I'm going to be speaking from anecdotal evidence; just to preface this.
I have been playing the game casually hardcore since roughly the latter half of Heavensward and I have felt like something is missing from my gaming experience, at least on the servers I have played on thus far in NA. This game is definitely geared toward community and making players interact with one another on a frequent basis, which is great; I'm not going to knock it at all for this. The issue I have noticed is lack of the Free Company's ability to integrate newer members and participate in actual FC interactions of duties.
Let me be frank and come out with what I mean. For a few years now, I haven't really felt like I've been able to DO anything involving raiding with any of the FCs that I have been with. Every. Single. One; has had their own "Static" on the side, and thus the members don't or aren't willing to succeed or fail as their own communities. Instead this is replaced by cliques and creates a sort of divide between FC members. There are social events, sure; however, when it comes to raiding and/or higher end duties, something is missing.
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I have been playing the game casually hardcore since roughly the latter half of Heavensward and I have felt like something is missing from my gaming experience, at least on the servers I have played on thus far in NA. This game is definitely geared toward community and making players interact with one another on a frequent basis, which is great; I'm not going to knock it at all for this. The issue I have noticed is lack of the Free Company's ability to integrate newer members and participate in actual FC interactions of duties.
Let me be frank and come out with what I mean. For a few years now, I haven't really felt like I've been able to DO anything involving raiding with any of the FCs that I have been with. Every. Single. One; has had their own "Static" on the side, and thus the members don't or aren't willing to succeed or fail as their own communities. Instead this is replaced by cliques and creates a sort of divide between FC members. There are social events, sure; however, when it comes to raiding and/or higher end duties, something is missing.
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