Anubis
BlackDove
Inquisitor
Gryphon
Killjoy
Zephir
Winbrian plays, but his responsibilities to other groups may prohibit him from holding a pearl.
KJ and Zeph are kinda on again, off again.
Me and BD are on alot.
That leaves you two newbies to make up the difference
Lets meet in a town we can all get to and deal with creating (or distributing existing) SSX pearls.
We have a choice, BD has created "Burning Stars" and I hold "eXiles"
The "eXiles" pearl's color makes BD"s eyes bleed.
We should, if we are going to do this right, figure out a name for the shell, and decide on a colour and a shell holder.
You cannot change shell holders once you decide, so if hte holder leaves the game or the group, we have to drop the shell and start over. Everything else (including recruiting and setting MOTD's etc) can be granted to any member.
Linkshells work like chat rooms. You equip them to talk to people who also have them equipped. I hold 3 pearls for instance.
The SeventhLegion: a group of friends, but not necessarily a "clan" with common goals", SSX members are welcome, but sometimes our goals are incompatible. There are no real joining requirements, just guidelines. They are great for low level help, but easily "offended" by what they perceive as "leaching." They exist mostly for fun and to keep everyone's sanity, and most of the people know one another in real life, so, alot of inside jokes and adult oriented banter. I have on opinion of them, BD has another, ask us on IRC
There website (but not their forums) is hosted on this server.http://www.seventhlegion.net
TheGauntlet: this is a "RPLS" which stands for "Role Playing Linkshell" which exists to tell stories and act in character. You may have read some of my stories, many recent ones were inspired by events on this shell. There are strict joining requirements, but they all revolve around creativity. If you are interested in this aspect of FFXI, let me know.
http://s14.invisionfree.com/Gauntlet/
PrioryofVanadiel: BD joined this, I joined later. It's a group with level requirements to join and is full of reasonably helpful people. This behaves more like a clan than either of the others, but you need to be level 30 to get an invite.
http://povasura.sudraservers.com/forum/index.php
At various times in the past, I have help specialty pearls, for crafting, for specific jobs, etc. The RPLS pearl is the only specialty pearl I hold ATM.
so I just removed it. I might give it another shot if I have time to dick around with their customer support, but I doubt that'll be for another week at least.
. Still, gorgeous game, and I had a lot of fun exploring it. We'll see.