Looking for others to play game with

[teruk]

Hi
I returned to the game not too long ago and I'm looking for others to play this game with I'm pretty much going through the msq after Heavensward and I'm wanting to get prepared for stormblood. I'm just tired of playing this game by myself and would like to meet new people to play the game with do quest/dungeons/ or just chat

[FayLeaf]

Hi! I am very new to this game and mmorpg's in general. I am also looking for someone to do quests, dungeons, etc. I see that I am in a different world than you tho .

Is this forum the only way players can get together? I've had a very hard time finding anyone to talk to while playing the game. I feel like I've missed something in the intro material. Any advice you have for finding a buddy would be much appreciated. Maybe someone reading this forum is in Faerie and looking for a one day famous Arc to play with? <3

~ Fayleaf Saphrine =^.^=

[Frizze]

I cant help either of you in game, but i can help a bit here on the forums. This game is different then many other MMOs in that it doesnt really have a public "general chat" channel, which makes it feel a little quieter. All chat is either local, or somewhat private. Local would be you being able to talk to or /shout at people in the same area(like near the market board in town). As for the "somewhat private", these are primarily free company chat channels or linkshells. Anyone can benefit from joining the right FC as they can provide people to play with, chat with, and answer questions - plus FC buffs to things like experience. Linkshells are like permanent "private" server-wide chat channels. Someone starts a LS, and other people can join by invitation. You can have LSs for just chatting, or those that have a particular goal(for instance, a hunting LS where people share the locations of targets theyve found). And as a new player in particular, the shell you might want to get into is the Novice Network. Theres one on every server, and basically anyone with Mentor status can invite you. Go to town and /shout about getting an invite, and you should be in pretty quickly. There you should be able to find people to provide in-game help with almost anything. You can also put up a party-finder group asking for people to include you in LSs about whatever topics interest you. Often people seeing these will provide an invite or two to help.

[Yui_Tenshi]

There are a few ways to get players together. The Novice Network is good start if you're still new. I know some people will also suggest joining a Free Company (but that can be a little more trickier: i.e. finding one that's active, finding one willing to help with beginning content, also depends on the players in your world). Pretty much what Frizze said.

I guess the hardest part for both new and old players is just finding the time to party up and help out with things. But I do know that on Faerie, it's pretty active on the weekends and weekday nights, and I do see several active Novice Network mentors out there helping new people out. Just try giving a shout out on the Novice Network, since it doesn't hurt to try.