Planets and factions

[(PSN)Raven-Ghosthawk]

Are planets owned by one faction, or is there factional redistribution? I ask because I'm honestly getting a little annoyed with the Corpus map being everywhere, including a Grineer planet (Mars) -- which throws a big wrench into planning.

[0_The_F00l]

Most planets are "owned " by a single faction (exceptions exist),

But there may be a few nodes that are owned by a different faction either temporary or permanent.

Ships in particular can be different than the base planet.

[_Tormex_]

Also, the faction for a mission is shown on the navigation screen when you click on a node. If it is different for different missions (Normally as a result of hunting a kuva lich), then the main faction will also be displayed in the form of a sample enemy.

So since Mars was the location of a civil war that resulted in the Corpus getting pushed almost completely off the planet, only 2-3 nodes are permanently Corpus. The rest are either Grineer or Dark Sector. Dark Sector missions are always infested.

[(PSN)robotwars7]

planets are usually owned by one faction, but there are exceptions to some nodes:

- Dark Sectors, which are Zones where the infestation has taken control and are quarantined from the rest of the system. only Infested can be found here.

- Crossfire nodes: Ultor (Mars) and Plato (Lua) are the frontline between Grineer and Corpus, both of them appear here fighting each other. in Lua's case Sentients can appear too. Valac and Armaros (both Europa) are also classed as Crossfire, where Corpus fight Infested (though it incorrectly states Grineer)

- Mars, which was the site of one of the largest clashes between Corpus and Grineer. the Corpus retained Tharsis, Gradivus and some of Ultor, but lost the rest of the planet.

- Lua, which has been contested since coming out of the Void. the Corpus own most of Lua's far side, the Grineer own much of the rest. IIRC, both factions fight on Pavlov too.

then of course you have invasions, where if the invader wins, they occupy that node for 24 hours. personally I would love for invasions to be more like actual campaigns, where you can choose to help the faction of your choice take over an entire planet, not just a few nodes. 

[FRTE_Ret5o]

Once upon a time the invasion sistem was used to determine if a faction owned a place or not.

But the infested started to own every planet.

Now just ownership for a brief time after an invasion.

[DrivaMain]

Really wish we can let a faction control all of the planets for a very short period. Hopefully when DE started working on The New Wait again we can see that happening.