Official Faction Change Suggestions

[Charo]

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Suggestion
Type: Official Faction Rules
Title: Less strict checks on unpopular factions

Specifics

• Niche/Unpopular/factions with otherwise no representation are held to a lower standard to stay official (less time per quarter)
  

Potential Problems

• Factions could suddenly drop off to nothing but claim that they should fall under this ruling
  
• Factions in more popular areas can claim discrimination/unfairness
  

Example of Effect
Factions with no NPC representation can still have someone to speak for them even if they're not a faction that draws in a lot of players. It would also help with factions that gather a bunch of people, grind to be official, then lose players, burn out, and can't fully maintain that activity.

Further Discussion
It's pretty common that factions that people say they wish there was a faction for will get a burst of popularity, apply to be official, then fail their first check because they can only get 1-2 days. There are also some factions that won't have their activity for most of the quarter then grind everything out in the last few days just to stay around. This wouldn't change anything for NPC factions with multiple groups, but it would give other factions where it's only a few people playing a chance to get in place. If another faction pops up on someone claiming this, they could be pushed to normal standards.

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