Talk:Syndicate/@comment-174.67.42.15-20190707041154

>> Demotion can occur when standing goes below the minimum value for the current rank. This can be caused by aiding an opposed or enemy syndicate. Since Update 16, Syndicates no longer require multiple sacrifices if players drop from a higher tier to a lower one. Players will only need to make one sacrifice when moving between tiers.

Ok. It sounds helpful, but it's really not. Let's use a situational example... (1) Say I'm courting the left four syndicates (Steel Meridian + Cepahlon Suda primarily), until they're all at rank 5, and got pretty much what I wanted at the time. (2) Then I turn to focus on Perrin Sequence & New Loka until they're rank 5 (killing my rankings for Steel Meridian, Cephalon Suda, Arbiters of Hexis), and then I got pretty much what I wanted at that time. (3) Then oops, I forgot I need to get that Excalibur's Augment from Steel Meridian, now that I got Umbra Excalibur... but crap, my rank is at the -2 dumps....

At this point... what do I need to do to get back to rank 5 for Steel Meridian? Do I need to painfully rank up again and offer sacrifices, so says, '''Update 16, Syndicates no longer require multiple sacrifices if players drop from a higher tier to a lower one. Players will only need to make one sacrifice when moving between tiers.'''?