I am proud member of Benitez family, I am regular soldier, so I can not fly anything above bomber, I have to follow orders of our Elders and I must conduct my char according to strict rules of the Family.
I, personally, don't complain, because of I like this and additionally this is the best group of people I ever met in internet. They are friends.
But from an independent player point of view I have nothing from being in the faction, besides restrictions. As an indy corsair I could fly every corsairs ship, do what I want, up to rules border. Nobody can tell me what and when to do and how. So what is the point for casual player to join faction?
Restoration of oficial factions means to give them more power. That means limits and restrictions for indy casual players.
We have to give oficial factions the power over cap ships, 5k trade ships, fun toys such as jumpdrives, cloaks or docking modules, and PoB, and influence over the direction of mod development and story.
Do we want to do that? Do Admins and Devs want to do that?
If we are not sure, so just forget the officialdom of factions and allow players to organize in the informal groups only. less problems, less rules, less work.
