The neutrality question...
...will only be addressed when Neutrals start acting like Neutrals. They currently do not. In particular, most Neutrals I see in the big economic centers are walking arm in arm with Omni-Tek.
You have to understand the mentality of the Omni-Tek fighter to understand how they might still continue to be thought of as a "neutral". Mr. Naefen claims that the reason that the "Neutrals" like to hang out with Omni more than they do with Clan is that "they treat them better". So, as we all suspected, the loyalty of the Neutral person with respect to the conflict is utterly purchasable. So says Naefen.
If I were a Neutral, and I wasn't being some Omni's three toed sloth pet, I'd be plenty upset at this accusation. I'm terribly sorry, but when you are picking one side or the other against the 3rd, you are most certainly not neutral any longer. However, I see this more often than not. Catching Neutrals at tower fights, watching the vast majority of Neutrals at Omni-Tek raids, Unredeemed Gardens and Sanctuaries, in Omni cities, etc...you don't even appear to be Neutral any longer. You don't even make it surreptitious any longer. You all flaunt your relationship with Omni-Tek quite openly.
And that is the point of this. Because by a lot of your own admissions, Neutral PREFERS Omni-Tek over Clan when it comes to socializing, missioning and raiding. Now, as I have mentioned, that kind of behaviour is choosing a side, which no longer allows you to call yourselves Neutral. The Neutral faction needs to be dissolved, or at the very least it needs to be able to be taken off of guilds/players that do not act in this way any longer. When you become a belligerent, you should have the neutral distinction removed from you immediately and irrevocably.
How do we repair the apparently and gaping rift between Clan and Neutral? When Neutral starts acting with neutrality.