Creating an FC tips for learning?

[Yoko13]

Hello all,

I've tanked a few dungeons and even the occasional raid but I feel like everyone just rushes. I mean I have no real problem with if the group just wants to gogogo but I don't want that. Same with when joining a trial for the first time and people berate / complain when you don't know the fight. Yeah you can ask, look it up on YouTube, etc... but I'd rather just learn it on the go to ya know, have fun?

I guess what the point of this thread is how hard would it be to create an FC that actually runs things together (old and new content) without such a need to rush everything and know every fight? I see that almost every person on my server is in some kind of company and just spamming cities with a message probably wouldn't yield people with the same ideas as me.

Any tips on how to start an FC looking for members like that? I Don't even really care about the server either. I'd transfer/re-roll to play with like-minded players like that.

[Mirch]

You may try direct contact.
For example: some players are part of big guilds because they got ninja invited and they might feel invisible on such guilds, you can ask em to join you. Also you can find people on party findee looking for guilds sometimes, or just wander around the world you will find people with no guild.
Just dont make promises and give solid realities

[LunaFaye]

You may try direct contact.

Pretty much that, if I get invites randomly without that someone messaged me, or that I asked for an invite, that person will land on my black list right away. But if someone sends me a tell prior, I can then either decide to join, have a conversation, or tell the person I am not interested. But I do know lots of people that hate this method as well, they have the mindset that if they wanted to join a FC, they will use shout and ask for one.

Therefore another good method, would be you advertising your FC via party finder, set the requirements to ilvl 999 and then answer questions and invite people when being messaged. You can use the forums, or reddit, both have under sections for the specific servers and as long as you keep it updated, it should be easily found.

[Jas710]

You could consider creating your own FC, and name it something like "The Slo-Mos". Then if you do shout ads in towns, include that you are seeking like-minded recruits with this aspect. Sounds like I am joking, but it does make me curious how many people would be compelled to join. Seems like there is a fair percentage of players out there who hate speedrunning.

[ZeAd192]

Yoko13, I wish I resided in Coeurl... I've been searching for a "unicorn" guild as you describe. I play casually and would much prefer learning (and allowing others to) at a comfortable pace. I wish you luck in creating this Haven! Get the word out as to what you've got, and you will have followers.

[katiejay]

This sounds like a great idea! Wish we were on the same server as I would love to join. I like to play at a casual pace as well. I enjoy watching the cutscenes but always feel kind of guilty when doing so because I know that other people want to rush through. Best of luck at creating your new fc!

[ArcanoJones]

People are in such a rush all the time. I hate speed running to. Its the reason I only do dungeon groups when I have to. I am sure you will get plenty of members if you create a FC like this.

[Medicated]

Would you be opposed to a linkshell? I'm only asking because I'm in an FC that I like but I do like the idea of having a "slo-mo" dungeon group. I also know another player that's interested in this idea as well. More chill people in dungeon parties is a win in my book. I'm only two months (almost three) into the game so, fairly new (Still wrapping up Heavensward at the moment).

[Estellios]

There's more people than you would think that like to take it easy when running stuff. I lucked out and most of the people in our FC feel this way.

It's best to be up front and not give any crazy promises. I've met some really nice people joining our primal learning parties by putting in the party finder listing that our group is not all English speakers and that we will likely die a whole lot learning the fight even if we know what to do.

Also really important is not to freak out or get too bummed out if someone decides that the FC is not for them. Some factors like available play times are not really anything you can fault people for.

[Yoko13]

Edit. Changed.