why not just say the quiet part out loud; "ideally we want to abolish the Official faction system"
And why would i, as a player in a official faction bother to even be in any faction. By the current rate of "dismantling", i'm better off not even having a tag to that people can recognise. Because wearing the tag is becoming more and more of a hassle every year. and for what?
Players are free to join any official faction they want. Most factions are so understaffed that they'd only reject you if you're an absolute anti-social cretin.
And as a indy, why would i even care about mining? I need a PoB to make use of it. So you're arguing that established factions/groups that has the MANDATORY infrastructure already established, should have their bonuses nerfed, just because..... I as an indy might feel it's slow.... might. Ignoring the fact that as an indy, i could apply to one of several relevant factions (lawful and unlawful) to cover the ore i want to extract?
The logic here is lacking. This seem like a kneejerk reaction, to whatever pissed you guys off last week.