"Free Company Houses" should not exist, they only encourage "personal/solo FC's"

[Terin]

That's quite an assumption you made mates.

I've been playing this game for like ... 8 years now? And I was in various FCs, including one where I was a member of the core raid group. But by the mid Heavenward, I have been in a solo FC by myself all the way till now, and probably will be until the day I decide to quit the game. Suffice to say, I probably wouldn't play the game that much or even stay in this long had I been in an FC all those years.


There are tons of reason for it:

- First, you are completely oversale the need of an FC. This is not a pre-2015 environment any more where we only have teamspeak and ventrilo, which only used 90% for raid time. We have so many other meaningful way to form group and stay in contact with people of like interest, and often with way better mean than using what available in game. And even without external mean, the game has matured to a point where 99% you can do with FC members, you can do with people outside like Linkshell and world travelling. 99% is just me being cautious in case I may have missed something, but like ... is there anything at all in the game that you can only do with FC members?



- Second, I find by not joining an FC, but being a solo-player while keeping grouping to others method (like discord) give me the right healthy "distance" in relationships with other players. We do stuffs together, have fun, talking crap ...etc... but at the same time there is no string attached. If we lose interest, we say goodbye and that's about it. There is no need nor worry about drama/gosship/backstapping like there is in joining an FC.


So basically, solo-player like myself can enjoy 90% of what an FC player can, while at the same time don't have to worry about 90% of the crap an FC player potentially have to deal with. I used to have a personal house back when I was an FC player (back in 2.0) that I kept for over year, but eventually I sold that "crap" because after the initial honeymoon die down, it's just a piece of oversize trophy that offer almost no benefit. Becoming a solo player with my own FC-house is the best decision I have ever made in the 8 years of playing, and probably the main reason why I still playing after 8 years.

I can respect that point of view.

That said, there is still no reason for you to have your own "free company" kept solely for yourself, EXCEPT that it gives you a house, and access to a workshop.

Converting all housing to Personal housing would make absolutely zero impact on your experience. You could easily still just NOT join a free company. At least you would have that OPTION, because as it stands, doing so would mean giving up your house. And like any community, you might find that first FC isn't a great fit for you, but you'd already be out of a house. Which probably makes you even LESS inclined to consider joining a FC.