Tolerance. Lots of tolerance. Only when you've run out of it all, and there are no other options left - use the power of reporting. When you first arrive here, new to this mod, and this server or maybe other servers with this mod, the first thing on the list probably is 'try everything, explore everywhere'. This makes for some silly results, character wise, when all's been explored. Been there, done that. Along the way to where I stand now I got many pointers and good advice from you, the other participants of this online community. That is the way to do this. Through tolerance and communication.
Secondly:
Belonging. Like I already mentioned, when you're new around here, you're kinda fuzzy and confused as to what to do, where to belong. But sooner or later you find your place, as an independent player or within a faction. As an independent player you may sometimes find a hard time belonging, still, to the faction your independent character is supposed to 'play' within. This quickly becomes a problem when that independent character sits inside a big, armed, capital ship. He/she probably won't recognize the authorithy of that official faction Admiral (or other faction member) when being ordered around. Certain independents in their big capital ships do never ever 'bend themselves over' and end up flying under their own command. They are the ones ruining most of the atmosphere in Disco. The guys that don't belong to nothing but themselves.
You should have to belong to an official faction, or be able to co-operate with an official faction, before acquiring anything larger than a gunboat class vessle. 'Special RP request'-label the big ships. Since special RP requests now are supposed to be made through faction leaders, I see no real hindrance for this to happen in a close future? Give the independents some other toys to trade/mine for, like a 'holy grail' weapon for fighters for 1.8billion or something (yes, THE Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!).
Thirdly:
Seriousness. Seriously. This is still a game. Primary function of a game is to have fun. If we take this game too serious, or any other game for that matter (yes, I'm poiting at you, WoW nerds!), it's time to take a long step back and figure out why it affects us this much. Ok, taking our roles within the role-play of the game as serious as we possible can, is important. But only as long as we have fun doing it, and don't end up staring into the great black darkness of space trying to figure out why we're still playing. There are other things in this world that should annoy us more than that pesky indy lolcap reengaging for the eleventh time.
My characters on Disco: [LN]-Andy.Doggett, The.Flying.Betty, Russ.Dalton, Harald.Treutiger
