Prepared to answer the call? (Long)

[Chango]

I do know what you mean...
I worried about the same thing, peeps coming into the game with so many closed communities on the server.

The Solution:
Adopt a Newb

A couple of weeks ago, while mindlessly crafting, i noticed a shout from someone saying "I need a friend! Everyone left "
Then the person popped up on my screen while i was running towards the wards, stopped and talked to him. I then made a linkshell so he could communicate with me easily. At this pont... we need to keep as many peeps playing the game as possible, so always lend a helping hand.

[Biggs]

I do know what you mean...
I worried about the same thing, peeps coming into the game with so many closed communities on the server.

The Solution:
Adopt a Newb

A couple of weeks ago, while mindlessly crafting, i noticed a shout from someone saying "I need a friend! Everyone left "
Then the person popped up on my screen while i was running towards the wards, stopped and talked to him. I then made a linkshell so he could communicate with me easily. At this pont... we need to keep as many peeps playing the game as possible, so always lend a helping hand.

In a way, this community may be more closed off by the time 2.0 rolls out than many MMOs before it. What would be worse than a huge group of new people joining, injecting some more life into the game, only to be run off by the current player base? Trying to buy low level gear right now on my server is ridiculous. It has certainly gotten better since the introduction of a history but, there aren't enough low level things for sale in the Ul'dah wards to make a head to toe outfit from cheaply at the optimal level. Things like that will only get worse as SE brings out higher level content that moves the current and only player base foward. We have the makings here of some serious gaps in wealth and class that could easily hinder new players and their first time experience with the game.

Your suggestion to adopt a newb is spot on, and exactly the kind of attitude any of our communities could use.

[TheVedis]

In a way, this community may be more closed off by the time 2.0 rolls out than many MMOs before it. What would be worse than a huge group of new people joining, injecting some more life into the game, only to be run off by the current player base? Trying to buy low level gear right now on my server is ridiculous. It has certainly gotten better since the introduction of a history but, there aren't enough low level things for sale in the Ul'dah wards to make a head to toe outfit from cheaply at the optimal level. Things like that will only get worse as SE brings out higher level content that moves the current and only player base foward. We have the makings here of some serious gaps in wealth and class that could easily hinder new players and their first time experience with the game.

Your suggestion to adopt a newb is spot on, and exactly the kind of attitude any of our communities could use.

some people like myself are gonna flood the market with cheap low level gear when 2.o comes out so i dont think this is gonna be as bad an issue as you may think it will be

it only takes 1 person to do it too regardless of how many see it as a profit machine

[Biggs]

some people like myself are gonna flood the market with cheap low level gear when 2.o comes out so i dont think this is gonna be as bad an issue as you may think it will be

it only takes 1 person to do it too regardless of how many see it as a profit machine

Yeah, i suppose i should have figured that even with the low population numbers as a whole, most of the people that have stayed have the entrepreneurial spirit. I remember when the game first came out, EVERYONE was crafting. FOr a while it looked like every nation was preparing to go to war. It was awsome. I bet once the PS3 gets close, we may see a bit of this with people making a ton of gear for relaunch. Regardless whether its for profit or just to help out, it would be nice to be able to gear out some other low level jobs appropriatly instead of running around looking like someone colorblind dressed me.

[Hhaven]

I do know what you mean...
I worried about the same thing, peeps coming into the game with so many closed communities on the server.

The Solution:
Adopt a Newb

A couple of weeks ago, while mindlessly crafting, i noticed a shout from someone saying "I need a friend! Everyone left "
Then the person popped up on my screen while i was running towards the wards, stopped and talked to him. I then made a linkshell so he could communicate with me easily. At this pont... we need to keep as many peeps playing the game as possible, so always lend a helping hand.

Bravo, my friend. I am surprised to run into people who have just started this week or started 2 or 3 weeks ago. I try to help out the best I can and I hope everyone can also do the same. FFXI had the greatest community I have ever experienced in a MMO and I want to make Eorzea my home for many years, just as Vanadiel was once my home. Great post Biggs and thank you for bringing this subject up.