There was a lot of debate and gnashing of teeth in the fact that you can only join one FC but multiple LS's - some feel that FC's (with their buffs and perks) are geared more towards progression/PvE/endgame while multiple RP circles can be joined. Â Others are of the school of thought that FC housing makes up a perfect opportunity for that sort of organization that certain RPers aspire towards, and favor the FC mechanism.
I'll plug Crystalline here a bit as a mercenary company with roots grounded in certain moral practices.  "Mercenaries with Morals" is a catch-phrase we've been using. Most of the members (quite a mish-mash group) regard themselves as doing it for more than just the money that the jobs offer.  And of course there's room for various plots that each individual brings to the group as well.  We do utilize a LS as our primary means of in-character chat, and the FC housing is open to those members who may be unable to join the FC for whatever reason (in endgame FC, etc.) so we kind of sidestep it that way, and the /fc chat channel is utilized for OOC dialogue, setting up raids/dungeons, etc.  So there are certain perks to being in the FC and we of course prefer that, but we also understand it's not always possible for some members, and basically we just want to RP along whichever channels it is possible. We do tend to be a bit on the "low-fantasy" and generally avoid the MSQ and similar plot lines which cast the character as "the one and only hero" and such. But at our core we are sort of a "charitable" mercenary company - more out for the betterment of Eorzea than lining our pockets with gil, as it were. Other FC's will of course have different (or perhaps similar) purposes, standards, rules, requirements, and expectations.
I do strongly feel that the housing element lends itself very well towards RP, and the "one FC only" sort of then contradicts this. Â A rather unpleasant pairing for some of our members at times, I believe.
I'll plug Crystalline here a bit as a mercenary company with roots grounded in certain moral practices.  "Mercenaries with Morals" is a catch-phrase we've been using. Most of the members (quite a mish-mash group) regard themselves as doing it for more than just the money that the jobs offer.  And of course there's room for various plots that each individual brings to the group as well.  We do utilize a LS as our primary means of in-character chat, and the FC housing is open to those members who may be unable to join the FC for whatever reason (in endgame FC, etc.) so we kind of sidestep it that way, and the /fc chat channel is utilized for OOC dialogue, setting up raids/dungeons, etc.  So there are certain perks to being in the FC and we of course prefer that, but we also understand it's not always possible for some members, and basically we just want to RP along whichever channels it is possible. We do tend to be a bit on the "low-fantasy" and generally avoid the MSQ and similar plot lines which cast the character as "the one and only hero" and such. But at our core we are sort of a "charitable" mercenary company - more out for the betterment of Eorzea than lining our pockets with gil, as it were. Other FC's will of course have different (or perhaps similar) purposes, standards, rules, requirements, and expectations.
I do strongly feel that the housing element lends itself very well towards RP, and the "one FC only" sort of then contradicts this. Â A rather unpleasant pairing for some of our members at times, I believe.
"One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others." Â ~ Lewis Carol
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