
Poking people on the street is actually a pretty standard tactic. The linkshell hall is cleared out every month so inactive groups get the purge, so everyone there should be around if you PM looking for connections or an invite. In-game, there's usually a ton of RP happening around the clock. I'd also recommend checking out the Calendar tab at the top of the page; Balmung's got so many scheduled events you can probably find something going on every night of the week.