Should official factions have more power?

[worldstrider]

I very reluctantly voted "yes" (you may faint now) but oh does POWER really needs to be defined.

No--factions should not have more power...they should have more influence.

What sort of influence? They should (if official) represent the faction with at least as much merit as NPCs--meaning, if you attack one, you can't dock their base while they are there. That they can attack players near their bases who violate CLEARLY stated rules (that are allowed by the server rules and don't violate NPC behavior--i.e., no killing your own faction on a whim as in HAF and OPG most times).

Should they be able to determine what other factions within the game have to or can do in play?--heck no.

Should they be given precedence in creating server rules? Heck no.

Can they modify the general nature of the entire faction base they represent (i.e. redefine what all players must do)? Heck no.

Can they get carte blanche' approval for every far out role play device they create (as in: Our ships are officially cloaked, our ships can officially mind control your pilots, our ships can officially blow up your bases, etc., etc.)? Heck no.

I'm sure there are a lot of details but I do think attacking an official faction should have the same local and immediate impact as attacking an NPC of that faction in the same way, place and time.

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