Valkayree wrote:
KojiroSoma wrote:
Pretty happy. Didnt get to Spiritbond much, and i honestly felt bad about inviting people to what is essentially an empty FC. I really need to overcome that fear ._.;
Might I interject a point of advice? I took a look at your FC. Promote your active players! A very, very small percentage of your folks are officers. If they are playing and working hard, and you chat with them a bit and see that they are good folks, reward them with promotions and priveleges. You don't have to give them the bank, but give them a little something each promotion (even if it is just partial chest access) to make them feel like they are a part of something, and they will stick around a lot longer, I guarantee =D The heirarchal structure is really up to your FC lead unfortunately, so you would have to bend his ear to make extra positions, but it is worth it.
In my FC I promote based on activity and contribution and demote based on inactivity. There are multiple hops along the chain that all give a little more access. That's essentially the formula. Not too many folks have left the FC, and the ones that stay tend to play longer. The ones that left (3) left because we were too casual, not a raiding FC. I wish them luck. But the ones that stay welcome the formula. While we are casual and don't raid as an FC all that much, the members have a place to call home without all the stress associated and they have all the benefits that come along with being a rank 8 FC. I good deal of people have access to actions and full chest access (just not the bank, or my precious garden (lol but it is solely used to make the FC money)). You would be surprised how responsible most people are if you give them a chance. Imo, linkshells are for statics and raids, at least until we get more FC people grinding them to success.
Well, it's not so much that people dont get preveleges. We're very friendly and open. Everyone can raise choco's, use the farms, get rooms and we (i) make anything that anyone will ever require pretty much free of charge. Everyone had invite priviledges too. We were mostly just a group of friends. The only thing we did block-off was gil removal from the bank. So it's not that people havent been allowed to do what they want, the ranks werent even ranks, it was just there so there are some people who can adjust settings if no one else is on.
The problem really just is that there's actually no one left. It's dead in the sense of that, it's dead. Leader left for another game, another officer cant play anymore, and the rest of the people simply stopped showing up or left because there were just a tiny few people active. We might have 50 people in the list, but other than myself who is on every day, and one of my dearest friends who is on every 8-9 days, no one other than me is actively playing. That's two people active, 8 people we havent seen in a month, and 40 people who are between 60 and 200 days gone. So the problem would be that if i were to invite people, they'd basicly show up to an FC with just me in it. I could most likely overcome this by inviting 10-20 new/FC-less players, but unless they stick around to play together with their fellow new players, it'll just run dry all over again. And on the times that i am on, i cant help -everyone- with dungeons and crafting. Someone is always going to be left out :/
I dont see what pull we'd have over other FC's other than that we're (were) pretty nice guys who never really fought over anything. We have a house, but who doesnt? We have a substantial gil supply we can use to buy new people some rooms, but that will just make it easier for them to leave since they didnt have to struggle for it. I'd hate to see my friend leave too, since she's essentially the last thing i care about in this game, but she's over on another server more than on this one these days since she too has no one else to play with here.
It's just a crappy situation, and i feel bad about inviting people when there's no one else to play with. The hurdle to overcome to get the first 10-ish people without the first invitees leaving is one i dont really happily face. But your advise is very much appreciated. Friendly comments are always great. So i thank you for that atleast :)
