I literally left Plague to join a gang that fights to make efforts of spreading out. Implementing a cap on the amount of members in a gang is honestly a good idea and I think it will create a lot of new cartel gangs. I mean i am pretty sure Tree has like 20+ members. Just an example (they dont fight tho).
Creating a gang cap of 15 would be a start to see what happens and would make joining a reputable gang cool again not just for friends tags for a few fights. I have noticed that a lot of people (i myself) have joined so many different gangs in the past month or 2 just bc they aren't taken as serious as they used to be.
As of right now there is a few gangs that fight that i have noticed recently. Plague, ML, Czr, and Astro. Some may say "gang life/cartel life is active" but it really isn't compared to this time last year. If you take a look back to this time last year, Plague, Complexity, TI, Prime, BW, Trident, and many other small gangs like SCI would fight cartels at all times basically. You literally had to spam to get into the server (all 3) from around 7 PM - 1 AM.
Fights have the potential to be a lot of fun with the influx in ifrits being pulled. It is really up to us, as players to take it upon ourselves and create fights and bring back cartel life. If it means leaving the gang you are in to join another one, or create one even so be it. It isn't the end of the world. I mean as of right now, the only thing to do is do feds against cops tbh because the fights just aren't there anymore. Don't get me wrong we have these spurts of fights nightly, but nothing compared to what it used to be and what we can make them ESPECIALLY over Christmas break.