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

[Dab]

Personally, I never see a reason to restrict members from using VHFs/LFs/Bombers. Now if you have 2 VHFs available, I'd understand if one is restricted. Sort of like if VF used both Scimitars and Lokis.. Scimis be standard and Lokis be restricted by rank.. But there should always be one of every fighter/bomber class available to a new recruit. Capital ships should be restricted from the very beginning, of that I agree. But why restrict, say, a Lane Hacker from a Sabre until the rank of X? Yes, it gives him something to work towards, but if thats the only thing you can come up with to motivate your members to work harder, than something is terribly wrong.

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