How DOES faction work?

[Zaela]

Originally Posted by dafier [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

but do you have a packet capture proving this?

There are no packets for faction changes in any case. It's all server-side.

Edit: nothing with specific values, I mean -- obviously there's packets for the "Your faction standing with..." messages. Server decides when something proxy aggros you; server decides what happens when you interact with a quest mob; every con is a round trip to the server. Nothing the client needs to know about specific values.