Things should shape up to be more eq-live like once the next db is released. (
www.ProjectEQ.net)
As for the faction I noticed that too, I used v0.4 faction from govtcheese. I havent looked at it but its possible it could not have sourced right on my end, Ill check and update it.
Also, soon to be released, installer/walkthrough program to get your ini and .bat files setup correctly. From me, compiling code and editing ini files and db's and stuff is easy as pie. But for new people that come around just to play around by themselves or with some friends... they dont want to sit there and figure out every little setting. (Although they should imo

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So I look forward to finishing it up, maybe be up before the end of the day.