I don't want to sound weird saying this but thank you FF XIV community! All my previous experience with online communities (LoL, CoD, and a few others) were really bad. The people were jerks no matter how the game went. So far I have yet to meet anyone who's been rude or mean to me; even in my first dungeon everyone was really helpful. The forums are even better and all the advice I have gotten has been great! So thank you everyone.

That being said here is my question. I got an internship for the summer and during it (between June and early August) I wont be able to play the game. I have a few problems with this:

1) Will I be penalized for being away from the game so long?

2) I have been getting a lot of requests from FCs but I've been hesitant because either they're spammers or I don't want to join one and then leave for a long time. So my question is should I just wait till after my internship to join a FC?

Thanks!