We should be expecting a large boost, if only temporarily, from the 4.88 launch. All of the current official factions have 30 days to get 5 people to play on the server under their tag, before they are issued a warning.
All you have to do is convince 5 people that your group doesn't suck to play, in order to keep influencing the direction of the RP and the mod. That's a fairly low bar to maintain, with a lot of positives.