My thoughts concerning factions/Indies and other such stuff.

[AdamantineFist]

I'd like to note that it's late and I haven't taken the time to read everything here, so some of this might already have been addressed.

For factions like criminals, corporations, Zoners, yes. But for factions like the LN and RM, no. They are all led by a single body and/or leader. There cannot possibly been an "LN who is not part of the LN" or "RM who is not part of the RM" under logic.

I agree with you here, yet I think we should note that the LN is not restricting indies much.

The problem arises when the leaders of the country are roleplayed. Otherwise each and every ID'd but non-tagged member of a military is no more independent than those who are tagged.

It's meta-gaming through and through...

Edit:
Hmm. It'd be nice for both sides to listen.

And your problem with this is? We are acting within a community of people, and we have to respect the history set by others. You can't just waltz into a history class and inform them that the Romans, in fact, did battle with laser rifles and expect it to be considered true. People RPing as heads of state merely add more depth to the whole game. Also, if there is a navy, then of course it has a chain of command, which results in commanding officers and heads of state. If you want to join some sort of military force, then you obviously want to be within such a chain of command. That's what militaries are all about. If you don't want that, then stay away from joining a military. It's that simple.

Thing is, most indie, as well as some factions (however it is much more rare since they are a whole of players willing to do something big for a whole) only perceive what is surrounding them from the 1st person
"ME, MY SHIP, MY INDEPENDENCE!"
Most of them, don't realize the problems some factions are facing due to some of them. For example, Liberty factions must pay for the OORPness of some players ( PVP gets turned off), Corsairs space is overcrowded and full of caps unbalancing fights, then their enemies whine because they always fight in an unfair environment. What most indies don't realize is that, FACTIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE OF INDIES AND THEIR DECISIONS; They do something wrong, faction pays for it and nothing really happen to the indy most of the time. That is one of the reasons why factions try to keep the number of indies small.

This is why I dislike having a lots of indies in NY, An Indie, to fly a capital ship, SHOULD first deserve it! Not just go to the shipyard and BUY it!

That is my 2 cents

Agreed in full.

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