It feels kinda bad seeing people having experiences like this. I'm exactly like you, OP. I can enjoy endgame, but at my own pace. The whole game at my own pace. I hit lvl 50 with a crafter class before I did with fighter, it took a long while, and guess what; I enjoyed it! And seeing as many FCs are too hardcore in their attitude for my taste, I simply made my own. When I do recruitment shouts, I specify that we are a smaller, social FC, and so far not a single one of the people who joined has been elitist or pushy.

My point is, there are plenty of people out there like you. If you design your recruitment shouts/posts well, you will attract that specific group of players. It has worked very well for us, and it still does. We even had some members who left their old FC to join ours.


I believe the majority of FCs you'll find recruiting on the internet, setting up their own large websites with applications etc. etc. etc. will not be what you're looking for. So in the end, my best advice is to make your own. That way you have control, to make the FC you'd like to be in.

Good luck!
(And also, we're on Moogle server, psst psst! )