Yes, i think that there should be a military faction, because i personally don't like either the Fireflies or the Hunters. I think it'd be nice to see a faction for the Military, Bandits and even just regular Survivors. I don't want to play as a militia group, and i don't want to play as murdering psycopath hunters either. Somewhere in between would be nice. Personally if i had the option, i would play as regular survivors.

The hunters technically are just regular survivors though. I always liked the thought of having the military but it feels out of place for them to basically be the hunters but saying different things. Considering you can buy armour, are blue as the hunters, and that you can customise your character to effectively resemble a military soldier from the waist up. It effectively fells redundant for me once I noticed this.

Hello, I am from the future of 2017, I am here to tell you my thoughts on this comment, anyways. Who knows. Their team color cold of been gray, what if they ran out of assault gun ammo and had to use their enemy's weapons, who says they couldn't? I say it could of worked out. Maybe they say in the start of the game, "Alright, we're taking this place back" "Let's kill these assholes" "Don't let these thugs scare you" type of sayings. Then, when you finish the game, it would say "You managed to kill off the Fireflies and the Hunters. Martial Law is back in control, for now." Maybe the so called "Military Faction" could of been DLC.

Yeah they say things like "like find these stragglers and put 'em down" or "Fireflies are in the area, let's clear them out"

Naughty .dog really missed a chance here, and it wouldn't affect the game having three factions as it is merely a visual aesthetic anyway, ahh well, maybe next time.

Let me rephrase the statment all together. I feel like there shouldn't have been selectable factions to play as but rather, Each teams faction changes depending on the map. For Example on the map High School one team plays as the Firefiles, Lets say trying to make there way to the quarinitine zone at the begining of the story mode for recon purposes. and the second team plays as the Uniforms, Attempting to gather supplies but try to kill two birds with one stone and eliminate the firefiles.

Of course this applies to other maps such as Dam. Where the Hunters fight a group of Tommy's Survivalist's for control over the dam. Etc Aswell customization would not change so that Baseball Cap that you wore on your hunter will cross over to your Uniform. I hope this sheds some light on what i was trying to get across and disscus amoungst yourselves if you think this is a good idea or not. Thanks for reading

"12 WEEKS. The country has failed, martial law has been activated thoughout the country. You are working and fighting for the government, FEDRA. Secure the area and set up a quarantine station. Survive the waves of Fireflies and Hunters until reinforcements have arrive."

I think the Military could of been added to the game. I'm pretty sure theres still some remaining FEDRA soldiers somewhere. However, they don't need to have assault rifles as their primary. Guerilla warfare is another way of fighting, use whatever the enemy is using. Hell, they could of taken their enemy's weapons and discovered smoke bombs, nail bombs, upgraded 2x4, homemade shivs, etc. to use against them. They could be some type of special forces, elite soldiers. Of course the game would operate as the same as they gather people and survive the good and harsh weeks.

"You were able to defend off against the Fireflies and Hunters for 12 weeks, reinforcements have arrived and here to back you up. Martial law shall begin here."

No, the military only stay in the QZs and defend the people. They don't even give a crap about the other survivors, all they really do is protect the QZ residents because they have to. It's very unlikely that they would even consider gathering supplies for anyone except themselves.

True, but Bill does mention that the Military sends out scouting/scavenging parties, like the one in Lincoln.

The military also conducts raids against the fireflies as in the mission capitol

Also is it just me or the fireflies would appear have a much better equipped in factions. The average firefly would have a type of makeshift camoflage and gear to hold ammo while the military appears to resemble cops with a dark blue uniform and a radio