If it's any consolation, SK1PTERS, I think there's hope that faction and faction npcs being a part of the camp will become a part of the game as we go on. We already accrue a number of hangers-on, and there's plenty of speculation about who else we might pick up along the way. Whether or not there will be any meaningful play in the politicking is sadly a mystery, and without evidence to the otherwise, I can't assume it will be.
I'm hoping we have might have camp interludes, and meaningful 'downtime' segments at the taverns we've already been teased with at BG, but I'm an optimistic sort. Right now we haven't even really been introduced to the main plot or all of the factions in play.
