We packed up and moved our FC of about a dozen people at once, said our goodbyes to our friends in the LS and then had another FC of about the same we were friends with moved over a few days later. You might think it's a bit expensive, but a lot of people don't seem to think so. It's also far easier then trying to get SE to force one group to party with another. Sadly, the odds of that happening are slim. It does suck about your house though.

The lack of gil spammers is pretty common on most JP servers, it's exactly the same on Tonberry. Some things are cheaper then back on Masamune, some are more expensive. It's pretty well amounts to about the same.