yeah I will keep at it -- I have had at least 5 or 6 increases though and never gotten past where it's currently sitting, and the last one was "Extraordinarily positive" but you never know -- I also haven't hit the first main quest marker in Act 2 so maybe that has something to do with it as well.
cheers,
not sure if this is a bug but I have not seen my reputation for Defiance bay increase for a long time, currently it shows Ally (faintly good) -- even though I have had several boosts since hitting that level -- I also just finished the cinders of faith quest and received a extrodinarily positive boost and it's still sitting at that.
I'm guessing I need to to update in order to complete Eder's questline (unless I strongarm the scholar for the records)