Current Order Status

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Really? So if I go back and re-read the thread again, I'll find zero instances of Order| members blaming indies?

Also, Hot Rod, Order having poor leadership is in-RP? That's just about the stupidest thing that ever came out of anyone on this server.

You guys are hopeless.

Good job misinterpreting me. I meant that the RP loss of alliances and various stuff could be attributed to that, like our alliance with SCRA and NLH breaking, which could be pointed as an indication of poor leadership. not any OORP problems, which I take full responsibility for and will do my best to fix. But I guess your mindset is set to interpret things that way, so never mind.

And connor, I do believe that among the huge amount of people that maintain Order characters, a sizable portion
consists of people who like role-play, but are either marginalized, or bored, or lack things to do. Again, I admit that Order runs a very insular show for the most part and our independent players have a few reasons to dislike us and the way we do things.

This is due to various reasons. one is the traditional Indie=lolwut thinking, which stops many interactions. Second is that the volume of the order playerbase makes it hard to coordinate long-term RPs with independents who are not in regular and direct contact. My personal opinion is that while problem-makers exist, there are good people as well. As you said, the main problem is communication. I respect a decision to play independent of the official faction, but if you want to stay in touch with the general RP flow (since an official faction, by organization is best equipped to guide the factional RP) then you must build bridges as well.

But we both know that there are also many troublemakers in The Order, over which we cannot exercise much control. That much is known, and it is up to the other side whether to hold us accountable in-RP ( as we should be, but cannot carry it out) or not. With most reasonable people, such things can be worked out.

As for a motivated High command, that is a trouble with many many factions, not just The Order. You hit it on the head mostly, but I'll just like to say this. Pointing out problems is easy, you just point, and someone else has to work for a few weeks to solve it. But if you really want to see problems solved, you can get involved. The extent of your involvement depends on you, I am not asking anyone to solve our problems for us, but this is a large burden and things go slowly.

This thread and it's constructive feedback posts have helped, if you want to help more and beyond this, you can always contact me or any other Order guy. It's understandable if you don't want to help, just understand that we'll work on these problems as much as our time, motivation, and schedule allows.