Hello everyone, my name is Tiktaks. I am the leader of the official Reddit Linkshell over on Asura. We are one of the largest active Linkshells to date and we have a major problem in hitting the player cap of 64 people online at once.
While I understand there are many technical problems on the side of Linkshells from your end SquareEnix, I really would like to see this problem addressed somehow.
My biggest problem as a leader is trying to please everyone. Our community is focused on helping all new players and returning players feel like they have a family in-game they can depend on. Teaching them the ropes of Final Fantasy XI, showing them what they have missed, and much more. While I understand some players would just suggest making a second shell, I don't want to split the community in two. It would be like asking a family to split in two. It just isn't the same.
I know SquareEnix has a lot of problems they are dealing with everyday, as well as new content getting ready to be released, I ask of this change with the greatest of intentions. We willingly go out of our way to help new players get started in the world of Final Fantasy XI and many players have told us that if it wasn't for this Linkshell they most likely wouldn't have continued playing the game. Final Fantasy XI is a very unforgiving game to new players, especially if this is their first MMORPG. While I know we are not the only Linkshell that helps new players, we have one of the largest communities (the Reddit community) that does this. We help new players get into an older game, which results in more subscriptions for you SquareEnix. We just want to be able to keep our community together without having a 64 player limit/cap and you just want to continue getting those subscription numbers up, as well as keep your current subs. Why not help each other out?
I know many other Linkshell leaders would also love this change. Even if most Linkshells don't have the problem of reaching the cap consistently, we are one of the Linkshells with this problem and it does effect us heavily. I hope you can help with this and I hope other people who think this is a problem can show some support for this issue.
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While the problem listed above is my primary concern there are also a few others problems that are worth mentioning, so I will put them in this topic as well. These ideas were brought together by Zenoxio, a mod over on /r/ffxi and a Pearlsack in the Linkshell.
- Ability to invite players to LS from anywhere
- Basic permission/rank system so a LS doesn't just die out when the leader vanishes
- Ability to break pearls/kick players while they are offline
I repeat - I know some things have technical limitations on your part SquareEnix, but this is just some of the things I really hope can be worked around somehow. I want our community to continue growing, so we can help more and more new players get started and feel like they have a home. Thank you!
What the Reddit Linkshell is about: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxi/comment..._asura_server/
The Reddit Linkshell Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/RedditLinkshell/
Final Fantasy XI Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxi