Official Faction Activity First Quarter 2019

[Vendetta]

Another problem with that is how do you gauge activity based on forum posts? It seems unfair to certain factions which lack an equal opportunity in that avenue.

It doesn't need to be solely what was achieved as forum diplomacy/stories, I'm fairly sure that for factions that are quite centered of combat (xenos, nomads, etc) and hostilities simply reporting successful raids and such would also be a good indicator that they've been doing things and playing their role. It's not a one size fits all sort of criteria, which hopefully would also mean it's less likely that people just grind it for the sake of grind too.

I personally don't understand why when you're applying for officialdom your ingame performance, gameplay attitude, roleplay and community's opinion is taken into account, but as soon as you earn the badge you're stripped to merely having to log on for 24 hours every month or so. Maybe it's also a good indicator of why often it happens that factions lose motivation as soon as they achieve officialdom as they no longer need to put effort.

I agree, though I've always considered a portion of the criteria negligible as the "community's opinion" can often be subjectively negative with no real merit or cause and gameplay attitude varies on circumstance. It might be good to have an overhaul of those guidelines and some form of criteria should be established for incentive and continuation of efforts.

Ideally, a system in which faction efforts (with obvious, necessary moderation) can be somewhat reflected provided the so-called "high standard" of Official Factions is met. This'd make it difficult to obtain officialdom as it should be rather than just time consuming, and harder to stay that way.

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