Should official factions have more power?

[MacAulay]

I for one, would personally like to see dominant Corsair and Outcast factions to be more strictly bossing over the independents and other unofficial groups. Same should apply to LN and RM as I see both houses in a lack of discipline as of late. Letting independents too loose might end up damaging the overall harmony and we have seen several examples of it.

I agree with the fact that there is certainly a problem in Outcast space. But I think allowing the official factions "to be more strictly bossy" is an incredibly bad idea. Firstly, the indies far outweigh the officials in numbers at present and are the majority of the OC population. Furthermore, they are the most active part of the population and deserve a say. I can only think of 3 or 4 official faction players who are a regular presence in OC space, the others only seem to miraculously appear about the same time as the daily corsair fleet attack. They are effectively, at present, a minority. I personally would rather see more of them online but certainly not to throw their weight at the indie players as you seem to suggest.

My indie OC tries to work in conjunction with the officials, I am one of the few indie players who has taken any steps to learn OC laws and am currently pushing for more interaction and cooperation between the 2 sides in a seperate thread. I am well aware of the amount of downright idiots in the system who do as they damn well please and they are a huge problem and annoyance. If we want to do anything about them then we have to work together as OUTCASTS rather than seperate faction etc. Many indie players are of a similair mind and would willingly take any steps suggested by the official factions to create the harmonious environment we wish to attain.

But giving more power to those factions and allowing them to boss around indies will only create more problems and divisions. You could argue that any indie who was loyal to OC's would just tow the line and do what they are told, but speaking for myself, that north korean style of gameplay would be about the worse thing that could happen in OC space. I have to be honest and say that I really dont know of a complete solution to the problem, but I can certainly say that it is not what was proposed above. All I can suggest is education, involvement, consistency though example, and failing that, full-on broadside from cap ship

I cant comment on the Corsairs problems but I am guessing they are somewhat similair to ours. And again the above comments may pertain to those regions.

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