I'm curious, who are the most active faction warfare corps and who do they fight for? I barely touch it so have no idea. This might also help answer the OPs question, if it turns out there are loads of corps fighting for Min/Gal. So far we have:

PIE inc - Amarr
Science for Death - Minmatar

Only read the first page of this thread but would like to point out in case no one has stepped up and said it already:

The Covert Intervention alliance has just finished a month long FW campaign for Gallente in both EVE and DUST.

Our alliance supports Gallente in EVE and so this carries over to all corporations in DUST (although I have seen some members ignoring this obligation). Throughout this FW campaign and even outside of it we try to q-sync as much as possible and near enough always win.

If you are still adding to that list you can find 13 for Gallente >here<

Yes, someone has stepped up and said this . . . in the very first post! Look man, I acknowledged that there are corporations and alliances making big pushes in Dust FW winning most there matches. Hey guess what? PIE, PIE supporters, and EoN has made a push all this month for Amarr FW and won well over 90% of those matches! You know what, I'm sure there's a ton of squads out there supporting their faction and winning most there matches.

What I'm saying is, something really weird is happening outside of these matches. I mean, if someone were asked to draw a conclusion on the status of FW after only watching matches I've been in, they would say that Amarr holds the vast majority of districts.

I disagree.
I think these back stories are the reasons which cause players to choose their FW allegiance.
RP as you will -but people (not so hard for politicians) from 1st and 2nd world nations have a hard time supporting factions (even imaginary ones) which support slavery or fascism. Little as I actually invest (RP wise) into my character. I would never fight for Amarr or Caldari for those reasons alone.

You can blame matchmaking or farming or whatever you like. The fact is that Amarr and Caldari lost, and will continue to lose because those factions are unpopular -Not because the game treats them unfairly.

You said that Covert Intervention has been on a month long FW campaign? Damn, I must have overlooked that. FYI that is what I was referring to when I wrote "if no one has stepped up and said it already" - to clarify.

And yes, I can see what you are saying.

+1

The moment I heard "slaves" I was turned away from the Amarr.

Though I cannot understand why since this is only a game....

Plus I find players who follow the word democracy or freedom boring and generally not worth engaging in RPing with.... the occasional few I do are very knowledgeable and tend to be more unique than the standard "American hero" archetype.

I mean gods sake this is new eden, you could be anything, you could be a pirate, you could be a criminal, you could be a soldier pressed into service bitter against his own nation but still loyal to the cause..... there are so many things people can be in New Eden but they choose not to for no other reason than to follow the crowd.

+1

The moment I heard "slaves" I was turned away from the Amarr.

Yeah, it is just a game but I'm not heavily invested in RP and so any game character I create will ultimately reflect myself.

Fair enough, though I started to wonder recently what it is about Dust and EVE that makes people create characters that reflect themselves or better versions of themselves.

It's not just dust and eve, that happens everywhere. And people do it because it's easy. You don't need to think about your race's background or some lore somebody else made up. You can just be yourself. It's pretty simple.

So you support Corruption and (Can't remeber the bad thing about the minmatar)?

So I have authority issues.

And domestic violence issues.

If I play FW on this character, which happens to be a Heavy, the teams I usually get placed in end up losing terribly.

However, on my MinLogi alt, things go much more smoothly, especially when I squad up with some of my corp members from OSG.

I like how you accuse someone else of domestic violence when you beat your slaves.

I like how you accuse someone else of domestic violence when you beat your slaves.

Pretty much a combination of 1 and 3.

Gallente and Minmatar had some more skilled players, took almost all the districts, and now are having an easier time keeping it like that. We basically don't do any matchmaking on FW matches, think of them as being for more veteran players.

We do have... some changes coming to FW in the more near future that should hopefully help balance this out. :)

I like how you accuse someone else of domestic violence when you beat your slaves.

How about I tell you about the Gallente Federation whose politicians have corrupted the government, able to stay in office as long as they please. The upper class with prestige standards of living while everyone else lives in slums? A economical system where it is made extremely easy for those with high standing to push others off the success ladder as soon as they begin making progress? A drug culture where a substantial majority of civilians are taking life-damaging drugs harming countless innocent lives, and a government who refuses to intervene because the illegal drug trade is the only thing keeping the Gallente economy from crashing? Heck, the whole situation with the Caldari is primarily because of what the Caldari bring to the Federation economy. Even though the Caldari wish to leave the Federation in peace, the Gallente won't allow it because they need them.

Yeah, that Gallente Federation? Have fun fighting for corrupt megalomaniacs and drug lords!

Except, again, when you assume you understand some race and that it reflects who you are, but missed some pretty big aspects of that race that aren't so great. Go back a couple posts to see the lovely details Gallente players seem to overlook. I could make similarly bad accusations about the Minmatar Republic.

Better than being a slaver.

Pretty much a combination of 1 and 3.

Gallente and Minmatar had some more skilled players, took almost all the districts, and now are having an easier time keeping it like that. We basically don't do any matchmaking on FW matches, think of them as being for more veteran players.

We do have... some changes coming to FW in the more near future that should hopefully help balance this out. :)

I didn't assume anything. None of these races are great enough to reflect me. They all have flaws unlike me. But the minmatar are the closest to reflecting me.

And please, stop judging other people for overlooking their race's flaws. Especially when you devote so much effort on overlooking the Amarr's flaws. You want everyone to acknowledge their own faults but ignore yours.

That is debatable.

Also there are plenty of very bad things about the Gallente and Minmatar as well as many good aspects of Amarr and Caldari. Just because you choose to look at the empires with a very shallow perspective does not mean that's how it is. Personally I find the Gallente a lot more dangerous to humanity than any of the rest, but if you don't actually look into the lore and see why I can understand why you'd say, "But Gallente are freedom and Amarr are slavery!" There's a lot more to it.

Strawman aside -Couldnt agree more.
But the Caldari are a facsist state whose governing power derives from the role of the CEO. The CEO cares about control, nothing more.
Amarrians worship a woman who by birth was declared a goddess and suffers from the dueling Other residing in her brain and a Vitoc enslavement by her number one officer.

Corrupt governments can be overthrown.The control centers of Tribalism are much more fluid as the strongest rules the day.
You cannot overthrow a permanent entity such as a Corporation, they must be forced out by another entity without soul.
You cannot overthrow a goddess which 1/3 of an empire (and nearly half population wise) would gladly give their lives for.

Shallow or not, you are defending your ideology (or that of your character) and our opinions are meaningless.
Who wins is decided by the districts which are conquered.

And your side lost.

And your side lost.