I used to follow Dead Orbit vehemently, its all I would wear or buy. They were my guys.... But now? The Factions don't serve any purpose...they're just glorified gear vendors, there is no moving forward with their stories or their philosophies. There is no benefit to being a member of them save for getting a rank up package. Sure when you hit 25, you got a cool Exotic Mark, but nothing else. They need their own storylines, patrolling the planets should be part of Faction storyline/lore; gathering parts for Dead Orbit's ships in the Cosmodrome, Searching out new weapons of war on Mars for FWC, combing through the Collectives archives on Venus for New Monarchy.... I love this game, but there is so much untapped potential with 90% of the stuff in it, but at the moment...they just don't mean anything anymore.