Is Sirius too big?

[Mímir]

1. Yes

2. Don't know, but from my experience having played on this server since 2008 and never having joined a faction (but been close to) I haven't done it because it puts a lot of limitations on me as a player and on my character's freedom. There's a lot of red tape / bitching / etc. involved in it, and for some of us this is mostly a casual game with added layers you can dive into further to the extent you want.

Also there is a tendency for faction players to believe they are better than everyone else (please don't flame me, you know its true) - I guess this comes from having to deal with lolwuts a lot, and in the end giving up totally on everybody not flashing a tag. It just leaves a lot of indies, myself included, with a really bad impression of faction players in general, but naturally this is probably due to a minority of faction players, but they leave a lasting impression nevertheless. Seriously, there is a lot of dbagging going on at times when you meet faction players in space - some don't even respond to simple prompts like "Howdy".

On the other hand, the official factions are sort of the janitors of Discovery and serve a very very important function in maintaining this community, as well as the gameplay on the server, so I highly appreciate all the effort fation players put into it. If just the attitude changed a bit, and it was possible to tag along on a more casual basis...

Thats my 2 cents anyways, and I am not necessarily saying it's the grand "truth", it's just my experience.

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