Should official factions have more power?

[Xoria]

You are right on one aspect, yes, we can order them out of battle, etc. But because official factions have very little official powers right now, some indies will keep on refusing to accept our authority in our ZOI. Then, we are forced to take pvp measures against them (as it is the only way to put a ship out of space) which makes them label us as pvp-whore or powermongers. Not good for the image. So in short, yes we can... but it is extremely detrimental to us if the player if a big bad mouth

Back when I was entering debate competitions (surprise, surprise), I learned the following about the core criteria necessary to win a debate : The affirmative debater must demonstrate Harms caused by the Status Quo that are Unique. Unique means that those Harms only exist as a result of the unique circumstances caused by the Status Quo. If the negative debater can demonstrate that all of the Harms posed by the affirmative debater are Non-Unique, then the negative debater automatically wins.

For example, if the affirmative debater claims that Status Quo ABC causes Harms X,Y, & Z, then the negative debater can win by demonstrating those Harms are also caused by Status Quo DEF, which still exists after the affirmative debater gets his way.

In this case, the harms you are citing exist regardless of the existing Status Quo, existed in the previous Status Quo, and will exist in any future conceivable Status Quo. Specifically,

Then, we are forced to take pvp measures against them (as it is the only way to put a ship out of space) which makes them label us as pvp-whore or powermongers. Not good for the image. So in short, yes we can... but it is extremely detrimental to us if the player if a big bad mouth

There is no other practical application of power that any faction, official or otherwise, or any player can exercise that is different from blowing people up and getting a bad rep for it due to a loudmouth, in either application or outcome.

The Harms exist either way, thus they are insufficient reason to change the Status Quo, because they cannot be eliminated.

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