Should official factions have more power?

[Xoria]

It's too bad that in the midst of hullabaloo and/or hysteria, people refrain from actually reading about what they not only can do, but are explicitly encouraged to do. 99% of the complaints about faction's so-called loss of power are not just inaccurate, but are flatly contradicted by the same Admin Notice that they think stripped those powers away. Time and time again in this thread people are saying that factions ought to be able to do x,y,z, when they already can, and always have. Reread Del and Blodo's posts in this thread, since I won't repeat them, although I will quote myself.

None of these decisions prevent a player faction or non-player faction members of an npc faction from exerting influence (including gunfire) on characters belonging to their npc faction who are behaving contrary to the accepted roleplay for that faction as created by the mod and described by the Administration. In other words, if a Corsair affiliated character is behaving contrary to the way a Corsair should behave (for example, allying with BHG and attacking The Order) then other Corsairs may consider him hostile and act accordingly.

The point is that disruptive behavior may be dealt with by factions and players within the guidelines of their roleplay, but the simple fact of a ship purchase does not constitute disruptive behavior.
The corollary is that no one may be attacked simply for neglecting or refusing to post in a "registration" thread. If someone behaves badly, then their behavior may be influenced, but not posting in a "registration" thread is not bad behavior, nor is it mandatory according to the server rules, nor will player factions treat it as mandatory.

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