Request: Remove the light party requirement from FC workshop projects

[mikeysrob]

This has been a pet peeve of mine for years now, It’s incredibly irritating. I run an F.C. with only 3 active people (including myself) so if we want to make anything, we have to set up a PF and wait hours for someone to respond and help us. (Despite the fact that I can single handedly gather all the materials myself)

I get that companies are supposed to be a social thing, and that it should be easy to gather 4 F.C. members but that’s just simply not the case. A massive percentage of FCs are small (or even solo) because a lot of us want the benefits without having to deal with social issues, and it just seems unfair that we effectively get penalised for that

[Canopia]

Even I, a predominately solo player, understands that FC Workshop projects are supposed to be a group effort thing, thus needs a group of people to complete. It defeats the purpose of it being a group project if a single person can do it all alone. If you dont want to deal with social issues then you shouldnt have the perks of a social system. Do some leg work, find another person or two that will join your free company, make more friends who will help with the group project.

[mikeysrob]

Don’t get me wrong, I fully understand this supposed to be a big group effort. But if I can do all the work by myself, it just seems pointless to have to rope in other people to actually advance the work. And it’s so hard getting people to join, be online, not be doing anything and be willing to sit in the workshop for ten minutes.

Why not make it like the diadem, where you only need one other person to assist you. That's still annoying, but far more manageable

[Krokov]

I agree it would be nice to have others but getting people to join an FC is lot more difficult than people might think. And with you saying you actually need others in order to advance projects well I guess our FC won't be having any project advancement anytime soon we try to recruit others but people come on and just do their own thing then log off only me and a few others are really what you'd call active if you will.

So yes OP I agree with you.

[Charisma]

Even I, a predominately solo player, understands that FC Workshop projects are supposed to be a group effort thing, thus needs a group of people to complete. It defeats the purpose of it being a group project if a single person can do it all alone. If you dont want to deal with social issues then you shouldnt have the perks of a social system. Do some leg work, find another person or two that will join your free company, make more friends who will help with the group project.

The way this system works is still pointless, it takes me 20 Minutes to ask in Limsa, and get 3 people to help out, even for free. It's an annoyance at max, so either make it FC only or completely remove the restriction.

[dotsforlife]

The way this system works is still pointless, it takes me 20 Minutes to ask in Limsa, and get 3 people to help out, even for free. It's an annoyance at max, so either make it FC only, or completetly remove the restriction.

These solo/handful FC's are just as annoying. The system is fine as is because it's intended to be a group effort. Not some random player with social issues running a solo FC. If you don't want the hassle then either join a larger FC or recruit.

[Amariel34]

I think something that might help is changing the requirement that everyone needs to be in the FC workshop. People don't want to drop what they are doing to get there. Maybe implement some type of remote device you can carry with you to help with FC projects anywhere. Or even just have to be in a major city. It's easier to get to Kugane from Azim Steppes than to have to go to Mist.

[worldofneil]

It defeats the purpose of it being a group project if a single person can do it all alone.

Obviously I can't speak for all FCs, but I'm pretty sure that whenever a project is being created, in most cases it's only a single person doing all the work/hand-ins. At least that's what I get from my own experiences with my FC as well as people asking in chat/party finder and then only a single person from that FC handing in. The other three people are just standing around to make up the required number.

Maybe it was supposed to be a social/group thing, but in reality that's just not what happens.

What I hate most is when I'm making a batch of Aetherial Wheels (which are easily a single person task). Adding all the items and doing all the necessary menu clicking works out at just over 90 mouse clicks PER WHEEL and no matter how fast you can go, because of the 4 person requirement 3 other people are still forced to waste their time and wait there for as many as you're making just because of that cumbersome requirement.

Please SE, lower the requirement to just a party of crafters (number doesn't matter) and please let us hand in all items at once (or at the very least all of a single item instead of making us do it in 3 batches).

[LaylaTsarra]

These solo/handful FC's are just as annoying. The system is fine as is because it's intended to be a group effort. Not some random player with social issues running a solo FC. If you don't want the hassle then either join a larger FC or recruit.

I totally agree. FC's were not intended for 1 player or a few players. They might as well open it to private estates then to be fair. Oh I'd love my little solo workshop and airships. Why not.

[Alien_Gamer]

Except making an airship is not a group effort. It's a three people stand there and while one person clicks a lot of buttons effort. Even getting the mats is a solo effort.

And I've been in large fcs before, it doesn't guarantee help for airships. Nothing is lost by removing this and it makes it easier for those that don't have a large network of friends so why not?