The level of combats you receive will increase depending on how many levels of Combat Infamy you have, consequently raising the difficulty of the combats as well as the total combat bounty. Combat Infamy does not effect patrols at all, but effects all combats encountered during flight legs. Combat Infamy increases combat difficulty by 2 levels per level of Combat Infamy. Maxing out Combat Infamy requires 1080 Combat Skill Points.