Should official factions have more power?

[Reverend Del]

Admin Mode Off. I want to post here as a former faction leader.

Factions haven't lost any power at all except that we cannot stop folks form buying kit they need to set up their character, and you cannot enforce Roleplay that directly contravenes Discovery canon on independent players.

That's it, everything else we used to do, we can still do.

The issue is less that official factions have lost power, juts lost sight and become a little too afraid of the banhammer. It's not been made clear what can be done by official factions on the server, where the line is.

Frankly if you're runnign an official faction to demand all conform to your will, you're doing it wrong. I know, because until I stepped down from the LR it was getting that way.

Factions can hunt down "rogue" lolboats, they can stop them, they can turn them into rapidly expanding clouds of gas, but they've gotta do it with the relevant RP. You can't just wnader around shooting folks up because you don't like the fact they didn't fulfil your personal ego needs.

I've been a good faction leader, and I know what it takes, I've been a bad faction leader (albeit very briefly) and I know what can be done if you're blurring the line between faction and personal retribution machine.

I actually entirely concurred with Nooblet's first post on this subject, I'm all for giving factions a little more options provided it's handled responsibly, but in return for that faction leaders msut be aware that if they abuse the sytem they can be forcibly ejected from the position.

My goal, if you will, is to ensure taht every NPC faction has an official faction, that nindependents and unofficial groupings have the ability to RP different interpretations, provided that RP doesn't make a mess of the balance of play. Discovery as Discovery should be. Built upon the framework provided by official factionas.

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Saint Del is considered a holy healer of diseases of children, but also as a protector of cattle.