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moro Level 5 Seer Posts: 1	My primary association just switched over to "Destroyer" even though I have never laid a mine (I swear!). Maybe I'm just a newb, but this seems strange to me. Can taking missions created by Destroyers have that much influence on my primary association? Or is this actually a bug? by moro 10 months ago \| Permalink
merci Trustee Level 16 Benefactor Posts: 269	Taking missions by Destroyers does in fact change your association. :) by merci 10 months ago \| Permalink
alansz Level 7 Seer Posts: 10	Since we're on the topic, I have some questions about that. My associations seem to change nearly daily. Today I'm a Bedouin. Let's say I make a (bedouin) mission. Tomorrow, I'm a Vigilante. Is my mission now a Vigilante mission, or is it still a bedouin mission because I was a Bedouin when I created it? If the latter, how can you tell what association goes with a mission? (If the former, you can only really tell by clicking onto the profile of the creator, right?) by alansz 10 months ago \| Permalink
skawesome Level 20 Pathmaker Posts: 50	Missions do not change association with their creator. If you're concerned about taking missions influencing your association, you can see missions listed by their association on the mission page. However I'm not sure what the best way, given a mission, to figure out what kind it is. by skawesome 10 months ago \| Permalink
rmrrose820 Level 11 Vigilante Posts: 4	I haven't played much at all this week because of school craziness and yet my association suddenly changed to Bedouin, something which I definitely don't feel I've done enough to be. Despite trying my best to stay a vigilante it just keeps changing. In fact, all three of my associations changed to something I had not had at all before... by rmrrose820 10 months ago \| Permalink
jwilk Level 7 Seer Posts: 43	Actions should way out weigh missions taken for a players association. I have planted 50+ St. Nicks on people (using St. Nicks more then any other tool by far) and none of my 3 associations are Vigilante. On the other hand I have never given out any armor and have set off less then 20 mines and I am main Association of Bedouin. by jwilk 10 months ago \| Permalink
evegrimm Level 8 Pathmaker Posts: 113	Yes, there is indeed wackiness. Yesterday I was a Vigilante/something/Bedouin. Today I am a Bedouin/Seer/Benefactor, although I haven't given/used armor much in the last several days. However, the Seer association is completely odd, as I have never set a portal, ever. Any ideas, PMOG mods? by evegrimm 10 months ago \| Permalink
coolbito Level 8 Seer Posts: 110	I don't like being a Bedouin... I wanna go back to destroyer but it won't let me :( wah wah wah... But for reals... I'm having pretty much the same problems... by coolbito 10 months ago \| Permalink
brentemerypieczynski Level 10 Pathmaker Posts: 6	The Recursion page on Wikipedia has a portal which goes to, the Recursion page of Wikipedia. by brentemerypieczynski 9 months ago \| Permalink
mrhackman Level 5 Seer Posts: 3	There is certainly something up with the associations: in the past 4 days I've gone from pathmaker/seer/vigilante to seer/destroyer/bedouin to (currently) destroyer/vigilante/benefactor. Normally this could be chalked up to taking missions, but I've taken maybe one or 2 missions in this time. I've used a few saint nicks and mines, but I've deployed one portal ever, and made one mission. Methinks there be a glitch there captain! by mrhackman 9 months ago \| Permalink
evegrimm Level 8 Pathmaker Posts: 113	My associations have changed again! I was a Vigilante/Bedouin/Benefactor yesterday, and today I am a Destroyer/Vigilante/Benefactor. Question: Does giving mines shift associations? 'Cuz I did that. But other than that...I have no idea how I became a Destroyer. I've tripped quite a few mines, but never placed any. And as far as I know, I've only taken a few Destroyer missions, long ago, at the beginning of my career. by evegrimm 9 months ago \| Permalink
typhon Level 11 Pathmaker Posts: 124	There are some answers to a few of these questions on http://pmog.wikia.com/ More would be great. by typhon 9 months ago \| Permalink
insanegoblin Level 10 Seer Posts: 9	yeah, happend to me too. i became a destroyer but i haven't laid any mines recently. by insanegoblin 9 months ago \| Permalink
pixielo Level 20 Pathmaker Posts: 3706	Missions make your Association... I almost completely ignore my Tools use for Association calculations...I just take a few missions, that's it. Much, much easier to keep track of... http://pmog.com/forums/pmog-misa... by pixielo 7 months ago \| Permalink
zenmatt Level 7 Bedouin Posts: 2	It'd be nice if the tool usage bar had a tally of your missions taken by association. I realized after a while that missions affect your association. So, after that point I've only been taking missions from the three associations that I wanted. Yet I notice today that my association changed to seer again without taking any missions or tool usage. So, it seems something is up. by zenmatt 7 months ago \| Permalink
pixielo Level 20 Pathmaker Posts: 3706	The Seer Association does seem to show up when you go a bit more passive (or downright dormant.) While this could be odd, considering that Seers are probably the most passive of the Associations--they just deploy Portals and run off, leaving other players to come across them, perhaps this makes sense? =) by pixielo 7 months ago \| Permalink
jh-m Level 16 Destroyer Posts: 1	My Current associations are: 1th: Seer (for 1 portal) 2th: Pathmaker (for 0 lightposts?) 3th: Benefactor (Again, for 0 crates) My conclusion: this system doesn't work and besides, if you can't buy the tool you need to change it, like mines to be a destroyer, then how Can you change it? by jh-m 7 months ago \| Permalink
sylverling Steward Level 20 Pathmaker Posts: 1601	Take more missions of the association you want to be. And realise it can take 1-3 days for your association to change. by sylverling 7 months ago \| Permalink
pixielo Level 20 Pathmaker Posts: 3706	By taking Missions, and taking Missions only; seriously, Associations are not broken at all...Tool use really doesn't have that much of an effect at all. Take Missions to change your Association. by pixielo 7 months ago \| Permalink
zenmatt Level 7 Bedouin Posts: 2	pixielo, I wonder if you're right, that doing nothing for a while puts you towards seer. Because I had taken missions to get my associations how I wanted them. Unless I unwittingly did something else to change them. by zenmatt 7 months ago \| Permalink
pixielo Level 20 Pathmaker Posts: 3706	@Zenmatt It is just something that I've noticed; I am all for empirical observation...every single person who has said 'I went dormant for a week, now I'm a Seer, wtf?!?!' seems to illustrate that point to me. What other class really does absolutely nothing to benefit from its Tools after they are deployed? Only Seers. Of course, I could be totally incorrect, but try reading this thread and make your own conclusions. If you haven't taken any missions for at least 4 days (to let one 72 hour cycle pass) and are now a Seer, I do think that this is an adequate explanation. Now, with that said, I think I'm off to strike up a convo with the guy who codes this stuff. I'll let you know if I find out anything good! by pixielo 7 months ago \| Permalink
maryrobinette Level 9 Destroyer Posts: 5	Just to add to the conversation. My secondary association became Destroyer overnight and looking back through my list of taken missions NONE of them are Destroyer missions. Never laid any mines besides the very first one as a part of the tutorial when I signed up. by maryrobinette 6 months ago \| Permalink
pixielo Level 20 Pathmaker Posts: 3706	@Maryrobinette http://pmog.com/forums/pmog-news... by pixielo 6 months ago \| Permalink
maryrobinette Level 9 Destroyer Posts: 5	Thanks for the link. It's cool to see the new changes, but I'm not sure that answers the question of why I've now got Destroyer listed as my secondary association. I've only used one mine and that was about a month ago when I joined. by maryrobinette 6 months ago \| Permalink
pixielo Level 20 Pathmaker Posts: 3706	@Onerythm Missions have already stopped giving Association classpoints... http://pmog.com/forums/pmog-news... by pixielo 6 months ago \| Permalink