148014-faction-change

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Hello
Please give us faction change option that cost real money.(Most of MMORPGS have this option) I dont like exile now and I already spent some money in my character and I dont wanna have an alt.
The reason is that all exiles gears are just much worse than Dominion side.
For instance, the arena gears and weapons costumes are so bad on exile side.
Please consider that either give us option to change faction or give us access to buy domion side gears and weapons costumes(arena rewards)
Exile always has less population and they cannt switch side thats another reason most people quit this game. Please consider it!!
Thanks.
 
			
				
	Edited December 10, 2015 by SickToubib
	
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Exile always has less population and they cannt switch side thats another reason most people quit this game. Please consider it!!
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Exile always has less population
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Exile always has less population ..
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I also want Faction change please Carbine... However, OP....
 
Dude/dudette... Exiles out number Dominion by a lot.	
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Hello
Please give us faction change option that cost real money.(Most of MMORPGS have this option) I dont like exile now and I already spent some money in my character and I dont wanna have an alt.
The reason is that all exiles gears are just much worse than Dominion side.
For instance, the arena gears and weapons costumes are so bad on exile side.
Please consider that either give us option to change faction or give us access to buy domion side gears and weapons costumes(arena rewards)
Exile always has less population and they cannt switch side thats another reason most people quit this game. Please consider it!!
Thanks.
 
 
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Um....what? I don't know of any MMORPG that has a faction change ability.
 
Also, all races are faction specific (e.g. you can't play an Exile Chua, or a Dominion Aurin) It would make a mess of existing lore, and given that Carbine has given quite a bit of thought into lore, I doubt they'd go changing it all willy-nilly.
 
Also, you have two character slots. Simply becuase you think you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD.
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Rift's way is the best way. It doesn't bring population problems because it makes them completely meaningless: in Rift, players from both factions can join the same parties, the same guilds, do the same instances and the same quests if they so chose. There's even (for twelveth time) an in-game, lore-friendly NPC faction already that shows us that the 'Factions Must Mean Something!' is nothing but an arbitrary construct made because the developers are kinda stuck back in Vanilla WoW design panflets: the Circle of Galactic Scientists. They have Mechari working with Aurin there and nobody goes out of their way to shoot them.
 
Just add a new faction led (grudgingly) between two major characters that figure out that finding ways to work together against the Entity/Ikthians/Wahtever is more important than taking cheap shots while fighting the Entity/Ikthians/Whatever. Then have the character join this group at some point. The only issue would be the timing: we probably would require the Entity to become a threat earlier in the story, or to do a handwave and make the 'changes' retroactive in PvE Server (as in, you WILL join this faction and become 'neutral' as far as parties, circles and guilds go, so there's no reason to NOT give you the functionality now).	
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			I'm not entirely clear on your argument for faction change if I'm honest. It seems like you are suggesting that Dom outnumber Exile which I find incredulous but even if that were the case I dont see why or how faction change would improve that? Surely ppl would just swap and change and the burden of popularity would end at somewhere similar to how it is now? Apologies if I completely miss-understood your OP but why bother having factions at all if you can just change them willy-nilly so to speak?
			
				
	Edited December 11, 2015 by zagzig	
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Make faction changes restricted so you can only swap to the less populated one - in this (actual) case, Dominion.
 
Once it approaches equal numbers, turn the dial so you can go either way.
 
Faction changes without limitation will probably cause a ton of damage.	
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Um....what? I don't know of any MMORPG that has a faction change ability.
 
Also, all races are faction specific (e.g. you can't play an Exile Chua, or a Dominion Aurin) It would make a mess of existing lore, and given that Carbine has given quite a bit of thought into lore, I doubt they'd go changing it all willy-nilly.
 
Also, you have two character slots. Simply becuase you think you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD.
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			Free faction change from exile to dominion, paid transfer the other way. That would get my vote in game current state.	
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Just lose the freaking hard divide.
 
Drop the Chat Barrier. So stale in this day and age and easy enough to circumvent it may as well not be there.
 
Merge the Auction Houses/CX. More goods for both sides.
 
Merge the PVE queues. Who cares if your uber-tank is a Draken or Granok? I sure don't.
 
Install "Mercenaries" in PVP, so if a queue isn't popping because of a 2-3 player imbalance, then those spots get filled by the other faction (Traitors!) :D
 
Leave the Main Cities/Forts/Open World zones as they are. The Factions *are* at War, but individuals (that is, players) make their own choices.
 
Naturally, if you're so inclined, there could always be a little button for "Don't Queue With Opposite Faction" if you're just so proud you can't lower yourself to play with an Aurin :lol:
 
Boom. Solved.
 
EDIT TO ADD: MERGE HOUSING AND HOUSING CHAT. 
 
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	Edited December 11, 2015 by Tex Arcana	
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Merge the Auction Houses/CX. More goods for both sides.
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As a side note, the AH and CX are already cross-faction.
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Merge the PVE queues. Who cares if your uber-tank is a Draken or Granok? I sure don't.
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Add a 'I'm a silly Faction purist; don't mix me with the other faction!' button to the matchmaker and everyone hating on the Aurin/Chua for no reason can continue their endless cycle of silly fake hatred as they wish while leaving the rest of us to enjoy the game with more people.
 
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EDIT TO ADD: MERGE HOUSING AND HOUSING CHAT. 
 
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As a side note, the AH and CX are already cross-faction.
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Oh I despise aurin.  But I'd rather have aurin in my group and have the groups POP than having to wait 5 times as long.
 
I say just eff the barrier entirely.  I guess if you want to keep the main cities separate, sure, but open up guilds and raid groups for people.
 
I absolutely love the warring faction storyline, but when a DPS q on exile pops faster than a support q on dominion, there's an issue.	
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*In their best Reagan voice* Carbine, Tear down this wall!
 
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i play a chua and my comments are usually just playful banter.  except for the aurin thing.  really do hate them lol.  but i can understand why some people flock to them.  my wife loves her aurin.  i think if those two races, aurin and chua, had all the classes available we would have 90% of people playing those.  space rats and hybrid cats ftw.
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Oh I despise aurin.  But I'd rather have aurin in my group and have the groups POP than having to wait 5 times as long.
 
I say just eff the barrier entirely.  I guess if you want to keep the main cities separate, sure, but open up guilds and raid groups for people.
 
I absolutely love the warring faction storyline, but when a DPS q on exile pops faster than a support q on dominion, there's an issue.
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Add a 'I'm a silly Faction purist; don't mix me with the other faction!' button to the matchmaker and everyone hating on the Aurin/Chua for no reason can continue their endless cycle of silly fake hatred as they wish while leaving the rest of us to enjoy the game with more people.
 
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Am I the only one who loves both aurin and chua? :(
I got a chua main and an aurin alt, both pink ofc	
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Am I the only one who loves both aurin and chua? :(
I got a chua main and an aurin alt, both pink ofc
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*In their best Reagan voice* Carbine, Tear down this wall!
 
I think I fall into the opposite of this...I play Aurin ONLY because the one race I really want to play can't be the class I want. =/
I don't hate Aurin or Chua, but you give me a Draken Esper or a Granok stalker and I'll be sooooooooo happy.
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 Draken Esper
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Add a 'I'm a silly Faction purist; don't mix me with the other faction!' button to the matchmaker and everyone hating on the Aurin/Chua for no reason can continue their endless cycle of silly fake hatred as they wish while leaving the rest of us to enjoy the game with more people.
 
 
THIS. PLEASE DO THIS. Just add add acouple more buttons to the settings: Public - My Faction and Public - Both Factions. Suddenly, nobody is FORCED to be visited by the other faction.
Hell, even add an annoying "Are you REALLY sure? Factions must mean Something! If you do this, Factions will Mean Nothing!(t)" prompt if you want. 
 
And while you are at it allow us to mail things to the other faction? Seriously, this one makes no sense: the CX and AH are already cross faction. What's the mail gonna do? Make it easier for opposite players to coordinate their own events without having to resort to a third party forum or some MADNESS like that?!
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What your trying to tell us is that you are an Aurin main, correct?
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What your trying to tell us is that you are an Aurin main, correct?
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First: what does that matter? Seriously, is there something INHERENTLY wrong with people who main Aurin characters? Should we deduce that there's something wrong with EVERYONE who mains a particular race? Or is it just an unfunny, useless and fake (and therefore stupid) 'hatred' that only amuses yourself? Because seriously. I've seen you keeping this sillyness up in multiple places now and it makes no sense nor adds ANYTHING to ANY of the conversations you brought it up with.
 
Secondly: I main a Mordesh Warrior on the Exile side and a Draken Spellslinger on Dominion side. The characters that follow them on playtime are a HUMAN and a MECHARI, both at level 50.
And since I imagine your next post will be something along the lines of 'Uh-huh, sure!' (because this fake hatred of yours is not as much irrational as it is juvenile), here, have a /played for those two. 
 
 
And here's for the only two Aurin I have:
 
 
Now,can you stop being an ass for no reason and start actually providing ANYTHING TO THE DISCUSSION AT ALL, or are you going to insist on wasting our time with remarks that add nothing to anything?
 
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Tolerance and tact. Both traits on opposite sides of the scale in this thing we call personal interaction. Tact to be mindful in what we say, and tolerance to not let the more abrasive comments nick our skin. We can make it past this hiccup I think and move on to better matters :)
 
I love giving my friend hell over being a part of the Aurin "plague" - but it's all in good fun. We're all gamers here and all that is really just fluff that shouldn't concern us so much.
			
				
	Edited December 12, 2015 by Frosthaven	
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			2 aurin alts. smh.	
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2 aurin alts. smh.
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I think your hatred of Aurins is only rivaled by my anger of lopps.
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However I will call you out on your ignorant comment of 'fake hatred'. I can assure you that I truly HATE Aurin, and wish to *cupcake* they were never in this game to begin with. It is in no way 'artificial'. My comments towards people who play them however, are not genuine. I thought I had made that obvious, but I suppose some people could still interpret it that way if they have an aggressive enough mentality.
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It's one thing to make comments about aurin as a race. But when you make insulting comments about players - no matter if you "intend" them joking or not, that's incredibly rude. It doesn't take an "aggressive" mentality to feel that way, just a feeling one.
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2 aurin alts. smh.
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I have three Mechari alts. Three Chua alts. Three Mordesh alts. Four humans. Two granoks. Three draken. But you are focusing on the two aurin alts that' don't make for the bast majority of my playtime.
 
Good trolling mate. Good trolling. I'm sure the moderators and Carbine love it because THE FACTIONS MUST MEAN SOMETHING and so your TRUE HATE is totally in line with their shitty design decisions.
 
 
If I posted my character roster, you would just claim I could have more accounts. So it is indeed a waste of time. You are the kind of shitty player that has plagued this *cupcake*ing community and given it its terrible notoriety. You are insulting, idiotic, every word you type is vitriol and every time it's pointed out you handwave it with 'LOL just joking LOL'. You are useless and brought nothing here of note except a whole bunch of trolling.
You have proved you are a troll time and time again with your shitty jokes, by defending them from an high stance and by using the fallacy of silence: "Well, you didn't MENTION other characters, so you MUST have other characters!' Congratulaitons on proving the kind of awful idiocy you CHOSE to use in your head. You are thethe one person who choses to believe what they want despite the evidence in front of it.
 
You can believe whatever you want. Your beliefs are supported by nothing but your own 'true hatred' bias, and so they are worth nothing. Enjoy them.
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Not at all. I have a level 50 Aurin bunnygirl (who is really a Lopp, or at least she thinks she is) and I played Chua during the first beta up to level 20 or so.
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Yay, that's really fun to hear =)
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