(07-22-2013, 11:06 AM)Bootsiuv Wrote: Lolrawr, that answer smacks of elitism.
Why is it assumed that if I haven't joined an official faction I'm automatically less able to rp, think about strategy, diplomacy, lore, etc. etc.
That isn't the assumption, and that isn't what I said.
The fact of the matter is, without representing an official group, or without being a part of an official group, how under Discovery's system of doing things, would you be able to be in a position that would enable you to change the diplomatic standing, or the laws governing the factions that comprise any given "House", or any other entity like that?
It's not elitism, that's the way it works on Discovery, and it has ever since I joined in 2008.
I wanted to be part of the story at large, I wanted to have an effect on the story at large, so I joined official factions, and now I do have the ability to change things, and now I do have the ability to drive some faction and story based elements in a specific direction.