Should factions receive money from the admins?

[Angelfire]

I've been thinking about stuff like this for a while too!

From a different angle though.

If there is one thing that takes the Rp right out of me, it's Grinding!

However... for some, the grinding part IS RP.

Not all of us have 4 hours a day to trade for the RP characters, factions etc. we would like to play nor the entire weekend to get a guard rep...

Trying to set up Inspector P. Wee so I can actually have fun with him has sucked my soul dry! I look at the character as work!

And that is a single Indie entity...

I havnt even set up my Angelfire Character becuase the Bagging and Tagging will take me two months!

Herewith what I suggest:

Whether it be faction or Indie, there should be 'reward' or Incentive based initiatives to help players set up and maintain their RP characters.
(Yeah, I'm saying $$ AND Rep!)

A Faction leader would require more incentives than an Indie, this is certain.
The power of a well financed faction is the ability to hire mercenaries and freelancers for escort missions, incentivise new players with financial rewards, set up more Traders etc.
It stimulates a circle of progress that will eventually fund itself.
A new player will happily read the rules and learn how to RP for a couple of million credits! I have proven this with my Sirius-Wide Trading faction on USA.


The incentives that I suggest are as follows:

You only qualify for Admin funded activity after a certain time on the forums - minimum 6 months.

A special request with motives, RP justification and (in the case of a faction leader) Financial strategy gets submitted privately to a designated Admin.


Its important that nobody knows who is funded and who is not funded.

Also: Spot prizes for stellar RP performance... there have been times when I have read RP on the forums and seen some ingame that I wished I had the $$$ to send a big 'nicely done' to those involved!

I do this stuff in Real Life all the time, it keeps everyone fresh and excited and (importantly) keeps my hard workers feeling rewarded for their efforts.

Anyhoo.. just my 0.02c

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