Quote Originally Posted by LaylaTsarra View Post
You need 4 to create one and 4 in order to buy one.

And what about the ability of alts to share a personal house? They talked about this in 4.2 saying they were looking into it and we're now 4 years later and nothing. I have 4 level 90 alts in my FC on Balmung along with some close personal friends. I have no interest in a personal house given it's limited and doesn't let me access my own house with my own characters. I don't garden and even though I have a workshop we don't do anything with it currently.
You have multiple alts and also friends in your FC. I don't think that classifies it as a shell/fake FC. That sounds like a proper Free Company centered around people.