All faction is borked. Trust me on this.
Here's the thread I started on the topic....
http://project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=448
I know for a fact that faction is borked. There's no way in hell that I should have gotten from 8 to 12 on that Koalindl quest without one single faction upgrade. I know on Live, it took like 5-6 fish from Amiable to become warmly. But as insisted, I don't know how faction works..