Unofficial Factions on Discovery Forums

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On the Fence. Middle of the road. So to speak...

I agree that only official factions should be able to have a standalone recruitment thread, as a "perk", as it is now.

but...

I also think that unofficial groups should be allowed to put a simple "If you want to join then send a PM ect" in thier main information post. Though i must admit if someone really wants to join, the first requirement should be for them to be smart and or interested enough to send a PM to whomever posted it, wether joining them is mentioned or not. However, as a respectful RP'er, im not going to "invite myself" to a faction unless it's listed in thier main post that they are "open" to new people joining. Just a thought.

Added note: When it's comes to the "only one official faction per id" rule and how they can change NPC "lore".

I think if theres only going to be allowed one "official" faction to represent an NPC faction and it's "lore", then it should be decided on by the community as a whole, not just by those in power and who belong to that specific faction. Aswell in-game it should almost ALWAYS follow the preset lore of vanilla freelancer after singleplayer (prime examples being some rp'd rep-ninja'd id's and the bountyhunter/order "war", which has always seemed entirely oorp to me from a vanilla freelancer perspective). Any other factions if someone wants to make one, official or not, and even if they use the same ID, should be considered a sub-division of the main community ran NPC "official" faction.