Dop has it right Kacijon. Most factions group up when they come on and use the group channel for chat. Unselie, I think he was meaning an actual channel in game that is assigned to factions for private chat. Just like in big MMORPG's that have /guild channels for talking.
I think it's a great idea... it would certainly encourage players to be in an official faction... gets lonely out there when there's no-one to chat to.
And possibly have a 'nooby channel' for new players where they can get constant advice...
I'm not sure how easy it would be to set that up though because the Faction leaders would need to be able to give and take away chat priveledges.
I was a Guild leader in the horrid WoW and that chat system was fantastic for Guild/Faction management!
"War. War never changes. Since the dawn of human kind, when our ancestors first discovered the killing power of rock and bone, blood has been spilled in the name of everything, from God to justice to simple, psychotic rage."
I think the teamspeak server is really underused. Although, a channel that sends a message to ALL Outcasts or ALL Bundschuh, would be quite cool. I think its probably impossible though.