Are those guys still around at all, or is it solely Das Wilde representing Nomad infectees? I remember seeing them flying around a ton in Kusari, but since I've come back I haven't seen a single one, nor any mention of them on the forums in any recent timeframe. Are they dead or just super inactive/hibernating?
They're gone, the Das Wilde are similar but in Rheinland mostly. The K'hara are the nomad faction and they are still active, not the same as the old Kusari Wild though.
You don't really need to have a Wild ID/IFF in order to RP as infected. And since morphs can only pew in self-defense (like any ID allows), you could always make your own "Wild indie char". There's not much of a difference. Though I've actually never seen anyone, who does it. But it's possible.
Oh, I've done it. And it wasn't pretty. An Order battlecruiser orbiting Hamburg, along with one RNC cruiser, a GB and two fighters decided to destroy me, after I objected to their "scanning" of the planet for nomad infestation.