Should official factions have more power?

[Spear]

I just want to restate what I wrote in the early stages of this thread.

I'm saying yes to official faction's driving the RP for their NPC faction and having the status to expect indie's of the same NPC faction to follow any simple order's issued by an official faction member. For example [LN] saying to an indie Navy Carrier "Cease fire on that enemy fighter, our fighters will mop him up" and expect the indie to stand down. For the most part it is the official factions that try to avoid unfair play and random indies that have no problem in ganking someone with no thought to the victim's enjoyment of the game.

I am saying no to restricting indies to ships if they are properly repped for them. Everyone has the right to RP an indie char.

As I posted earlier, I don't see this as a "power" issue, more a "respect" one. I am against power abuse but I believe offical factions should be given more respect, more players should join official faction's rather than creating yet another unofficial faction of the same NPC group, especially if it's a military faction. Rhienland doesnt need 4 different military's it only needs the RM, Liberty doesent need 4 different navies, it has the LN etc.

For well role-played indies I'd like to see them be invited into the official factions as a reward for their strong RP and contribution. They don't have to accept this offer but it would be nice to see good indie RP players that establish an official factions trust be offered a role in an official faction. Just a thought.

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