The Dark Empire is an original and old school PS guild, I intend to keep it that way by not throwing away everything we stand for, for a merge. It\'s a matter of principle. So I will make this very clear to everyone:
THE DARK EMPIRE IS AN ORIGINAL GUILD AND IT WILL STAY THAT WAY, THIS MEANS WE ARE NOT MERGING WITH ANY OTHER GUILD!
Any rumors of the DE that concern merging is FALSE. It is very doubtful it will ever happen. True, I once thought of a merge with BFC, but then I realised I just dont want to do that.
DE\'s alignment is NOT UP FOR DEBATE. We are lawful Evil based, and will stay that way.
I do not mean to discourage the idea of other evil guilds merging, I am just saying that as of now (and doubtful even later) the DE is not apart of it.
Why do I not want to merge? Well my concerns are this:
1. I prefer to stay in a guild where RP\'ing is of high priority. The DE rules for membership state that you must RP to be in the guild. If we were to abide by this merge, whats to assure that rule is preserved, and to its full effect? I don\'t believe simply stating \"you must RP\" is enough. it must be enforced.
2. We are talking about 3-4 evil guilds merging here. This means 3-4 different groups with some things in common, and some things not so in common. And it is my experience from previous MMORPG\'a ive played that merged guilds are much more prone to internal conflict than seperate and independant guilds. Even merging 2 can be problematic, let alone 3 or 4.
3. The DE is militant based as it always has been. And is yet unique in its own way. Merging will not help to preserve this. Maybe the \"new\" DA would be militant based, but it just wouldnt have that classic DE feel ive always loved.
So to sum it up in regards to the DE\'s stance on BFC, and BO:
Merge=No
Alliance=Yes
Object to BO and BFC merging=No, by all means, merge as you wish.
Thats my official statement *attaches the Dark Imperial seal*