Quote Originally Posted by SuperParaKoopa View Post
2) I have been getting a lot of requests from FCs but I've been hesitant because either they're spammers or I don't want to join one and then leave for a long time. So my question is should I just wait till after my internship to join a FC?
My advice to you about Free Companies is not to join any of the companies that are trying to recruit you at random. This is a really impersonal approach to recruiting and it speaks volumes about that free company. It means that leadership is going to be loose, if not bad, and that has far reaching consequences for the Free Company in terms of cohesion for both up and comers and late gamers. The fact that no one knows each other means that the Free Company is also little more than a party finder at best.

Outside of what spamming invites implies, you don't need a free company for most of the story part of the game. You're better off meeting people and making friends than you are just joining any ol' FC.

Also, you don't want to be in a free company that then puts pressure on you to be doing certain things. There are also free companies that ask you to donate gil to gain ranks and what not within them. Don't join these FCs.

All in all, focus on yourself for now, and when you are confident in how you're playing the game think about free companies then.

I'm not in a free company and I haven't faced any troubles.