Official faction activity

[Politus]

Here's the problem with the current system (as I see it). There are no factions clamoring for the spot of the Bundies, or RepEx, or SynthFoods. So right now you're killing those factions, and there's nothing to take their place.

I will concede that point to you and Zelot; there aren't people clamoring for those positions, and it's a shame because there's a lot of potential for great RP and fun to come out of the factions you two mentioned. The thing is, that's not an issue I would place on the Official Faction system, and more on the capricious nature of players; some people don't want to play it, for whatever reason. Another possibility for that would be that there is a lot of space to fill in the void that is the Discovery universe, and the person who chose Bowex or another house shipping corp, might have chosen RepEx.

However, I do see your point on how it's hard to keep factions like the Bundies and RepEx, etc., active; perhaps for instances like these, where there simply isn't a supply of players willing to support the faction, rules for officialdom could be relaxed a bit? I understand -and I think I may have addressed- that it's hard to draw attention and support for the more esoteric and some less combat-oriented factions, and I think that in situations like that, there's no easy way for the rules to support the official factions that exist. Perhaps, as said above, relaxing them?

I think that you can agree though, that putting in place systems for unofficial factions to integrate into official ones and maintain their stylistic flair, so to speak, would be good for maintaining overall official faction activity? Not necessarily taking over, not necessarily killing off, but moulding onto and around the official in such a way that both benefit.

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