(01-02-2021, 05:38 AM)EisenSeele Wrote: TBH, we need to rethink what we expect from OF's. Attaining officialdom in itself is a huge chore that few successfully accomplish - and for little or no tangible benefits unless they're trying to make a new kind of faction or canonize a new NPC faction.
The process of maintaining officialdom has little or nothing to do with contributing to the server in any real capacity - a lot of people either just log out of sheer obligation and do the bare minimum to keep the legacy of their hard work from dying, and it's not a good look.
Cannot really input on farming time but I wholeheartedly agree to the post above: the whole system of OF is worth being reconsidered. As of now there are little to no incentive becoming and therefore staying OF. If we require of OF RP contribution, activity, and else, then the benefits should correspond their expectations. Right now the benefits are really really meagre and can easily be achieved on an indie or UF with the correct approach. Unless the OF really have something unique to benefit from their status except for ID (that can be tailored by UF by choosing the ID corresponding their gameplay), unique tech-comp (again, UF and indies can SRP/find the proper ships available to generic IDs), farmable CAU VIII (that is still to be waited for ages), and almost never used FR5, I see no point becoming an OF.
