Should official factions have more power?

[Shepherd]

Ok, as new player I figure my two cents isn't worth much but here I go.

I pretty much just get on and trade as my only character, though I am looking to join a faction soon, but I don't find a lot of opportunity to Rp ingame. Why? Cause the official factions tend to float around like NPCs, at least to INDie traders, so I have typed very little ingame. I know how to Rp but I have yet to find a purpose to do so. There is little reason cause the RM doesn't tax traders coming from the Liberty Jumpgates, but these two are in a state of Cold War, right?

I think official faction said be able to tax on merits of the Rp environment. Like a tax between the Liberty/Rhineland gates and Bretonia/Kusari.

I think that official factions should have their own special equipment that only they could buy, but that could be sold by them. And that a there should be faction Capital ships but also, how to say it? regular capital ships for indies and other factions to buy.

But right now if you fly into a system you don't even notice the RM and there power cause what can they tell you to do? Leave? Now it should be for Rp reasons not for OOC reasons, but why worry about someone abusing power if that means harming role play? Cause as it seems there is little Rp with all this worry over abuse of power.

Not sure if that made sense, and not sure if it is worth anything from someone only that has been playing for a month and a half, but I hope it gives some incite.

Now, time for bed.