Unofficial Factions on Discovery Forums

[Politus]

I think that, with regards to the argument, is that recruitment needs to stop being looked at as a perk for officials and more like a right for all factions; You're not a faction, official or unofficial, without members, and the best way to get members is to recruit.

Officials already have multiple perks, though this can be argued; FR5, control over faction tech, and functioning as the established roleplay for a given faction. Officials ARE the faction, so to speak. Unofficials, on the other hand, have none of that going for them, and for the most part live and die on the strength of their RP and ability to attract members without attracting members, so to speak.

Some do this by being formed among already existing circles of friends, a sort of meta-faction that already exists and sometimes takes multiple inRP forms throughout existence. Others do it through the sheer willpower of their founders to make an active presence in-game and on the forums.

Still other unofficial groups, despite a strong start for a week or two, will die, because it is indeed hard to gain members without being allowed to attract them.

I think that I best phrased the argument in my opening paragraph, and will repeat myself as such: You're not a faction, official or unofficial, without members, and the best way to get members is to recruit. You can restrict it to a specific unofficial faction forum, but I think it really does make it easier to exist if a group can invite people in with a welcoming logo and a standardized application, no?

The right to recruitment will still be available to officials, no one is taking their jealously guarded perk away, but I think it's about time that the unofficials, who do make up a good portion of the server's activity, be allowed this one extremely basic action.

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