Faction Promotion and Advancement

[Lulzebub]

I used to get stuck on trying to be promoted and stuff but that's no where near what makes anything entertaining.

One of my most enjoyable characters was probably one of the shittiest members of the faction to which they belonged in all of that faction's history. One of the best faction characters I ever interacted with was also a complete failure to their faction.

Moar drunk and crooked Infantrymen, please. Considering their new position in the grand scheme of things, there's a lot of room for decadence there.

[Underwood]

I think the point is that a few more higher ranked people in a faction would allow the lower ranked ones to ask a PC for approval, rather than a DM. That would in turn create more faction action.

[Thomas_Not_very_wise]

One of my most enjoyable characters was probably one of the shittiest members of the faction to which they belonged in all of that faction's history. One of the best faction characters I ever interacted with was also a complete failure to their faction.

:( Roland Hyrenex was not a complete failure, he just lacked badass ranks.

Aside, Faction Achievement is difficult, but well worth the effort. I've noted that individual prestige gets more kudo ranks than faction prestige...heh

[Cerberus]

Coming from somebody that has never had any IG rank (and doesn't really want it), I feel there are far too many chiefs and not enough indians. I would say the opposite is needed, raise the bar and make the entire rank system actually mean something. Personally most of my PC could care less when somebody says "I'm such-and-such" rank because so is half the server so it loses it's meaning.

[Paha]

That is a matter of the faction prestige, not the amount of ranks. People and PC factions usually create their own ranks, which they have all the rights to do, however it's irrelevant to compare the amount of those people who claim ranks inside PC factions, to those that earn them in public factions such as Sons and Armada. Their influence and depth is in another level compared to PC factions.

[Cerberus]

Titles are what is irrelevant and the fact that everybody and their brother walks around claiming this rank or that, be it faction given or made up (i.e.; Painbearer). If everbody walks around saying they're the C.E.O. then the title of CEO has no meaning.
 
Edit instead of double posting...
example: one low ranking PC that is the only indian and there are two ranking PC's that can both use the low ranking PC as a sort of henchman. Which PC is the comodity?
 
Ya'll can have your ranks, I'll play the flunkies.

[i will try to fix you]

I think the sole reason for this is because of the way the ranking systems work. In groups like the Watch and House Sharboneth, there was a very obvious chain of command in which you could syphon up.

While the Conclave does have that, it's generally gained through very non-linear things, rather than just being good at filing / being very proactive. The Stygians are very objective based and the Sons are just chaotic (although I haven't joined so I may be wrong there).

I am pretty certain if these groups had obvious hierarchy like the Watch/Sharboneth did, nobody would be complaining about this. And regardless of whether you like this or not, I think this is what causes so few characters to rise the ranks rather than just high standards.