I too will answer on behalf of the leadership of my... guild, I guess? 
Mysterium continues to use two LSes (one IC and OOC), and doesn't use the FC chat at all. There's no requirement that a member be part of the FC, though in practice, most of the membership is.
The major problem we've encountered is the 8 linkshell limit. When you have people who want to RP with multiple groups, and are members of Balmung's Finest, and Intermission, and have a private LS for their friends, one's LS list can fill up very quickly. Likewise, if a "guild" has multiple alliances and private channels for each, members can burn up a lot of LS slots on those. None of these are insurmountable problems, however.
Mysterium continues to use two LSes (one IC and OOC), and doesn't use the FC chat at all. There's no requirement that a member be part of the FC, though in practice, most of the membership is.
The major problem we've encountered is the 8 linkshell limit. When you have people who want to RP with multiple groups, and are members of Balmung's Finest, and Intermission, and have a private LS for their friends, one's LS list can fill up very quickly. Likewise, if a "guild" has multiple alliances and private channels for each, members can burn up a lot of LS slots on those. None of these are insurmountable problems, however.
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Quality RP at low, low prices!
((about me | about L'yhta Mahre | L'yhta's desk | about Mysterium, the Ivory Tower: a heavy RP society of mages))
