Maybe I'm behind but...

by yakaman, Monday, April 01, 2013, 10:54 (4468 days ago) @ Tawpgun

Have the meanings behind the factions been revealed yet? I'm talking about the ones featured on the Bungie shirts. Dead Orbit, Seven Seraphs, New Monarchy etc.

Have we found out what these are exactly? Or is it still a mystery?

I hope that choosing a faction has a lot of impact on identity within the game, especially perhaps to build some sense of community through proximity. Like, literally storing my spaceship next to LeetSniper1998 means I'll see LeetSniper1998 pretty often, and potentially, we'll become acquaintances and do some missions together.

In other words, I hope the faction isn't just a logo on my armor. How do friendships form in real life? Proximity and opportunity. Kids that live down the street, or are on your team, or are in your class, or are roommates at college, or co-workers, or people that frequent the same forum online.

This is how you build a real, organic community - through proximity and opportunity. You also create random mash-ups that may have very unpredictable outcomes. That's how you make a universe fun, exciting, and enduring.