What would attract you to a corporate faction?

[ProwlerPC]

Convoys = Win
Ar Pee = Win
Forum Life = Win
Pooled Resource = Win
Player Interaction = Win
Skype Chats = Win
Shared Routes = Win

Corporate Trading = Epic Win.

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I've been an RP trader right from the beginning when Athenian lectured me on the benefits of a trade ship (I reached PvP level on my first char by missions). Since than I've had two tradeships APM-Aries of the APM faction and of course GMG|GTS-Raikoke-Maru of GMG|. Trading is so much funner with others and while RPing with those around. Time goes by faster and you find yourself wanting to continue to doing runs. This also ties in with player interaction on the forums as well as in Skype, a real blast compared to being an indie.
For pooled resources, GMG| never requires any contributions from it's members and many have contributed anyways. Never had any difficulty with gaining cash for the faction. I've said many times that getting the 500mil for a faction request is the easiest part. Each time GMG| needed to build money (Official, Guard System, RM BS) it only took us an afternoon or an evening for a handful of us to bring together the funds so I never felt the need to make a requirement of contributions. In my mind as long as the members are making money it equals the GMG making money, in RP of course.
Convoys are easier to have moving together than having one tradeship with a couple escorts. 3 tradeships moving together can have just as daunting of an effect and more importantly from the player's perspective everyone (theoretically) is going home with money and thus it's more appealing. A Ryuujin and 2 Kamomes can make a pretty strong stance in my experience, used to even have the Akegata ouch.. On that note Planetform and BMM convoys are a threat to all pirates in GB or less and may even be a threat to a lone Terrorist/Wilde/Nomad/Phantom in a capital ship. I dared to attack Planetform near Perth with my [NLH]-Lurue and boy did I regret that when Shires and Percherons poured out. Transport turrets in numbers are deadly.
Shared routes, now here is a plus to trading with a faction. Several players submitting RP based routes leads to a nice repertoire of routes available to all members which allows for "switching it up" to either stave of boredom or pirates.
Really it's win-win by signing up with Trade Factions. Join GMG! :P

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