Largest player guild/faction/wing in elite?
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Probably one of the powerplay aligned ones, but I don't know who. As Maymo says though, eddb is your friend!
You'd have to define "player group" more precisely to get a good answer.
Fleetcomm Discord has just under 13,000 members ... but is a relatively loose group of players.
"The Fatherhood" has combined PC squadron membership of ~1350 players plus presumably more on other platforms or not associated with the squadron (Inara lists about ~3100 members).
elite-games.ru is a massive Elite-playing community. Whether it's one "player group" or many depends on what you're after.
The Discord server I run has about 300 members. I don't think any of the others would consider themselves to be joining a player group by joining it, though (at least, I hope not!) except in the most literal sense of "there are multiple players". So you see how it's hard to compare.
The largest BGS territory controlled by a single faction is currently 102 systems by the Likedeeler of Michel (who are a large player group, but there are larger)
The largest BGS territory controlled by a single coherent player group using multiple factions is the 600+ system Communism Interstellar project
The largest Powerplay territory is held by Edmund Mahon's supporters in the Alliance - but the combined Federal or Imperial groups probably have more players.
One of the largest player groups I was involved in spent over a year bizarrely (and self-destructively) claiming that it wasn't one, despite having more ranks, roles, projects, etc. than most uncontroversially-described player groups.
Fleetcomm Discord has just under 13,000 members ... but is a relatively loose group of players.
"The Fatherhood" has combined PC squadron membership of ~1350 players plus presumably more on other platforms or not associated with the squadron (Inara lists about ~3100 members).
elite-games.ru is a massive Elite-playing community. Whether it's one "player group" or many depends on what you're after.
The Discord server I run has about 300 members. I don't think any of the others would consider themselves to be joining a player group by joining it, though (at least, I hope not!) except in the most literal sense of "there are multiple players". So you see how it's hard to compare.
The largest BGS territory controlled by a single faction is currently 102 systems by the Likedeeler of Michel (who are a large player group, but there are larger)
The largest BGS territory controlled by a single coherent player group using multiple factions is the 600+ system Communism Interstellar project
The largest Powerplay territory is held by Edmund Mahon's supporters in the Alliance - but the combined Federal or Imperial groups probably have more players.
One of the largest player groups I was involved in spent over a year bizarrely (and self-destructively) claiming that it wasn't one, despite having more ranks, roles, projects, etc. than most uncontroversially-described player groups.
In my true broken record nature, I'd add to this that you also can't measure a faction in terms of number of players, since players are not afforded membership to factions.
So strictly speaking, to answer the OPs question of "who is the largest player faction, how many members on Discord etc", the biggest has zero.
Wow....
Ok.
I define a wing/faction as a single faction in a home system expanding influence accruing assets systems etc.
The player faction I'm in is in a coalition like most independent player factions. We have a few members but nothing like 50+ never mind 1000+ sheesh!
Frightening!
So the balance of power is tenuous at best!?
Everyone has their agenda which no doubt is peace. I get that but how is that balance maintained? Why doesn't one huge playerbase faction(s) just steamroller in?
Ok.
I define a wing/faction as a single faction in a home system expanding influence accruing assets systems etc.
The player faction I'm in is in a coalition like most independent player factions. We have a few members but nothing like 50+ never mind 1000+ sheesh!
Frightening!
So the balance of power is tenuous at best!?
Everyone has their agenda which no doubt is peace. I get that but how is that balance maintained? Why doesn't one huge playerbase faction(s) just steamroller in?
yeah, but you aren't part of that faction. You're part of a squadron, who may support a faction.
This is an important distinction, as other squadrons may support the same faction, potentiality to your own squadron's detriment. Would you count them in your number or not?
As an alternative, my own group's faction is specifically geared to exploit passive support, and the majority of its expansions have not been by our own hand, rather the indirect support of public.
So, i think what you're really asking is "who's the biggest squadron?" ?
Okay - in the sense of a BGS faction intentionally supported by one or more players, Likedeeler of Michel at 102 systems, followed by Dukes of Mikunn at 101. They've flipped back and forth for the lead a bit in the last few months.
Mangal Oemie's stat's thread gives you more info on that.
PMFs: data, charts, and the coming galactic player wars...
Are you noticing it? The bubble is heating up, and feels increasingly crowded. As a diplomat for the Alliance I see a rise in conflicts and potential for conflicts between player groups. Where a year or more such conflicts were rare, the frequency has gone up and now it seems every week some...
Mainly the limiting factor is expansion rate - a single faction can only expand approximately once every two weeks, so those giants just over 100 systems are about as big as a faction can be given how long the game has been going. On the scale of the 20,000 system bubble it'll be a while before they get close enough to steamroller you. Probably. Unless you're unlucky.
Additionally, while it's not as severe as it was, there are operational limits on how many systems a player group can manage. A 100-system faction can expand to and take over just a few systems at once - but it can be attacked in all 100 systems at once. So it's not advisable for them to make too many enemies - you might not be able to keep your own system against their assault, but you could cause them serious firefighting across tens of their systems for months.
At the moment, only around half the systems in the bubble are controlled by player-backed factions (of one sort or another), so factions can grab more systems without needing to get into fights over already-claimed territory unless they want to. In four years time, that might look rather different.
Oh. Now that's weird....so I'm in a player wing that I thought established the faction in our home system and no other players are involved? But yes I see now. So the player faction I'm in that is now in other neighbouring systems could have players also either helping or hindering...wow...that's wild!! Lol.
So yes. A wing that has one particular faction IT solely plugs for.
So yes. A wing that has one particular faction IT solely plugs for.