Faction dies not because there is no own shiplines, super profits, bases, guns, whatever. Faction dies because their current leaders suck and if they are not promoting a new leadership that will motivate the people to log in by generating creativity, fun and other bulls- like this then they deserved to die.
If you're leading a faction then damn lead it an if you can't carry on then let it die, maybe someone with more time, creativity and style will take a place.
But now all people do is Q_Q here of how they have nothing to do and bla bla and ships suck and everything is wrong and they are that short of time.
Maybe then you should put your ego down and step back from leading? eh?
Guess it's really hard.
There was a time when people had no mining, nor shiplines, nor anything. But then their leaders were pushed away from game by those who simply wanted to "boss" the faction without any clue how to make it work.
Now people left and concerns are rising and rising about how we have no this and that.
Ib4 disco I was playing on server where was only 2 sides with 2-3 small factions on each, there was always something to do no matter there was no caps, no this variety of ships, no fl hook candies, etc.