Free Company in-game Finder - What other MMOs have and we don't

Hi there guys,

Since I started playing FFXIV I literally fell in love with everything in the game.
I have tried another MMOs and I feel this game is the best and with the best community.

The topic is, at least for me (and I will be so glad to read your opinion), see that Linkshells are justified for hunts but don't fulfill the purpose of meeting new people like other MMOs: joining a legion/guild/free company and encourage playing with people of your free company.

Maybe I am not old enough in the game and this topic had been on the table for ages, but I don't find any active discussion asking this to the development team.

• Are you happy with the actual configuration of the free companies?
  
• Don't you believe it is harder to meet new people in FFXIV than other games? (besides FFXIV has the best community)
  
• In other games, there is an option in the UI to find/look for this. Do you feel this will be good or bad for the game in case of being introduced?

Awaiting your replies.
PS: Sorry for my english. I've tried my best :)

Edit to add some pictures of other guild recruiting systems in-game:
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Guild_Find...der_Browse.png

There is a search facility on the loadstone which allows you to find Free Companies on your world by part of their name. It's not ideal I will agree though.

However once you have found the Free Company you want to join you have to try and find a member of that Free Company or make your way to their house (if they have one) in order to submit an application. Again this is not ideal.

When I started it was just a few minutes before I started getting Free Company invites. I did a quick lookup and some of them were from the largest Free Companies on the world - well I guess if they blind invite anyone then they get to be big. That's not the Free Company I wanted thanks. Big is not better in many things.

I'd love to see the search facility enhanced so that one of the search terms can be Free Company name/tag (or part of it). This would allow potential members to quickly locate an online member of that Free Company as well as see just how active it is during the times that the potential member plays.

I think Linkshells have uses that justify their existence but it should also be easier to find the right FC in-game. I'd love to see a search function with filters for FC tags, names, housing and the amount of members.

I've said in other posts that there should be a board in each citystate where you can post things like FC recruitments for people to check.

The only thing so far seen that FFXIV miss is the autopath to a player be able order his/her character move from the point A to B auto.

In order to meet new people you meet if you meet if you don't meet you don't.

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Originally Posted by AnnaRosa

The only thing so far seen that FFXIV miss is the autopath to a player be able order his/her character move from the point A to B auto.

In order to meet new people you meet if you meet if you don't meet you don't.

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I will just post you something from 2011.
My feeling is FFXIV miss this, since every MMO I've played has something like the system linked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXGhCY6AT7w

Ty! Useful suggestion didn't mean in bad way meant for you to join a huge FC with many active players and let it flow.

Linkshells works just fine, they are created by players and thats why it is in this shape.
And i dont find it harder to meet new people, fc are inviting every players they see without one.

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Originally Posted by Nedkel

Linkshells works just fine, they are created by players and thats why it is in this shape.
And i dont find it harder to meet new people, fc are inviting every players they see without one.

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But linkshells are for another purposes.
The system used in the majority of MMOs is people applying to companies, instead of companies searching for people by shouting.

Do you feel is 100% efficient to have to read every shout in Limsa Lominsa, have to afk in-game to look in lodestone for a free company and look for that specific someone who could invite you instead of looking in-game a menu panel where all free companies are listed with a recruitment chart and you apply directly to the one you desire?
(sorry for the long-long-long inquiry)

I think a FC finder would be a fairly good thing to have, it would at least give less reason for people to randomly throw around invites.

I'd actually like to see some sort of "advertisment-board" for both linkshells and FCs to make them easier to find.

Obviously totally optional - if the leader wants their FC/LS up there, they can register it and anyone whos looking for a FC/LS can venture to the nearest board (maybe have one in each city?), hit some filters (we already HAVE them for FCs - you can pick and choose what your FC focusses on and it will show on the FCs profile, but you cant search for it by any means) and find groups that match what they're looking for.
If you want to keep your FC/LS private, you dont need to register it.
I dont quite understand why you're talking about LS serving a different purpose than FCs - I mean, of course they do but its not as if LS are any easier to find than FCs (maybe save for shouting for a hunt-LS-invite after an A-rank died). Both can be potential social groups and I wouldnt discard LS just because FCs have even more benefits. Being able to find, for example, an Ex-primal-farm-LS can be just as helpful to someone as finding a new FC.

I think that would help both the annoying shouts and the blind-invites aswell with actually helping people to find a group that matches their intrests.

I actually looked around for one when I first started, was looking for message boards that advertised FCs to join, could've sworn there was one. But instead I had to either wait to hear someone shouting, await a blind invite, or advertise myself in forums.