How to make official factions better?

[Alex.]

I'm probably being cynical, but many of the pro-player faction ideas seem to me to be only thinly-veiled attempts to wield power over others. Lording over others is fun, especially if you really aren't in a position to lord over anyone in RL.

Being an indie isn't all roses. Player factions can be veritable forces of nature when working together for common goals. An indie is pretty much all by his lonesome.

/signed.
And I think you lot are forgetting something - how would you possibly RP restricting base docking, when players are fully part of the faction? (Not player faction, but carrying an ID means you are role playing a member of faction x).