This is a game. The faction rules are out there to protect the faction members' rights to have fun as well.
Rules don't restrict, they enable.
The faction rules enable the members of the factions and the rest of the community to have fun. Akumb, if you could get this idea past your selfish mind, I believe that it would soon become clear why this is a problem. Not everyone here plays during the same time that you do. Perhaps you don't see the problem during this time period, but it does not mean that other people don't see the problem.
Regarding factions not respecting indies...
Completely untrue.
Factions disrespect indies that march around and try to act like faction leaders. Factions disrespect indies that are indies for the sole reason of getting a capship and skipping the whole rank-advancement process. Factions disrespect indies that have no idea of what ZoI is, and create massive amounts of trouble and discord in their ZoI.
You say that you never see any of this. Fine.
We don't care.
The fact of the matter is...we, the overwhelming majority, see this stuff go on every single day.
