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

[Zynth]

I agree with Marburg here. I see no differences between indie and official too.

However, there is one perk to being official. Skype contacts, links, friends, cannon fodder, whatever you call them.

The difference between an indie miner and an official miner is that an official miner can instantly summon a miner to mine for him with a single Skype message. Whereas the indie miner has to system chat to ask for a miner.

Of course, this is no problem if the said indie already has contacts. But I must mention that official factions are the quickest way to obtain Skype contacts. The plus point in official factions is not the glamour, but the pals you make while you're in it.

The way to get new guys to stay is to make them interested. How to get them interested? Well playing alone ain't fun. Now keep your anti-official stances away from me. I say that these new people need pals and official factions are a surefire way to obtain some.

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