I dont think the merge really helped much

So after being faithful to the game outside a brief hiatus post-release and completing all job quests in 2 days and no one doing raids past the af boxes I basically walked away for awhile. Which was also good timing since I was getting my business going. But now we have merged and yada yada yada. I come back, my ls broke, reformed and seems to be sitting idle with no chats no events no nothing. And I have sat in ul'dah for a few hrs each day for a week and have not really heard /sh for anything but exp pts. Granted there may be other things going on but its been all jp /sh really.

So we merged, we got some raids and what not and still nothing? 1.22 is coming yeah i know...slow period pre-patch yeah i know. And to boot I found 1 ls recruitment post.

There are about 200 ppl standing in ul'dah and outside the jp /sh there is nothing? I would start a pt but since I dont know the raids I dont want to lead ppl to thier deaths. Seriously if you are in Gungnir and have an active friendly ls please let me know.

If I have to do another round of crafting leves to occupy my time Im going to start taking out the Lalafel
*stomp* *stomp* *stomp*

Do you play NA prime? If you do then yes, nobody really do pickup raids at NA prime. It's very dead compare JP primetime, where you will find at least 10 recruitment for raids/quests, you dont even need to be in Ul'Dah because they utilizes recruitment.

USE. THE. SEARCH. FUNCTION.

(This applies to those seeking and those being sought)

Im on at about 7pm-11pm est usually. Longer when I have something to do lol.

But I dont really join jp pts (exp pts excluded) due to the language barrier, even when you know the raids/fights jp is usually different from na and if no one can speak english you die like a noob 10 times before the end lol

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Originally Posted by Alerith

USE. THE. SEARCH. FUNCTION.

(This applies to those seeking and those being sought)

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I use it when Im putting a pt together myself lol but when no one else does its kindda a moot point

You are gonna have to join LS if you want to do stuff on NA primetime.

yep now its finding where recruitment postings are, filling out the apps, testing the waters...

/sigh lol

I believe there are many recruitments at regional forum at this forum and other fansites :) good luck as well!

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Originally Posted by MicahZerrshia

I use it when Im putting a pt together myself lol but when no one else does its kindda a moot point

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I used it 3 times the other week to seek dungeon raiding. Twice I got a tell within 15 minutes to join a party. Not sure we should completely write it off.

The search does work well.

If ppl just used the search it would be so much easier to get groups.

Everyone complains no one partys in XIV outside linkshell but then no one uses the tools to make partys. Shouting in uldah is really a poor way to make partys... Since shout's range is very limited and it is only 1 zone where the search is the whole world.

If 80% of the people who wanted a party outside linkshells used the seek party tool, leveling and progressing in XIV would be so much easier for everyone.

I am looking forward to how they will add tutorials for using search, and making it a little more user-friendly (now, if you did not know how to use it, you would not know it was even possible to use it!)

Would make a lot of people happier I think if it was brain-dead-superly-obvious-extra-simple to use.

Or at least a logon message that says: Go see <person> at the Adventurer's hall for an exciting new quest on how to use Search!

And then tie that to an achivement. Might help ^.^

Maybe you should've posted this in the Gungnir forum. >.>

I can assure you I use the search function whenever I need people.

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Originally Posted by MicahZerrshia

Im on at about 7pm-11pm est usually. Longer when I have something to do lol.

But I dont really join jp pts (exp pts excluded) due to the language barrier, even when you know the raids/fights jp is usually different from na and if no one can speak english you die like a noob 10 times before the end lol

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You should try before saying bullshit lol JPs raids pick ups are pretty straightforward and quite good pts, at least on Gungnir, have been doing Speed runs pick ups with JPs for a few weeks now and all you gotta do most of the time is follow them and not suck, agro stuff, ponds, etc... ~ (I don't speak any japanese either, google translator~ lol)

Just start a group and say that you are practicing the raid. I did that the past few weeks and I literally got 5-6 /tells within seconds, although I only needed 2 people. Before the merges I would probably have to wait 30 min to an hour to get 1-2 people. So far people in the casual linkshells have been pretty good players and really aim to follow directions and such.

I also do check out both searches and use them to look for groups/members, so there are people that use it. Maybe after 1.22 and the free trial week comes along I'll shout at people to use the lodestone guide for it.

Our LS usually plays evenings starting at around 8-9 Pacific time, sometimes earlier, depending on how many people are on. We do stuff on occasional random weekdays whenever people are able to get on, but definitely do things Fridays and Saturdays. Anyways, if you want to come along with us for some dungeon raids I'd be happy to invite you if we have a spot open. I wish I could offer a pearl but we don't just hand them out immediately to strangers without spending some time w/ them first.