Quote:People do need to be pointed in the right direction to ask.
Going to have to agree here, i've been playing on this server since last september. I'm new, i'm indy, i've been here a fairly long time now.
NOT ONCE has ANY of my indy characters EVER been asked to join a faction or been pointed in the right direction by a faction, INGAME. 9 months and not a single faction member has ever invited me to join, not once has a faction member helped me with my rp or given me suggestions of how to make it better, INGAME!
Until recently, and a faction accually gave me some ingame advice. Was in a starflier flying round gamma and looking to join TBH and wanting them to see that i made it to crete in a flea (born on crete). The first "faction member" that saw me instantly says, "buy a different ship". They didnt seem interested in helping me, didnt seem interested in getting to know me, didnt seem interested in letting me join them, and they didnt seem to care what "my" plans were. For all they knew i coulda been getting ready to buy a battleship or cruiser. Did they seem to care? NO. But if i had bought a capship you bet they would have.
Instead, what i got was "buy a new ship", and being this was comming from a faction, i expected that if i didnt, i would be attacked, or kos'ed, or maybe even asked to leave thier space.
Though i will add that later, INDIES helped me survive the first mission i tried, and helped me with a few more missions so i could get the rep to buy my ID. Did the people with the cool tags infront of thier names help me or attempt to "steer" my rp? NO. But i dont blame the factions, they apparently have bigger fish to fry than to help a single indy trying to grow up in this universe. Oh wait, it's the oorp indies they are cussing about, right? That coulda been me, mr oorp indy in a cruiser who was ignored by the ruling faction, but i allready knew better so i didnt buy one.
So yes, i can see both sides of this argument, capships do need to be regulated to a point, but more than anything FACTIONS need to take a little more care, and show a little INTREST in helping the new guys with THIER RP rather than ignoring indies till they buy a capship or forcing a blanket of clan rp on everyone in thier space.
