Matrix Online: Community Uplink- 03/08/006 - E Pluribus Neo

As you know, the E Pluribus Neo will not be playable as an Organization. However, we have worked out a way by which factions can obtain public recognition of their allegiance to the E Pluribus Neo cause.

Read The Kid's invitation linked above carefully. It includes the name of The Kid's liaison officer on your server.

A Zion-aligned faction applying in this way to the liaison may ask for a special E Pluribus Neo tag to be added to their faction name. Once the liaison has approved your faction for membership, they will send the name of your faction leader, or selected representative, to SOE Customer Service.

Please note that your faction must be Zion-aligned, and must wait for the E Pluribus Neo liaison on your server to contact Customer Service on your behalf. Customer Service will ignore requests for faction tags that do not come from the liaison.

After the liaison contacts Customer Service with your faction's name tag request, a Customer Service technician will locate your faction's representative in-game, and arrange a time for the tag to be added to the faction name. Changing the tag requires that all members of the faction are logged out of the game at a certain time. If the tag attempt fails because someone in the faction was not logged out, you will have to arrange for another attempt with Customer Service. It may take up to a week to be contacted by Customer Service, as they have kindly volunteered to do this service for us on top of the vital duties they perform in keeping the servers a safe place to play.

Once the tag is successful, the name and faction name above your character's head will look something like this:

Charactername - Zion
< My_Faction - EPN >

The tag will be visible to your faction immediately, but will not be visible to players outside your faction until the server restarts. There is a limit of 41 characters, visible or invisible, on faction names. The blue EPN tag adds 20 characters, since it includes two spaces, a dash, and 14 invisible color coding characters. Therefore, any faction with a name longer than 21 characters will need to come up with a shorter version of their name when asking for a tag.

If you want to have the tag removed, you will have to go through the same time-consuming process of contacting the liaison, who will contact Customer Service, and arrange a time, etc. So please keep in mind that what is done, is not easily undone, and you should not request this tag lightly.

This tag does not change PVP; you will still be considered Zion org for PVP purposes, and will be "Friendly" to all Zion characters, whether or not they have a matching EPN tag.

Please note that this tag only applies to factions; tags will not be added to individual or crew names. Those wishing to participate in the E Pluribus Neo group in a less public manner are still encouraged to contact your server's E Pluribus Neo liaison and see what sort of secretive activities or functions may be available.

And a reminder: the E Pluribus Neo faction tag will be available only for Zion-aligned factions. This restriction is for storyline and PVP reasons. Thank you for your patience, and good luck to those wishing to join E Pluribus Neo!