A Strong Linkshell?Follow

Ah the ever popular thought that a "strong" linkshell
must be filled with nothing but level 75's
and anyone that is not level 75 should get there ASAP.
Who in the hell crated such a misconseption?
Don't get me wrong here..
Would it be nice to be max level and go wherever you want
and do whatever you want? yes.
Would it be nice to have access to Sky and all of the
other neat place? yes

BUT! somehow somewhere I must have gotten the fool idea in
my head that this game was about fun and meeting people.
An expression I remeber from somewhere it could be a movie
Tv or the back of the foot loops box.
"A trip is not a destination its the journey"
This basicly means for me at least that is not where your going
is who your going with.

I dont mean to toot my own horn but my linkshell is not
filled to the top with level 75's and godly levels and equipment
its filled with friends and people I have come to see as
family. We dont "rush" in leveling but that doesnt mean we
sit on our butts all day and just chat and BS either.
We level when we want, and we group together to
help one another. But its always fun.

Tuesday night for example a Sam on our linkshell needed to
kill 2 NM's for his AF boots. I spoke to my linkshell
(the ones who were online) and invited them all to come along
gave them 3 hours notice and off I went to do my own thing.
Three hours later we were all gathered in Valkrum.
Everyone that was online was there from level 75 to level 13
Did we need 16 people with that level spread to kill
those NM's? Nope. But it was fun, a chance for everyone to
be involved in something. To me this is what makes up a
"strong" linkshell not the places you can go and the levels
and equipment you have but the feeling of friendship
companionship and family.

Do I have a linkshell full of HNM campers? No.
Do I have a "strong" linkshell? Yes.
I encourage all who read this to think about your linkshell.
And no I am not recruiting via allakhazam boards.
I am simply offering a diffrent view of the way a linkshell
can be strong and perhaps sugesting you all take a closer
look at your linkshells and its priorities
see for yourself if your linkshell is the way you want it to be.

Thanks for posting this phar, i could never find the words to describe it, and you've always been great with communicating with people.

Perhaps it's advertising. Nice way to do it though =)

Well, to take your thread seriously, it comes down to you definition of the word "strong" when applied to the concept of a linkshell. If by use of the word you are applying it towards strength in you members and its abiltity towards killing monsters in the game then yes, being lv75 and having 'leet' equipment is essential in accomplishing those goals.

If by the word "strong" you are referencing towards the bond members hold, the relationships that develop and prosper, helping each members to the best of their ability then level, skill, equipment, or anything within the game is of little consequance.

Like every 'high level' player I was in a low level linkshell at some point, unless you buy your account we're all low level sometime. I ran my own linkshell (Mogknights, may you always rest in peace^^v) for quite sometime and had many awesome memories from my time doing that. Everything from helping everyone unlock advanced jobs to getting AF, it was a blast and I loved every moment of it.

It all comes down to what -you- want out of your time when you log into FFXI and your linkshell will reflect that.

I know plenty of lv75s who opted out of the "HNMLS" scene because it wasnt for them (Vyce, Cyclonis, Izabelle and others spring to mind) and thats their choice and totally cool. But then theirs others, like myself, who want to kill big bad monsters and have as many of their friends along as possible to enjoy it with.

There is no wrong choice really IMO when it comes to choosing a linkshell, what matters is you have as much fun when you log into this game as you can.

HNMLS= LATER ON when im ready as currently i am not ^_^
regular LS= to experience fun and enjoyment with lower lvls and a vast lvl spread sure why not!

I think you just got things kinda confused Pharnum. I have LS members in our LS who carry 2 LS's our regular Linkshell and a seperate HNM LS who are all lvl 75. Not all linkshells are created equal and not all are rushing to the end game. All in all if they consider rushing to lvl 75 fun than hey let um have it. i think IamFaustus said it best.

IamFaustus Wrote:

/cheer Faustus

/poke Thrilla

If you want to advertise for your shell put the name in your sig. Silly galka.

Thrilla is in YourFantasy, a really nice linkshell. Funny that it's green like Draconis (albeit a slightly different shade).

You said it bud. :-b

j/k.. grats again on 75!