What is the purpose of fellowships?

[Lunavi]

To announce an event in game to a specific community. For example roleplaying events. Say you shall host a RP event in three weeks at a specific time, then you can post it there and everyone who are interested in this will know about it so discord doesn't have to be used.

[Makeda]

I am seeing a value in the concept.

I understand it this far from how a podcast covered it so if this is correct:

1000 member max
Can set it to be open joinable or apply/invite
Can set up polls
Message board shows last 100 posts

Then it looks great for themed grouping.

Roleplayers will love it. Form a RP event, list it, and folks in the fellowship can join or not.

Casual raiders will love it. Raiding in FFXIV is either the duty finder or “post your logs and your tax returns in your application and as a casual raid we raid 8 nights a week, 25 hours a day.”
- a fellowship might work for those hardcores that claim to be casual... but more for actual casuals. Use it to find semi-statics of people who are not heavily experienced and can commit to so many nights but will put in effort when they do go. Leave it open and people come and go.

It’s basically a discord in game.

[Canadane]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/event/

An in-game version of this.
It's finally nice to see.

[Mahrze]

What we wanted was a FC alliance system, what we got well of course something entirely different than what we have been asking for......

This kind of serves the purpose. FC leaders can be members of those and the BBS like format with polls can keep them all in touch. Not disagreeing but I'm hard pressed to see a negative aspect out of something we haven't used yet.

[Lukha]

ωRICE has entered the chat.

I just can't read that name as anything but ButtRICE...

[Sinkiki]

I know my FC and several others are planning to make a fellowship so we can easily see each other's events and have a forum, two things discord doesn't have.

[TheGrimace]

ωRICE has entered the chat.

Butt Rice? I love that guy!

[Alien_Gamer]

It's a place to ship your fellows.

[Nalien]

What we wanted was a FC alliance system, what we got well of course something entirely different than what we have been asking for......

Now there's a blast from the past... FC alliances... Something Yoshida talked about adding way back in 2.1... Still nothing by 5.1... Perhaps 8.1 will finally see it added?

Jokes aside, I hope Fellowships has a FC tag option, because then it can essentially just be used as a FC alliance system; Make a FC Fellowship and invite multiple FCs as an alliance.

[Nomuno]

Now there's a blast from the past... FC alliances... Something Yoshida talked about adding way back in 2.1... Still nothing by 5.1... Perhaps 8.1 will finally see it added?

Jokes aside, I hope Fellowships has a FC tag option, because then it can essentially just be used as a FC alliance system; Make a FC Fellowship and invite multiple FCs as an alliance.

yea but lets be honest, the only reason to even have an alliance is the 24mans. and they aren't even hard enough to warrant putting one together. (efficiency for drops at most imo) It would speed up some organized stuff but you will always have to overbook for something to account for noshow's. While I can see some value in it. I hope resources go back to other things when this comes out as I feel its going to be a waste. People will use it for a little and then get tired of waiting for responses. The PF will still trump this message board because of speed because people will get tired of making a time for something and then having to use the PF to find fill in's.

in the end this is going to be wayyy too slow for people that are always "PULL WHOLE DUNGEON PLS"... it looks nice though? they should have just updated the PF to allow for us to put up an alliance. Would have been much better use of resources to be able to recruit a 24man via pf. Ahh well, one can dream. Grats to the RP'rs for that's all this will be good for.