Samarran Raiders

[Agmen of Eladesor]

It's alright to ask them to add the official factions, but I don't understand why you are so against it when they also add unofficial factions that significantly define their RP and day to day activities. That indie group sure will feel more important to them than some official faction in Rheinland they never meet (and maybe never should meet), when I am shooting their butts all day everyday, and when they have to deal with me all the time.

Yes, that sounds arrogant and it's not intended to, but if a group is not an official part of the server, then you should simply post how you are with the main ID's. Indie groups have to already use someone else's ID - whether it's Outcast, Corsair, or whoever.

That also was my point - please add all the official factions, even if you're not planning on interacting with them, so that the admins will have a better idea - should you become official - how to set your rep-ninja, especially if you get your own ID. (Just because I'm not an admin anymore doesn't mean I suddenly forgot how stuff on the server works.)

Note that many unofficial groups can and do exist on here. They also, because they're unofficial, come and go freely, and also they are not the 'Keepers of the Lore' of their ID. That's one of the few benefits of an official faction. In the years that I've played here, I've seen 'groups' come and go - sometimes in the span of just a few days. I've also seen groups with only one or two members show up - make big splashes for a few months - then go away.

So basically it's all well and good that those groups exist. But for an official faction that is going to influence the official lore of the server - you deal with the official factions first, and any unofficial groups as secondaries. On your official list of who you're friends and enemies with - in other words, when I hit F8 and check my rep sheet - I'm not going to find those groups listed - only the generic ID. And without being able to go to the official faction page on the forums - that's where you have someone like me, that's an experienced player - going, who the heck are these people?

And if those people exist on Discovery, why is MY faction not listed as worrying about them? Do I suddenly need to check the BHG and the Core sheets, to see who these people are, because they have their own reps?

In other words, something as simple as your rep sheet can affect everyone else in Sirius (and Gallia). Also, just because you say you're not going into Gallia - doesn't mean that somehow or other the devs won't support an invasion by the Gallics into the Taus where you DO operate - so you need to have how you are with the GRN, the Council, and everyone else you COULD run into.

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Oh god... The end of days... Agmen agreed with me.