when i'm grinding rep... if i get grade 5, then sell all my loot from a voyage...
Should I lower and re-raise the emissary flag?
Or just leave it up and run another voyage?
If you get a rep multiplier from loot, then it makes sense to me that you get to GRADE 5 ONCE... and then run a ton of voyages AS GRADE 5.
depends on your scenario
if you're gonna hit 5 again lower and raise
if you're gonna get off soon keep the 5 so you don't have to worry about hitting it again
if you have ships lurking around lower and reraise to cash out and limit your loss
I've been maxed out a long time so I don't remember but lowering gives you a little rep boost right? so if you're chasing rep then lowering makes the most sense and it also helps with the related commendations by helping get the grade 2.3.4.5's over and over again
If you are planning on putting in a long session, I’d advise cycling the flag, assuming you can still get multiple grade 5 quests in one session. Not sure if they changed that or not.
Get to grade 5, turn in the loot, get the grade 5 emissary quest, then drop and re-raise the emissary flag again. Repeat that cycle until you are done with your session. The grade 5 quest is quite profitable, and easy.
Of course, I’d rather you not turn in the loot until the end of your session, but that’s up to you...
@vindlr from the way you are asking, it sounds like you are’t sure if there’s a benefit to keeping a grade 5 flag during an actual voyage, and the answer is no. The emissary level only matters when you sell the loot, not when you pick it up or put it on your ship. With that in mind, selling at grade 5 is always more advantageous, but if you’ll get there again it doesn’t gain you anything at all if you keep it up instead of re-raising. If you aren’t planning on playing for much longer, it would make sense to keep it raised since you won’t have time to get it back to level 5.
