Does a Faction's Rank-Limitations keep you away from joining?

[Carlos_Benitez]

The Benitez familia fly Fighters and Bombers almost all the time, and these are the ships given to new members. Members aren't permitted to have a Benitez-tagged Gunboat until they reach the rank of "Benitez Elder"/"Capitan" which can take between 6 months and 1 1/2 years depending upon vacancies that open up. Members ranked Elder or above also have theoretical access to our shared Osiris Battleship, the Talos, but only if they can get their head round the FLID Changer.

In short, when you join the familia, you do so with little to no hope of flying a clan-tagged capital ship. If you're lucky and get to the role of Elder, you may make yourself a gunboat and might get an opportunity to fly the Talos. However, there is next to no chance of any Benitez owning a personal clan-tagged battleship or Cruiser.

Despite these harsh-sounding limitations, our experienced members set an example and reduce any issues of jealousy by almost never using their gunboats and hardly ever bringing the Talos out of it's garage.
In short, the ships all Benitez fly daily are the same; fighters and bombers, and we're having no trouble getting members. Capships just aren't what our familia is about, and our experienced members and recruits understand and support this. We try and set an example to each other and to independents about use of ship classes.

Other than an NPC-based introductory challenge in a Legionnaire, we don't restrict anyone to anything smaller than a Titan; as, to be fair, the Corsair shipline isn't exactly versatile.

Basicly, there's little chance of recruits being allowed capships, and yet the clan's stayed healthy for almost 2 years. We've also recently had an influx of recruits, and it's heartening to know they seem to be joining for the right reasons. People shouldn't join clans as a means of getting capital ships.

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