FC management abc

[Chalbee]

I think I would also add another thing: Communicate with your recruiters! One of the biggest problems I've had as Guildmaster is my officers recruiting people without talking to them first to make sure they're a good match for us. It erodes trust both ways when the GM has to dismiss a player an officer invited. There are people I no longer trust to recruit, and I'm sure there are people who now don't think I respect their judgment because I've dismissed their mentees from our company.

My general rule is that if I wouldn't be friends with someone irl, I don't want them in my FC.

[Kosmos992k]

I think I would also add another thing: Communicate with your recruiters! One of the biggest problems I've had as Guildmaster is my officers recruiting people without talking to them first to make sure they're a good match for us. It erodes trust both ways when the GM has to dismiss a player an officer invited. There are people I no longer trust to recruit, and I'm sure there are people who now don't think I respect their judgment because I've dismissed their mentees from our company.

My general rule is that if I wouldn't be friends with someone irl, I don't want them in my FC.

Indeed. This is something that i think of every time I see an FC randomly shouting near an Aetheryte.

If you actually try to make sure people are a good fit, it takes time to recruit new members, and find ones who will stay, long term.

One thing that I think the FC system desperately needs (other than a fix for the promotion capability) is better communication. When players communicate more, they get to know each other, and it makes it easier to see if people fit in or not, as well as more quickly bringing people into the group. Ideally, the Lodestone FC pages could be made available in-game via a noticeboard like furnishing in the FC house. Players could read and post via that interface, which would help everyone talk even if they are not all on at the same time, and would enable the FC Master and officers to communicate with the entire membership at once.

The lack of these kinds of feature and the issues with Promotions make the FCs feel almost like an afterthought for SE.