FYI are 14 Faction epic items -
http://www.techhaven.org/db/view/epic.html
Adding faction requirements does not make the game more coloured and fair game-experience. In fact as you just argued, it makes the game more restrictive, and certainly less coloured. As I said repetitively you can't just suddenly add a faction requirement to a an epic item, without looking at the rest of the epic items. For a start, PP runners with non-drivable revellers will be demanding that their PPR chips are PP only. As a Fallen Angel runner, I certainly won't want NEXT runners using Techhaven CPU if I can't drive their Reveller... Hopefully you got the picture now