder Society first introduced the concept, and I figured PFS2 was keeping the trend going.
Now, if you ever want those Revered rewards, you'll pretty much always have to champion just the one faction, and ignore the rest. Also trivializes the +2 Rep you get from faction-specific scenarios.
Since we can keep the Boons we've already earned, I guess those with Tier 4 Boons are just grandfathered in?
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You can still champion multiple factions if you'd like. But now you can truly dedicate a character to one faction for most (if not all) of their career. I like the change. Achieving the highest tier (Revered) in a faction now has more meaning (along the lines of the Scarab Sages).
As I understand it, yes for the grandfathering in. Though...some of those T4s are obsolete with the new system, like my Grand Archive capstone. I suspect, unlike me, many of those people will complain that their purchased capstone doesn't do anything.
*shrug*
It doesn't bother me. It is not like my efforts to champion Grand Archive were for naught. I'm pretty close to Revered and am excited to see what that means. Others can be enraged if they want to, but I (who is in the same situation) will not support their ire.
