I don’t know if I should voice an opinion here . But i would like to highlight one thing from the perspective of a new player , i joined a faction recently because one player from that faction asked me to, but under no circumstance until that point I felt the need to join a faction to part take in the events and other activities. The only issue that I see is lack of appeal . But this is just one man point of view take it as you like.
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