"New faction creation process and representation" discussion thread.

[Blodo]

I have a certain amount of issues over this thread:

1. Wouldn't "forcing" a council of factions effectively rob player factions that share the same NPC faction of any uniqueness that they may hold? After all, the 3 different Outcast or 3 different Corsair factions don't differ much in their main task repertuar (kill the Corsair/Outcast), and are wholly in RP doing that. But what they do differ in (especially the Corsair ones) is their relations to other factions that they may or may not encounter in their area of space. One Corsair faction has stronger alliances, than another, while another might not respect a faction as much as the other one, etc. etc. forcing a shared diplomacy robs them of that possibility in my opinion, and is wholly detrimental to server RP.

2. Why do we still need to pay the 500mil fee to submit a faction proposal? If anything, this rewards not the ability to RP but the ability to powertrade a few hundred mil... which any kid can do basically. I would be quite content if that fee was removed frankly... I have faith that the community, as inquisitorial as it is today, will tear apart any potentially malicious request without as much as a glimmer of mercy. Then - as mentioned in the other thread - judging by the outcome of the proposal thread, the admins can stamp approval or just quick lock it and declare it a failed try.

I'd especially like admins to comment on this, since I feel those are important issues.