Recollection -- Missing the FFXI feeling...where is the feeling of a LS 'family'

[MirielleLavandre]

Oh I agree, Kagato, and as I can see from your sig you may have played FFXI. But even though I would like to play with friends, there are few, if any, who would want to, say, get 6-8 people together and go kill mobs 10+ levels higher. Why do that when you get so much for so little with FATES? While I'd love that type of thing, or even if the devs made the game at least a little more group centric (not counting the duty finder - I just read another terrible post about an awful person in that), it is hard to find people wanting that same experience. ^^

[mtnrose]

I played FFXI for years and loved it!! Though the grinding could get annoying it was also fun cause you were hanging out with your ls and progressing in the game...I was never nervous to ask for help with something or advice either. In this one so far the people I have met have been rather rude and abrupt. I was approached by someone to join their fc so I did and every day I go in with a "good ___ hope evryones game is going well, yada yada yada" and more often then not met with crickets...if they cant be bothered to say hi will they even help me? And after reading various posts in the forum about the df I am just scared to use it at all >.< I dont know...Im keeping my fingers crossed that since its a new game that things will improve.

[Kagato]

Oh I agree, Kagato, and as I can see from your sig you may have played FFXI. But even though I would like to play with friends, there are few, if any, who would want to, say, get 6-8 people together and go kill mobs 10+ levels higher. Why do that when you get so much for so little with FATES? While I'd love that type of thing, or even if the devs made the game at least a little more group centric (not counting the duty finder - I just read another terrible post about an awful person in that), it is hard to find people wanting that same experience. ^^

Oh, I played FFXI for almost a decade. XD

As for what you described... I can't say anyone will easily jump in to do something like that when they could put a FATE party together instead, or a Dungeon party. Remember, it's not too much about what you're doing, it's who you're doing it with. You'll still be stabbing things either way, but whether you're killing in FATEs, Dungeons, or out in the field doesn't have the same impact as doing it with buddies.

While I can say we Abyssal Pirates don't just group up to randomly kill stuff in the wild (we typically do FATE parties, Dungeon groups, and Primal stuff), we very often meet up to stand around and goof off in the Aftcastle in Limsa Lominsa or just have fun in Camp Bronze Lake or Costa Del Sol. Can you tell we love Limsa Lominsa? XD

We also chat on skype or Ventrillo, even when we're not doing events, just to have some fun. After all, thats what this game is: Fun! Treat it like a job and you might as well call your Free Company a business with co-workers. I like to treat my crew as friends and go have fun with crazy shenanigans. I'm not saying it's going to be US necessarily (since you might not want to come to Leviathan and join us), but THAT is the kind of environment I think you need. Sadly, there's not many like that since 9 out of 10 groups are focused on endgame or are too small/quiet or restricted. I prefer to just keep my doors open for anyone who wants to walk in and have a good time.

If you want an idea of how we act in an event, here's a few examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y0PG1a8eP8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GGRvXSOUYA