Something that has always irked me about official factions...

[sindroms]

Before we begin, again, keep it civil. I know that the topic is potential drama material, so my apologies beforehand and any moderator can close this thread at the first sign of namecalling.


This post is only my own opinion, you have all right to disagree, but do not try to force that view on me via arguing. We know that it will not happen.


Factions in general have many bonuses and rights, but is it just me, or are they slowly starting to slack on their responsibilities. The main one is to progress and evolve the RP of their chosen NPC faction and it is an important thing to do, but there is something I have noticed over the years and no doubt this has been brought up before, but I think that now would be a good time to take a jab at it.

Now, this is coming from me as an ex leader of a faction (LR), ex member of a faction (RM, 101st, Keepers, .:j:. etc) and the creator of multiple groups (MD, Allertons, Cyprus, Tridentes, [*], Torpedoes etc) and I must say, that when it comes to RP interaction and RP opportunities, an official player faction should not represent the whole NPC faction.

NO! SHUT UP! STOP SHOUTING! And let me explain.

Obviously, this is not currently the case with every faction on the server, because for some factions it does make sense to represent the whole faction, such as RM, BAF, LN and KNF. But in other cases, it does not- Liberty Rogues (Unorganized, individual mix of pirates, smugglers and unlawful freelancers), Xenos (Moderately organized, but without a leader or ''admiral'') And so forth. Again, to note, I am using the examples because those are the factions I know the most about.

The reason why I say that one faction should never represent the whole NPC faction is simple. They have too much responsibility. It is not about the power they have, it is about the current way that interfaction diplomacy works.


Let us take an example of the Junkers in Liberty. They are constantly walking on the edge of a knife because of both smugglers and pirates docking on Rochester. The LN will instantly flack the .:j:. because of this, and they will have to pay for every individual mistake made. This is convient, because they can FR5 the offenders, but it does not make any sense in the Junker RP.

Keeping neutrality between them and the locals is a must, of course, but this can be done better. If the .:j:. did not represent the whole Junker faction or the ownership of their bases, then the LN could not pin the fault on them and if it came to LN marking all Junkers in Liberty as unlawfuls, the .:j:., as a group, could always develop individual ties to the LN leadership without this RP effecting other Junkers.

In other words, if this would be implemented, individual groups could evade the drama caused by their official faction and vise-versa. This is profitable to BOTH sides.

Same with the Zoners and Corsairs- The mistakes of individual groups ended up with the Theta drama.

Same with the Allertons and Zoners and Xeno Alliance. The actions of Allertons ended up with massive QQ between the Zoners in Keplar and the XA.




The only downside to this is that factions would instantly lose the right to us FR5, because they are not representing the thoughts of their faction and, having served in a lawful military faction, I can imagine how annoying would it be not to be able to FR5 smugglers.

Even more so, the official factions would lose their power within their own NPC faction. If the LN were only a subgroup of the navy, then surely their power over independents would lessen. And this is not always a good thing, since one of the faction responsibilities is to make sure fights are fair and the officialdom does grant some sort of rank and respect.

But this would also be a good thing, because the RP evolution of an NPC faction could be influenced by multiple groups. As far as tech chart requests go, if the individual gets a green light from one of the many groups, why shouldn't they be in the green.

It is not really the fault of official factions or groups, mind you, this is more about the fact how interfaction diplomacy is handled right now. Actions of a few instantly causing drama between groups which, no doubt, are sometimes looking for a reason for such accusations. Sometimes.


Anyway, this is just a rough writeup of my thoughts on this. Comment and tell what you think. The bottom line is, should official factions represent the WHOLE npc faction. Sometimes it makes sense, sometimes it does not and we have no right to deny other factions their rights only because their NPC faction is different from others.


Such a suggestion has multiple pros and cons, sure, and it would result in a complete faction rule overhaul, not to mention it would cause some confusion and disorganization between factions of the same ID.


Keep it civil.

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