Does Disco still have enough player base to keep running all factions ?

[Mímir]

Oh man I couldn't disagree more.
This would cause so much chaos!
Too many captains on a ship and it will sink.
That's common knowledge.

Who knows? Plural democracies have a fairly good track record. Imagine a council governing structure: Each group gets votes based on activity and member count (of course a certain level of server activity would be required to get a vote on the council), and everybody has to go with the decisions made. It would eliminate faction power-play and perhaps create interesting dynamics, whereas the "old" and solid factions would have a long lasting influence on the course of events, and thus their "reward" for dedication. But these once omnipotent factions might see themselves overruled from time to time in important matters.

As I see it, some of the problems stem from a lack of legitimacy - a substantial amount of players don't feel the official factions represent them, even though they share ID. On the other hand if everyone could just go and do what they wanted we would have chaos, I agree, but I don't think it is impossible to find a middle ground.

IMO the faction system as it is, and the way some factions and faction players take action, in many cases serve more as a barrier than as a motivator for recruiting new members.

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