100561-idea-free-and-paid-faction-transfer

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So right now we don't have either, but why not both? CS could make paid transfers for $15/20 for those who have the money and want it done now. And, for my idea, a faction change quest line that's either totally free, or requires some gold to complete (for bribes or whatnot). I picture it like this:
 
First you would have to locate the opposing factions undercover agent to begin the story, be it in thyad/illium or some faction neutral war torn area. He gives you a series of quests to say, sabotage something in your current factions capitol (maybe blow up a taxi terminal or something, and it's disabled for 5-10min), or a mission to kill a high profile exile NPC. Each one giving you rep with the other faction, and when you've caused enough mayhem/bribed the right people/proved your loyalty and reached a certain amount (say ~1k) you become a common enemy to both factions. (I'd like the final turn in to happen to an agent in your capitol, so you have to sneak out using a stealth bubble the agent gives you and tranq/poison darts or something like that) Guards in both capitols attack on sight, players from both factions can attack you in open world etc. 
 
You then travel to the outskirts of your new capitol to meet with some crazed chua/mordesh doctor who implants you with an appearance module, allowing you to appear be one of the factions races, and you can then enter your new capitol and finish up the story line. If you then wanted to go back to your old faction, it would be the story in reverse, getting your appearance mod removed and having to prove your loyalty again (as the faction transfer causes you to lose a big chunk of your old faction rep).
 
The whole process should take at least a few days to a week, so you wouldn't have problems with mass faction quitting.
 
I think this would add a lot to your character development (instead of hurrdurr I'm a dom now), and could even award titles (Rogue Agent/Defector) and maybe even costume pieces.
 
 
This is of course just a rough idea, and while CS would probably never do this, it's fun to think about!  :D	
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Let's all become Exile so we can do group content together.
 
(psst: Steal RIFT's Faction = Fiction thing for super fast queue times)	
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			I doubt i'll be the only one, but the whole idea of being enemy of both sides and able to attack EVERYONE appeals greatly to me	
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I doubt i'll be the only one, but the whole idea of being enemy of both sides and able to attack EVERYONE appeals greatly to me
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How often can you run the betray quest chain? It kinda makes no sense if someone can just flip side every other week. I love trees, nah, I love explosives, eh, I love trees again.
 
Love the part about losing faction rep whenever someone betray though, and I hope you have prepared large vessels to collect inevitable tears about rep grinds. :lol:	
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How often can you run the betray quest chain? It kinda makes no sense if someone can just flip side every other week. I love trees, nah, I love explosives, eh, I love trees again.
 
Love the part about losing faction rep whenever someone betray though, and I hope you have prepared large vessels to collect inevitable tears about rep grinds. :lol:
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Let's all become Exile so we can do group content together.
 
(psst: Steal RIFT's Faction = Fiction thing for super fast queue times)
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People ain't going to do a faction change if it will slow their progression or completely wipe the progression they have made so far.
 
Just saying.
 
There is a reason people want faction change services, and that is because they want to play the other faction without losing the progression they have made on a certain character.
 
Otherwise rerolling wouldn't have been that much of a problem and we wouldn't be discussing having faction change services in the first place.	
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People ain't going to do a faction change if it will slow their progression or completely wipe the progression they have made so far.
 
Just saying.
 
There is a reason people want faction change services, and that is because they want to play the other faction without losing the progression they have made on a certain character.
 
Otherwise rerolling wouldn't have been that much of a problem and we wouldn't be discussing having faction change services in the first place.
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You wouldn't lose anything but time spent (if my post wasn't clear you would apply your current rep to your new faction). If you're in a time sensitive progression scenario then do the paid transfer. 
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It was an argument against likely arguments of how faction changing is bad and that faction changing should have serious consequences for the progression you have made on a certain character, which is absolutely ridicoulus because that is a service that will not be used, or it might be used but won't be profiltable anyway.
 
The questing won't be done either if any kind of progression will be lost.
 
It wasn't an attack on your idea, but just a quick mention for those wanting to talk about heavy consequences that involves lost progression in the future of this thread (and for those of them who read at least the first page)
 
But I agree, we do need a faction change service, and race changing especially before or at the same time as all classes are made available to all races.
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			Are you talking "pick a new race when you move" or are you talking "keep your race and betray your starting faction" ?  From the OP the latter, but other people are implying the first.	
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Are you talking "pick a new race when you move" or are you talking "keep your race and betray your starting faction" ?
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No, everyone would just jump ship to wichever 'strongest' and more populated faction, for free, creating an even bigger faction imbalance.
 
I do have no problem at all with a paid service, if you really want to spend money on that
 
Keeping your original race is off the table though, it would not make sense to the lore AT ALL. 
 
Everyone that wants to change factions so early in the game, means they really want to play wich faction they think is the strongest, and dominating and undefeatable, instead of rolling the faction that actually appeal to you more in sense of style and characteristics. Or faction imbalance is really a problem on whatever region you play.
 
Here in the EU region, it's quite balanced between Exiles and Dominions, maybe even a little bit more Exiles total, not sure about that. I have a Lv50 Dominion, I don't even like Dominion, but the friend I was going to play WS with has quit, so I can do whatever I want now and started to reroll an Exile, the only thing about the Dominions I liked was Toric Antevian.
 
I bet you are an Exile and want to switch to Dominions.	
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I think it would be really cool if you could keep your race on faction change though, make you stick out as a defector. But that would issues with the current faction/race system.
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No, everyone would just jump ship to wichever 'strongest' and more populated faction, for free, creating an even bigger faction imbalance.
 
I do have no problem at all with a paid service, if you really want to spend money on that
 
Keeping your original race is off the table though, it would not make sense to the lore AT ALL. 
 
Everyone that wants to change factions so early in the game, means they really want to play wich faction they think is the strongest, and dominating and undefeatable, instead of rolling the faction that actually appeal to you more in sense of style and characteristics. Or faction imbalance is really a problem on whatever region you play.
 
Here in the EU region, it's quite balanced between Exiles and Dominions, maybe even a little bit more Exiles total, not sure about that. I have a Lv50 Dominion, I don't even like Dominion, but the friend I was going to play WS with has quit, so I can do whatever I want now and started to reroll an Exile, the only thing about the Dominions I liked was Toric Antevian.
 
I bet you are an Exile and want to switch to Dominions.
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I am an exile, but no, I don't want to change. Have a great guild and no problems in PvP. I just thought it would be a fun idea for those that do.
 
I have a friend that paid to server move a dom toon to play with me, thinking he could faction change (like most majors MMOs let you do) and found he couldn't though. There are many reasons to move factions beyond wanting an edge. Plus I doubt people would mass change if the free process took a decently long time and wasn't easy to do. 
 
Personally I would like a factionless game or cross faction grouping, but no studios seem to want to do it for AAA titles.
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