Creating a FC for new players - help or ideas?

[Niwashi]

It seems a good idea for at least a while, but I'm not sure how sustainable it would be. The FC I'm in used to be very newcomer and low-level friendly but, although still friendly, more and more of the active members have reached end-game, so that's where their interest is moving. It seems to be hard to maintain a newcomer focus for very long in a group whose members are only temporarily at those levels. No newcomer is going to want a bunch of level 50 players around; they have nothing in common to work on together.

[Tatu37]

This sounds like a great idea! For a couple reasons, one I love to help people and two I could really use the help myself. ATM Dungeons give me anxiety

I must admit that I am a total noob even @Lv 47! If you decide to do this just send an invite. This is also my first post on the forum so not even sure if my Character name ( K'phel N'ioro)will be displayed or not LOL.

[CrisGer]

Hi there, as you already know I am with you on this lets talk more.

[Rivienne]

I know of a few groups like this on several worlds and I think they are great. I am always in favour of such groups.

I think you just need to make sure of a few ground rules going in to set the attitude. My recommendations for what those rules are would fall into something along the lines of:

1. Members must be willing to give polite open answers to questions. (not everyone knows everything, no matter their level)
2. Members should be willing to contribute to the occasional low end dungeons, even when they are past that point. (all players are dependent on each other)
3. Related to the above, but high end dungeons cannot take priority over story mode dungeons where new players are involved. (Story requires completion to continue)
4. Experienced players should be willing to train new players, even if it means many wipes and failed runs. (Eg, Titan, etc, but low ball dungeons too. Some people learn slower. and maybe just need a mentor and practice)

I think the obvious link between all of these is patience. If you make a ground rule that everyone be nice, patient, and help each other out, you should be fine. And if anyone can't abide, they shouldn't stay in the group.

There is nothing wrong with discussing high level dungeons, even using acronyms in such a chat, because if the attitude is set right, new players can be comfortable to ask questions about what is being discussed, including what acronyms mean etc.

[RogueJawa]

I would totally love a Linkshell like this on Malboro.

I'm in a FC but there doesn't seem to be a lot of chatter in game when I'm on. Nice guys though when there has been! My buddy, who recruited me but doesn't play anymore, told me they were heavy on VoIP use and that's not really an option for me.

Maybe I'm not looking in the right places but it seems like there's a distinct lack of representation for Malboro on the forums. I don't even see much on the world forum. I've considered going to one of the other servers where there are lots of community advertisements on here but I'd kind of feel bad if I left because I have gotten help from them. I don't have real concrete roots on the server though.