Unwanted Invites

[ErryK]

I don't see why it isn't possible to just ignore the FC invites. But I guess that's because personally that's what I would do.

[KrytosFallaran]

I would agree but after a while it gets to the point where ignoring them doesn't do it anymore

[NanaWiloh]

Which is another point why I don't like them they see others as numbers just to say hey look we're the biggest here and don't care about those they invite. It grinds my gears when I see them using shout to say ranked 1st or 3rd on the server.

Large FC's more often then not see people as numbers smaller more tight knit FC's see you as nothing more then a leaf blowing in the breeze. FC Ranks don't really mean anything and are listed by the FC to indicate what FC benefits are open to them not the number of people they have.

[KrytosFallaran]

I've had one send me an invite every day and then bribe their members with gil to try to get me into their FC. And I know this because one told me that they are running a bet to see who will get me to join.

[Avatre]

I've had one send me an invite every day and then bribe their members with gil to try to get me into their FC. And I know this because one told me that they are running a bet to see who will get me to join.

Tell them to give you 80% of the winnings BEFORE joining, then join and say FCs aren't for me, and leave. Will probably piss them off, but the they will understand(hopefully) why you don't join....not sure how it is in regards of ToS on your part...so I can't take responsibility for what might come.

[KrytosFallaran]

I just keep telling them no over and over again

[WhiteArchmage]

Sorry to say that then you've become that FC's joke or meme, you could file a harassment ticket but since it's the FC itself, there's very little the mods can do (what? are they going to give a warning against EVERY MEMBER of that FC?).

I do think the "personal FC" is the best bet, like, if you don't like FCs because they can get clique-y and drama filled...uhm, generalization, much? yes, since the game encourages party play and forming a "tight" group (which...it's an MMO) some players in FCs can form their cliques and in large FCs those groups will eventually get fed up and leave to form their own, and not EVERY FC has drama (and if they do, it's not all the time) which is also fixed by making your own and being the sole member (I really see no drawback to this, really, it's all the pros you want and no cons besides not wanting to make one for whatever).

There IS also the option of joining one and just...turning off FC chat.

[SturmChurro]

You could use /away but that will also block tells and party invites.

Alternatively, you could join a Free Company for the sole sake of being in one to prevent getting a /tell or invite for another one. If you have a couple people who could help you out temporarily, you could even just make a new FC and then have the temps leave so you're in a single-person FC if that's your thing.

Lol I am the GM of a FC on accident. Definitely works.

[KrytosFallaran]

I've been in a few FC's before and they always end up being the same so I just don't want to deal with them anymore period. I don't even want to go through the hassle of making one or use the /away or /busy because I get asked to help with runs and such. I just want to be able to block the invites and that's it.

[Kyrian12]

I've never joined an FC myself. I got spammed countless times when I was a newbie but the unsolicited FC invites seem to have tapered off once I hit 70 and completed Stormblood.

There are a few ways I can think of to mitigate FC invites:

1) Clicking Party -> Party Members -> Right click your name -> Edit search info -> typing in some sort of message in the blurb that you're not interested in a joining an FC

2) Spending most of your time in low traffic, high level areas. Most FC recruiters are concentrated in the primary three city states (Ul'dah, Gridania, Limsa Lominsa) and in low level areas where they hope to recruit newbies.

3) Being in and out of duty finder. Cross-world players can't recruit you into their FC because you're on different servers.

4) Spend as little time walking around as a low level job/class as possible in low level areas. I get more unsolicited FC invites when I run around as a lower level job than when I run around as a lvl 70, despite the fact that I obviously lack the sprout icon next to my name.