Current Order Status

[Carlos_Benitez]

Stabbing the Corsairs in the back was probably a bad move, though I probably would say that, wouldn't I?

Seems to me that the Order went through a comprehensive program of trying to shut doors and open new ones in terms of diplomacy, and the "shutting doors" effort has gone allot better than the effort to open them.

When you're in an isolated corner of the universe, and your only neighbours consist of Nomads, LSF and Hunters that want to kill you, and the Corsairs who wouldn't mind if you were dead, your only convenient activity is getting shot at, so is it any wonder that your main member pool will end up consisting of lolwhuts looking for a fight? Good RP-focused members get demoralised and leave. PVP-focused lolwhuts arive to replace them, and after a short while you're left wondering what the hell happened to your faction.

I speak from 4 years of personal experience as leader amongst the Corsairs; the Corsairs have always been surrounded by pvp-obsessed enemies, and so our indy-pool has historically been considered the worst group of lolwhuts around.
Since reorganising Order's diplomacy, Minor has become even more of a boxing ring, and with the coolest capships around, I'm not surprised the Order ID is the ID of choice for lolwhuts.

Seems my post may have been open to misinterpretation.
I am not making accusations. I am merely offering an explanation for an increase in lolwhut-ery that other people in this thread have identified. I dont know the state of the Order from personal experience as we stay away from the Order now (therefore, naturally, I diddn't vote).

When I got frustrated with the Crete-lolwhuts and the constant invasions, I tried to get things happening elsewhere. I really reccomend reaching out to your remaining allies, dispatching agents to bases across House-space, and setting up RP events where you work alongside other factions in assassinating specific characters suspected of nomad-infestation, or tracking down specific dangerous alien artefacts. If you're afraid of getting ganked by the locals, send them a polite OOC PM asking them to treat you as "below the radar".
Dont forget that the image of the Order that the server sees is the one projected outside of Omicron Minor. If you're doing good stuff across House space, the server won't care that there's afew lolwhuts in Minor, and you'll start getting high-quality recruits coming through, joining up for the right reasons.

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