Hmm.
Yeah, this makes a lot of sense. I'l keep this in mind for sure.
EDIT: Hmm.. trying to decide if I should remove the Arcane signature. It's kind of pointless really. I'd like to be known as Agentred, a player, rather then as a member of some faction. Hmm...
+1
Oh, yeah...
We don't recruit every last noob we can find, But spare the best For talented players.
I really don't know what Orion is doing, but I know I see a lot of other factions recruit a LOT of people. And that's where I think these factions fail.
A faction needs to be a bunch of bros, friends, not people randomly bunched into a faction. When you hear the name of the faction, you've got to think of the members, and the other way around as well.
I think Arcane does this pretty well. We don't accept just anyone. That's the downside of other factions, imo - There are so many people in one faction you look at it and think, 'Oh, that's guy is in ____ also...'
With Arcane, it's a big deal to be accepted. I took this idea from NTC... They are what inspired me to create Arcane, to be honest. NTC started as three friends and slowly grew to about 10. Whenever you heard 'beast' or 'shockwave' or 'pharazon' you thought, NTC. I also respected how there was no real leader. They all had equal status in the faction.
Another flaw in a lot of factions... There has to be something unique to it. I think Arcane does this pretty well. Our goal is to encourage PvP, and to have the server be a better place then before we existed. I do realize now maybe we need to change up a few things, though.
Anyhow, good thread Cj, I do hope is stops all the silliness going around with a lot of the factions.
Another edit! Anyhow, this is more important. A suggestion...
Factions should be like spawn points. You should have to apply them to Intelli. Factions need to be impressive and well thought, with real effort put in to them. Otherwise, just anyone can throw together a faction in a day. I think we need a thread where factions will officially become recognized by Intelli. It'd be good fun and would get rid of all the surplus factions, imo.
Fun fact: Arcane was planned out for about three weeks from the three founders. It wasn't just thrown together! 