' Wrote:however, we might want to revise our point of view of the dragons. - i myself have some problems with that, too. - but we should maybe just face the facts. the dragons are one of the largest factions around. - no less than two playerfactions and countless non-factionized players form up the ranks of the dragons. - many more than there are hessians for example ( the third largest pirate faction in sirius ) - and almost as many as there are outcasts.... and definitely more than there are KNF ( funny thing there )
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Since multifactioning is allowed here, and faction member numbers are not moderated according to established lore, this analogy fails. I do believe players should be able to shape things in an RP server dynamically, but, according to the example of the Bood Dragons, there should be some self-moderation by established factions ("Hold on! We do not want more members or the Kusari Navy will get alarmed by our growth and come and bombard Kyoto to smithereens!")
Also many people join factions just for the sake of joining them, while the faction itself rarely has members online, unless it's some pre-organised "Battle Slot" (I hate those things, I believe engagements should not be organised as events, but in case of pirate or revolutionary groups, as silent hit-and-run attacks).
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