They aren't griefing.  

Oh year old good faction system is when we all join 1 side and beating up clowns who think they can fight 1 vs all, just like DPS you call PVP, where you on full PVP buff get on someone with PVE skills and rolling buffs.

What about multiple PvP factions and you have underdog bonus for the least represented faction and pvp objectives on world map on 30min cooldown for nice big lootchest if you capture zone

Expand factions to ocean too: 

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This idea is designed to help adress the concerns by both those not interested in ocean pvp and those who are.

Issues to consider:
- non-PvPers dont want to deal with pirating
- Pirates dont want to deal with PvPers running from fights

This idea will help to incentivize a healthy PvP environment by offering a high risk high reward option for sailors.

To prepare for this content, The following changes would need to be made:
- PvP outside of factions/GvGs would be disabled on non arsha servers.
- remove the loss of normal barter goods/sailor sickness on ship death. 
- Remove the naval fame system.

I would like to see a faction system implemented with the Goldmonts, the Cox pirates, and the Crow merchants guild.
Players can OPT IN to ocean PvP by signing a contract with one of the three ocean factions. you will be locked into the faction for 1 month.
opting into these factions would enable pvp vs the other factions in exchange for some benefits.

heres a proposal for some faction specific benefits:

crow merchants: parrlay discount and bonus pillagable bartering goods that can be turned in for extra profit (disappear if sunk or server is changed)
goldmonts: recieve pillagable crow coin bundles when bartering in margoria or killing monsters in margoria (disappear if sunk or server is changed)
cox pirates: ship stat increase (5%) and fog of war removal in margoria. if defeated, drops a Bounty scroll that can be turned in for crow coins.

Pillaging mechanics: if a ship from another faction is defeated, any pillagable goods are transferred to the victor.

I thought about that too. However I think its better to only have one faction, so it's more likely you run into someone you can actually fight.

In games like where are multiple factions there is always one that dominates and has the most players and if you are part of that faction its way more likely that you run into a teammate.

And don't forget that there are already guilds which can be considered factions. In addition to that, you can group up at a party or platoon.

I like the idea of PVP objectives on the world map, but I would keep the objectives simple and maybe restrict group size depending on the event. Or make the game automatically match players in groups, so even people without friends can participate.

No. Dual factions don't work. It always leads to 1 faction domination. It happened in WoW it happened in Aion. Pk system is superior. Or something else entirely. Just: LET ME SMASH!

That's why there is only one faction where the members kill each other. Initially I didn't name it faction but flagging up in city, however that lead to confusions