Note on The Order policies

[Zero755]

Just wondering, what does this leave factions power over?

Laws? Can't enforce them if they go against canon in any way, shape or form.

Guard system? Nope.

Ships? No chance.

Destroying the pvpwhoring idiots? Nope.

... What can we do, exactly?

Seems to me that factions are becoming more and more like glorified get-togethers.

My thoughts exactly, what is the point of becoming official if there are no benefits to it? Shell out half a bil for the request, just so in the end you can post in the "official Factions' thread? Not worth it when you can just remain unofficial and post in the RP hub. With this happening I really don't see why anyone would bother with making a faction official. All work and no gain, because with all the rules (To include Admin Notices like the one Xoria made referencing a faction's ability to control indies) factions are basically indies with shiny tags in front of their name. Well hell I can get a group of people to do that remain unofficial and crap all over the things the 'Official' factions have worked for and they cant do squat about it. Factions need to have some benefit to being a faction.

Well you can buy a system as a faction...

Yea, but now there is no reason to because any Joe Schmo can come and go as he or she pleases and the faction just wasted all the effort into buying the system with no power to enforce control over the system that they 'own'

This is like the Government allowing civilians access to Area 51 to go site seeing.

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