The process itself isn't complicated.  What makes it complicated is that there is an ass-long list of factions - 60+ at last count, and those are only the<em>canonical</em>ones.  The faction sheet itself has a bunch of blank spaces, presumably for other factions that may emerge in the process, as well as if the GM decides to introduce a few other factions, as well.<br/><br/>Moreover, not everyone has access to the book, or QS, or whatever you want to call The Document.  I understand not wanting to embrace the Big Picture because of that - but I don't feel that those who<em>have</em>access should be hindered by those who<em>don't</em>, and vice versa.  That's why my particular proposal is my favored stance - if people want to assign their Tier I & II ticks now, then we're good to go.  On the flipside, the Tier III marks need to be assigned as a group.  The fortunate thing for us is that there's only a handful of factions that actually HAVE Tier III (around 15 at last count).