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I am curious to see how it will go, but there's maybe a few things I'd like to point.
The first thing is, here, there's an image that is not showing up. Maybe put the said image on imgur, copy the link and add .png at the end.
The second thing, just my picky side, I find the faction page light even if it is well made. Maybe add more more details in the background section? More background, more interest I guess? And maybe you can add bases where the group operates mostly even if you stated you operate in Omicron, Edge Worlds, Border Worlds, select House systems.
The third thing is: How will you consider AIs? There's nothing about them in the section of allies/enemies. I suppose you put them neutral? That's just me as an AI player and faction leader speaking.
The last thing, more forum utility than anything, you could make a signature linking: Faction page, Message dump, Recruitment and discord maybe. And if you want to be fancy, putting an image (the logo)
I concur with all of the feedback above. Specifically in regards to fleshing out your faction.
I think the infopage is in for a rewrite in regards to the origins. For example, some of your founders are from "Bretonia's institute" and "Rheinland's Daumann Division". As someone who's been around to read too many infocards, I would automatically know that the former is referring to Cambridge Research Institute, but new players may not. For the latter, it should be "the Daumann Corporation". I think you could really do with going through and writing up a definite origin to at least explain why all these corporations who are competitors at least in part decided to partake in a joint venture.
I also agree with Lyth's above implication that this faction may be better off on one of the non-generic Edge World-native ID's. There's nothing against yet another freelancer research group - they've been around since the start of things - but you might at the very least want to establish a general theme beyond "black market technology inventors". I would suggest the Junkers as a good replacement, as they're noted to do the dirty work for various house organizations and have an inventive streak, while having the relevant ID lines.
At the very least I think a name change would be good to distinguish yourselves from "The Core" which do many of the same things, in the same area, and will probably see you as a competitor worth shooting.
I am curious to see how it will go, but there's maybe a few things I'd like to point.
The first thing is, here, there's an image that is not showing up. Maybe put the said image on imgur, copy the link and add .png at the end.
The second thing, just my picky side, I find the faction page light even if it is well made. Maybe add more more details in the background section? More background, more interest I guess? And maybe you can add bases where the group operates mostly even if you stated you operate in Omicron, Edge Worlds, Border Worlds, select House systems.
The third thing is: How will you consider AIs? There's nothing about them in the section of allies/enemies. I suppose you put them neutral? That's just me as an AI player and faction leader speaking.
The last thing, more forum utility than anything, you could make a signature linking: Faction page, Message dump, Recruitment and discord maybe. And if you want to be fancy, putting an image (the logo)
Hey! Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it.
1. I’ll check on the image and reupload it to Imgur, thanks for pointing that out!
2. That’s a fair point about the faction page—I'll look into expanding the background section and adding more details about our primary bases.
3. As for AIs, yeah, they’re currently considered neutral, but I’ll clarify that in the allies/enemies section.
4. We will add everything soon.
Thanks again for the suggestions!
(03-09-2025, 06:13 PM)Guthixibis Wrote: I concur with all of the feedback above. Specifically in regards to fleshing out your faction.
I think the infopage is in for a rewrite in regards to the origins. For example, some of your founders are from "Bretonia's institute" and "Rheinland's Daumann Division". As someone who's been around to read too many infocards, I would automatically know that the former is referring to Cambridge Research Institute, but new players may not. For the latter, it should be "the Daumann Corporation". I think you could really do with going through and writing up a definite origin to at least explain why all these corporations who are competitors at least in part decided to partake in a joint venture.
I also agree with Lyth's above implication that this faction may be better off on one of the non-generic Edge World-native ID's. There's nothing against yet another freelancer research group - they've been around since the start of things - but you might at the very least want to establish a general theme beyond "black market technology inventors". I would suggest the Junkers as a good replacement, as they're noted to do the dirty work for various house organizations and have an inventive streak, while having the relevant ID lines.
At the very least I think a name change would be good to distinguish yourselves from "The Core" which do many of the same things, in the same area, and will probably see you as a competitor worth shooting.
Happy flying.
Hey, thanks for the detailed feedback! Really appreciate the insight.
Origins: That’s a great point about clarifying the references. I’ll make sure to explicitly name Cambridge Research Institute and Daumann Corporation so it’s clearer for newer players. And yeah, I’ll flesh out the origins more to better explain how these different backgrounds came together.
ID & Theme: I get the concern about the Freelancer ID. We’re sticking with it for now, but I’ll take a closer look at alternative IDs like Junkers to see if they’d fit our vision better.
Name Similarity: We definitely don’t want to be confused with The Core. A name change isn’t off the table, and if it becomes an issue, we’ll reconsider.
Thanks again for the thoughtful critique!
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I just read through do op of your faction info and honestly it's more closer to the Technocracy than the core, cus no house ties or monetary obligations as well as the clandestine nature. Particularly surrounding the alien.
All in all, it's pretty barebones but it's alright. Using the name core in the name isn't exactly exclusive to the Core faction tbh. Your name is fine
(03-14-2025, 03:58 PM)Kauket Wrote: I just read through do op of your faction info and honestly it's more closer to the Technocracy than the core, cus no house ties or monetary obligations as well as the clandestine nature. Particularly surrounding the alien.
All in all, it's pretty barebones but it's alright. Using the name core in the name isn't exactly exclusive to the Core faction tbh. Your name is fine
Thanks for reading through and for the feedback! I see what you mean about the similarities to the Technocracy—that wasn’t my primary inspiration, but I can see the overlap. I plan to expand on the concept further, so if you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them!