' Wrote:Without specific examples of what you mean, all your arguments are a little vague. Who suffers from these rules, which factions are limited because of that, how, and how will your suggestions change that?
Specific examples will incite a flame war.
Any faction that is doing the bare minimum to hang on to activity and their NPC ID should get active or get out. Do you disagree? I think factions should be vivacious, dynamic, and active, and if an official faction fails to accomplish this and cannot regain its livelihood once more, my opinion is that the ground should lie fallow for a month or two. Is that such a calamity?
No, its not. But can only be a solution when there is a faction who wants to take the spot of the official faction! Else the faction will just disapear and that it worse if you ask me. And, if there is a rival faction, why not try to work together with the inactive faction, see what you can do to make them active agin, perhaps even swap out some leadership positions. Saves a lot of time and works just as good.
Also, I very much doubt there will be a flamewar if you just point out an example and answer my questions regarding them. Which of the currently inactive faction has an unofficial one wanting to take over?
Ingenious, you seem to assume that there is always for every not so active faction an alternative. I personal know from my own Volksfront that why we aren't very active ourselves, the amount of Bundschuh indies is close to zero. You say everything needs to be of a certain level, but you forget that some NPC factions simply have less players in general.
' Wrote:No, its not. But can only be a solution when there is a faction who wants to take the spot of the official faction! Else the faction will just disapear and that it worse if you ask me. And, if there is a rival faction, why not try to work together with the inactive faction, see what you can do to make them active agin, perhaps even swap out some leadership positions. Saves a lot of time and works just as good.
Again, this is preferable, too. The hourly requirements are an incentive for this.
' Wrote:Also, I very much doubt there will be a flamewar if you just point out an example and answer my questions regarding them.
This thread is already dangerous. Let's not pour gasoline on it.
' Wrote:Specific examples will incite a flame war.
Any faction that is doing the bare minimum to hang on to activity and their NPC ID should get active or get out. Do you disagree? I think factions should be vivacious, dynamic, and active, and if an official faction fails to accomplish this and cannot regain its livelihood once more, my opinion is that the ground should lie fallow for a month or two. Is that such a calamity?
Instead of asking for 300 hours a month (which is way too much), you should think of stuff that promotes roleplay. I mean, you know what people do if they need hours to keep themselves official? Space idling. Do we really need that? Not really. I wouldn't mind the 30 hours/month if the faction during that time would actually do something instead of going afk (I've seen it numerous times) in space.
Edit: as I said before, the RP events are a good idea. Try finding more ideas like this.
' Wrote:Instead of asking for 300 hours a month (which is way too much), you should think of stuff that promotes roleplay. I mean, you know what people do if they need hours to keep themselves official? Space idling. Do we really need that? Not really. I wouldn't mind the 30 hours/month if the faction during that time would actually do something instead of going afk (I've seen it numerous times) in space.
' Wrote:The 300 hour figure is no longer up for discussion.
' Wrote:Again, this is preferable, too. The hourly requirements are an incentive for this.
Why is that. If the unofficial faction wants to merge and change some stuff, how will an increased minimum help?
' Wrote:This thread is already dangerous. Let's not pour gasoline on it.
Then all your arguments will remain vague and nobody will really know what consequences it will have. Really, examples help visualize what you intend to change.
' Wrote:Why is that. If the unofficial faction wants to merge and change some stuff, how will an increased minimum help?
Because the official faction now has a reason to merge. "Join, or die."
' Wrote:Then all your arguments will remain vague and nobody will really know what consequences it will have. Really, examples help visualize what you intend to change.
What I intend to change is quite simple: slight tweaks to hourly requirements to make it more fair. It has nothing to do with killing off specific factions or anything like that. I am not going to point out specific factions I think should or should not die, because I am not the judge of that.
' Wrote:If you are inactive, it is your responsibility to step down and let someone whose RL permits to lead the faction properly.
I've been trying to find a new leader or co-leader for RepEx for years. Literally. Every time I hand it off, the new leader disappears. In that time, there have been no unofficial factions for Republican. I have stated multiple times that I'm open to other groups setting up, and possibly merging.
But RepEx is still on the very edge of in activeness. Now tell me, if that slot lies empty, who is helped?
Also, isn't refusing to roleplay with people ooRP?
' Wrote:What I intend to change is quite simple: slight tweaks to hourly requirements to make it more fair. It has nothing to do with killing off specific factions or anything like that. I am not going to point out specific factions I think should or should not die, because I am not the judge of that.
No, I don't think that is true. If it was you would not have started out by asking for a 10 times increase in the faction activity requirement.
It is pretty clear to me that you have an axe to grind with factions. Maybe you had a bad experience with factions. So now you are going to try and pull the old, "I have a different opinion than you, so I am going to try and ruin your fun." I haven't seen any part of your "proposal" that is geared toward improving factions, only trying to run them out of business.