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Personally, I think of an "Official Faction" on any online server as a group of players who act as role models for other players - they play at least somewhat fairly, have a positive and constructive approach to the game, and try to bring the community and its disputes together rather than stir them up. They should be such an ideal and a pillar of the local community rather than an extended arm of their leadership's ego. Of course, their RP should take a similar approach, being inclusive and not isolated from the rest of the server.
Playing edgy characters might be cool, but if they keep other players away from them - they aren't any useful for the community as a whole. They only teach others to avoid them and not bother.
The official factions should nurture new players as some similarly "official" player groups have done on all manner of private roleplaying servers - be it Neverwinter Nights, World of Warcraft, Lineage, etc. They should be judged by their positive impact on the community and game itself, not by just doing their stuff.
However, why should official factions in their current form carry any extra weight for story developers when often a better quality story prompt can be written and posted by independent players?
I judge a dev request by the quality and appropriateness of the content rather than by who submitted it. OFs don't deserve any special hotline to the Team if they barely resemble their npc factions and their goals.
