Best way to recruit for new FC?

[Amiaze]

It's extremely intrusive and it reeks of just wanting to fill the FC with whatever warm bodies happen along, honestly.

Grist for the mill, as it were.

As I said, this likely varies. The few people I've sent tells to were new players that I thought needed help and, in my case, they messaged me back and thanked me for sending the message and not just outright inviting them without a word. But, to be fair, some of these were players I'd encountered before and had helped kill a mob that was chasing them while on my way to do something else, or some other random event.

I don't disagree with what others have said at all - especially when you're just looking to fill an FC with warm bodies, as you said. A short and thoughtless "need an FC?" is way more intrusive and spammy than a well thought-out message targeted for an individual player standing right in front of you, as was my case.

[FunkYeahDragons]

As I said, this likely varies. The few people I've sent tells to were new players that I thought needed help and, in my case, they messaged me back and thanked me for sending the message and not just outright inviting them without a word. But, to be fair, some of these were players I'd encountered before and had helped kill a mob that was chasing them while on my way to do something else, or some other random event.

I don't disagree with what others have said at all - especially when you're just looking to fill an FC with warm bodies, as you said. A short and thoughtless "need an FC?" is way more intrusive and spammy than a well thought-out message targeted for an individual player standing right in front of you, as was my case.

It's about balance, imo. We all know the only reason someone with an FC /tells someone without an FC is for recruitment, and some people wasted ~5 minutes of my time in a "conversation" while I politely tried to end it.

[Anzaman]

As I said, this likely varies. The few people I've sent tells to were new players that I thought needed help and, in my case, they messaged me back and thanked me for sending the message and not just outright inviting them without a word.

I was about level 20 when I got whisper from my FC's leader, it wasn't some plain long FC-recruitment message, and instead approached me on more personal level.

I've now been about 10 months in that Free Company, and have reached the position of Officer.