A problem we need to address. - the indy

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basically what you are saying partially is: "Someone else treated me wrong and therefor they are all bad" and also "They cannot be held accountable and therefore they dont matter."

Wrong.

I was saying that the difficulty in differentiating them results in generalization, and that should be taken into account if you are an indie and getting treated badly.

I also never said that they don't matter, rather that they can avoid consequences of their actions more easily than everybody else (as long as they stay within the scope of server rules of course).

Seeing how the rest of your post seems to be based on those two false interpretations or wrongly drawn conclusions, it seems to be moot.

Fine. Your point is that they can just re-name themselves and go on their way.
So are you saying then at the moment in game when you encounter an indy they should not be treated like an official just becasue of that?

The whole point is immersion and the like. Yes a group will be there. Yes an individual can come and then be gone the next day. At that moment though when you encounter an indy is it fair to judge? imo no it is not.