Planetform

[Unseelie]

Well, as far as 'dictating the face of the mod' goes...I seriously doubt it. On the other hand, I don't think the best route to achieve factiondom for a faction meant to do things other than trade is to start by trading.

Even if you're not official, act as if you are, in the most put together, coherent, and brilliant manner possible, in the way you want to act when you do become official. In such a manner, you'll attract people to the faction who want to be in what the faction is meant to be, rather than a second notch trading faction. Besides, it doesn't sound fun.

Do what makes the faction great, ingame, as much as possible, whenever possible. Don't let the fact that you can't actually affect the mod sway you, your faction is one that spends decades on a single product anyway.

Official factiondom gives you a message dump and a recruitment thread, the ability to bully some other people with your ID, and a lock on that faction. Actually playing gives you everything else. You don't have a recruitment thread, but recruiting online is the best place for it anyway. You don't have a message dump, but you can easily circumvent that by posting in the stories thread, in any manner of ways. You have access to skype, to google docks, to any number of external aides for outlining ways for your faction to operate.

Don't be a ragtag group of traders ever. Organize, get the same tag, and be exemplary, and damn the pending officialdom. Put up a proposal, declare you're here to stay, and do your best to make a brilliant faction.

This list isn't what it means to be a faction.

---