Hey all! I've been playing FFXIV 2.0 for a while now and am just now breaking into the RP scene after migrating over from Guild Wars 2. I've been fairly happy with the pick-up RP I've come across so far, but I'm really struggling with finding a central area for free company recruitment and gauging true activity.
This site seems to fluctuate with activity, as all RP sites do when their members have lives, but I was curious as to whether or not anyone uses supplemental sites to find RP, like tumblr or the Lodestone?
GW2 RP had a really robust hub on Enjin that I looooved, since players got their own comprehensive profiles and it was incredibly simple to connect everything to your guild's enjin page. Is there a contingency over there with a hub like that for FF?Â
Tl;dr, I love FF, I want to establish a free company but am worried it'll be a struggle do to the spread-out nature of the community & ilu enjin.
This is the only hub I know of for XIV RP. The Linkshells tab above is where you'll find a listing of RP FC/LS's, many of which have their own websites. Not all the RP FC/LS's are listed there, of course, some opt not to do that and merely recruit in game.
Above is also the Wiki tab, which you can make a character profile on (and see many other character profiles).
I know that isn't much, but I hope it helps point you a bit in a good direction.
Hum, you know, my experience has been fairly opposite of yours. To me, the RPC is the central hub for FFXIV rp. I don't know what exactly you're looking for (like 20+ people posting in various things per day? 50? More?), but since I re-joined back in March (I don't think any of the people I rped with/talked to back in 2010 are still around, and if they are we've forgotten each other) I've been exclusively using the RPC to form rp connections. I scroll through the wiki on a regular basis (using "recent changes"), have looked through the Balmung FC and Linkshells, and keep an eye on all the new threads.
When I see something that might work with my character, I post. When I see a character mine might work with, I pm the player. If I have a specific question about types of rp, I post a thread in RP discussion.
I mean, I dunno, I guess I'm not like the belle at the ball in terms of how much rp I'm getting, but I am certainly getting enough to make me happy! And, this way I was able to connect with ShayRei (and all the people who agreed to forum rp with me, they're all AWESOME) and start building a more concrete base from which to rp from.
But, you can always try your hand at recreating what Guild Wars had. Each community is very different though, and once something is established it can be hard to get people to change.
Still though, pretty much, if you want a long lasting free company with dedicated members you're going to have to likely start by approaching people one on one. It's time consuming and can be frustrating as all hell (you win some, you lose some, you win some, you lose a whole bunch, etc), but that's recruitment for anything. You have to put in a lot of time and effort, and you probably won't see a return on it immediately. But, you know, there are a lot of interested rpers hanging about -- just have to collect them and make sure you've got the right fit.
(apologies if I totally missed the point of your post, somehow)