Alright, now I know most of you already know the things I'm about to post, but I'm doing it anyway so deal with it.

#1: Voting: Voting is a simple, easy, and fast way to acquire money and resources.

#2:PVP: The PVP arena can be a very dangerous place if you're alone, that's why I never go in unless I have 3-4 faction buddy's by my side. PvP Gear: Here's what I use in the arena, A full set of P3+ Diamond armor, a diamond sword with sharpness2+ and fire aspect, golden apples and/or health potions and fire res potions. If the arena has an open top, ender pearls can also be very handy if you're in a bind.

#3 Raiding: Here's a few ways to raid, One tactic I use quite often is unloading all of your gear into a chest, then teleporting to an enemy faction's base, while they are slicing you to pieces, make sure to set home in their base, then, once you are dead, go back to your home with all of your gear and a few other fac buddy's and then kick some butt! An other tactic is teleporting other players to some claimed territory and killing them, and if they are a neutral faction, they won't be able to fight back. (I don't do this, and I don't recommend doing it. Friends are very important to have on a factions server, and if you use the last tactic, you are sure to lose some)

#4 Acquiring gear: First of course you vote, then you go mine and do all the stuff you learned at the academy, then find a trustworthy faction with 30+ power, join it, never leave it.

Okay I'm done, that's only the surface of what I know on factions, but I don't want to go on and on on a blog that probably won't even get very many views. Please leave positive feedback, I'm new to blogging and I need all the help I can get.