(Note: I'm going to say 'guild' is this post, but I'm referring to both FCs and LSs.)
While I don't necessarily consider it rude (unless they're being very aggressive/insulting), it's not something I would do if I was running a guild. I find it a little bit... tacky, I guess?
I like for the guild recruitment and application process to be slightly more formal. If I want to know more about a certain group, then they make it clear in whatever community they're a part of who should be contacted for more info and/or what their website is. Then I can go about exploring those options at my own leisure. These are just my personal preferences, of course.
Now, not everyone always goes out looking for gaming communities to join. Not every single person that will be RPing in FFXIV is on RPC or has an Enjin account (some may not even know that either exists). So you have to consider that there will be players who could potentially have /shout as their only way of finding out about such guilds. This goes for non-RP players, too.
While I don't necessarily consider it rude (unless they're being very aggressive/insulting), it's not something I would do if I was running a guild. I find it a little bit... tacky, I guess?
I like for the guild recruitment and application process to be slightly more formal. If I want to know more about a certain group, then they make it clear in whatever community they're a part of who should be contacted for more info and/or what their website is. Then I can go about exploring those options at my own leisure. These are just my personal preferences, of course.
Now, not everyone always goes out looking for gaming communities to join. Not every single person that will be RPing in FFXIV is on RPC or has an Enjin account (some may not even know that either exists). So you have to consider that there will be players who could potentially have /shout as their only way of finding out about such guilds. This goes for non-RP players, too.
