Authority of Independents

[Thexare]

That shouldnt impact your decision. I see factionalized people in odd areas all the time - hell, I saw an [LN] in omicron gamma the other day. for the most part, the 101st, RoS, or SoB (especially SOB) shouldnt care if you decide to operate in an area such as bretonia or rheinland - but you're likely going to be operating on your own most of the time.

If you'll be operating on your own most of the time, what's the point of joining a faction at all?

Note that none of the categories the two of us listed are why my Outcast is independent. I have no grudge against Eppy, though he knows I've disagreed with him plenty of times (hell, argued with him in-game once... without realizing it was him. Boy, that felt awkward.) Never had an issue with Lohingren, BLS didn't fit Ayumu at all, and I don't think SOB had started when I first made Ayumu.

So what was my reason? Every time I've joined a faction - every time - my interest in the character has died quickly. The BPA, the Mandalorians, the Junker Congress, Hellfire Legion. Every one of them. I felt obligated to play that character in a certain specific way, and it was no longer fun. You ran into something similar with your Junker as I recall, I'd have expected you to consider that possibility.

EDIT: To make this relevant to the topic, this doesn't mean I'm not a good RPer. Considering where I am with my Outcasts, I'd say at least a few people like me. But if I had joined any of the factions, I wouldn't have gotten here; being in a faction fits me about as well as leading one fits you.

That's a possibility, but in most cases if you really dislike the person running the faction, it's because they've denied you access to the faction or it's territories in the past - and generally with good reason.

Or because you just don't like them. Personality conflicts can exist for many reasons, Tenacity, and even for no clear reason at all. There's plenty of people here I dislike, and not one of them is at all related to being denied access to a faction or its territories - something which has only happened once, when I tried to join the Lane Hackers when I first started here.