Being able to trade - If you want to stick to one faction it must be able to make money.
Being able to shoot [Nomads, Wilde, Freelancer, Independant Pirate, Smuggler, Mercenary, Junker, Hogosha]. - I dislike unknowns who bridge between unlawful and lawful. I want to be able to shoot those at will.
RPing a businessmen - Goes with being able to trade.
RPing a soldier - It's a space shooter after all.
A good rank structure - Makes things clear for everyone. Good members - A must for any faction. A large amount of members - Helps with faction activity
Can dock anywhere/a lot of places - Helps with giving a faction a lot of options.
A large variety of possibilities, Mining/Trading/Fighting in one faction - Helps with giving a faction a lot of options
Being Official - The rights bestowed on official factions tend to give you a little more oomph as a faction.
Can do Legal and Illegal stuff - Gives you more options in roleplay. Note that "illegal stuff" is more then just shoot-the-transport piracy.
Wide awake in a world that sleeps, enduring thoughts, enduring scenes. The knowledge of what is yet to come.
From a time when all seems lost, from a dead man to a world, without restraint, unafraid and free.
Mostly retired Discovery member. May still visit from time to time.
- Having mature and sensible members with the ability to speak fluent English
- Shared accounts
- Helpful support for new members
- Official status
- Not PVP oriented
- Interest in forum roleplay
As you can see, only a few factions on the server fits my criteria.
Let me see in my view on what I WANT on a faction and Discover itself that can get my activity very 'high':
- Players that are active or/and friendly to talk with
- Having rights on getting Large Vessels (ANY RANK - this can go with the great promotion system)
- Having to go any where and RP (Faction Rules or ZoI kills the most of the fun, tbh)
- Indies are treated as a normal players. (I have so much reference and example to point at, but I won't call Faction Names)
- Lots of active PVP on the system (I.E.: LN vs RM, BR vs KU, and Cor vs OC)
- More Mining Activity on other Systems (Dublin is getting annoying lately)
- Mission Runnings
Typically, I really would like Freedom on Discovery *sigh*
Staying on one system or the faction your are in ZOI is really not fun - more like being in prison >_>
Just my PoV on the Faction System's. Heh - I usually log in for no less than 20mins in game; 30mins being the most (if something interesting caught my intentions). However, ... yeh...
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Gonna get some lemon tea - most of my aching is relieved ^_^