Help a Sprout!

[silverhope]

With heavensward just around the corner I think its time for established players to give back and help the new players joining us be for the xpac. As many of you know the sprout icon shows up when someone is under a certain time played. So to show how FFXIV can be a great community if you see a sprout...

Offer some help
Ask how there doing
Donate some gil
Invite them to a LS or FC

Many people might already do this but lets get awareness out there and make ffxiv community something people want to join and not run away from!

[Chiramu]

Inviting newbies straight to a LS/FC without knowing them is a little bit intrusive, what if they do not want to join straight away while they get their bearings? I think that people will join and FC when they are ready for it, when I started playing in early access with my BF we did not want to join an FC asap :/.

Sometimes doing things like this might be a little overbearing. I usually cast Stoneskin on all lowbies and newbies levelling in the low areas however and I /wave ^^.

[AlexanderThorolund]

I always keep an eye on new people from a distance that are leveling and if they need to be healed or revived ill help them out. When i was a new person and was dead with level 50s walking past my dead body was very disheartening so im stamping that culture out. (^0^)

[silverhope]

Inviting newbies straight to a LS/FC without knowing them is a little bit intrusive, what if they do not want to join straight away while they get their bearings? I think that people will join and FC when they are ready for it, when I started playing in early access with my BF we did not want to join an FC asap :/.

Sometimes doing things like this might be a little overbearing. I usually cast Stoneskin on all lowbies and newbies levelling in the low areas however and I /wave ^^.

talking to new players and offering and forcing are to different things there is a decline button for a reason.

[Chiramu]

talking to new players and offering and forcing are to different things there is a decline button for a reason.

In WoW, when you make a lowbie character you are bombarded with guild invites. It is so bad, the developers made an in-game function that automatically turns off guild invites >.>.

A decline button doesn't mean it is not annoying .

[silverhope]

In WoW, when you make a lowbie character you are bombarded with guild invites. It is so bad, the developers made an in-game function that automatically turns off guild invites >.>.

A decline button doesn't mean it is not annoying .

I understand your issue with it but im not saying to jsut walk up and invite anyone, if your talking wtih a person or helping them and say "if you have anyother questions let me no, and if you would like a LS that helps new players let me know"

[Defteros]

the sprout icon doesn't necessarily mean that they are new players....

they could be someone's alt xD

[Kallera]

the sprout icon doesn't necessarily mean that they are new players....

they could be someone's alt xD

Ask them where they are on their relic? XD

[Genesis-xyx]

I just met one of the nicest people I've met in game by help a sprout, taking two seconds to ask someone if they need any help can really help someone establish themselves into the community, this game can be pretty overwhelming at first for new players.

[raela]

Uninvited fc/ls invites is super rude, and what is there that really needs gil early on..? I got by just fine with only quest rewards. I'm all for being nice to new players (go slow/explain things in duties, heal those struggling out in the world).. But I get suspicious/annoyed when people try to be "overly friendly."