Well since I was asked to give my personal opinion on this faction, I will give my honest opinion on it and I wont sugarcoat anything.
Note that I didn't have much interaction with them yet, so this may change in the future.
To start with, I highly doubt this faction has 45 'main members' and this is excluding the recruits. I am on the DTR channel myself and they basicly hand out the 'potential recruit' status to whoever pops in there unless they state otherwise (I actually confirmed this by asking someone who had that rank, he claimed he never requested it). Or part of the members you claim to have aren't on the discord channel.
95% of them are people I have never seen before.
This is both good and bad. Good because of having new blood added to this game. Bad because I see no one who has long time experience with the lore. Like the leader had no idea what Corsair and GC relations were. This is concerning to me when a faction wants official status without knowing the basic lore of the faction through and through, especially as official factions are supposed to be the faction representatives. What I have seen of DTR is that it is comprised almost exclusively of new people.
The members I have interacted with are friendly and good sports. This is a plus.
I also took a quick look at the wiki page. It has been done before, but it is always problematic when people build a faction focussed on one person. in this case Ravenna. They never have much longlivity as it relies too much on the presence of that one person. Meaning that if ravenna should take a break or quit, the entire faction will plummet and die. Officialdom isnt easy and if you go this route you will be in for the long run. Its an added risk.
Code:
- Updating and rebuilding the wiki space, which seems like an under-utilized tool that's not up-to-date or accurate.
I really do hope you consult others before you go and change stuff on the wiki page. There are other corsair factions than DTR.
Code:
- Proven history of leadership that accommodates others and treats everyone with respect.
Can't really comment on this. As I barely know who you are. So proven leadership isn't really a thing yet. To many people here I am considdered new and I have been here for 4 years now. So there really isn't a history to speak off yet. The time scale on this game is massive. Some have been playing for 14 years. Don't get disillusioned, you need to start somewhere. But proving yourself to this community is challenging.
My conclusion is that it is fine as a indie faction, but it is certainly not ready for officialdom. Maybe in time they are, but right now they should get familiar with the game more. Adding to this is that I commend the initiative to draw in new players.
