A toy that generates activity is logic. Logically, pirates should not have capital ships. They do not have any technology, no resource base, no human base, no shipyards as a whole.
Logically, Red Hessians should not have so many battleships. The first 3 battleships were played inRP, now we just buy Hessain ID and can use this BS ( if we can buy it for some moneys ). If the Red Hessians took the battleship from Rheiland (sabotage) after the war with Liberty, when Rheiland was weakened, then it would be a logical RP-game, entailing the consequences.
Previously, the game was a clash of interests, each faction made sense. Now we are seeing how a good faction in the RP ( LWB I mean ) just ceased to exist because of lack of demand. What the hell unclaimed? If you want the RP, this faction is created just for you.
Also, many people say that the Liberty fleet is low in its RP level. Let me clarify that no military faction can have a high level of RP. The level of the RP must be with the state, the military is going to kill and only. Their RP can be shown at the level of interpersonal relations or at the level of battle. Pirate RP can be shown on many levels, because pirates have some interests and tasks, there are clashes of interests (such as the battle between the Corsairs and the Outcasts).
So, the activity is lost because there is nothing to do on the server. You can just buy a ship, learn a couple of phrases and play. That`s everything about Discovery server today. And what do you propose to me to do on the server, where the RP is written in advance story-devs, and ordinary players can not influence anything until they reach the level of the official faction (and that is not the fact that the official faction can`t will bear fruit). No, I'm serious - people say that there's no sense in participating in the official faction. Why? Because the players are counting on influencing the game, and not looking at how for them doing everything story-devs.
Take the war of Rheiland and Liberty. Liberty always lost, but surrender took place in Hamburg. Seriously, I can find a whole collection of videos, where Rheiland Military storming Texas and destroying Liberty's forces in Hamburg ( if they come there ).
P.S.: I would have leave game a long time, but I like this mod. I do not like the actions of the administration and developers.