You can join any guild (except perhaps a marauder one) fresh off Silan. Your allegiances are all neutral.
Fame can be brought from -20 to 0 in a day, doing kami/kara/special NPC missions (not even mentioning NH as an option for nations, a single hand-in gets you from -20 to -2).
In short, I can't find any reason to make everyone equal. However, there are mild roleplay reasons that support giving everyone custom fame. After all, nations still hate each other, in the same configuration (matis character will be hated by the fyros on principle).
Fame can be brought from -20 to 0 in a day, doing kami/kara/special NPC missions (not even mentioning NH as an option for nations, a single hand-in gets you from -20 to -2).
In short, I can't find any reason to make everyone equal. However, there are mild roleplay reasons that support giving everyone custom fame. After all, nations still hate each other, in the same configuration (matis character will be hated by the fyros on principle).
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