[Official Event] - The Red Spring [Sat. Mar. 23rd 1800-2100]

[Enkidu]

-Faction preference by players: to each its own according to preferences, but: a faction that is active, has good leadership, RP, events and in game interaction, is a faction that attracts players. Numbers speak volumes and it was shown.

I'd be... careful... with that point of view. People make ships according to either their long-term roleplay developments or ingame prospects. All of the facts present have the opportunity to do that. I wouldn't insinuate anything of the kind that factions are diametrically 'better' depending upon the amount of people who log for them. People frequently log for their friends. Unioners are one of the most active unlawful groups and it doesn't mean that we're better than anybody else. Contrariwise, the hessians are not the "best unlawful faction" because they can pull a lot of people on the server. Some of my personal favourite unlawful groups never went above 10 people. That would be a bit like saying the Goonswarm in Eve are the best organisation on eve due to a high player count. It all depends upon individual tastes.

Large aggregates of players attract other large aggregates. There's been some gorgeous factions on the server that never went above 6 people but massively contributed to everyone's enjoyment of the mod.

Balance does have an enjoyment all of its own. I'd be very careful with the notion that venting is a valuable event trait considering the minimal community overlap with Unioners and Rheinland lawfuls with the Bretonian playerbase. Frustration doesn't get anyone anywhere. Certainly doesn't get me anywhere.

The numbers question is certainly a sore one. Whilst it might feel fun to have legions of people with you and murder the enemy, for the other side, for whom having 20 people online at once is both an achievement and a testament to their sense of community, that can be troubling to imagine that their sense of community is somehow less valid. It should not be insinuated that RM is a bad faction that should be criticised for a low player count. Contrariwise the Hessians shouldn't feel bad for logging en-masse.

Am i the only one who had a massive lag? I used a cameraship for 2 hours and tried to dock to the prison, but had to wait for minutes until somehow could get in.

That was fairly universal. The server struggles with lots of ships firing in one place. Capital ships make the problem worse.

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