What i am about to say may seem off topic and or will offend some people, but in a sense it is about factions dictating how others can or should play the game, and sometimes even when it comes to what is written. I don't really play on the server much anymore because of all the stress it was causing me to try and keep up with all the "drama" and the massive amount of written rp on this forum. Also because of meaningless crap like below happening on a regular basis.
Example; A friend in a cruiser with proper id and a guard iff takes a mission and undocks then seconds later in system chat this is the conversation:
faction: *is your ship registered?*
cruiser: "this ship was comissioned to guard bases and do missions for our people"
faction: *so, your not registered. destroy the thief!* .. *pew pew pew boom* ..
One time is an oorp fluke, every single time you undock is harrassment in my book. Luckily this has since stopped, though too late to matter since it's already basically ruined the fun of playing that character. What i suspect is that it's only recently stopped because the factions know that ships are about to be moved to guard systems which THEY already "own" and thought THEY would have FULL control over. Which is probably why most of them are mad or unhappy with this initial ruling. All those indies killed mostly oorp for not registering and the clans still dont get to control who flys what. I would almost put money on the "registrations" still being used against players even once the ships are moved. *shakes head*
To continue:
It didnt help any that i was unable to join and am apparently unwanted in the ONLY faction on this server i was ever really interested in. Writing a story from scratch atleast 4 different times and having it rejected every single time, you begin to think your writing is worthless and you shouldnt even bother anymore. Here again is an example of a faction that is dictating both in-game rp and forum-written rp. If it dont go with thier idea of what it should be then you are rejected or whats worse than being "pvp whored"?, how about having your RP and other character totally ignored even when they should be KOS.
"Our general opinion is that player factions, regardless of their participation in server events, should not dictate how other players of other groups are playing. Special RP that differs from/expands on what's present in the mod is OK. Enforcing special RP for players who don't want it, and are not even supposed to be aware of it, is no good."
"With the exception of admin-controlled factions like Keepers, I see neither reasons nor ways to restrict this."
So the Keepers were and still are exempt from this and may dictate Nomad Roleplay and Gameplay, including the writing/story, as they see fit, since they control the lore/ships/rep/id/weapons. Hence, why i quit wasting my time writing/playing a Nomad since it didnt seem to matter to anyone but me. Also because i spent months working on it and didnt get any further than i could have gotten without ever writing a single word. I have since given up on that dream as i've had to with many of the things in my life i wanted or hoped to have one day. However, I do still read these forums from time to time and offer any advice, thoughts, or ideas i might have.
I will also say that playing an Order character can be very boring when your PRIMARY enemy are supposed to be nomads/keepers and they arent online "regularly", they log in 2-5 or more deep, do thier thing (usually in-ny btw) then dissapear. The Order and it's characters are then forced to find other things to do besides shoot npc's all day, like raid Alaska/Newyork. Not something i have personally done, but maybe some will see the point im trying to make. It's hard to fight an enemy who is rarely there to fight.
I personally dont think that "public" or "guard" systems should be able to be "owned" by anyone. But, at the same time i also believe that a playerfaction, if having spent the time and money, should be able to have FULL control over a "home system" and everything in it. Basically what im saying is that playerfactions should purchase (or be given with the factions approval) a non-guard system to claim as thier own to modify/make rules/rp/ect ect.
