Quote Originally Posted by Shirai View Post
Indeed, avoid the Free companies that send out mass invites. They don't care who or what they get in, wether it be gilsellers, scammers, thieves or whatever kind of scum, as long as they have people in them to bolster their rank/numbers.
I have to disagree with this.

There's no fees or dues rquired for agreeing to join a FC.

The worst thing that happens when you click "Yes" to a random invite, is that you find out a few seconds/minutes/hours/days/weeks later that the FC you joined does not share the same outlook you do.

When that happens, you just leave. No hard feelings.


I say this, because when I started playing (I joined when 2.1 dropped) I accepted the first invite that came my way.

Yes, that FC was terribly managed, but, they always had two company actions going, and those actions were generally geared towards newbies like me (usually + xp and reduced teleport costs).

While the FC as a whole was pretty terribly managed, I found a group of 5-6 people that were super cool. Upon hitting lvl 50, we left for a smaller more tight knit FC and pooled our money together and bought a company house.


My point? If I never joined that monstrosity of a FC (400+ members with no real central leadership), it wouldn't have led me to the smaller, cooler clan that I eventually joined down the road. Also, I benefited from all of those company actions that were running day and night.