(11-14-2016, 09:19 PM)Thorbought Wrote: Again thanks everyone for the continued advice!ÂÂ Right now, I think my main priority needs to be working on stopping the bleeding of members. They cite that it feels like the same thing every day, sitting at the fc etc, etc. I'd like to ask the more long-lived FCs how they kept their fc rp fresh and got the members to go out more while still interacting with each other. We do have weekly events (2 a week currently) but it seems that it isn't enough because the rest of the time is still the same lounging around.
I think a variety of events is key. The FC I previously led for a couple years had a weekly IC meeting with a more casual dinner afterward, a weekly tavern night that was open to the whole server which allowed our members to meet others outside the FC and earned some visibility for our FC, we had holiday events both private and server wide, we had a few fighting tournaments (once again, some private and some public), we had a weekly teatime for a while and then a weekly sparring night, FC storyline events (some more combat heavy, some more investigation heavy), etc. Our company was also split into "branches" which sometimes had their own events and IC meetings.
It's also great to encourage your FC members to run their own events and help them out with that. It gives them something fun to do, and it alleviates some of the burden to generate content from you and your officers. We had members running events for their personal storylines, we had characters teaching first aid classes to FC mates, hosting slumber parties, and all sorts of things. OOC events can be fun, too. You can set aside one night a week to help FC members progress in PvE, or do PotD, or do treasure maps, or you can do stuff outside of game like an Overwatch night, or Cards Against Humanity, or drinking and Discord or... well, whatever it is your FC members like doing.
However, you and your FC members will get burnt out pretty quickly if you start trying to cram too many events into your schedule. It sounds like you could really benefit from some more unscheduled RP time. The best way to do this is to find some free time when folks are online, pick a place in game to plop your character down, and encourage all your available FC members to come RP. It doesn't need to be anything planned, just a night of drinking in a tavern, or hunting in the woods, or beating up some beastmen or whatever you want to do.
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