And are they readily available? Declared on your website / Inara page / etc?
Yes. All Alliance NPC factions.
And are they readily available? Declared on your website / Inara page / etc?
Currently tied to a chair, manfully resisting the temptation.I notice that the essence of my observation is not grasped, and I notice that perhaps you are not aware of everything.
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Please do not draw conclusions without fully knowing the commitment of others in trying to make the game enjoyable for everyone.
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.... There's always a way to contact each other (Welcome to the Internet!) but some want to have things served on a silver platter and look squarely at you if you don't shove the information down their throat in a heartbeat. These kinds of persons are not worthy of your attention in the first place....
we have one formal faction and also assist some abandoned Alliance PMFs
All Alliance NPC factions.
There is no requirement or rule that states that both Wing and PMF have to be named the same or that the affiliation of the two needs to be known to everyone.
When another PMF comes close or is implemented nearby, they can establish contact and work things out. Keeping things between neighbours so to speak, and more isn't needed.
There's always a way to contact each other (Welcome to the Internet!) but some want to have things served on a silver platter and look squarely at you if you don't shove the information down their throat in a heartbeat. These kinds of persons are not worthy of your attention in the first place.
A tad harsh considering some PMFs will be console only and some will be school / work based so without the need to have an internet presence. For example a clan that starts in other games that have splintered off and now have a subset of them playing in Elite.
Make up your mind
We have two PS4 only PMFs in our neighbourhood. Googling got us the Discord information of one, and within that Discord we got a functioning link to the Discord channel of the other. No problem at all.
There are at least three PMFs in the Colonia region I have no idea who runs them ... and that's in a region where the PMFs are more easily contactable than normal, and it required a significant effort to get one.And you're wanting to tell me that in this day and age someone would play an online game like Elite, going through the trials and tribulations to get their PMF inserted and then have absolutely no presence on the Internet at all? Not using Discord or any other way to communicate when being online?
Hard to imagine for me.
There are at least three PMFs in the Colonia region I have no idea who runs them ... and that's in a region where the PMFs are more easily contactable than normal, and it required a significant effort to get one.
If i am reading your graph correctly, there is 5 PMF who managed to control 40 ish systems in one month ?
Make up your mind
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We have two PS4 only PMFs in our neighbourhood. Googling got us the Discord information of one, and within that one we got a functioning link to the channel of the other. No problem at all.
And you're wanting to tell me that in this day and age someone would play an online game like Elite, going through the trials and tribulations to get their PMF inserted and then have absolutely no presence on the Internet at all? Not using Discord or any other way to communicate when being online?
Hard to imagine for me.
Depends on what you define as presence, I guess?
We have a "secret" Facebook group which I post updates to, but that's it. Even then, it's not regularly read by our group; that exists just so if someone happens to be online, they can have a look and see what they can do. No discord, no Inara, nothing. Most of our discussions happen in-person, or in-game.
^ As in, Facebook-secret, only members can find the group and see posts.
EDIT: I put up a page on the Factions wiki for RP value, but I never had an intention of putting any contacts on there... so I put a link to PM me on the forums on request of the site runner (Olivia?)
Interesting that. Yet what I'm mostly aiming at with the term presence is that when the need arises you have a way to contact each other (Wing to Wing) to discuss formalities regarding each others BGS. Some might be easier or harder to contact, but there's a way.
And that what it's all about, for me at least.
If a player group wants to get in touch with a representative of Sovereign Justice Collective, how would they go about that?
Sovereign Justice Collective is a Dictatorship. They will contact you.
It's one thing if you're going for a bit of mystery, but to completely keep the surroundings in the dark when the need arises for to establish communications? That either means complete ignorance or trying to be disruptive on purpose.