Making Factions More Desirable

[Sabru]

In theory we could break down the faction system into tiers rather than the official/unofficial we have currently so that factions can apply to which ever tier matches their acceptable responsibilities. The base tier could be something simple like being added to the tracker, mid tier could be added to the forum section and the ability upgrade a PoB level and top tier would be all the bells and whistles, or something like that.

How would simply layering the current faction system across several tiers create a standard that couldn't be achieved? By spreading out the perks and requirements a lot more factions could get useful bonuses that would otherwise be inaccessable with the current model.

The problem is that official factions need more power, not unofficials or indies.

I have to agree with croft because i can see where he is going with his tiering idea. It's not taking away what small amounts of power official factions have but having opportunities for small groups, indies et al who put in effort but who, under the current system, cant access the benefits traditionally associated with putting all the effort in because of a matter or official or not. A tier system, as Croft suggests, would allow factions and groups to say \'this is what we do, this is what we want to do\' consult the tiers and see which fits best with their needs. This crosses over with Shiz's post about how, in some areas, factions with non-standard goals and RP and methods have come into being and become successful. Part of the problem as well is that in some cases, official faction leaders and HC can denigrate unofficial factions for petty reasons or no reason at all. They only see position and influence (or lack thereof) when what should be considered is the quality of their RP and actions. Dunc, i think, has the right mindset in treating UFs as just another faction and not as some inferior group that isnt worth anything.

Imho, official status is a flawed concept in the first place. It judges factions solely through a clock, regardless of RP quality or actual RP contribution to the server.If there was no such thing as officialdom, we might have more people trying to cook up groups for the same faction and their worth would be judged by actions, not by what is essentially a stopwatch.

I think i get what Spazzy is on about is that going for officialdom and being official, at the beginning of each it is fun but then it becomes tedious as the shine wears off and the (as frequently stated earlier in this thread) negatives start to outweigh the positives.

phew, didnt expect to say so much.

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