you know what grinds my gears?

[Elexia]

Join a social shell, not an endgame shell. The end.

Social Shells also do events and are 100x more prone to do what she wrote in the OP, least on some servers. I know my brother said some he been in they act more elitist than end-game shells lol.

[CookieBandit]

Social Shells also do events and are 100x more prone to do what she wrote in the OP, least on some servers. I know my brother said some he been in they act more elitist than end-game shells lol.

Start your own shell, be proactive.

[Mirage]

Social Shells also do events and are 100x more prone to do what she wrote in the OP, least on some servers. I know my brother said some he been in they act more elitist than end-game shells lol.

If they're 100 times more likely to take applications than an endgame shell, then maybe they're not really a social shell, or what?

[Hyrist]

A rant is a rant is a rant, I say.

Screaming out loud in frustration is often considered rude in US cultures, but it's also a way to get rid of such frustrations.

I've chafed under some of the things that aggravated her, many of us have.

But the reality is, nothing's going to change about it. You're going to get elitist players, you're going to get linkshell applications. You're going to get favoritism. Lead a shell for year and you'll see yourself become just as guilty as all the flaws in there, or at the very least get a differing perspective.

I've tried an open LS with just social interaction. People wanted to do things together and without organization, it constantly fell apart. Fights brewed and some people just plain trolled. Application process is just a door-opener. It's amazing how a few, usually inane questions can help you get a fair idea on how the person is going to interact with your members.

But finding or making a linkshell is part of the game. It's social skills. I wouldn't promote people having to force people they don't like into their linkshells any more than forcing players who don't want to conform to social stigmas into a party to level.

Content finder will be here soon for those who want to throw caution to the wind and always have a random experience. I'll probably give it a shot myself. But people will be people, which means they're going to be selfish, and they're going to not get along.

It also means people are going to rant/vent on the forums, and then belittle that rant.

I'd like to ask the community this: What have your linkshell/guild nightmare experiences been? What sort of links-hell practices 'grind your gears'? This is pretty much a rant thread, so we might as well not take it so seriously and let out our own vents.