have you asked FD if they could move your factions to a less competitive area of the bubble?
LOL.
One of the strengths of the AEDC is that they "Play it how it lies".
Whatever gets thrown at us, we use game mechanics to solve it.
One time we did try to get something addressed, around surface ports and skimmer missions. Dav Stott's response on a live stream was: "If you want to be big, then you're going to have logistical problems with that".
Which was kinda: "Deal with it"
And so we ran a six week operation called "Stinkbomb" to fix the issue in Naitis.
But about the same time as the operation was achieving results Frontier nerfed skimmer missions because of the credit farming, and the effect was the same.
But in terms of moving, that's an impossible thing to ask.
The Primary Faction that is recognised by Frontier is present in a lot of systems, and there's like more than a hundred stations ruled by that primary faction.
Then there are other "core" AEDC factions that we have always supported and they are pretty extensive too.
And then there are a lot of Alliance factions that we grow and nurture and care for.
So moving's not an option.
And we're not as "top down" directed as people think either.
There's a lot of "well I think this is important and I'm going to plan an operation around that" and then you get a critical mass joining in and it becomes "The Thing".
So there's a lot of folks quietly working away on Alliance BGS projects, and they know they can get a big push when they need it.
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https://vimeo.com/266404573
I've gotten a bit off topic here, but I just wanted to challenge the notion that we have some special relationship that we are leveraging.
We're not even a Triple Elite Group.
We looked at it when it first became a thing, but to become a Triple E Group there's this clause that you have to run regular community events, and we're kinda background operators by nature.