Reputation

[PseRamesses]

Would be great to gather all experienced information regarding managing reputation in one place. Searched for it and found bits and pieces here and there.

So how do you raise your reputation?

*I never break an alliance, unless the Pope orders me to.
*I never sack or exterminate any population.
*I always release prisoners which raises chivalry = high reputation.
*I never set foot in another factions territory.
*I always join every crusade/ jihad etc.
*If you conquer a settlement and give it to another faction do NOT retake this again unless at war or your reputation will take a dive.
*Destroying a faction will lower your reputation.
*Making a faction your vassal will raise it.


It seems that getting a high chivalry rating for your faction leader is the fastest way of raising your reputation. What´s your experience?

*Having alliances and maintaining them increases your reputation.
*Having good relations with a faction increases your reputation.
*Having bad relations decreases it.
*Having a high chivalry faction leader increases your reputation.
*Having a high dread faction leader decreases it (So best to keep your main bloodline as high chivarly generals, and let some other line of the family be the bastard enforcers).
*The best thing to do is to make alliances with EVERY faction in the game at the start, so that you have allies far off who you don't share a border with and who won't be tempted to attack you.
*Give gifts to any ally who your relations decline with IMMEDIATELY in order to keep your relations at so-so or better (Preferably better, because that increases your reputation faster).
*Pick a couple of factions to be super allies with, and push your relations with them to perfect, and KEEP them there.
*Don't attack an ally ever (Ever).
*Don't attack a non-ally unless they attack you first. In fact, don't retaliate even, only break their forces in your territory (This is good strategy anyway, fighting them on your home territory gives you the advantage because you should be able to choose your battlefields). If you let them keep entering your territory a few times before retaliating and taking one of their territories, you are much less likely to take a reputation hit. See, if another faction has a BAD reputation, you can attack them freely without losing reputation (In fact you seem to gain reputation for attacking them, as long as you're at war with them and THEY started it). So let them attack you a few times before you retaliate, let their reputation fall and fall and then retaliate. Additionally, the higher your reputation goes, the bigger hit the enemy will take if they attack you. I've seen factions go from mixed to despicable after attacking me just one time, when I had very high reputations.

Reputation:
- Occupy increases it
- Sacking decreases it slighty, even against rebels
- Extermination decreases it a lot, even against rebels
- in addition, your pope rating will decrease if you sack or exterminate a catholic city

I´ll update this post with tips so that we get a list.