Player Run Companies: a Rallying Cry

[SuzakuCMX]

In the end, they would each have the same population so there's no distinguishing feature except that Company sounds like a group that actually DOES something, whereas Linkshell sounds like a chatroom.

If a company does not have a chat, it would be non-functional. If a company does have a chat, it is able to fulfill everything a Linkshell can (since Linkshells do nothing but give players social connections), rendering Linkshells defunct.

[gifthorse]

If a company does not have a chat, it would be non-functional. If a company does have a chat, it is able to fulfill everything a Linkshell can (since Linkshells do nothing but give players social connections), rendering Linkshells defunct.

Most games have a heirarchy of systems

Faction->Guild->Party->Player

Alliance->Guild->Party->Player

I don't see what your deal is. If we only had a game with features which existed to fulfill the bare minimum requirements to 'suffice', then we'd just be playing by ourselves and our altnerate personality disorders.

[Caidryn]

If a company does not have a chat, it would be non-functional. If a company does have a chat, it is able to fulfill everything a Linkshell can (since Linkshells do nothing but give players social connections), rendering Linkshells defunct.

If companies are one per player and focused on company type content, and linkshells are what you use for statics, single areas of the game, or having multiple socials, they would both exist in their individual roles. Further, if companies require a minimum amount of players, Linkshells would be for smaller groups, based around the small scale content, where companies would be based upon a larger scale.