A problem I bet many people have faced is pledging. Some factions you need to be pledged to get certain things. What if you could get knighted?
Kinghting: If you get enough alignment with a certain faction, the hiring person (ex. Rohan Marshal) will suddenly offer something to you:
"I have seen the good deeds you have done, and I told them to the King/Chief/Head of place . He/She has offered a knightship. Do you accept?"
It will be simmaler to pledging exept the more good deeds you do, the more rewards you get.
P.S. This suggestion does not remove pledging, it just makes it so you can recive the special benefits of other factions to.
Thank you for your time