Quote Originally Posted by Begeta View Post
I believe what SE had in mind regarding the LS/FC sizes was that FC would be comprised of a large number of people that would group up in large numbers to battle and linkshells are more to the social end. As far as the size.. in FFXI we made due with a limit of 36 members in our LS. I'm not sure what the idea is behind feeling a need to have hundreds of people in your linkshell but it's a popular apparently. Personally I'm completely fine with the current limits. I'd rather know everyone in my shell.
SE also greatly underestimated the number of people in general who would be playing this game as well. So what SE had in mind vs what Linkshells have actually become is the thing to consider.

Because FCs are exclusive and Linkshells are not, there are a lot more small FCs out there and the Linkshells have become their way of keeping in touch with the rest of the server. Partially the reason this is such an issue, is the fact that we have no world channels that span across multiple zones other than the Linkshells and FC chats.

Also I played FFXI for years, I never realized the member limit on Linkshells was 36. Was it really THAT low? O_o They felt pretty full and active for that to be the case. D=

Also if you like a smaller, more intimate linkshell, the member limit cap being increased won't effect that. It won't FORCE you to invite more people to your own Linkshell that you like just how it is, small and cozy. It would simply help out those who need a larger chat group for whatever reason.