this has been my biggest problem with the game to date. not only are there only two sides, but there's not really an option to just fuck off and do your own thing outside of it. there's the neutral territory and diplomatic council now, but even then, they've said wyver and olympia both will get pissy if people try to build anything resembling a village/living area outside of either town. so you're still in a 'pick one' situation. neither side is doing much in terms of trying to lure people to join them, and both have been outright hostile to new parties, so i'm finding it incredibly hard to find an incentive to do more than keep my character's head down and try to play in the game without being too active in the politics, because as far as i can see, there's no real push for it and no draw to picking one side over another.

i'm pretty sure they plan on opening up other areas, because outside of natha, wyver, and olympia rep points, i remember seeing listings for other faction rep points, so they clearly have a plan for it, but as someone that's been in the game over half a year with people in it longer than that, it would be super nice if they actually opened those up already if those were in the making. i wouldn't want everything shoved in all at once like a flash in the pan, but i agree that it seems to be really oddly timed and either too much crammed in at once or too much downtime with nothing to do. and that's when you get people focusing on sol stuff too much and it carries over to 'but i had plans' when actual plot comes up that conflicts with their sol playing.