System factions

[sabrina]

It's just a suggestion, but some minor factions declare themselves aligned to particular part of space. So why not make it more official, and as long as they keep ic threads of atleast one a month. Then anyone coming along to Dom it, must include them in some part of it. Even if its just kicking them out, or setting up as a rebellion from the beginning.

Say a minimum of three characters, to hold a planet, but they can't be allowed to be in a major faction as well.

 

[Varien Moxla]

I feel like this is actually a solid idea.

 

[Fatty]

I think you'll find that virtually all major factions do their best to be inclusive of all such factions in their plots lines. It's easier to dominion that way.

 

[Ria Misrani]

This is actually interesting, but would definitely need to expand and elaborate on how it could all work in the grand scheme of things.

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

[member="sabrina"]
This is an idea which goes back to the beginning. We've decided against it for several reasons.

• The logistics of the map are already hard enough as [member="Cira"] will tell you. Adding dozens of small coloured blobs on the map is not practical.
• This can already happen right now - a minor faction can claim a world and RP as the ruler. If a major comes in though you're boned. This is how it should be.
• There is a risk/reward to the Major/Minor split. On the one hand majors are big and powerful and control space, but on the other they can be attacked and targeted much easier and must maintain activity.

This has come up many times, but the logistics and the downsides make it less desirable.

 

[Sasha Santhe]

I suggested something similar to this before. Only it was a simple "Let the Minor Faction invade a major." Sort of like current rebellion rules. And with the current rebellion rules you could easily do a modification to accommodate system governments. Let a Minor Faction "claim" a single system. Doesn't go on the map or anything but the Minor Faction states in their page or whatever "Hey This planet be us" and then if a Major Faction dominions it they have the right to rebel and turn it back to neutral. *shrugs* doesn't seem like that much more work. Just make it a 1 system limit for minor faction claiming.

 

[sabrina]

Fair enough [member="Valiens Nantaris"], I was thinking did not need to go on big map.
Though thinking as long as they kept the threads up, and a group together, a major faction can't ignore them when comes to that world.