Influence

Influence is a major part of Super Powered. Like money, it can be accumulated in large amounts. Unlike money, it is subdivided into types. Those types along with how to gain and use them follow. You can see how much of each type of influence you have by mousing over your influence on the UI.

All influence gains are based on your style. To improve your style max out Enhanced Senses and Flight.

## Global Influence

Global influence is basically generic influence. It is useable for many things specific influence is useful for but you need to spend significantly more. As of version 0.39.00, the value of Global Influence is doubled, meaning all Global Influence costs are halved.

### Gaining Global Influence

With the gossip social interaction, you can gain 2x your style in global influence.

You can gain small amounts of global influence from performing public ops, but that is mostly incidental next to the Initiative Influence gained.

### Using Global Influence

In all uses, it costs 2.5x as much Global Influence as it would the specific influence.

Visit Ms. Larson at Night City High:

* Change school policy (Cost Varies)
* Get a letter of recommendation (250 Global Influence)

At The Initiative

* H.I.T. (Cost Varies)

At Logistics Division

* Unlock jobs (Cost Varies)
* Improve Job Pay Rank (Cost Varies)

### Global Influence Strategy

Even though the rate of return on Global Influence exchange has improved in Version 0.39, you are still better off spending it directly where you can. Global influence can't be converted into School Influence.

## School Influence

School influence is the influence tied directly to the school.

### Gaining School Influence

The best way to gain school influence is to improve your grades. The higher the better. Keeping your grades at 100 nets you 100 school influence a month.

Working jobs at school can get you a little school influence on critical successes.

### Using School Influence

There are only two things you can spend School Influence on.

Visit Ms. Larson at Night City High:

* Change school policy (Cost Varies)
* Get a letter of recommendation (100 School Influence)

### School Influence Strategy

Since everything purchasable with school influence can be purchased with global influence, and other influences are so hard to come by, it is recommended that you buy letters of recommendation with your school influence and not use it to change school policy.

## Globex Influence

This represents how much Globex likes you and how much pull you have with them.

### Gaining Globex Influence

Currently, the only way to gain Globex Influence is by getting a letter of recommendation from Ms. Larson at Night City High.

### Using Globex Influence

At Globex

* Get Medical Treatment (10 Globex Influence)
* Buy Syrex Injection with a Discount (Varies. see Powers)

### Globex Influence Strategy

None of the uses for Globex Influence can be substituted with Global Influence, so you'll need to trade for it if you want the benefits.

The money discounts on power costs from spending Globex Influence is huge enough that you don't want to waste any influence on medical treatment. Hopefully, you have the $100 needed to get medical treatment without spending influence.

## Initiative Influence

This represents how much The Initiative likes you and how much pull you have with them.

### Gaining Initiative Influence

Initially, the only way to gain Initiative Influence is by getting a letter of recommendation from Ms. Larson at Night City High.

Once you unlock Public Ops and gain daily opportunities to gain Initiative Influence, it becomes the best way to gain Initiative Influence. Due to frequent remote ops and significant energy cost, Flight is recommended to access the remote ops and for its energy regen bonus.

### Using Initiative Influence

At The Initiative:

* Discipline Protocol (100 x new level)
* H.I.T. (20 x (Affected Natural Stat + H.I.T. Count))
* Unlock Ops (Currently only Public Ops for 100)

### Initiative Influence Strategy

Since Initiative Influence is significantly harder to gain than global influence, it is recommended that you only spend Initiative Influence on Discipline Protocol which can't be bought with global influence.

## Logistics Influence

This represents how much the Logistics Division likes you and how much pull you have with them.

### Gaining Logistics Influence

The primary way to gain Logistics Influence is by getting a letter of recommendation from Ms. Larson at Night City High.

Getting a critical success during the Teacher's Aid job and having Mind Control will let you coerce a letter of recommendation for logistics out of the teacher.

### Using Logistics Influence

At the Logistics Division:

* Unlock Jobs (Varies by Job)
* Improve Pay Rank (Varies by Job, increases with each rank.)

### Logistics Influence Strategy

There may not be anything solely purchasable with Logistice Influence, so don't waste your school influence on getting any, just use Global Influence for everything you want from Logistics.