Faction hits on the diplomatic pouch quest.

[Matuse]

Well, I figured "If I side against CB, I can always raise the faction again later...if I side against the smugglers I'm probably screwed for ever with the smugglers", so I helped the smugglers. Got the following faction hits:

Tawar Galan Foreign Visitation Area -500
Ca'ial Brael -500
Ca'ial Brael -500
Tawar Galan Foreign Visitation Area -500
City of Tanvu -500
Gulgrethor +5
Port Of Martok -500
Hidden Market +500

I'm thinking that the faction assignments on this quest are bugged. If you were supposed to lose a thousand points of CB and TG faction, wouldn't it just be a single hit of a thousand points (or -999, if there is a digit limitation)?

Thankfully I did a...LOT...of work orders in Tawar Galan prior to this, so it didn't drop me to KOS or anything.

[Melios]

The same thing with faction doubling occurs with Khal civics.

As for "The Hidden Market," over on VGTact forums, Aruspex assured that choosing to rat out the smugglers will not be a catastrophic setback with black market activities.