' Wrote:All we expect in return for enjoying the results of half a decade worth of legwork is a little appreciation of it in the form of joining.
I'd believe that having the faction that you created from 0, getting included in the mod as if it has always been part of Freelancer, is a greater reward for your hardwork than having people joining to an official faction.
Because the day you are not here anymore Panzer, the day that the official CR players decide to leave, your faction dies (not saying this will happen, probably will never happen).
If it turns to be a public NPC faction, then it lives forever.
A faction that has an ID that allows to do, let's say, shoot anyone (Any ID) they want without much reasons, shouldn't be free for all.
CR, SCRA and HF ID's (I'm not sure about RoS) don't have that freedom, and I don't see what kind of harm they would do in hands of independent players.