Admin Notice: Factions

[AeternusDoleo]

... if folk can think of activity boosters that do not rely on any new goods or FLHook being created, feel free to share thoughts. For the present, assume anything that requires modifying or a new hook is out of the question. And yea, given that mining factions can both mine and haul with 5K transies, it doesn't really pay anymore to be in a pure hauling faction. That and there's too many of them. Planetform, Synth, Ageira... these are all niche factions which frankly, can be merged into/made subsidiaries of respectively Bowex, Universal and DSE. I'm sure there'll be some strong opinions about this, but frankly, we don't NEED a crapload of house haulers. 2 per house more then suffices. Kruger and ALG merging was also something that was thought of.

As for the AFA... another victim of the indy pirate ID is my personal feel on it.

As for people joining factions, there needs to be a motivator to do so. IMG| tends to do well because of 2 things: We run coordinated, protected convoys that almost always make their destination, and have frequent (semi) organized pews, usually with the Outcasts Tauside. Generate such events on a regular basis, invite your indies, make some screenshots to show people the result and invite more to join the fun the next time. Even getting wiped out can be quite fun if you've had a good brawl prior to it (going in with the expectation of eventually getting blown up is a nice mindset for such events).

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