When i first started Discovery i did look for servers with the best ping.
i started playing like all beginners: trying to make some cash - havin no clue about the rules -
i developed - got invitations to factions - saw them going down - and coming up others
3 years after playing i had to register at forum - cause 1 of my bretonia dessies got banned for killing a p-train (wasnt allowed this time)
i read the rules and thought - wow really complicated - remember i already played 3 years
but it was a time you could see whos your enemie and who not - today its more complicated getting an answer about who is good and whos bad to you but you can have a look at the rephack chart
today you need a look at the tech chart finding out why your power is reduced to 80 %
you have to post / register at forum for a simple headhunt
sometimes it seems FL cant be played without Skype
this all leads to forumlancer - which really kills the game fun
ingame catastrophic things: JM - dock liberty pob's, hesians ask other (free) hesians not to kill a freighter cause its supplying their base, orders are just passing by some nomads which hunt other orders, many more things like these ...
ping: even with an excellent ping of 15, lag 0 %, loss 0 % the server seems to stop all 5-15 minutes to sync the client with the server - means you get a 3-5 second pit stop in the game without any chance to do something
changing these things may help to keep / increase players
