What makes a good Free Company?

[Dedayius]

First and foremost, like-minded people. If you want to do A but everyone else wants to do B, it will never work. Someone who wants to raid 5 days a week is just incompatible with someone who can only raid on the weekends. This sort of covers time-zone, which is equally important.

Secondly, active and true leadership. If the leader/officers are not online, and are not speaking with and helping their members, the whole thing will fall apart. Likewise, if they are online but are not true leaders, things will fall apart as people become frustrated with the lack of direction/progression.

And thirdly, what you pointed out Arilyn, I think falls under growing too quickly. It happens in every MMO, the first few guilds formed spam-recruit everyone they can to get their name out there and try to get the best people. Unfortunately, they often implode or have a mass exodus as their membership is too varied in their desires and typically they don't have enough leaders.

At least, that is how I have always evaluated guilds that I am looking to join. It can be quite difficult to find one with all of the above mentioned, so these days I typically start a guild along with some friends I have coerced into joining the new crazy game with me

[Rizzarak]

It can be quite difficult to find one with all of the above mentioned, so these days I typically start a guild along with some friends I have coerced into joining the new crazy game with me

This time it was my doing! MUHAHA!