Quote Originally Posted by XiXiQ View Post
I'd like to join some linkshells on Tonberry, like people hooking up for potd 200 runs for instance, or an english speaking general social linkshell - I assume such things exist, but no way to know. And if you start one, there's no decent way to get others involved.
I cant speak for Tonberry, but on my server i often see people put up PF groups with a description of the type of LS they would like to join. I have invite power to 3 shells, and if i see anyone doing this(and i have a free minute of course) i join their group and talk to them for a minute. If theyre interested, the invite is sent. If they dont like what they hear, no hard feelings and i move on with my day. And i know one social LS that im in has a few members who put up PF groups of their own seeking new recruits whenever we fall below a certain number of characters. So if you did set up your own shell a few /shout recruitment messages in trafficked(kugane, rhalgr, limsa, etc) areas, setting up a your initial recruits with invite power, and an hour here or there spent in PF mode(maybe while crafting?) can get you to a reasonable level. These things seem to have a minimum momentum to them as well, as long as your group does what it set out to do(if i joined a crafting shell and no one talked about or could help with questions about crafting id consider that a failure and probly leave) then when you hit a certain level recruiting becomes less of an issue(for instance, being able to tell a potential recruit that you have 50+ active members who regularly call out hunt targets would certainly make your hunt LS appealing).

This being said though, a directory wouldnt be a bad feature at all. I know there have been times ive wished i could join a group devoted to X and never found an exact match. Knowing it existed(or didnt) would be a good place to start.