People prefer to PUG rather than join an FC?

[DanteMog]

FC is too small to do content So we must Pug, i know it sucks but its the truth..

But i was in a large FC and it was just as bad so meh..

[KenzieLynch]

I don't understand OP's frustration at all.

Taking on board what you have said, you must play with members of your FC exclusively. If that's the case, then how on earth does it affect you how others play? Is this just bigotry?

[Zetor]

Most people aren't in 'uberguilds'; they are in small "friends and family" FCs. My FC has 8 people, and maybe 2-3 of them are online at any time when I am... however, they are all good people. I'm not going to ditch my FC just to 'progress' or whatever. That's what linkshells are for (when they exist, that is; I have yet to see even the hint of an endgame linkshell on Faerie)

Also, just because someone is from your FC doesn't mean they are your slave. If they are currently levelling an alt / crafting / etc, forcing them to join your Chimera group (which has 3 people currently, and may not ever get filled) isn't going to work.

[Razla]

People just say get an FC and you are all set. It's not that easy, like many said you actually need a good Friendly FC that go out of their way to help people out in the FC. I have never met an FC like that. Whenever you ask for help from them, it always end up in respond of "Oh, I'm not on that quest yet." "I still haven't reach that part yet." Or the best one yet just completely silent. It also seam that a lot of FC just try to recruit as much people as possible and get the highest number of players, but when they have 300+ Members, most of the time it only 30 onlines and the rest is inactive all the times.

Wow.. I guess I was really lucky. There are always people online in my FC and we are always helping each other. For the past few weeks, we've been focused on helping people with Titan HM and other endgame stuff. People are always leveling new classes so you can usually get help for the lower level content.

Also, I keep seeing people mention that they don't want to do things on other people's time/on a schedule... I never have. I am on when I am on, and there are almost always people on and ready to do different things. Today, I was in a random spur of the moment FC Coil group that happened when AK was taking too long to load. A couple of days ago, people randomly got together to level up lower-level jobs. etc, etc.

[Zyltas]

I simply haven't found the FC that I like to join. Most are either alittle to hardcore or way to laid back. I am oldschool without a lot of time. I want 3-4 nights of scheduled content and an actual website with information about the FC. I can't tell you the number of FC i come across that use facebook as their site (which i don't use) have no site or have one that is simply that, a site with their name on it.

I will tell you what is annoying though is getting ninja invites from the same FCs multiple times a day from the same people, and when you ask them to stop they just tell you to blist them if its an issue.

[Ryios]

Some people want to pug because they don't want to commit to a static group at X time every day. They have lives and they don't happen on schedules. Also they want to be able to go "Oh my fav shows on, and bail, or w/e" With DF if you bail, it replaces you, it's inconvenient to the group but it's not the end of the world. It has extreme perks. You get to run content, and you aren't tied down to anyone. And with vote to kick coming I'm sure trolls will be a lot more manageable.