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I have played a couple season 5's recently and have found the faction missions to be less then stellar. In the 4 games I have played no one completed their faction missions and most of them left feeling defeated (myself included). Most of them failed because they didn't know how season 5 worked. Some of us failed because the piece of the puzzle needed to even know there was a faction mission was presented in a tiny part of the story that had nothing to do with the adventure. The rest failed because they had no idea what their faction's mission was (requiring them to go to a website to find the letters).
After the last game I played I tried to figure out what the faction missions add to the game. Seasons 0-4 added a bond between players, helped newer players get into the game and feel part of something bigger, gave room for new interactions between players who wouldn't normally role play, and gave players a challenge to over come. I don't see these with season 5. I can't say I knew what faction anyone at my last table was until afterward when found out that we all failed. The martial characters had little interaction if any because they didn't have a goal they just kind of sat back and watched the show. The goals for the mission within the Scenario were hidden... After the Adventure I guessed at what it would take to complete my factions mission. I had no clue because in a 3 hour game the only hint was 1 line deep in the story. The newer players who play season 0-4 expect a letter from their faction leader letting them know how to help the faction out and when they didn't get one and were told they failed there is a bit of disappointment in there eyes.
The new faction missions don't add fun, challenge, or new interactions but seem to add frustration , disappointment and apathy. I love playing pathfinder and yes this change won't make me quit or play less but it does make it less fun then it use to.
So I ask you the leaders of the Society to think about changing the faction missions next season. It doesn't have to be the same as season 0-4 but something better then current system so that again we can get some new interactions, new challenges, and most of all some more fun.