The Aurum Vale requires the Darkhold quest is a bad idea.

[Zumi]

So pretty much I missed the boat on Darkhold. It took me about a year to get my first class to level 50 due to the fact most people I started the game with quit after a month, I had nobody to exp group with. I did not have a level 50 when Darkhold was out.

Now that I do I was looking forward to doing the new raids since people would be actually be doing them now.

Raid attunements are a pretty bad idea and for someone new to the game it just creates a higher barrier of entry. This leads to if your trying to join a linkshell or raid group you will basically be auto declined because you don't have attunements. I seen this happen in so many other games.

People do not want to help someone who doesn't have a clear for old content run it. It took over 2 hours of shouting to get the level 25 Ifrit clear and basically all people had to do for that was just stand there while I hit Ifrit 3 times and he fell over. I can only imagine how long it would take to form a Darkhold group where some actual work is required.

[Sigmakan]

Darkhold is beyond easy now. Theres probably a bunch of other people who are in a similar situation so it shouldnt be too hard to get a group of 4+

[TheVedis]

my shell is rather large and we do darkhold all the time still(once every other week), we cycle between it strongholds and primals)

sounds to me like what you really need is a good shell

[Zumi]

my shell is rather large and we do darkhold all the time still(once every other week), we cycle between it strongholds and primals)

sounds to me like what you really need is a good shell

Most people are not recruiting its very hard to get in a linkshell in this game.

[TheVedis]

Most people are not recruiting its very hard to get in a linkshell in this game.

the way i look at it, if you cant find a shell you arent looking hard enough, then again on my server its never been as hard cuz we actualy have some good advertising going on for shells so people have a way to research it without shouting

[Biggs]

the way i look at it, if you cant find a shell you arent looking hard enough, then again on my server its never been as hard cuz we actualy have some good advertising going on for shells so people have a way to research it without shouting

Really? You think right now, with everyone getting ready to move servers and the population the way it is, its super easy for anyone to get a GOOD shell? Also, jumping into a new shell and then immediatly asking for help with a bunch of stuff from people that you just met, not exactly very tactful. I get what your saying, believe me, I just dont think its as easy on every server right now as your making it out to be. Was on last night with a whopping 250 people total on my server. Not exactly ripe pickings in the choose a new linkshell department. Will probably have a better time of it after the merge happens in a few weeks.

Gotta agree with the OP though, don't really want to run a buncha dungeons I am not interested in just to get to the one I am. What can you do though? Not really up to us.

[Godking]

They want you to experience it first before you go right into the new one. God forbid they want you to see their old content. Like everyone said, it's very easy. There were plenty of people in my LS who still needed so they did it for them.

Just cause it's bad for you doesn't mean it's bad for everyone else.

[wolfsspirit]

yea go figure i played since beta
I know noone in this game , let alone have a linkshell.
I figured if people are so ignoring/ignorant i gotto do it all alone and , people do not care about anyone / others not in their guild/ friendlist
It's sad because i will never do a raid or kill ifrit.
The main problem is theres no chatting area unlike many mmo rpg's.. people dont talk dont get to know one another and theresfor ignore everyone.. this game isnt a social game at all

I quit a while for that reason.. because things seem to be ipossible.. i see now i am back thing havent changed at all yet.

[Zumi]

yea go figure i played since beta
I know noone in this game , let alone have a linkshell.
I figured if people are so ignoring/ignorant i gotto do it all alone and , people do not care about anyone / others not in their guild/ friendlist
It's sad because i will never do a raid or kill ifrit.
The main problem is theres no chatting area unlike many mmo rpg's.. people dont talk dont get to know one another and theresfor ignore everyone.. this game isnt a social game at all

I quit a while for that reason.. because things seem to be ipossible.. i see now i am back thing havent changed at all yet.

Pretty much had a similar experience to you, played since the alpha/beta. Ended up having to solo everything due to lack of people to play with. From what I noticed most people in active linkshells aren't really looking to recruit anyone new. Never seen a recruitment shout in Ul'Dah.

It's easy for someone in a linkshell to say "go join a good linkshell", but then think to yourself would you invite someone to your group that has done no end game raids, but really wants to join to do new content and do some fun stuff, and you would have to run through older stuff to get them up to speed? It's not easy as you think to get in a linkshell as some people seem to think it is.

One of the reasons why I don't like attunements. Gives even more incentive for linkshells not to take someone new.

[Chinook]

Pretty much had a similar experience to you, played since the alpha/beta. Ended up having to solo everything due to lack of people to play with. From what I noticed most people in active linkshells aren't really looking to recruit anyone new. Never seen a recruitment shout in Ul'Dah.

It's easy for someone in a linkshell to say "go join a good linkshell", but then think to yourself would you invite someone to your group that has done no end game raids, but really wants to join to do new content and do some fun stuff, and you would have to run through older stuff to get them up to speed? It's not easy as you think to get in a linkshell as some people seem to think it is.

One of the reasons why I don't like attunements. Gives even more incentive for linkshells not to take someone new.

I've seen shouts for Ifrit, Moogles and DH every nights. Just go linkshell-less with these pick up groups and someone will invite you to their linkshell eventually if you're a decent player.