Factions

[Davin]

An independent clan that wants to be a bandit would be an independent clan that does banditry.  An independent clan that wants to do piracy would be an independent clan that functions as a pirate.  I see no reason to have a "Bandit" faction or a "Pirate" faction.  They are the definition of an independent clan.

I agree - that was the point I was trying to get across.  Bandits and Pirates really aren't factions - I called them disorganized factions just to give them a name to lump them under.  I would expect them to all be independent of one another with no structure or coordination.  But I was getting complaints about them not being an organized faction that players could join and rise in rank through.  That just doesn't sound right to me.