(07-10-2017, 02:44 PM)Sombra Hookier Wrote: Are there any plans on how to generate activity in Gallia? There is no need for a police when nobody else is in Gallia, which is something Gallia's political hardlining is to be blamed for. Without a counter-faction and tangent points with other factions, you're claiming a faction that simply has nothing to do, as there are only very few reasons to visit Gallia on regular basis.
Even the GRN factions are never to be found in Gallia.
There are still surprisingly more trading activity in Gallia than Kusari which is what the Royal Police's role now has to be in which they promote economic growth along with providing economic security which is why immediately the first rank can use transport under 3.6k and the second rank can use transports under 4.3k cargo. Gallia Royal Police will also intend to be a faction that will also be contributing toward the war efforts by transporting goods and necessities for the war of Gallia.
I'm afraid that's a bad comparison. The most important aspect of Gallia is currently the Picardy system, as many goods are produced there. RP contracts often demand goods from Picardy, and it also has the sellpoints for a few ores there. However looking at the daily activity in Gallia - and believe me, I'm having a very close eye on Gallia since I use those systems myself almost always when I need credits - traders alone won't suffice. By all means, the attempt of reviving the gallic systems and their factions is always welcome. However only during peak hours we reach the 70-80 players again, and even then they do the devil to go to Gallia. Instead, they move to where the action is, which is either Liberty, Bretonia or Omicron Delta. When you look at the regular logging times, you will find one or two people in Gallia, and very rarely those are serious characters. Like, I remember how often I saw Spider being completely alone in Gallia, doing his stuff.
While I personally always would suggest to not try and spread the activity over many houses, I can't imagine this attempt to last longer than a month, maybe two, until it will be abandoned again. What I strongly suggest is approaching player groups and see how you can 'stage' some activity until things are getting on their own feet. With other words, reach out for the playerbases of the Brigands, Marquis, Council, MRG and try to get some Gallia-internal events going. Make sure you all get in touch with each other, be cool to each other, so all parties involved will have fun to fly with and against each other. People usually are very curious when they see big amounts of people in certain systems, either because they are looking to join the activity or can't do anything without the player list anymore. One faction on it's own however is very likely to just be dropped after a few days, weeks or a month or two.
As for the comparison, keep in mind Gallia is a dead end. Kusari on the other hand is entirely consisting out of passage systems. I'm pretty sure Kusari definitely has more visitors than Gallia, maybe twice as much per day. The only thing Gallia currently benefits system-wise is the fact nobody is so desperate to log pirates in Gallia to attack the one person trading there.
