From what I have seen personally, groups that have people getting fed up and leaving are ONLY those who focus on "statics", "world/server first or early clear", and "must have this on farm". My FC is holding pretty steady numbers-wise. If someone leaves server or unsubs, I get someone new to replace them (new to the FC not always new to the game). I have one member in the FC that won't participate in anything with the rest of us because we don't have a static and don't have coil or EX primals on farm. To be honest, his attitude sucks. The rest of us are just happy to try new things (or old content) with new people to see if we can't get everyone familiar with all the fights. It's a game, we're just here to have fun. ^_^

Oh! And if you want to know where all the threads of "I just started this game" are, go check the New Player Help board.