How to make official factions better?

[jimmy Patterson]

Indies unbalance the game.

1: They have far less checks and balances placed upon them. They can, and do, run around in places thier faction tags shouldn't be, fly ships and equipment thier factions shouldn't, and role play however the whim takes them. I've seen Rhineland Gunboats in the heart of Liberty, Liberty Cruisers enforcing laws they made up themselves, and Corsairs Landing on Lawful bases. I'm not saying factions don't have these problems, but thier regulation keeps it to a minimum. People in factions do not want to lose rank or standing, and the threat of such helps moderate thier actions. The only moderation placed on indies is that which they place themselves and the few basic server rules.

2: Independants retard the role playing growth and evolution of the game. It is called ROLE playing for a reason. You pick a role you like, and play it. There is enough of a variety that everybody can find something they like. When indies take and say they are something, but then toss aside all the parts of the role they don't like, they aren't playing the role. In most cases, they are sacrificing role playing to achieve something in game mechanics. Take the rogues for example. I have seen all kinds of indie rogues, and I'm betting it's because they don't want to start out with the wimpy bloodhound type ships the faction requires. Well, it requires it because it's part of the Rogue role. By bypassing or discarding it you are playing outside the role, or playing ooc.

3: The current system rewards independents by allowing them to obtain equipment and to engage in behavior that players in the factions cannot. This is very definately not right, as it is the factions that drive the role play within the community that is Freelancer. Shouldn't the players who keep the community going by playing thier roles be the ones rewarded? What would happen if all the lawfuls in Liberty suddenly left the factions and subjected us to thier different and dissimilar views of Lawful Justice? Think about it, you aren't a police officer just because you buy a gun and a uniform. You have to go through the training, prove you are both physically and mentally fit for the role, and then gain the respect of your superiors and peers.

4: By limiting and/or negating the indipendant players abillity to achieve certain things, you encourage them to join whichever faction suits them best. Some will rebel, no doubt, and play only mediocre examples of thier factions. Those are still better than the chaos create by playing roles at odds to the ones they declare. And for those who refuse to play by the faction rules, well, they can still be a force within the game. Just because they can't get the best ships doesn't mean they can't have fun. A bomber is still a powerful ship, and a train still carries a lot of cargo. They can still have fun, pirate, make millions, they just have a lessened impact on the rest of us who will follow the rules and guidelines.

ignorance is bliss yet again you paint EVRYBODY NOT TAGGED as a RETARDED 2 YEAROLD BABY

yes there the majroity(the two year olds) but they will adot just enough of a veil of roleplay so there still two year olds yet cant be kicked out of there faction(i should know because i see it daily i just dont report it because i cant post screenshots for sanctions but i do tell the leaders of the factions im involved in)

if were so much of a problm google FREEWORLDS its a mod inwhich you NEED to be in a faction
independents are what make discovery discovery

i supose youl lwant to remove special roleplay requests or guard ids next or remove caps entierly
if you strom(and the rest of the indie haters) worked with the ones that roleplayed alot of the problems thatcexist would be greatly deminished punish the ones who break the rules not the ones that play there part(ie me MB52 Tenacity to name a few of a rather large amount)

getting to your comment about bypassing parts of oles you dont like,what if your simply unable to use them (ie me with fighters or bombers) yet you need them to get higher in rank(ie samy me to get the fort Louisbourg back) then what,your wrongly limited because of something that is to often or not beyond your control( all the training in the world wont help me in fighters there simply to fast its like*pew pew pew=dead).

im a slower more Tactical thinker,more akin to an Admrial or a genenral not a fighter jock capitol class ships give me that style of play call me retarded call me slow cal lme whatever but unless freelancer allowsa a joystick fighters and bombers for me are out of the question.and you strom would drive me along with alot of other roleplayers away from the mod because they are in MY same boat

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