Does Disco still have enough player base to keep running all factions ?

[SnakThree]

15000

OK. Your argument is valid, since it has numbers that are totally correct.

When I play the game, I play it to have fun for myself. It is the main reason why people play the games.

If I started concentrating on how to please others, I would soon find myself driven to insanity because one players wants PvP instantly, but does not want to lose; the other wants 20 minutes chat before engagement takes placel the third one goes "no englis" when he does not stop after 2nd demand to stop and 4th cruise disruption.

If I play to have fun, there is high probability that others around me will be able to get some pleasant experience via interacting with me, unless the other person cannot comprehend the fact that every single person is differenct and has his own opinion on how to have fun.

To sum up, you are in no position to forcefully guide players into the way YOU think the game should be played when the community is alive due to the current freedom the game provides to choose how you obtain your fun. Be it 15k zoner factions, where players are happy to play in and cause no harm to fellow players, or be it indies, who have fun having no responsibilities but to abide the rules

Zoners are popular faction because the role is so unclear and leaves huge freedom to choose the way of the faction.
Liberty Navy is popular faction because it provides opportunity of great battles.
Golden C. is not popular because their role is not the easiest one to comprehend and Kusari lacks constant and stable activity for interactions.
Bundusch... is not popular because it is hard to spell it! /jk

People MUST be allowed to choose the way they want to have fun, while not harming others, freely. Otherwise there would not be big enough playerbase to keep constant interactions possible, even if they were top quality and exciting, but you would need to put a lot of effort to search for those interactions.

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Now to answer the question in topic, there is enough players to fill factions, but the factions might lack the attraction to be in as opposed to being indie, due to numerious possible reasons.

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