Should official factions have more power?

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This is true. With regard to the diplomacy I had conceived that naturally it would be constrained by RP plausability and potential harm to gameplay, but there are certainly circumstances, particularly such as the BAF - IMG example, where it clearly works to benefit canon RP rather than harm it.

These should not be carte blanche powers to do whatever they wish, but in many circumstances it is simply a case of allowing factions more freedom to do what they already do to direct and enforce npc faction RP without fear or threat of sanction. It is all very well saying that the power already exists for faction players to order indies if RPed, but in practice there is often a presumption on the part of many players that it doesn't, and that the factions could still be sanctioned for it. Really it all comes down to giving official factions more flexibility to RP in ways that indies cannot. And by factions would generally be meant faction leaderships, as they would be the ones directing faction policy towards such things.

And I think the docking thing is enforceable. It would only work when faction players were present, but if an LPI is sitting in front of Manhattan and a wanted criminal comes up to the planet, if the LPI says "You are denied docking access, you may not dock at Manhattan" then it should be OORP and sanctionable for the criminal to then dock with the planet, even if his repsheet would otherwise allow it. In this sense certain factions have ownership over their bases. Military Battleships in particular. I consider it greatly OORP for people the military doesn't like to dock on stationary battleships right in front of them.

Agreed

Limiting capital ships is not good to the community, it's one of the main attraction of this server/game. It's sad to think it, but it's the way it's. And yes, we need the players.

The problem is that there are no repercussions due to bad role play. "LOL i iz not part of ur NAvy, I dont haz to listen"

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