How do missions that benefit individuals affect my Neuromancer rating?
According to this answer, your Neuromancer rating is increased when you harm corporations, but decreased when you harm individuals.
What about pro-individual missions?
- Improve our associates' academic standing
- Create part of a new identity
- Generate a University Degree for a friend
- Clear a criminal record
Do these increase or decrease my Neuromancer rating?
Best Answer
"Improve our associates' academic standing", "Generate a University Degree for a friend" and "Clear a criminal record" all decrease your Neuromancer rating as far as I can tell.
I've just had my rating decrease to Neutral after clearing someone's criminal record, and I remember I had the same happen when generating or improving an university degree (it was one or the other, can't remember, but I would be surprised if both didn't behave the same way as per your Neuromancer rating).
I wouldn't be too hasty grouping "Create part of a new identity" with the others however, since it targets deceased people's records and could be seen as a pro-hacking move. Unfortunately, I have yet to see a rating change when running these missions.
Note that the easiest way to test it is to run the mission just after having had a Neuromancer rating increase : since increases are smaller than decreases, if you don't lose your rating it means the mission is good (or neutral? not sure there are any) for your Neuromancer rating.
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