Is Sirius too big?

[CandidFriend]

Well, the way I see it...

Alot of the non-vanilla systems are MEANT to be backwaters or guard systems (personally I dislike the concept of the latter, but that's a different thread) so don't necessarily count toward much.

A the end of the day, having so many systems is good in the sense it gives room for unofficial or origional factions to stake a claim, and for people to explore. Wheras most systems that have players in them are trade-route terminus routes, mining grounds, or in Liberty. Every now and then an unofficial faction will pop up and claim one of the backwaters, put some use to it, etc.

As per official factions... I can't say much. Some will likely be reborn later as activity or RP picks up, or new members fill the void. All of the official factions started unofficial anyway, right~?

I think maybe alot of indies or unofficial factions are dissatisfied with the official-ness and all the admin intervention. It makes it feel too regulated and not as fun. Maybe a shift in paradigm of the way Factions are handled. Say... remove the line between "official" and "unofficial", and just have whatever faction is presiding over an NPC faction at the time buy whatever rights it wants/needs OR have to pay over time for things like guard systems/ability to boss indies around/etc