(X3AP) No way to raise status with Boron...

[Bill Bones]

I started as a "bankrupt assasin" and that automatically gave me 99% Queeen Nemesis status to Borons. I thought that this could be improved by either running missions (but nobody allows me to accept them), trading (but I can't dock nowhere) or by killing enemies in Boron territory. Yet, i still haven't seen a single bloody pirate/xenon in the Boron border sectors... Menelaus Paradise is dead peaceful and also is Atreus' Clouds.

Have I been terribly unlucky or xenons and pirates no longer spawn outside of their sectors? Shall I give a try to Rolk's Legacy, Mists of Elysium or Faded Dreams?

Is there any other way to get those slimy squids to like me?

[Jumee]

you have been unlucky and another way is to do missions for boron that are outside of boron space

[NeverSnake]

Letting Borons buy from your factories should also work I believe.

[Ripskar]

Have you tried slaughtering Split in Boron space?

[theblackhunter]

This, sit in one of their outlying sectors with high split traffic and murder all the split

[Bill Bones]

Darn... so i'll have to spoil a bit with Split... are you sure this works in AP too?

[AL'42]

Accepting missions from stations outside of boron space (from the boron representative at the station) is the normal way to go.

I’m amazed Menelaus Paradise is so quiet, but then again I’ve also noticed hardly any enemy activity outside of the Terran / Argon war. 80hrs into the game, 1x Griffon sentinel and a few kestrel scouts, loads of spare cash, haven’t seen the need to buy anything bigger

I thought someone said DiD was gonna be tougher in AP.

[A5PECT]

An old trick in TC was to look for patrol missions in a non-Boron sector that was adjacent to a Boron sector. Get one that crosses the border, then shoot down the enemy ships that spawn in Boron space for the reputation reward.

Of course, while you're fighting the Xenon/Kha'ak/Pirates you may also have to dodge the local police forces gunning for you without shooting back, but I always thought combat could use a little more difficulty.

[Dead_Goon]

Is there any other way to get those slimy squids to like me?

Passive trading.

I had the exact same problem with the Argon in the Terran commander start, sooo, to get around it you set up a plex producing something the squidies want, & you build it in a sector bordering squid space ( but not actually in squid space as they might not like that ). stock it with plenty of money, don't asign CAGS or traders, & go about your business as per usual leaving the plex to slowly raise your rep ( which it will over time ).

If you want to speed up the process, build three plex's ( i built 3 1mj plexs to part the Argons from there money & rep ).

[Bill Bones]

Accepting missions from stations outside of boron space (from the boron representative at the station) is the normal way to go.

I’m amazed Menelaus Paradise is so quiet, but then again I’ve also noticed hardly any enemy activity outside of the Terran / Argon war. 80hrs into the game, 1x Griffon sentinel and a few kestrel scouts, loads of spare cash, haven’t seen the need to buy anything bigger

I thought someone said DiD was gonna be tougher in AP.

Xenon 597 is deserted, I traveled 60 km from the gate and only encountered a lone Xenon N... couldn't lure it into Menelaus Paradise.

I wonder where did all the reds go, now I only see those silly Borons everywhere.

[A5PECT]

I noticed that the Xenon that migrate around the eastern end of the universe tend to get stopped by local RRF forces.

[Nanook]

Is there any other way to get those slimy squids to like me?

Passive trading.

I had the exact same problem with the Argon in the Terran commander start, sooo, to get around it you set up a plex producing something the squidies want, & you build it in a sector bordering squid space ( but not actually in squid space as they might not like that )....

You don't actually have to place it that close. You can find Boron traders all over the place. A good trick, though, is to set the factory to enemy for every race but the Boron. That way, only Boron trade with it and you can maximize your Boron rep gain.

[willyshop]

You could always declare war on the Boron and start destroying their sectors until they capitulate!
(If only it works like that )

[VincentTH]

You could always declare war on the Boron and start destroying their sectors until they capitulate!
(If only it works like that )

The way it works, both in X3TC/AP and XTC (the eXtended mod for X3TC), is that at the bottom rank, doing missions would NOT earn you any rep increase. The only way is to kill enemies of the race in their sector. There are a few ways to do that:

- Get an Assssination mission that takes place in that race sectors.
- Get an escort mission that originate in a Border sector of the race
- Get a patrol mission that goes through the race sectors.
- or just kill pirates/khaaks/race enemies spawned or passed through their sector.