I lead a large FC on Ragnarok, and we went through the same hard times you are describing and even now it can get frustrating, for example we have over 100 active members but are still yet to get ourselves a house..

We have absorbed several smaller FC's on the way to this number and i wouldnt be put off by the thought of merging into another FC, I am a lax leader and anyone who brings me a good idea or wants to help out is welcome so suggesting this to a bigger FC might work in your favour (maybe not leet FCs lol) for example we took in 15 members from another FC and two of those are now in leadership roles.

The best time to recruit is on a patch drop though cos thats when people return to find they have been booted out of their FC for being inactive.. for example my FC has a 90day inactivity cull

But as i said i've seen the hard times.. there were times we have 3 people online and i thought that was it for the FC now we have 20-30 at one time and 80+ over a 24hr period.. just stick at it and get some leadership who want it to succeed as much as you want it to..

Also giving every rank the same responsibilities is a bad bad idea.. you need to seperate out members and leaders.. i am a social FC master and yet we still have that divide.. people know who to go to to get stuff done then etc.

Finally try making ranks to distinguish yourself from other FCs.. people always comment on my ranking system when they join



As you can see we have a new rank with no members in it yet above officer, this is for someone to go into to take a more "me" role as i am burning out from all the work i put in lol.. officer has become the role that just puts on buffs and moves peoples ranks around.. coin counters are in charge or finding ways to raise money for the FC, recruiter speaks for itself, the end game ranks make it easy to see people who might be able to help you if you are looking for a certain role (multi being one of each) foot soldier is the rank you drop in the FC on with no access to chest and Yeoman is when you have been active enough for us to trust you with things like chest access