Quote Originally Posted by Vidu View Post
...arent you the guy who was proud of scamming people out of gil?

I also feel like you had threads like this before and the conclusion people seem to reach was: Even if there might be no apparent reason to you why people left, they probably had one - like not understanding or liking your humor or finding you overbearing. So just because you dont see a reason, it doesnt mean that they dont have one. Putting up a buff that they can get themself by sending their Squadron out isnt "nurturing loyalty" either.

To solve your problem, I'd advice you to first ask yourself: What kind of people do you want to recruit and what can you offer them?
People wont stick around if it isnt a good overall fit, so just recruiting randoms from the street wont really work.
On the matter of "what can you offer them": It has to be more than just an FC-buff, specially if you want to create a community. Think about what kind of community you want to create and find people that fit into that, aswell as supporting it yourself. Do you want to raid and form a proper static? Focus on crafting and gathering? Roleplay with being on Mateus? If so: What kind of roleplay?

Then: Try to get to know and befriend people with the goal, of just befriending them rather than binding them to your FC - and by "getting to know people" I dont mean asking for their real name, age, gender and adress. I mean: Getting to know what they like about the game, what they enjoy, what their goals are and how they want to achieve those goals - do they want to reach them by themself? Then let them. Do they want some help? Then offer it.
Be genuie about wanting ro have those people around - and not only to boost your FC-numbers.

Stay away from any trolling or inappropriate behaviour unless you are certain that everyone can handle that and actually enjoys that kind of humor.

Ask your FC-members what they would like instead of just giving them what you think they'd like.

Organise FC-events like a map-day, a "We finish our Khloe-book"-day, Ex-primal farms...

And dont think of people leaving your FC as "disloyal" - they owe you nothing. Maybe my opinion of you is a bit clouded by some of your threads that I've been reading through, but speaking of people like this isnt helping that image. They're playing this game to have fun and if your FC wasnt creating and enviroment that supported that goal, they have every right to leave.
You need to find ways to make this game even more fun for people - but "fun" can be very different for everyone of us. Thats why you need to ask yourself "What kind of 'fun' do I want to support here?" and work on that.
Just to let you know, I don't scam people. They give me their gil of their own free will. I simply have the social skills to induce them into wanting to give it to me. That takes subtlety and finesse, which I have plenty of. Yes, I'm proud of having social skills. I'm NOT scamming people. Major difference.