@lordqulex Tbh, there's really no feasible way to fix the problem with alliance servers. Even if there wasn't an option to form an alliance anymore, you don't -need- to have an actual alliance to make an alliance server, since you can still just get 3-5 ships all on the same server working together. Also you do get next to no allegiance for dropping a 0-sink HG with a high faction treasury, so that doesn't really feel like a viable tactic for farming allegiance lol.
Also, I hate that people that say "Uhhh just defend then if you don't wanna get an unfair fight" meanwhile I'll sometimes spend an entire hour collecting loot and waiting for an opponent, and never actually get matched. If matchmaking was better it might be a more reasonable tactic, but even then, you'll need to wait minimum 15min between matches, with no way to opt back into matchmaking after a win. I'm really just hoping that fixing the stupid stamp system will make queue times better at least, so I can get into matches to die faster.
I've got no hope for any form of SBMM at this point, and even though I'm at rank 67, the scaling makes it feel like my only option to actually get up to 100+ in a reasonable time is to be constantly fighting with a 4-streak, which is hard enough to get for less skilled PVPers in the first place. I wish they'd lower the multiplier for streaks and buff the base allegiance for wins maybe, because it really seems entirely tailored around sweats spending 5+ hours playing and constantly winning, rather than people who only have the time (and patience considering how long some matches run) for 2-3 matches. leveling the other trading companies never felt like a -chore- to me like Servants and Guardians does, since there's always varied ways to level them, and you can even get some extra rep passively when you find some loot to sell that isn't for the trading company you're currently running. Personally though, I feel like the best solution to get more players into matches and feel less disillusioned with the whole system is a few daily/weekly commendations that give a fair bit of allegiance. Like, play 5/10 matches in a week, first win of the day, first Champion streak of the week, etc etc. Even if they were only small bits of allegiance, anything that makes it feel like I'm chipping away at the brick wall I'm cronching my head against is better than nothing.