Respect: Factions in UWE

There are four factions in UWE: Mafia, Cartel, Street, and the Dragon Syndicate. Each day, you can pay respect to one of these, and you will receive two things.

First, you will get 100 Respect Points. As you gain respect points toward each faction's maximum of 6000, you will receive valuable weapons, vehicles, and gear. Paying respect to a faction isn't the only way to get Respect Points (RP). You get them from PvP, from Bosses, and from District Jobs. In PvP, if you beat a Mafia guy, you get Mafia RP. This is limited to 10 RP per day. In boss jobs you often get a point or two based on which LT's you defeated. In district jobs, each job has an affiliation, and you get an award every 6-10 rolls. Sometimes it's longer, sometimes you hit several in a row. There is no daily limit on the RP earned in district jobs. Note: you can still get RP on a district job even after you have five stars on it.

Second, you will receive a stat point. Each faction gives a different point. Mafia gives energy, Cartel gives stamina, street gives defense, and syndicate gives attack. Note: if you pay respect to the Cartel, you get 200 respect points, and you can't give respect again for 48 hours.

Most players do a faction to the max and then do the others, in whatever order you like. I have done mafia first, because I'm an LSI build and I want lots of energy.

There are some achievements associated with respect.

• FOOT SOLDIER. Pay respect 5 days. 1 FP. 
• AFFILIATED. Pay respect 25 days. 5 FP. 
• UNTOUCHABLE. Pay respect 50 days. 5 SP. 
• FAVORED ONE. Pay respect 500 days. 25 FP. Some of the very first players are near this goal. 
• KING OF KINGS. Pay respect 1000 days. 30 SP. 

Some of the most powerful gear in the game comes from factions. El Aguila (Cartel)is a pretty good pistol. Lightning (Street) is an awesome car. There are guns, cars, chainsaws, a cute little bicycle, dynamite ... just about a complete kit for a mobster. If you don't believe me, just look at the weapons and gear selected for your class, by pressing SEE MORE on the Class Power page. 

After you reach 6000 RP with a faction, you can continue to give them respect. You will still receive a stat point. You won't increase your RP past 6000. 

My favorite thing about giving respect is that when you "finish" a faction, you get more than a prize. You get a FACTION POWER. Your character gets a skill boost. 

• Cartel: +20 Attack, +1% Critical chance
• Syndicate: +10 Attack, +2% Critical chance
• Mafia: +30 Attack, +15 Defense
• Street: +15 Attack, +30 Defense

You only get the Faction power when you are "in that faction." This is a bit complicated. The forums have several cases to demonstrate it. Whichever faction you have the most RP for, that's who you are. But when you finish a 2nd one, you have a tie, right? Then you're whichever one you gave respect to last. There are times that players say they have "changed factions" after a PvP battle or doing a District jobs.  I think that it's been changed so that once you're maxed, you get it based on last respect given, not last respect point earned. 

There are some correlations between the faction powers and the classes. I'm going to oversimplify, and say that the Cartel faction power is great for assassins, the Syndicate faction power is the best for snipers, that the Mafia is for heavies and the Street is for enforcers. Try them all, see what works best for you.

I didn't get the idea about respect at first, and it took me almost 60 days to reach 6000 for the Mafia. Because I had been accumulating points doing jobs, it only took 15 more days to finish the Cartel. In 60 more days I was "finished" with all four. You can do it quicker than I did, but think of it as a 4-5 month project. This game calls for patience, and the combination of patience and respect is good in the game and outside it.