I'll just put in my two cents. A lot of you all talk about no inter faction conflict as a problem here. I'd just like to say that given the setting competing factions in Upper makes no IC sense. Just about every humanoid race is on the brink of extinction and most of us think of Sanctuary as our last stronghold for survival. Why would people want to destroy their last hope for the survival of their species other than for "the evuls"? There's just no need or reason for the factions to not cooperate. But EFU has always been a " times are grim right now... better start killing everyone " kind of server. The setting has always been getting progressively darker and more dire in tone. Now though I get a strong feeling that the setting's message is "unite or die". I just feel that we need reasons and rewards for fostering conflict and player initiative IC as well as OCC.