I think if you are serious and your friend is in so much "distress" over not having enough FC members, then their problems go beyond the game and no amount of FC members can solve their problems. On the other hand, my FC has about 10 active members on at any given time and we are all pretty content with their friendship and membership and aren't in any distress bc we aren't a super huge FC. Those types of FC have no sense of community anyway, so not sure why your friend needs a FC like that to begin with.