I honestly don't know. What I do know is that more money isn't the answer. My characters are realatively poor by server standards, and yet I have no problem at all purchasing whatever strikes my fancy. If my faction put out a call for credits I could easily hand them eight to ten million every day I played. Here are a few Ideas that I have thought on, I kept them diliberately vague.
1) More toys. There are two ways to go about this. Either, develope new weapons and shields
that can only be used by official faction members, or, limit a few already developed weapons
and shields to official faction members.
2) More ships. This can be accomplished in the same two ways as the above.
Regardless of what option we go with, the Independants are going to be limited in the fact
that they cannot have access to some things. If the admins and the community really intend
to reward the official factions they are just going to have to put up with the Independants
cries of distress. Keep in mind, if players aren't saying, "Dang, I'd join a faction for
that." It's not really a reward.
"Two things I know; Gravity sucks and Ion Storms blow. And that proves the universe is trying to kill us all" - Barren Waste, Captain of the Wasteland Wanderer
An approximation of my reaction when I see my next victim...er, these forums.