Well, from one point it's really good to see someone, at least, trying to hold away from whiny_qq attitude which at some point became very common amongst the old factions. The disco have changed and whinage is coming from the point of how it is now different from how it used to be in "good 'ol times". New factions are building on the basis of the current situation and qqs are less oriented on how it's everything wrong but rather on how they can't get XY gear, rights, rules. But to be honest there is no person who would generate the "general concept and development plan" for discovery server so it just rocks down following the population demand. Population need more fun and pvp and wanna have to fuck less with various rules, factions, rps, srps, restrictions, etc so we go that a way since majority wants that.
Old factions need to take it as it is and move along or disappear manly.
Hope you'll be alright since factions are just tending to disappear now w\o anyone attempting to put effort into making new official\unof factions. Being official, unofficial or a faction at all is now not necessary so welcome to the red book.
P.S. On being dicks. As I said many issues are coming from the degree of the changes which is meeting resistance from the old fashioned groups which can be, as one of the possible reactions, become kinda cocky because of the feeling of something shifting from warmth of the stability. I hope to be right it happened because of that and not because of the people simply being dicks themselves. I didn't had much opportunity to meet with VR so far expect few minor encounters in theta and omega 3 (from what I remember) and those were far from giving any info on the faction at all. I'm looking forward to have more fun.