concerning factions and their influence

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@ShadowTek: I wouldn't really say that factions necessarily need to boost membership, or that changing leadership would serve to boost said membership at all.

For example, in terms of faction size, the [LN] is really quite large, and we get new members all the time, leadership isn't something that should change unless a leader is doing something 'wrong', or being a detriment to the group that they lead. That though, is why the [LN] for example has a chain of leadership made up of more than one person, that way no one person has all the "control", and if say I wanted to do something completely unpopular or wrong, my "HC" could veto my decision and prevent me from doing anything, if they really wanted to, and I think that's a good thing.

Leading a faction successfully is something that requires motivation and dedication, so switching out every 1-2 months would likely be a detriment to many of the factions out there right now.

In fact, out of any faction that I've been in, and any faction that I've been a leader in, I think that the way the [LN] handles faction leadership is probably better than any other that I've been involved with. It's been the most successful so far as I've seen.

Anyway that's not really the point of this thread, I think? Different factions have different leaders and different leadership styles, and mostly, that's a good thing.

If people don't want to join a given official faction because of the way that faction operates, and they'd rather play independently, that's perfectly fine, and I encourage that, really I do. However cooperation between independents and official faction players should also always be encouraged, Independent players and Official Faction players do not need to be opposed to one another, and there doesn't need to be animosity between the two

I would argue that Official Factions should -Not- be the "Majority", that would put a damper on variety and do more to cause stagnation than anything else. If everyone was in official factions, you'd always be flying with the same people, doing the same things, and that would get boring really quickly, in my opinion. Again though, all of that is a topic for another thread, I think. (maybe?)

But whether this is a part of the larger issue in this thread or not, I'm glad to give you my feedback as I think it will serve to show people that "Official Factions Vs. Indies" doesn't have to be a thing that happens at all.

Both can exist, and both do exist, and that is absolutely fine. They do not need to compete.

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