What I've yet to see mentioned (that's absolutely essential to this argument), is just how many planets and districts are going to be involved in Planetery Conquest. If there are only a handful of planets, then yes I'd agree that quality will probably be more important than quantity; however, from what I understand EVE's scope is absolutely massive so I expect there to be tons of districts and planets involved. Any corp that wants to hold a considerable amount of territory will need a lot of manpower behind it. While a good 50 player corp could probably hold a single district effectively, anything more than that I would imagine to be really difficult. Hell, a small 5 district planet (the smallest planet size) alone would probably require about 300 dedicated players to hold (in case of multiple attacks). Even with a good 300 players, I'd say holding one of the largest planets (which I believe can have upwards of 16 districts?) would be a significant challenge, and may in fact be impossible.

To summarize, I'd say any corp that wants to build an empire would need lots and lots of members. So I don't find PRO's approach to be all that crazy.

Anyway, everyone's saying they received threats from CBJ's recuritment messages? I honestly don't remember any threats at all, and I joined like 2 weeks ago :s I joined because I wanted to join an active corp, and I've stayed cause I like being able to join a friendly 4 player squad any time I decide to log on and play. Honestly if I felt there was a threat in the message I probably would not have joined at all.

There was definitely a threat but thats beside the point.

The initial launch will have 250 districts available for control though this will probably increase as the game ramps up. If the top 30 corps claim about 80% of the districts, that would put it at about 6-7 districts per corp.