Usefullness of trading factions. Or uselessness rather...

[Dashiell]

I'm confused as to what your complaint is now? That trading factions don't offer anything over being an indy trader? If so you are quite wrong. Trading factions are role play devices. You are right, if you are trading just for the credits to feed another character and you have no interest in trader role play, there is zero point in joining a trading faction. However, if you are interesting in trader role play then trading factions are for you. As a bonus you get to make a neat stack of credits too.

What would you suggest as a way to make them more useful in your opinion without screwing over indy traders? I mean, who says a faction trader deserves more than a indy trader?

/signed.

Trading & mining are a tad crappy right now. That probably caused a lot of trading factions to go inactive. But it's still fun to do in an official faction. If trading becomes more worthwile in the future (I hope) trading factions will see more activity. and the lulz of being in an offical trading faction with epic convoys will come back.

I miss the old Bowex) days, but that doesn't stop me from Bowex)-ing

Elitism over indy traders just to 'lure' people to official factions? nah, not cool.

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