This is a simple enough message for the kick Cozmo made at the end of TWAB: While I am absolutely up for any person to pledge to whichever faction they so choose... it is funny that your stated reason for pledging to FWC this time was to help get my primary faction a win... Fact is, personally speaking, I don't want someone pledging for that reason. It's too close to the "I feel sorry for you" category of reasoning. As a primary FWC faction rider since D1... I'll explain right now both why I chose FWC in D1 and why that did not change even with the New Monarchy lure since we no longer have a speaker in D2. D1. Just launched and I was day 1. Wanted to support SOMETHING from the city as it was the first safe haven I came across (obvious plot) and we had five total factions ironically: Vanguard (always pledged as the game allowed), Crucible (always pledged per the game), FWC, DO, and NM. NM wanted the speaker throne. D2? They have it right now. I personally feel NM should be held, at defensive gunpoint, so the people get to elect a leader OR a speaker arises to assume that role OR any other methodology honestly. Yep. Went there. I agreed with them contesting Speaker authority for the simple reason of a choice. The speaker should never be a monarch either (in Destiny, there is no real authority btw per the Lore) for obvious reasons. DO. Space in a 100% ground operations game. If D3 features space combat, exploration, etc. in the more diversified manner? Only then will I be considering them EXCEPT for their stated reason: We will survive in space. Even if our supplies run out. We will win by the rule of killing those who choose us to survive. Human nature purposely stated. Good overall plan to avoid Travelers enemies however as every time it ran? We lost. Good overall logic, bad survival plan. FWC. D1? I was either FWC... or the vanguard... or the crucible... Two of those I couldn't pledge as they were always active no matter what I did. They simply stated, "We aim to prepare for the war". Well... a lot of FPS players will say, "Ok. That's what we do anyway" and other audiences shy away and simply say, "Yeah. If the shaders are good. Ok." For the record? D1 people I am referencing to BLUNTLY said the best shader was DO's "Revenant". I still to this day disagree. FWC. D2? The same overall logic for all three factions (in the general sense) and the only really bad thing about FWC is the cult in the name and the Vex prediction machine which has already stated at least some portion of the Earth is no more, and the phrase "the war is elsewhere. Let's go find it." which means D3 is going to have a fun and interesting timeline if my guardians (one of each) is not involved on earth. So. 3 factions for D2 Faction Rally (what we asked for mind you fellow D1 people out there). Personally speaking again? I'll disregard FWC's issues as opposed to two political factions and another saying we should do the stupid logistical planning and simply run with our lives. To be honest? Based on all of those? I'd HONESTLY rather be dead, on earth, then survive by any of their logic. So... my message to everyone who read all of this is two things: Choose based on your own choice (obviously) and Cozmo? Don't ever even imply that FWC needs a handout. We're the only one's who actually are going to win this ongoing war.