"Elite factions"

[Blodo]

To my mind this works like this: some factions are open, you can join, you can fly as indie, nobody will ever bother you. Others operate as tightly knit and controlled rp as possible. If you don't like it, don't play it.

The point is there is a choice. Some people like to be part of a strictly controlled RP where anyone who joins can and probably will die if the leader decides so (SCRA). But if you hate that kind of control over you, then you join a different faction where there are few or no rules. It's all down to how people prefer it, and just because some people do not like other people having control over their RP does not mean this is every single player's here opinion.

If that was the case, factions like the SCRA would be empty of players, because lets face it - nobody is press ganged into them. People join because they want to and they understand what will happen to their chars when they join. So I would say in the interest of variety we shouldn't really force people how they want to run their factions... if their RP makes them evolve into an SCRA like "elitist" entity, then sure if they can pull it off by all means let them stay that way.