Reputation is decreasing

[Pdstrange]

Don't know if it's a bug, or just a game mechanic I haven't encountered before, but the reputation gained by healing a wounded (and unconsious) Police NPC, is lost very fast after it has been rewarded - this happening WITHOUT me looting or doing anything else. It happend right after I reached 18 points of reputation with United Cities, it dropped as if it was paid to do so, and It stopped again when it reached 2 points.

[hbrown]

That is normal, i saw somehwere the explanation for it but atm i don t know where so i ma try to explain, part of the reputation you earn will be lost, but there s always a small amount o it which is set, like in 50 rep earned 5 are set, Something like this, this said, is no bug no worries.

[UndefinedM]

yes, it's normal. if you check your faction tab you'll see there's two bars, a red and a green one. when you heal people you get a big temporary bonus, the red bar, that fades rather quickly but ends leaving a small permanent green bar bonus. eventually if you heal other factions a lot you'll get huge permanent reputation values (i got dust bandits and hungry bandits neutral, for example)

[hbrown]

Oh i was asking me about that, because i seen red bar positives and i was in mind could be negative rep but in that case would not make sense for how it was, but now i know what it means, thank you.

[philthymcnasty]

Its a nifty mechanic, because it gives you the chance to heal the enemies to be neutral, then run like hell to escape when they get angry again.

[Pdstrange]

ok, thanks alot for the answers, glad it's no bug