I need to think about this in more depth but I think the proposal is good tbh. Current rep gain is insane (but fair play to the people that have already bitten the bullet).

I am no rep farmer but initially the only thing I don't like about this is the "When other people have already hit them" section - this completely removes too many players playstyles - some have deliberately set themselves up as to-be-farmed toons and I don't think that should be taken away entirely.

Wars should be exempt from this entirely IMHO.

I need to think about this in more depth but I think the proposal is good tbh. Current rep gain is insane (but fair play to the people that have already bitten the bullet).

Initially the only thing I don't like about this is the "When other people have already hit them" section - this completely removes too many players playstyles - some have deliberately set themselves up as to-be-farmed toons and I don't think that should be taken away entirely.

Wars should be exempt from this entirely IMHO.

KWYY - 15/09/2026, 22:56:03

May be worth removing the scar portion so that those who have adopted that playstyle can continue to do so in some fashion. I think removing the scar portion would make it still viable for a person to do this, they would just potentially need more customers (or they would give progressively less rep to the same customers). So removing the scar portion of this may be enough. I would like to hear Marlis and some others feedback specific to this I think.

You put it better than me but yeah.

Also the 'workaround' to making wars exempt from this entirely would be the equivalent of what Sage is doing now and declaring war on everyone to take advantage of the rep that way. Possibly a loophole that needs closing.

I know many will not like my idea but here goes anyhow. I think the amount of Rep inactive players give should dissipate over time.

Something like

Full Rep up until 3 months of inactivity

75% from 3-6 months

50% from 6 to 12 months

25% 12 months to two years

The inactive player is then removed from the database at the two year mark.

it wouldn't be a sudden change to the current way things are done but it would get players thinking about other creative ways to get that Rep.

Fresh Blood doesn’t really stop rep farming; it just changes how people farm. Players will rotate through different targets for their first 5 full-value hits, rewarding whoever gets there first while devaluing those targets for everyone who comes later. It could actually create more isolation and competition over “fresh” targets rather than solving the farming problem. Also whether they hit every 6 hours or 12 hours, it just means they have to wait in between. 

Imagine 20 farm targets are available. One highly active player gets there first and does 5 hits on each:

20 targets × 5 hits = 100 attacks at essentially full value, including the 115% first-hit bonuses.

Meanwhile, because those attacks contribute to each target's global saturation count, everyone arriving afterward starts pushing those targets toward the 80%/55%/35% brackets. So the early player gets excellent value while helping devalue those targets for everyone else.

This will just boost the price of medding out now as the restrictiveness makes it  profitable. Punish repeated farming behavior, not target popularity.

That avoids creating a race for fresh targets, doesn't punish someone because 12 strangers attacked their target first. However, I guess there will not be a way to address this unless there is a negative value tied to an attack. 

You put it better than me but yeah.

Also the 'workaround' to making wars exempt from this entirely would be the equivalent of what Sage is doing now and declaring war on everyone to take advantage of the rep that way. Possibly a loophole that needs closing.

KWYY - 15/09/2026, 23:09:30

Tbf we did it first while I was at potatoes and yall were farming me. Would declare war and we would go back and forth medding out for the war multiplier. Only reason we stop was because came back to Nueva and a lot of people moved on from the game. 

As a high leveled player who has bought and sold med-outs, this would impact my playstyle quite a bit.

Currently I typically trade 30-50 hits both ways with another player daily at around the same time of day. With this, it would probably change to 5-10 hits both ways, and instead of 1 person finishing their attacks, and then the other doing theirs, we'd end up doing 1 hit each before 1 of us doing the rest of theirs.

Furthermore, because of my level I get attacked multiple times daily by people who aren't paying me to unequip and med out for them, and with this I might have to start self-hosping if I want to be able to sell some good rep hits off still, potentially keeping me from shorter jobs and doing "farming days" for short jobs to get my supplies for my weed farms for instance, and then not sell med outs in those days if I can't guarantee full rep gains. 

HOWEVER, you said TT wars don't get impacted, so with that I believe TT wars would become near essential for rep trading, and rep grinders would settle/guest in cartels based on both whether(/how much) they pay for rep gains, and whether the cartel has a border with a cartel housing 1 or more people they want to rep trade with.

I'm not really sure whether I like the idea of this change or not, but at least this is how I believe it would affect me.
(btw, for how much high leveled players get attacked, I was attacked twice by 2 different players while writing this response because i medded out to start a new job)

I know many will not like my idea but here goes anyhow. I think the amount of Rep inactive players give should dissipate over time.

Something like

Full Rep up until 3 months of inactivity

75% from 3-6 months

50% from 6 to 12 months

25% 12 months to two years

The inactive player is then removed from the database at the two year mark.

it wouldn't be a sudden change to the current way things are done but it would get players thinking about other creative ways to get that Rep.

RENO_CHALAMET - 15/09/2026, 23:13:34

Yup, don't like it, and here's why:

1) I believe you should be able to get back into the game years down the line even if you've gone inactive, and not have to start over (I assume you mean to delete players when you say to remove them from the database.

2) Inactive targets are mainly targets for newer players, and the "creative ways" to get that rep would be standard jobs, reviving and missions

I know many will not like my idea but here goes anyhow. I think the amount of Rep inactive players give should dissipate over time.

Something like

Full Rep up until 3 months of inactivity

75% from 3-6 months

50% from 6 to 12 months

25% 12 months to two years

The inactive player is then removed from the database at the two year mark.

it wouldn't be a sudden change to the current way things are done but it would get players thinking about other creative ways to get that Rep.

RENO_CHALAMET - 15/09/2026, 23:13:34

Diablo has already publicly stated that no inactive accounts will be terminated. Game is designed to be played how you wish. The only penalty of being inactive 2 years is now you are 2 years behind. I considered the same thing a while back until he chimed in and it made perfect sense. Life happens to all of us. You should be able to come back at any time to your account exactly as it was.

I know many will not like my idea but here goes anyhow. I think the amount of Rep inactive players give should dissipate over time.

Something like

Full Rep up until 3 months of inactivity

75% from 3-6 months

50% from 6 to 12 months

25% 12 months to two years

The inactive player is then removed from the database at the two year mark.

it wouldn't be a sudden change to the current way things are done but it would get players thinking about other creative ways to get that Rep.

RENO_CHALAMET - 15/09/2026, 23:13:34

Diablo has already publicly stated that no inactive accounts will be terminated. Game is designed to be played how you wish. The only penalty of being inactive 2 years is now you are 2 years behind. I considered the same thing a while back until he chimed in and it made perfect sense. Life happens to all of us. You should be able to come back at any time to your account exactly as it was.

DAS_DADDY - 15/09/2026, 23:57:11

That's fair enough, just thought it was worth putting it out there and I didn't know it had been suggested previously