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

[Madvillain]

If they break RP rules they get sanctioned.

It's perfectly fine to break a house law (laws =/= server rules) and it even can be a way to build your character.
Your character's behaviour should result in consequences.

If your idea of people not giving a rats ass about RP is equated to a group not letting you have a one on one duel against one ship even though their RP says they'd smoke you anyways. Then I'm wondering who is the one RPng and who isn't.

My idea of people not giving a rats ass has nothing to do with that , far from it.
That's more a matter of taste , and has nothing to do with this discussion.
(also I think you made a bit of a bold assumption there)

What I mean is per example corsair caps blowing up food transports heading for Crete.
sure it's allowed by the forum rules , still it's breaking the corsair law.
now I don't claim that people that break the rp laws should be looked down upon oorp, but there should be consequences for the character in question.

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[Data Minion]

I put it to you that the 'true' indy player is as much a minority as the faction member...

This, this, this.

An indie should obey, or wait, that's a bad word... Follow, the official faction rules, ID restrictions and allowances, and help out the officials when they need it (A new question: How will the officials know who's the member of their faction, and who isn't? That's why the community needs indies to join the officials, for just one reason: Team play).

I do see some indies that have above average RP, but that's just one in... 10 or 15, example given. Now, as Ryoken said in one of his posts, maybe someone doesn't have time or the patience to fly a light/heavy fighter, then a GB, and so on, and so on... I would personally like from new players to follow my example (no bragging here) and start with fighters/bombers, and realise how much fun they bring. Maybe that's what the officials are trying to do: Make you have fun with small craft, and determine if you're going to get something bigger, or stay with the ship you began to familiarize with, and began to love.

My 2 cents, correct me if I'm wrong somewhere.

[ProwlerPC]

It's perfectly fine to break a house law (laws =/= server rules) and it even can be a way to build your character.
Your character's behaviour should result in consequences.
My idea of people not giving a rats ass has nothing to do with that , far from it.
That's more a matter of taste , and has nothing to do with this discussion.
(also I think you made a bit of a bold assumption there)

What I mean is per example corsair caps blowing up food transports heading for Crete.
sure it's allowed by the forum rules , still it's breaking the corsair law.
now I don't claim that people that break the rp laws should be looked down upon oorp, but there should be consequences for the character in question.

Ok yeah I see what you mean. Sure I imagine there would be RP consequences. There used to be in the past in a greater extent then there is today. Civil wars and stuff too. A good chunk of that got wiped by faction rights and reponsibilities as well as that nasty one faction per ID which I hate too....

edit add: The things is too, can the community today handle the way it was in .84?

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[Adam_Spire]

IMHO.....if you have a character for faction A, you should not have a character in its Nega-A faction.

Loyalty. Like a good friend, you argue and fight and bicker, but you dont make a break-off faction to prove you're right or to have that "one" perk you have been denyed all your Disco life.

One big problem of player base for a faction is more internal than external. If the players, even if its just five, have a core and stick together it doesn't really matter who they are against. I think The Renegades proved that. I think, -think-, there are only about eight or nine Reavers or MM. They have been around a while and still kicking. They have players that got their ooc issues out of the way, most of them, or never had any, and just treated Disco like it should. A fun game. They stick together and their factions continue. Thats really all you need. having 5 or 50 players doesn't alter this.

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[Madvillain]

Ok yeah I see what you mean. Sure I imagine there would be RP consequences. There used to be in the past in a greater extent then there is today. Civil wars and stuff too. A good chunk of that got wiped by faction rights and reponsibilities as well as that nasty one faction per ID which I hate too....

edit add: The things is too, can the community today handle the way it was in .84?

Could you (or anyone) tell more about this?

They have players that got their ooc issues out of the way, most of them, or never had any, and just treated Disco like it should. A fun game. They stick together and their factions continue. Thats really all you need. having 5 or 50 players doesn't alter this.

Agreed , this is the way it should be.
A lotta factions don't have that luxury though ,
I think mainly because there are a lotta factions.

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[Joker's-Thug-Clawey]

Sure, I will happy to play with Indies and consider them as equal ( I already do). But the thing is, Indies ( not many) do consider working with officials. If anyone wishes to work with USI is more than welcome.

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[ProwlerPC]

Well once upon a time ago we had things like two Liberty Navies run by two seperate leaderships. 3 different BHG faction. Civil wars amongst Corsairs were common as was Order when they opened the ID from a closed one. 3 Outcast factions too. RP of officials weren't restricted to NPCs lore either so factions like NLH that openly never followed Vanilla Gaian piracy RP were possible as well as other non Vanilla groups that got created and made official so that later today there are IDs and NPCs representing them. CR, SCRA, AI, Phantoms, sorry I am sure I missed some including those already deleted and faded into obscurity.

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[Madvillain]

Well once upon a time ago we had things like two Liberty Navies run by two seperate leaderships. 3 different BHG faction. Civil wars amongst Corsairs were common as was Order when they opened the ID from a closed one. 3 Outcast factions too. RP of officials weren't restricted to NPCs lore either so factions like NLH that openly never followed Vanilla Gaian piracy RP were possible as well as other non Vanilla groups that got created and made official so that later today there are IDs and NPCs representing them. CR, SCRA, AI, Phantoms, sorry I am sure I missed some including those already deleted and faded into obscurity.

Is this the disco we want? :(
It sounds horribly chaotic to me.

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[ProwlerPC]

Disco was in the early stages of a major population boom and it was period of a lot of creativity (good or bad). Yes it was very chaotic but when I first joined seeing 80 people online was a big thing. This was shortlived as a population spike was underway. Faction rosters weren't generally large at the time but combat was certainly not at a shortage in those days.

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[Death.RunningVerminator]

Yea I'd say we've got fewer players in general. Thus, fewer active players for every faction.

Wait for summer. Mousespam to get in will be back.

Highly doubt that. It kind of is summer too, btw.