In response to a post below discussing why the system is the way it is, I decided to bring it up to the top because I liked some of the ideas: [quote]I like the idea but there is a reason behind why factions like dead orbit, new monarchy and future war cult are joinable factions. They, along with the vangaurd quartermasters make up the tower census, the concil that runs the tower and the overal human/exo/awoken(?) races. Thats why all the faction weaponry are reskins of vangaurd and crucible weapons. Factions like queens wrath, house of judgement are sects of the reef (which is currently being run by house of judgement) theyre a seperate goverment from the tower which would allow reef citizens to join. And crotas bane is a one (wo)man faction and more of a...hitman for hire sinario.[/quote] I see what you are saying. However, why must we align with the vanguard exclusively? Why couldn't we still be agents of the reef (seems Lady Efrideet went her own way without a problem), cryptarchy, or even The Nine...maybe even in secret? Perhaps the rules for the factions become a little more strict, or even some perks of armor or weaponry won't activate if you aren't a member or have a certain level of trust. Perhaps you could get a primary with elemental damage from each that only activates if you are a part of the faction. I don't know. I'm just slinging ideas around. The important part at the moment I think we can all agree that the current faction system isn't really well thought out, doesn't really mean much of anything, and at it's current state is pretty boring given that all three have the exact same armor. It like uniqueness, and variety to flesh out my character and to give me something to do. Why not add more variety to the mix, more avenues of story, loyalty, deceit?