Yeah, this is yuck. Never been a fan of the opaque shields, they've always felt weird for both sides. If someone wants to put together a list of where they still exist, I can make the adjustments.
I think the issue is the whole merit/outfit loyalty loss from leaving an outfit. Seeing as the outfit wars cycle is over, removing this would solve the NSO outfit issue of leaving outfits via NSO.
If you remove the outfit loyalty/merit loss upon leaving, I think the new system won't really have any flaws.
This is something to consider. Could be specific to NSO given the nature of the faction, if it came down to it.
Hey there. I'm paying attention to the feedback on this topic, and will weigh it in the balance.
To clarify some of the points, and share rationale behind the design.
Membership is required to join an outfit as NSO
This is true. On Live, you can't actually play your NSO character unless you have membership, so effectively nothing here changes for veterans.
People who stop paying for membership have to get kicked from their outfits
You do not get kicked from your outfit when your membership has ended, but currently lose access to outfit chat and war asset access. Losing access to the outfit coordination, basically putting you in robot jail, is to prevent players from playing for both teams at the same time. Example: You're in a TR outfit, but your outfitmates are fighting for NC. This doesn't represent the behavior we want to see in-game.
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