I dont think the merge really helped much

[Estellios]

Just start a group and say that you are practicing the raid. I did that the past few weeks and I literally got 5-6 /tells within seconds, although I only needed 2 people. Before the merges I would probably have to wait 30 min to an hour to get 1-2 people. So far people in the casual linkshells have been pretty good players and really aim to follow directions and such.

I also do check out both searches and use them to look for groups/members, so there are people that use it. Maybe after 1.22 and the free trial week comes along I'll shout at people to use the lodestone guide for it.

Our LS usually plays evenings starting at around 8-9 Pacific time, sometimes earlier, depending on how many people are on. We do stuff on occasional random weekdays whenever people are able to get on, but definitely do things Fridays and Saturdays. Anyways, if you want to come along with us for some dungeon raids I'd be happy to invite you if we have a spot open. I wish I could offer a pearl but we don't just hand them out immediately to strangers without spending some time w/ them first.