A thorn in our side [Can we pull it out?]

[uspatriotsf]

First let me start out by saying that any rules that exist here in Discovery were all put into to place as fixes to problems that occured time and time again. They were not rules that were instated as arbitrary regulations right from the start. Nor were they put in place to deal with an issue the first time it happened. The same goes towards the guidelines for faction creation.

There is no set rule that there can be no more than one player faction per NPC faction. Like many have already stated, and you seem to understand, there just better be a damn good reason to create another one. We do not want clones of existing player factions here. Faction membership is hard enough to maintain.

Now the guideline that you be here for a certain amount of time first (5 months is not the rule) is not an attempt to be elitist. Its simply an attempt to keep the legitimacy of our server in tact. We here pride ourselves on RP, fair play, and the overall cohesiveness of the factions within it. Like it or not, you do need to develop some sort of rapport with the rest of the community before adding to the faction pool. It is difficult enough for the admins to deal with unruly individuals let alone unruly "official" factions. This is the only reason why we do not permit brand new players from starting factions. Basically in order to lead a faction, you need to be responsible for the actions and RP of your entire faction. We just want to make sure that folks starting a faction will be able to do so. Also the faction needs to fit in, so to speak. A brand new player, in most cases, is not able to judge what will fit in and what wont. Again, it is no way intended to be elitist at all.

Honestly, I don't know why everyone wants to lead their own faction... It can be a huge pain in the arse a lot of the time.

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