Setting official faction activity minimum at 48 hours?

[Jansen]

So, taking into account player bases and traders supplying it, increased amount of pirates and more lawfuls to counter them; as well as the actual power that official factions have, mainly law creating one in addtion to nerf chart and diplomacy input, maybe it is high time to back it up with increased activity on the server ( minus Connecticut )?

No its not the time for even more regulations. Not every faction can afford player bases, nor does every faction have the contacts in RP to keep it supplied.

Faction that has only minimal number of players will have trouble, but then again, what are you doing to only meet the low limit? If your faction is not interesting to pool players and make actual impact on gameplay, why should you get the right?

Some factions are simply not able to have an impact ingame, because their role is not that interesting or important in the lore, considering that factions can only take a really limited influence on this lore it can hardly be their fault alone. LWB comes to mind, GC comes to mind, AFA, I think I could find some more that simply dont have that much to do. THey sure could find things to do, but those things would lead them out of their roleplay (GCs and LWBs sitting in NY drinking coffee for example?)

Spreading 48 hours through let's say 8 players would be easy. That is 6 hours per 30 days, which is equal to what, 12 minutes each day? And don't get started on "This is a game, not a job" when you already try to keep the official status.

12 minutes a day is quite a lot for some people, right now I do not see any benefits coming from the official faction status that would be worth spending that much time.

Currently only 5 or so factions would be in danger zone. This is not a lot and they would be forced to step the game up.

Sure, lets kill the small factions, sounds like a really good plan.

What are the opinions of community members?

No. Dont need, Dont want.

I mean, getting nerf chart and ID rephacks are not another one of perks Official Factions obtains over WHOLE NPC faction, including it's indies? What you did for that in addition to simply playing the game and making few posts there and here?

A whole NPC faction can be the LN, with many influenced individuals, but it can also be the LWB or the Unioners. I dont think that I saw more then 5 Indies of either in the last 2 years

Plus it is not about the power. It is about of actually making impact on server gameplay. If someone has the authority over NPC faction but fails to actually make any impact in game, what's the point?

The point is that factions dont get as much influence as you seem to imagine them to have.

Making faction interesting should be leader's responsibility, and keeping activity responsibility of players who chose to join the faction.

Okay, if you say so.

No, because this is two sided question. Yes/No to increased activity. Nothing else.

See, even you say No to this :cool:

I currently am in two unofficial groups. I have way more fun then I ever had in official faction or even being indie before.

Now, why would you even ask for this if it doesnt even involve yourself? Play your unofficial factions and leave things as they are, I dont really see a problem with those 30 hours we have now.

Exactly. So let the server be forcefully more alive with official faction members performing their duty and representing their faction in game, flying their ships.

No thats actually just killing the official factions. I for myself wont let anyone 'force' me to play a game just for the sake of being an 'official faction leader'.

Im strictly against that 48 hours idea.

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