gaining/using/exchanging funds/science/reputation

[KerbMav]

Options:

a) using influence to collect external funds (sic!), garnering a reputation for perceived wasteful spending

using influence to gain access to scientific data, reputation drops for perceived inability to do my own research

c) starting a marketing campaign, investing money to up my reputation

d) paying someone money to do research

e) selling scientific data for money

f) going public with scientific discoveries to gain fame

Thoughts:

b+d) As long as I am paying for the data I at least seem to be somewhat competent to lead a space program?

e+f) Am I loosing some kind of exclusive rights or why can I not use the data myself (for the tech tree)?

Brings up the thought if things should be handled differently:

Maybe we should have to gernerally sell science, science being the reward for doing experiments on missions for which we do not have a contract and contracts no longer giving science, as well as certain goals paying out reputation (like the first Kerbal on the Mun, to be combined with the upcoming flight log).

So we would be getting funds and reputation for doing contracts, science collected during missions would be exclusively sold for funds or publicized for reputation, additional reputation is gathered by achieving certain goals.

The tech tree would be unlocked not with science, but with funds, resolving the old discussion why science from gathering rocks on Duna leads to better engines being constructed.

Conversion for the three currencies would come down to: science -> funds, science -> reputation, funds -> reputation, reputation -> funds.

Players enjoying contracts gather funds and reputation that way, players with their own mind set gather science and exchange it for the other two.

Now, reputation would still need a purpose above making certain contracts available?

[Red Iron Crown]

I'm curious if the exchange rates among the currencies will be "lossy", e.g. if you trade a certain amount of money for reputation and back again, would you still have the same amounts you started with or less than before?

[KerbMav]

I'm curious if the exchange rates among the currencies will be "lossy", e.g. if you trade a certain amount of money for reputation and back again, would you still have the same amounts you started with or less than before?

Mine is the general concept, I will leave balancing to the geniuses!

But yes, your question is still valid for the upcoming stock currency exchange. (Ha!)

[mythic_fci]

But yes, your question is still valid for the upcoming stock currency exchange. (Ha!)

Dem puns son, dem puns.