Another idea about factions:
Become visible bases !!! Nothing like an attack at home to start moving the ass.
A nice idea, but i would rather not have this as something permanent. There is a risk bigger faction would squat on the less factions HQ.
Or make it so that the worldmap disapear and the base are directly connected to the gates. You if you want to visit another faction base, you have to go throught the whole phoenix, then the faction gate, and finally reach the base.
That's the best idea you've came up so far (IMO).
Well, this sounds nice and all, now imagine balancing this.
Why it will be hard?
1. Rewards shall be astonishingly good, since you are fighting right NEXT to the enemy respawn. They can throw countless amounts of players at you, and you will probably run out of ammo sooner, than win that encounter. (yeah, you can set special respawn counters for that)
2. It has to be decided upon whether ALL 4 bases must be opened at the same time or not.
3. It has to be decided whether you GAIN something or STEAL something from enemy faction (it makes huge difference, that's where #2 comes in the way. What's the point of having a "chance" to steal something from 1 out of 3 enemies, when you risk something being stolen from your base.
and some others are probably out there, those are brainstormed in a minute.
I'm not against this idea, I just feel that cirn0 does whatever he deems necessary. Remember that he's both dev AND a player, who enjoys competitive games, that are fun. If any1 can do miracles do this server, it's that kind of person.