NC Ideology Misinterpretations?

according to the lore the NC started off as mercenaries, but over the stretch of time grew out of that. into a general group seeking freedom from what they view as oppressive force. And as far as the VS is concerned they just think they're insane and dangerous and need to be stopped before they destroy everything or do something else absolutely horrible.

Each faction has an ideology to attract everyone. The TR is socialist and authoritarian, the NC is capitalist and anarchist, and the VS is technocratic and religious. I find that the most common misinterpretation of the New Conglomerate is considering it "Space America." It is much more left-wing; a better comparison would be Jacobins shouting "Viva la France!"

Wow ... OP has no clue what the faction profiles are.

Each of the empires represent a dystopian scenario.

TR: facism/totalitarianism
NC: anarcho-libertarianism/corporatism
VS: religious fanaticism

All three factions are extremists.

Order to the point of Oppression.

Freedom to the point of anarchy.

Transhumanism to the point of Dehumanization.

If you are a rational being you probably would not agree with any of their ideologies as they are actually quite terrible. Would you really be into being oppressed, or oppressing your own people? No you would want them to have freedoms, wiggle room to live your life as you see fit as long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others. Would you really want total anarchy, where only what you can protect with your gun is yours? No you would want to feel safe that a powerful government is helping protect you and your own where you cannot yourself. Would you want to modify yourself to the point where human, and mutant becomes blurred? No you would want to improve yourself while not going overboard and destroying your underlying humanity.

Nobody in this war is right, and the side you pick, at least for lore reason, is supposed to reflect what you hold dear for all else is being destroyed, and you are the destroyer. Order in your life, Freedom to do as you please, or the drive to improve yourself, and everything around you.

That is how I see it.

NC = Space USA
TR = Space Russia
VS = Space Iran

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Also, I would guess that the fact that EVERYTHING PS2 related outside the game has NC soldiers featured the most prominently probably doesn't help anything.

That religion part in VS is such a painful contradiction. I've never got the logic behind it, really, it baffles me so f*cking much...

I'd get that if it was meant to be understood as an image the VS has from the outside, not the way the faction of scientists view themselves. I could almost think it is meant that way, but then the game couldn't serve me nonsense as "Vanu smiles upon me".

Cool, I'm Space Iranian ...

Actually, it is more like TR=USSR, VS=Russian Federation, ideology wise.

I don't think FPS people are role-players who care about factions descriptions.

NC are overpopped because, all things being equal, more damage outweighs whatever other benefits in a twitch based shooter. NC have the best vehicles (certainly the best tank), the best infantry weapons, best MAX, and are just all around generally easier to play and farm kills with. In any 1 on 1 engagement, highest damage wins. Period!

After struggling on my TR for like a month, I switched to NC lastnight and I'm never looking back. The gun I started with (SAW), with no certs spent on it other than optics, was easier to get kills with than TR guns I had dumped hundreds of certs into.

I'm pretty sure the teens are gravitating towards pew pew laser dubstep. That's how it felt on Mattherson. Most of the people I ran with on the NC were young adults or older guys who worked during the week.

TR = actual USA
NC = EU; corporations and mercenaries edition
VS = Religious Extremists

Gotta keep the sheep asleep I see... Unimpressed SOE.

"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter."