i have the same idea but instead its the civil war and i will be the Confederacy

So your for slaves rght's and against freeing the slaves? That's the reason I didn't say civil war.

That's not exactly true, America hired blackwater to run patrols and such in Iraq (They're essentially mercenaries)

Glad someone mentioned it.



Most of its old news. Most of its just been waiting to happen.
And trust me, theres tons of other countries left out of that list.

But I'm sure you already can imagine that.


On the topic of Faction (in Brink):
Being an actual mercenary in this game would take some time to get used to for those who don't know.
On one side, if you're a loner type, well... you will be lonely if you don't start making friends & foes.
On the other, if you're a known and feared(skilled) member of the community, being a Mercenary will become quite natural (easily).

At least in my exp.

All about the SECURITY because people might see them as oppressors but their more than that in a way their trying to stop people from making a mistake and thats why their better and of cousre better equipment but in REAL life i would fight for resistance I HATE COPS

Yeah, one can always count on the fact that there will always be a war somewhere

and I agree with you in regards to the difficulties facing mercenaries in brink. Although you could always form a team of mercenaries? :confused:

Which is what I hope the clan I join does, unless ladders are (Faction) segregated.

Edit: And also, nice new avi.
I think the clan aspect would take away from the whole "soloist mercenary" mentality that some have.
But then again, this is a team objective based shooter.

Yeah i certainly wouldn't mind a neutral clan, I can't see SD segregating the factions like that either. And thanks haha, sick game :biggrin:

i agree with u

Do try to remenber SD is a british company. (but as some game disclaimer's say represent a wide group of different cultures).

I am sideing with security because the resistance want to destory the ark to escape and I think it is wrong to destory mankinds last hope.

They don't want to destroy the ark, they want fair treatment/fair share of what they worked hard and died to help maintain.

RESISTANCE IS NOT TRYING TO DESTROY THE ARK!!!!!!!!11!!!1!1!!!one :flamethrower: lol

Okay now that I'm done flaming, Resistnace really aren't trying to destroy the Ark, they just want equality among the Ark, and if they can't get that they will leave. It's kind of like the Civil Rights movement in the 50's and 60's. They feel oppressed by the "higher ups" of the land and will do what they can to feel like equals. The main difference is that The Resistance are just using
extreme aggression to accomplish their goals.

no they want to get off the ark that is why the security moto is "protect the ark" from them stipping the ark and leaving unliveable for anyone who wants to stay.

If they don't try to find out what happened in the rest of the world, then it is only a matter of time before they run out and are forced to leave with no supplies.

they have tried to find out what happened but they did not want to waste to many resoures finding out also from the horrible stories the refugees talked about it sounded like the end of the world. 20 years later they have all forgotten and think the world will have fixed its self.

Which is a legit claim.

But when a class of people have been oppressed and see no room for betterment, and out of the whole world there could be a few countries where they have recovered and started again.

The problem with the "is anybody out there" question is, is it worth the risk and is the reward so good that you are willing to destory your home and other peoples dreams to get there.
Also SD has made the storyline so that not everyone can agree who are the goodies and who are the badies.

I was under the impression that we would have one character, and we would be able to go between the two factions depending on the match. Like if you and your friends were in a party, got into a lobby with other players, the game would randomly select which faction to put you on as the map loads or something. Like in certain other FPSs....

Agreed! I hope you didn't think I was starting a flame war or something

I understand where both sides stand, and why they fight. And both sides are justifiable in their actions... It just depends on your ethical agreement

Nah you can create up to 10 characters and switch between them before the match starts. You were right about the factions though, as each of your created characters can play for either side

Good, good.
It would be rather difficult playing with friends if you couldn't.


Anyways, I don't think I'll want to limit myself to either faction because they both appeal to me in one way or another. I'll have to try to play them both as equally as possible.

There in lies the trouble though. The Ark was supposed to be the big hope for mankind, of which the founders are only a small part.

THe resistance wasn't the resistance until shortly before the story starts and it was the wish of the refugees to join the civilization as an equal part. When it became clear that would never happen then they turned to a new solution, find somewhere else to live.

For the founders to say "no, you can't be equals here, but no we won't help you find somewhere else" leaves the Resistance with very little in the way of options. Just because the founders happened to be part of the experimental attempt to save mankind does not neccesarily entitle them to choose their own existence over everyone elses.

Sure there's a story in place that gives you the "Either side could be right" feel, but if you dig deep enough (and hopefully the story does) there's going to be at least one choice made by one faction that if changed could avert the resistance.

However evil or misguided you think the Founders are they let the refugees on the Ark. They are all alive thanks to them.

However, they did work and treated them like second class citizens. Like most other places that have refugee camps

I want to play the Security side to see how their ending to keeping the peace works exactly. That's the ending I'm more curious about. Are they oppressing the Resistance or
do they come to a truce/understanding/whatever with the Resistance or do they just eliminate the entire Resistance "the threat" entirely?
...
...
...Hopefully, it's not the latter, because then I want a neutral ending, lol.

I guess with the Resistance the ending will ends right when they are either in the process of leaving the ark or about to leave the Ark and maybe the
screen fades black.... (To Be Continued.... in sequel, lol?)