The key to enjoying this game is finding a decent Free Company that isn't a flash in the pan and level at least two jobs. The game is a social experience and unfortunately on servers like Balmung, there are hundreds of derelict FCs that are running around with no real intent of expanding or have leaders that basically don't want to take responsibility to run events. The fault of this is really on SE's shoulders due to how they implemented the housing system. Free Companies should be entities meant to help organized play and not a tool to get access to special personal benefits.