Bad boy reps

[Dauphin]

Haven't played in awhile and can't remember...

If you damage your reputation, say from Honourable to Respectable, is it possible to repair it back to Honourable, or are you tarnished forever?

[St Leo]

Your badboy status goes down by 1 point every four years (actually, every year % 4 == 0) on all levels other than Very Hard and every eight years on Very Hard.

[Dauphin]

SO only annex a country once every four years. Got it

[Maniac]

Actually it's -1 BB per 4 years on all difficulty levels , except on Hard it is -1 BB per 8 years, and on Very Hard -1 BB per 6 years. Don't ask me what the logic of that is...

[RobRoy]

If you don't like waiting, and don't mind being manipulative, there are some tricks you can use to reduce badboy ratings you feel are unjustly inflated:

- lose CB provinces in a war, then take them back in a later war;

- surrender TPs and non-city colonies in a war, then take them back in a later war;

- surrender provinces to pagan powers in a war, then take them back in a later war (works best using CB provinces of that pagan power).

These approaches carry some risk and cost, of course. Also, the self-appointed guardians of morality would probably condemn such behavior (thereby making it infintely more attractive IMHO).

[Dauphin]

I had a slightly tarnished reputation for 20 years. I was at peace and my rep didn't improve.

It has improved before after conquering territories, but not as quickly as expected, is the system buggy, or is just me?

[Mongoose]

Each level has a range of four badboy points. It can take 4 improvements to cause a change in the description you see in-game. To see the number, you have to dig through the save file.

Use a text editor, search on 'badboy=' there is a value for every nation. Find yours. Change it if you like.

[Dauphin]

Thanx.

Makes more sense now.