What Type Of Guild Are You In?

I know theres a ton of guilds out there with different styles, Social Guilds, Hardcore/Midcore/Casual Guides, RPGuilds, Progression Guides


Im personally in a Economical type Guild, We have all the tools we need to reach whatever goals our members are looking for, and we use the marketboard as a last resort really only to sell to make profit.

A example would be - If a member needed some Darksteel Ore (which is a node that spawns 1AM at CCH) Members would gladly come over and help gather it if only 4 members did this we would produce over a stack of 99.

Its the same with Crafting, the Crafters help the Raiders with Gear, Potions, Foods, Etc. Where if a certain Crafter or Gatherer couldnt get through content Raiders would certainally help (Ie. Carrying)

And from there it goes full circle.

Believe it or not but it works perfectly at the end of the day everyone wins, and is only possitive.

So what type of Guild are you in or run? i'd im eager or know.

An imaginary one

FOX on Behemoth - Definitely a Social FC, especially considering who the the leader is... We got beer and wings! Join us on the Cool Kids' Table!

Solo.

I did try to branch out...twice. But it is so hard to have a growing guild when it's like pulling teeth to get others to help out and then annoying to listen to them complain and whine about lack of guild activities (which they don't show up for in the first place when there were some). And the best part, having them cuss you out of voice chat for their own lack of progress because you didn't do x y or z for them because it is not their responsibility to do anything for themselves.

If I could find a group of people that I get along with and want to have a successful guild to help me out like I had in XI, maybe plan an event or two, donate to w/e when they have the means, help recruit or just do something to take the load off that would be wonderful and I would be happy to try to help build a good mini community.

Til then, solo. I prefer to use linkshells for endgame groups, socializing and activities.

Our own. After 4-5 larger FC's where it was just raid groups anyways, and no one wanted to do stuff unless the rest of their group wasnt around, got sick of it and just made one. Still do the same things, just less drama.

That's a tough one, defining my FC. Our leader is a master crafter, but also runs all the airships so has the gil to gear himself. I'm probably geared just under him, but he's made some of my stuff so no complaints. The workshop projects get tackled quickly. We try to do a bit of the endgame stuff but usually fail. We laugh and learn though, and try to do stuff together as time permits. Scheduling stuff has always been hard and there are those people that just want to progress, so they normally don't stick around.

I get Micah though. Seen that happen way too many times.

I'm in a Free Company with my alt so I can use the shared storage to transfer items between the character that primarily crafts and the character I primarily play. Maybe if SE would actually allow us to add alternate characters to our friend list so I can mail items between them instead I could be in a free company with actual people!

Pugilist Guild has it's fair share of issues but it gets worked out around lv 30.

Rp sort of. More of a group of people who like each other and enjoy shooting the breeze on discord. Easy going best describes it I think.

Filthy casuals when we're lazy. But we do occasionally do primal EX runs, or like last Thursdays: raining maps.

We get random sometimes, like my in game husband/rl fiance start slap wars with FC lead.

Small group of friends on famfrit. We have friends from other servers on our discord so the pf will expand our activities.

Small group of friends. Some new players, some mid-tier to high end raiders, a few self-sufficient crafters. Everyone's usually just looking for a good time.

Most of us were refugees from a game in which I sincerely hope the SE staff will never ever attempt to emulate in terms of gearing design decisions. And by 'refugees' I mean some of us were actually official forum moderators/minor community managers of sorts for that game, and somehow 4/5 moderators eventually ended up setting sail for FF14 over a period of two years.

I never fit into other FCs so I made my own.

It's anywhere from casual to midcore, just a small group of people I managed to get together that I run along with my husband. I don't want to be one of those FCs that already has small cliques of people that talk to each other and not newbies so much and then claim they're a social, active FC. We help each other out and have fun, that's that.

Officer in a casual/mid-core FC. Started off as 4 friends, but now we have a pretty good mix of people. Some of us raid but a good deal are more of the social persuasion. I manage airships for the most part and give peeps free pass to the workshop. Usually people are on between 4pm-10am depending on irl. The usual evenings consist of chilling and killing of some degree.

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Originally Posted by SaitoHikari

Small group of friends. Some new players, some mid-tier to high end raiders, a few self-sufficient crafters. Everyone's usually just looking for a good time.

Most of us were refugees from a game in which I sincerely hope the SE staff will never ever attempt to emulate in terms of gearing design decisions. And by 'refugees' I mean some of us were actually official forum moderators/minor community managers of sorts for that game, and somehow 4/5 moderators eventually ended up setting sail for FF14 over a period of two years.

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What she meant to say; Our fc is the best at finding/spawning A/S ranks and then pulling them. :rolleyes:

Solo. This game's community is just too toxic to enjoy any kind of tight-knit camaraderie.

Solo FC.
From 1.0 to 3.3, I've been in 2 bigger social guilds (30-40 active members) and one small one with close friends (5-6 people),
but the inevitable interpersonal drama I was either forced to watch or even unwillingly became part of tired me out.
October last year it all became too much and I founded my own one, and it's been so relaxing and calm since then..<3

Guild of 2, my RL wife and I, and a couple of my alts. Only time it is an issue is if I need to do something in the workshop..... Why is that a thing anyways?

Can we make that not a thing?

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Originally Posted by cyborgmermaid

Solo. This game's community is just too toxic to enjoy any kind of tight-knit camaraderie.

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FF14? Toxic community? We must be playing different games, mate. FF14 community is far from toxic compared to like any other game ever. Lol its gotten to the point where people are TOO nice here that if you try to call someone out for poor performance you're called and elitist. But w/e.

Back on topic

My guild is a raiding FC where yes, we all have statics but most of us love to help our greenleaves get their savage and ex clears. We usually do A9-10S for our ducklings (not 11s and 12s for obvious reasons) on the weekend. Other than raiding though, we do a lot of things together like dungeons, pvp, maps etc. I love my FC.

Seeing as there's a chance this'll come up on the wrong character due to problems with the selection page...

Smallish FC of friends on Gilgamesh right now. Looking to potentially become more of a social FC eventually.

Family only in our FC. That's how it's always been in any game we've played for the most part. We have a nice group of four right now for a perfect Light Party. That's all we really want--to be able to get each other through the group content (though we're dreading the Full Party stuff we know is coming), since we're all more into the solo content than the group stuff. Totally not interested in pugging or even interacting with anyone else.

I joined a few FCs here and there but right now i'm completely solo, they were mostly a chat hub and barely played together, if at all.

Nothing against anyone who just want a place to chat with people but i really wanted a FC or a group who plays together regularly even if it's for something simple like a roulette, lvling alts or just a random CT run. Sadly i wasn't able to find a FC with the same mindset aside from statics for savage content, which currently doesn't interest me.

Proud leader of the worst kind of guild

A 4chan FC

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Solo.

My guild is technically my Linkshells now. Sure I don't have access to the things that come with owning a FC house but I can't say I'm missing out on too much. I have an appartment at least.

Tried a big FC once. One of those 'tight-knit family oriented' FC's that they always try to advertise themselves as. Basically you have all these social circles of people in there that they will only talk to. So basically you have to join them already knowing someone so you don't wind up feeling alone in a big city. And no matter what, there will always be inevitable drama in them.

And then I get the small FC's with the starry-eyed leader who are usually trying to build or rebuild the FC from past drama and you quickly wind up finding yourself in a position of power within that FC. Conned into being in charge of recruiting and making events and all that while the leader mostly likely will disappear for months at a time and then come back like nothing has happened.

That stuff is the reason I can handle the random FC invites I get from walking through the cities. Puts a smile on my face when I get one and get to decline them though~

I used to play in a solo FC for the longest time (rank 7, XD) because I needed the extra storage for crafting.

Then I ran into a couple of nice players in hunts and eventually joined their hunts.

They are a small FC, but are very active (active chat with plenty of FC activity). And the players are very nice.

I'm in a social hub guild where all of us have different motivations, goals and personalities.

It seems silly for a goal to not have one clear purpose but when you think about it, loneliness is the worst thing on a game and fun is probably the true successor.

I've always wanted a crafting/gathering guild but my current guild has made me reach out to do things beyond my scope and has kept me loving the game regardless :)

You can follow our adventures here if you're interested in our timeline of events :)
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...FC-Recruitment

SUDDEN DEATH! <rip!>

Yes it is from super mario smash bros.
Our ranks make no sense.

An FC made by people I know in real life.
It is the "Be yourself" type of FC. Lots of weird/funny situations happen there.

Social I guess? Everyone's really into gathering or crafting, and it's set up so gatherer's can help by filling the FC chest with stuff the crafters need, and crafters craft gear/food for when a raider or gatherer needs it.

And about half the people have all their Classes at 60 for casual progression. We do raids, Savage, roulettes, dungeons with our newbies... Really it's sort of a "does anyone have ideas today?" kind of thing haha.

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Originally Posted by SeriousxSarcasm

Social I guess? Everyone's really into gathering or crafting, and it's set up so gatherer's can help by filling the FC chest with stuff the crafters need, and crafters craft gear/food for when a raider or gatherer needs it.

And about half the people have all their Classes at 60 for casual progression. We do raids, Savage, roulettes, dungeons with our newbies... Really it's sort of a "does anyone have ideas today?" kind of thing haha.

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Isn't that the best, honestly? People doing... things?

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Originally Posted by Cyreil

My guild is technically my Linkshells now.

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That's so true!:eek: Tbh, my solo FC would be unbearable if I had started out that way, just by myself, barely knowing anyone.
The only reason I can do this is because I already have a network of friends that I can communicate with all the time through linkshells and tells :D

Oh, well, and the Newbie Network is a thing, too x)

The guild I'm on can be defined in 1 word. OUTSTANDING.

I think my FC is more of a casual group; lately we've been getting a lot of new players and we help them with whatever they're struggling with. We do free giveaways every month and the prizes are pretty sweet. :D

Solo, still looking for the right FC for me.
a gathering guild sounds super comfy though.

a crazy group of people on Ragnarok, some hardcore raiders, 1 of the most hardcore crafters I've ever seen, some casuals, a few midcore players, it's nice, crazy but nice :D

FC originally from 1.0, first on Gysahl and then to Ragnarok and 2.0 Excalibur.

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Originally Posted by ZackZero

Isn't that the best, honestly? People doing... things?

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I know right? Sad to say I went through 2 FCs before finding my current one, and the only problem with them was that no one did anything together. :( I loved the people there, but it just doesn't give you the motivation to log in if all anyone does is shit-post in the FC chat lmao.