Forlorn Hope - Forlorn|-

[Shelco]

In the year in which Forlorn has been existing there basically has never been a complaint or real criticism. Feels bad to be the first one to do so.

First off: No matter what anyone says, you are good peeps, your RP skills are very good and I'd enjoy RPing with you if that chance would come to stand. The people you have in your faction are all enjoyable which I can say from my own experience but there are a few things I want to address.

I cannot imagine Forlorn as an official faction, here's why I (PERSONALLY OK?) think why:

a.) What is it going to get you?

Should you become official, what will happen? I feel like it will be a rush of happiness at first but then you might realize that it isn't going to get you really far. No bases, no owned systems, nothing you don't have anyway.

b.) The mercenary part

Since Forlorn are mercenaries, I don't really see much mercenary stuff going on, when you started to amass ingame you did a lot of that and I definitely give you credit for it. But now all I see is occasional bounty hunting, something we have an official faction for already.

c.) So many possibilities

What makes Forlorn so good for people to watch is the depth of the characters, but are the characters really Forlorn? Or have they developed Freelancers with a tag? Freelancer factions have infinite RP possibilities, no ZoI, you are as free as a birb and yet your activity mostly consists of sitting around Trenton and having hourlong RP with others. Rp, a bad thing? No, definitely not but as a faction you should have a purpose, moderating tea parties around Trenton is none. I never saw a Forlorn ship really going beyond the basic stuffed places to search for unique RP, if DWR wanted to RP with you, we'd probably never get to that point unless we come to Liberty. You should spread the wings your ID gives you.

d.) The Liberty thing

Yes, Liberty is by far the most active place and nobody is going to judge you for being there. But should it really be the centre of your activity? People enjoy the RP you are providing by talking a lot with characters bypassing you and that's why your support is really big in the game. But one needs to judge by the claimed purpose of a faction as well. Imagine if I would gather 3 DWR Wraiths to sit at Trenton all day and talk to people. Sure, RP would come out of it, maybe stories but is that what Bundschuh pilots should/would do all day? Is that really the purpose? Not really. I'd not even write this if I would get to see you elsewhere than Liberty and surrounding systems.

Apart from that, I can't really say much. I know your RP is very good, but funnily enough, I've never had any RP talk or similar with a Forlorn ship since I am not flying in Liberty, which kind of confirms my thoughts.

What I would wish from Forlorn is more RP outside of Liberty with more diversity in people, not always the same people with the same characters at the same place. More possibilities to make something out of the many things you can have RP-wise. More faction-related RP that really shows Forlorn as the role it wants to portray itself instead of individual character RP drama and problems. That is not a bad thing but shouldn't take over the majority of your activity.

Anyways, hope to see you guys elsewhere from time to time and see more diversity Good luck ^-^

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