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(08-22-2014, 02:40 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote:(08-22-2014, 01:59 PM)Jancis Wrote:(08-22-2014, 01:49 PM)ExKage Wrote: It's hard finding such group that is willing to put ~2 hours per raid night per 2-3 nights a week... when you don't know who or what to look for or you're completely afraid to.
To be horrifically frank, if someone wasn't in my guild/free company I would not make them core.
Period; no exceptions. The raid group is not that person's priority if they can't be in the guild that talks about it, has forum boards about it, can hear each other on a daily basis, work together, etc. It was too important of a show of commitment.
If someone was showing up as a bench spot consistently I would eventually poach them from whatever nonsense guild they were in.
I realize that sounds terrible. Sorry.
People join Free Companies for a variety of reasons, and on an RP server it is especially common that people are in Free Companies for RP reasons. Â There are quite a few progression-oriented players out there who are in FCs with their RP group, but still desire (and in many cases manage) to be in statics that may have nothing to do with their Free Company for the purposes of progression. Â I myself spent time before my break in a static formed of myself, one other FC member, and a mixture of friends we met pugging. Â And if you say I wasn't "committed," I'm going to laugh in your face.
A better characterization of your position is that you personally don't like taking people who aren't in your Free Company to do serious content - which is a completely valid position to have. Â But saying that someone has to be in your Free Company or they're not "committed" to doing serious content is quite frankly ridiculous.
There is a better choice for this issue. Is that you don't join commitment based Free Company or Linkshell. However if you want a serious based progression, then you'll have to take a deep breath and step up your game. It's either serious or casual.
I had been in Death and Taxes from Gilgamesh for two months and it was way too committing for me, and I really really hated tanking Turn 2 regular (non enrage) and Turn 4 - and this was 2.0 time, and they were pushing me to limits. It was not fun. So I took a break from Coil for a while until I moved to Balmung, and I was in RareEX for a short time until I left and made my own FC for RP purposes. If you are in those kind of FC or LS, you are committed to be filled and be prepared even if you don't feel like playing that time. It just is too much and burn out a lot. Sometimes, you just don't have time to RP or spend time for yourself to enjoy. So that's why I have been on a break from raids.Â
Kage,Â
You can also join Balmung facebook group to ask for casual/serious LS that might let you join them if you want!