Help a Sprout!

With heavensward just around the corner I think its time for established players to give back and help the new players joining us be for the xpac. As many of you know the sprout icon shows up when someone is under a certain time played. So to show how FFXIV can be a great community if you see a sprout...

Offer some help
Ask how there doing
Donate some gil
Invite them to a LS or FC

Many people might already do this but lets get awareness out there and make ffxiv community something people want to join and not run away from!

Inviting newbies straight to a LS/FC without knowing them is a little bit intrusive, what if they do not want to join straight away while they get their bearings? I think that people will join and FC when they are ready for it, when I started playing in early access with my BF we did not want to join an FC asap :/.

Sometimes doing things like this might be a little overbearing. I usually cast Stoneskin on all lowbies and newbies levelling in the low areas however and I /wave ^^.

I always keep an eye on new people from a distance that are leveling and if they need to be healed or revived ill help them out. When i was a new person and was dead with level 50s walking past my dead body was very disheartening so im stamping that culture out. (^0^)

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Originally Posted by Chiramu

Inviting newbies straight to a LS/FC without knowing them is a little bit intrusive, what if they do not want to join straight away while they get their bearings? I think that people will join and FC when they are ready for it, when I started playing in early access with my BF we did not want to join an FC asap :/.

Sometimes doing things like this might be a little overbearing. I usually cast Stoneskin on all lowbies and newbies levelling in the low areas however and I /wave ^^.

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talking to new players and offering and forcing are to different things :D there is a decline button for a reason.

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Originally Posted by silverhope

talking to new players and offering and forcing are to different things :D there is a decline button for a reason.

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In WoW, when you make a lowbie character you are bombarded with guild invites. It is so bad, the developers made an in-game function that automatically turns off guild invites >.>.

A decline button doesn't mean it is not annoying :p.

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Originally Posted by Chiramu

In WoW, when you make a lowbie character you are bombarded with guild invites. It is so bad, the developers made an in-game function that automatically turns off guild invites >.>.

A decline button doesn't mean it is not annoying :p.

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I understand your issue with it but im not saying to jsut walk up and invite anyone, if your talking wtih a person or helping them and say "if you have anyother questions let me no, and if you would like a LS that helps new players let me know"

the sprout icon doesn't necessarily mean that they are new players....

they could be someone's alt xD

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Originally Posted by Defteros

the sprout icon doesn't necessarily mean that they are new players....

they could be someone's alt xD

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Ask them where they are on their relic? XD

I just met one of the nicest people I've met in game by help a sprout, taking two seconds to ask someone if they need any help can really help someone establish themselves into the community, this game can be pretty overwhelming at first for new players.

Uninvited fc/ls invites is super rude, and what is there that really needs gil early on..? I got by just fine with only quest rewards. I'm all for being nice to new players (go slow/explain things in duties, heal those struggling out in the world).. But I get suspicious/annoyed when people try to be "overly friendly."

Our ole youtube guide buddy ReadReborn is back and making 3min guides on lowbie dungeons aimed at sproutlings. Check it out!.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...nMSfKXhE3VyAfZ

I wish you could cast Protect on people out of party. I see so many little sprouts I could use it on, but I can not :(

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Originally Posted by Erendis

I wish you could cast Protect on people out of party. I see so many little sprouts I could use it on, but I can not :(

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Pop them a Adbloquium [sp not even going to try and fix that.]
or a stoneskin. :) It'll help a bit!
I wish we could too...maybe a Apotocatsis...[Still won't fix spelling lol.] and a E4E.

It is not available to whms, unfortunately.

The sprout icon can mean they are on the trial, meaning they can't send tells or accept FC invites. I'm sure there are other restrictions too.

Time to make alts and go panhandling in Ul'dah!

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Originally Posted by GalkaBikini

The sprout icon can mean they are on the trial, meaning they can't send tells or accept FC invites. I'm sure there are other restrictions too.

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That's not what sprout icon means.. Sprouts CAN be on trial, but technically, non-sprouts can also be on trial because the Sprout icon can be clicked off in the player status setting and you can also play beyond 40 hours during the trials to make it go away by natural means.

Help sure gladly if I'm free too busy trying to clear T13 at the moment thou but give Gil?

HELL NO.

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Originally Posted by Dererk

Help sure gladly if I'm free too busy trying to clear T13 at the moment thou but give Gil?

HELL NO.

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lol why not?
a 100k here and there to a sprout will help immensely with their quality of life gaming choices.. It covers the teleport costs so they can just get around much faster..

Don't be so stingy :P

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Originally Posted by GenJoe

lol why not?
a 100k here and there to a sprout will help immensely with their quality of life gaming choices.. It covers the teleport costs so they can just get around much faster..

Don't be so stingy :P

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LOL YA sprout players will just be rmts then then we report every one as a rmt.

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Originally Posted by Chiramu

Sometimes doing things like this might be a little overbearing. I usually cast Stoneskin on all lowbies and newbies levelling in the low areas however and I /wave ^^.

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Yeah I remember when I played my first MMO (FFXI) and I first learned how to go outside and fight, the first time someone went by me and cast cure and protect on me, I felt like it was the coolest thing that another person cast a helpful spell on me. Granted I was like 12 at the time, but just goes to show that even something so simple as casting a couple of beneficial spells can leave an impression on someone that lasts for years.

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Originally Posted by Chiramu

In WoW, when you make a lowbie character you are bombarded with guild invites. It is so bad, the developers made an in-game function that automatically turns off guild invites >.>.

A decline button doesn't mean it is not annoying :p.

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In lower pop servers like Zalera this happens. It's almost borderline harassment the way some FCs target sprouts. I've seen a lot of new players join one just to stop the invites without having to go /busy or they don't know about /busy yet.

So yes, please. Ask the sprouts before you send them a FC invite ^^/ Those invites can be just as intrusive as the RMT spam, believe it or not.

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Originally Posted by DreadRabbit

In lower pop servers like Zalera this happens. It's almost borderline harassment the way some FCs target sprouts. I've seen a lot of new players join one just to stop the invites without having to go /busy or they don't know about /busy yet.

So yes, please. Ask the sprouts before you send them a FC invite ^^/ Those invites can be just as intrusive as the RMT spam, believe it or not.

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Yeah, it's basically this on Zalera, when I was running around without an FC for a while I'd get one every once and a while just out of nowhere, sometimes I'd decline and I'd get another from the same folks immediately.

Like c'mon, if you want to invite someone bad enough to hit them with 2 invites the very least you can do is say 'hi', right? Take em out to dinner , woo em just a bit. Doesn't have to be like a rigorous screening process, but something.

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Originally Posted by Wournsfeik_Untawhasyn

Yeah, it's basically this on Zalera, when I was running around without an FC for a while I'd get one every once and a while just out of nowhere, sometimes I'd decline and I'd get another from the same folks immediately.

Like c'mon, if you want to invite someone bad enough to hit them with 2 invites the very least you can do is say 'hi', right? Take em out to dinner , woo em just a bit. Doesn't have to be like a rigorous screening process, but something.

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Exactly XD I'm far more likely to join your FC or friends list if you're willing to talk to me first. At least that's how I felt when I first started.