How to make official factions better?

[obnoxious1]

Been thinking this over a lot lately..
Between loss of players due to just boredom or frustration from various incidents in game concerning newer players or just those that don't care to RP as much as they wish to PVP, I came up with a few idea's. Some are the same idea's others have mentioned, some may sound a little harsh at first, but in long run may pay out for all.

Anyway, here is what I have..

Official Factions receive their own ID's.

A person wishing to join the faction would start out as a recruit using the recruit ID. After a set period of time, If the Faction leaders approve of the person & is wanting to allow them full membership. a form is sent to Admin. The form being sent in by the person wishing to join with maybe a role play type theme. Admin get's ok from Faction leader. Then person gets his official faction ID.

Official Factions get their own guns.
As it would take a lot of time & flood the game with even more ships to confuse you. Why not make certain weapons "Faction Only" & give them a slight 5% buff up? Role play wise it would make sense, as to Official factions would hold onto there best equipment for their use & not hand them out to every space jokey that asks for one. Most NPC groups have a top of the line weapon, usually more than 1.
Common weapons used by many would of course be excluded. But for Example. Outcast have two damn good fighter guns. Wrym's & Krakens. Allow it that only Official Factions could use the Krakens & with a 5% buff up. Same could work on Cap ships. Allow only Official Factions access to primaries with exception of basics. This may actually slow down alot of the aimless cap fleet attacks. As Indy caps ships would not have the punch a Faction ship would. Yes I know it don't seem fair, but role play wise, it would be logical that Military or House ships under faction command should have more fire power than your average Joe.

Universal Capitol Ship Registration.
Read all of this before you flame please.. This is just a suggestion, but I think it could work.

Getting a capitol ship is not that hard to do. That's part of the problem. I am not proposing restrictions on capitol ships. I am proposing a criteria to obtain a battleship license.
Most of us in Disco GC use Skype. Why not create 1 channel. place in it the leaders of ALL official factions. Representatives from Admin & create a Battle Ship License Bureau.
Create 2 Battleship Licenses. The first being a Temp license for evaluation. It comes with the ship & no restriction as far as purchase. However, it wont allow owner of ship to mount any heavy fire power such as Motars, Pulse cannons & missiles, & can not mount armor over a cap 5.
Second would be the normal battleship license. After owner of ship applies on forums ( a section would be made for this) the Bureau of Admin & Faction leaders will review the application, discuss it, review any complaints, research any role play & make a decision. Have it that at least 65% of the Bureau has to approve & then Admin grants the license. Could also apply fee's to this, but don't see the point, Other than to possibly fund the Angels, ( if they still exist) this should apply to Factions as well.

Now in all fairness, some things should also be added to those wishing to remain Independent.

Independent Trade Advantage
Change the ID info card for Independents. Allow them access to about any ship that is not a House or Faction Military exclusive ship.
Give That ID a buff granting it 25% more profit on mining or trading.


Add a "Trusted" ID
For those that do not wish to haul items all over Sirius, & maybe wish to use combat ships with out joining a faction. A new ID or SUB ID could be created that allows them to use certain weapons & ships that only Official Factions can use, but with out the power buff.

**EDIT** New idea for Indies..
Only Independents can mount Codename Weapons:
Equaling the weapons balance from my above idea to grant Faction Only weapons to Factions, If Faction ID's are created, make them to were they can not mount Codename weaponry, Having it exclusive to Independents only.

As I haven't had an independent character in awhile now, I am sure there are more things that could be done.

Anyway, this is what I suggest...

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