Quote Originally Posted by CrystalObsidian View Post
I wouldn't want SE to force anyone to stay with one group either, but I have to agree with Biggs in that people who just bounce from one ls to another is kind of bothersome.. Me and my partner, who founded our ls, have been working hard lately to try and recruit people to our ls (not for numbers of course, but to have friends to help out, call upon, or just talk to..). The good news is we got a lot of people on it lately, and were excited to play with them. But the past week, despite logging on A LOT, none of our new members seem to be on, or if they are then our LS isn't even equipped on them >.>

I even saw one of our new members standing around in a camp..without any LS equipped at all. Me, and the few other active members have been hunting NMs lately, but without any of our new members to call to help out, we just ended up having other LS's help us instead, as usual >.<

Sorry for the long text, but my point is, it really is heartbreaking knowing that you worked so hard to get people to join you one minute, and the next they're not even going to bother to stay with you
Part of it is because of the anonimity (sp?) that comes from the system itself. It still shows those people as logged on, and you can't tell when they are on another shell unless you physically see them, which makes people less fearful of how jumping around may or may not look.

That being said let me just say to the player base, even though it is hard to find people to play with right now since many have left, instead of abandoning you linkshell, show a little support and help work to make it better. I know they may not say anything, but I can promise you that 95% of linkshell leaders really hate what your doing if your jumping from shell to shell.

How about some commradery in a time when we all need it the most? If all the people that jumped around just stayed put in one shell, I really feel like this lull in game content wouldn't be hurting us all so bad.

Just my perspective though.