FC house, required 4 ppl, twinks allowed?

[Rinuko]

My 2 man FC (with my wife) we have 5 members, 3 of them are alts of mine. So I have 5 then or 2 - cause it only 2 service accounts in the FC?

[GunsBlazing]

That makes me feel unsafe.

If a word that has been used for multiple decades in gaming makes you feel unsafe because it has relevance to something else in your life in an entirely different context, then I don't know what to tell you. In that case, the gaming term 'tank' should make you feel a HELL of a lot more "unsafe" than twink does, if you're comparing alternative meanings of the words. Nobody feels safe when an M1 Abrams is hanging around.

But on topic, I can't imagine there will be any restrictions beyond simply needing four members in the company. Having an entourage of alts should work just fine.

[alimdia]

Keep in mind, that's not allowed any longer. Or rather unless you were grandfathered in it's not.
It's very Anti RMT, thats for sure.

I don't think the person you're replying to ever said they bought the house to sell it, and nowhere did SE say buying a solo FC is not allowed.

As a gay person, caring about the way that we are spoken to is not “being too sensitive.” We get mistreated our whole lives, and so these kinds of things shouldn’t happen. I don’t feel comfortable seeing it on this game. That makes me feel unsafe.

Stop talking about "we", you only speak for yourself, twink is not and has never been a slur.

[Miste]

As a gay person, caring about the way that we are spoken to is not “being too sensitive.” We get mistreated our whole lives, and so these kinds of things shouldn’t happen. I don’t feel comfortable seeing it on this game. That makes me feel unsafe.

You are victimizing yourself over nothing.

Multiple people have already explained it is not meant to be an insult and I too only know the term from WoW for alt characters or characters who have better gear than usual for low levels +enchants and gems for PVP etc.

No point in getting upset when everyone is telling you they are not insulting you or anyone else with the term.

[Krotoan]

I've never heard "twink" be used in reference to non-primary characters. It's always been Alts. Or "other toons"

You can "twink-out" an alt but I'm going to chip in with the "this isn't how most of us use this term."

That being said I think they've never specifically specified 4 separate accounts, Just 4 members.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...994.1517690495

[Rinuko]

Feels like this topic went a little off topic

[Krotoan]

Feels like this topic went a little off topic

You like Twinkies?

[Rinuko]

You like Twinkies?

Don't have those to my knowledge in my country but also has nothing to do with the post.

[Reinha]

The announcement didn't say you needed four unique accounts so your own alts will probably work. You just need the help of another person to invite them in the FC.

I always thought twink in gaming meant an alt character at the cap of a level bracket wearing very good gear, the kind of gear which is not usually worn by levelers. Twinks have an advantage in low level PvP and it can also be fun to do older raids with twink characters (in games without level sync). People in WoW make twinks by turning off experience gains at the desired level.

[Hasrat]

Not sure if the term might be game-specific or possibly region-specific. Seems more of an EU term maybe? No sense getting upset over it, though. Differences in cultural slang and all that.