[Leviathan] dryroot - European end-game Linkshell

[Dazusu]

About Us

dryroot is an established end-game linkshell on Leviathan, we've been around since October 2nd 2008, and still run strong today with events 6 days a week and a focus on Abyssea at this time.

Being a European Linkshell the majority of our members are from the UK, with a few others from various European countries (such as France, Spain, Croatia, Holland). We also have a couple of members in the US.

To see what we've been doing recently, check out: http://www.dryrootls.com

What we do

dryroot used to be a HNM heavy Linkshell, but as the game shifts focus and evolves, we must do the same.

* We will still kill Tiamat upon pop, and will continue to do so until better movement speed comes for Mages.

* We will also camp (and have the means to claim) ground kings should any members require Black Belt items, or we have buyers. Though these camps are no longer mandatory.

Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri: Reserved for Abyssea. Farming NM and AF3+2 items from 6:30pm til late.
Thur: Free day. No events scheduled.
Sat: Einherjar & AV popset farming.
Sun: Reserved for killing Absolute Virtue.

We still kill Kirin when people need W.Legs, and hit up Walk of Echos from time to time (this will become more frequent if the "open entry" thing is chaged)

We have no interest in Dynamis or Limbus at this point.

Our schedule may change as the game progresses, as it has from heavy HNM to heavy Abyssea just recently. As new content is added we'll be exploring it. If you're considering applying because you think we're an "Abyssea LS" - we're not. Keep this in mind before you apply.

The time we do it

Events begin at 6:30pm GMT (UK time) and run until around 11pm, but sometimes get much later, specially over the weekend. (If you're in the US, event start time is 1:30pm EST)

Distribution

We use a weighted ranking system which is nothing like a DKP system - in the fact that you can't use your points in real time to buy items as they drop. Who gets what item when is pre-determined, so there are no surprises after an item appears in the pool.

It also means drops cannot be easily monopolised by people with extreme attendance, or who have been in the Linkshell a long time. There's no favouritism, as who gets what drops is decided entirely by where members place their points/ranks.

An example of this is that members who joined less than 3 months ago are receiving items from AV already, and are obtaining items in Abyssea several times a week, and in some cases, several times a day.

As for gil, we pay this out each time the bank reaches 50m gil base on attendance %age, all of which is tracked by an open and transparent website with each transaction timestamped and visible to all members.

What we're looking for

At the moment, we're looking to take on only two people. We currently average around 12-14 people for events - and this is fine for us. But reliably proccing monster weaknesses in Abyssea, and splitting into smaller groups to cover more ground could be made much easier with two more members.

We need someone who can make the majority of our events reliably and wont be casually late or absent several times a week.

* We require applicants have at least one job from both of the following groups fully merited & geared to acceptable standards:
Group1: WAR, SAM, MNK, DRG, RNG
Group2: WHM, RDM, BRD, BLM, COR

The more jobs you have the merrier, but two is the absolute minimum we're willing to accept.

We expect our members to be informed of what's going on around them. Researching enemies they've never encountered and add productively and positively to the Linkshell. Not become a hindrance or a pupil.

A few notes on commitment: We're not looking for a weekend warrior, nor are we looking for someone who's close to quitting the game and using the "trying a different linkshell" thing as a potential resolution to their personal turmoil. Don't waste our time if you're not enjoying the game, and aren't commited to endeavouring to attend events. Ofcourse, if real life crops up, and you have to take some time away, or miss the odd event - that's absolutely fine, but if your attendance falls below 60% during your first few months with the Linkshell and without good reason, you will be removed without question. We wont ask you to change your real life to better attend events - so we ask that you are sure that our schedule works with your availability.

Where to apply?

Over at our website, http://www.dryrootls.com

[Jex]

It's nice to see Linkshells using there own unique LS website instead of the same cookie cutter guild work pages... GL on recruitment!

[SaviorSelf]

Distribution is great (fairest way you'll find anywhere) but LS went down hill after a while; same old cocky holier than thou attitude :/ Tis a shame.

[Dazusu]

Distribution is great (fairest way you'll find anywhere) but LS went down hill after a while; same old cocky holier than thou attitude :/ Tis a shame.

Dissapointed to see this post from you, specially after I invited you to the shell from Ragnarok due to people over there not giving you a chance, I thought I would. Only for you to prove them right by causing a shit load of drama and me having to, regrettably, kick you after 5-6 weeks of being in the shell.

I see you carry grudges well.

[SaviorSelf]

Kicked? lol I left because you lied about the trial status. Shit load of drama is even funnier; FFXI has the biggest pussies playing because if anyone says "hey I don't like this person", you would consider that huge drama and like your opinion actually matters. That's sad, really.

I didn't mean it went downhill while I was there, but now you just seem like every other HNM LS out there with "dedicate your life or gtfo lolz" mentality. Good luck with your recruitment~

[Dazusu]

It's huge drama when it plays out in Linkshell chat daily and turns into a shit-flinging match. Not the kind of shit I like to read, nor do most other people. Trial status was no lie. I told you that in your case it was a formality - and it was. Until events that ensued turned it into harsh reality.

As for 'dedicate your life or gtfo lolz' - not at all. Just don't apply if you're not going to turn up. Simple.

[rog]

It's been a while since i was on levi, so idk if things have changed, but while i was there, dr was pretty much the only other respectable linkshell around. Any time i talked to them, they also seemed like pretty decent people (considering they're endgame ffxiers~). Like i said, it's been awhile, but they definitely got shit done before, and i doubt that's changed much since then.

GL daz.

[Thorny]

Not that I consider myself better or have any better practices, but feel I should note that they pearl people who openly steal as well. It's a veil of hypocrisy, every little piece of drama matters to them unless the leader is bffs with the person involved. Correspondance with someone who's been in the shell a long time told me that anyone else would have been kicked on the spot.

They do get stuff done though, pretty decent shell considering how awful most europeans are.

[Dazusu]

Correspondance with someone who's been in the shell a long time told me that anyone else would have been kicked on the spot.

The person making the accusations of theft was hardly credible (Lordcanti), when asked for proof, I didn't get any. Nothing to do with being someones "bff". More a case of not listening to crap without evidence. I'm not one for playing favourites - at least, I try not to be

[Thorny]

She also stole a mercurial kris that didn't even belong to Lordcanti, and bragged about it. There's no denying that, even from her, so at the very least you can negate canti's items and she's still a thief. Like I said, I don't care and have plenty of people of questionable integrity in my shell and enough gil that the items mean jack shit, but it's hypocritical and members of your shell have said that anyone else would have been kicked for the same actions. If you honestly don't believe it, I can pull up chat logs of her admitting she stole the kris ... but it won't amount to anything, so my statement stands.

[Dazusu]

I can pull up chat logs of her admitting she stole the kris ... but it won't amount to anything, so my statement stands.

That's all I asked for to begin with. You wouldn't do it then, so why admit you have logs for it now?

If you're going to post shit in this thread that pertains to my Linkshell, post shit that's half relevent. I run my events well and distribute with integrity. You're pissed I recruited someone that was kicked from your shell. You say she's a thief, she says she isn't. Until someone provides any proof, I really don't care what happened. And at this point - as you said, I doubt it would amount to anything. Too far integrated into the shell.

Just to clarify, I'm not going to kick everyone that's accused of being a Thief without proof, that's absolutely stupid. If you had provided logs when I had asked, I assure you this would have ended much differently. Not sure how that can be seen as hypocritcal. Is it because I didn't take your word for it?

[Thorny]

It's because it was blatantly obvious, over 10 people agreed with the story, and most of us were convinced the only reason you kept her was because you like her regardless. If you're going to choose to disbelieve that many people regarding it, why would you believe a text log? It could be faked.

You can try to justify it all you want, but it's hypocrisy. You claim to keep a very high moral standard within your shell, and kicked savior over minor drama, but you won't do the same to someone who blatantly stole shit before she joined?

[Dazusu]

Because all of those people were on a rampage from your shell. I had never heard of any of those people. So it might have been blatently obvious to you - but to me? Not so much. I didn't claim anywhere I keep a high moral standard within my shell. If I did, point that out to me please. I don't like people who shit up my Linkshell chat with shit flinging back and forth between members that progressively deteriorates into an expletive every second word. I prefer people work as a team and get on decently. That's all.

[S N K]

It's because it was blatantly obvious, over 10 people agreed with the story, and most of us were convinced the only reason you kept her was because you like her regardless. If you're going to choose to disbelieve that many people regarding it, why would you believe a text log? It could be faked.

You can try to justify it all you want, but it's hypocrisy. You claim to keep a very high moral standard within your shell, and kicked savior over minor drama, but you won't do the same to someone who blatantly stole shit before she joined?

Normally don't care about this but most of your points are good except this. If you had proof, you should have provided it or just bowed out and left it at that. Ten people agreed then ten people or more should have spoke to this guy about what she did or you're just pissing in the wind so to speak.

[Dazusu]

most of your points are good except this.

Like I said, I don't care and have plenty of people of questionable integrity in my shell

Then

It's because it was blatantly obvious, over 10 people agreed with the story

I would argue that none of his points are good.

[Thorny]

She acknowledged stealing it yet again this morning, feel free to ask her. If you choose to ignore every response because you don't trust any of us, that's fine.. it still looks like it was because you were close to her, because even she didn't deny it.

[S N K]

She acknowledged stealing it yet again this morning, feel free to ask her. If you choose to ignore every response because you don't trust any of us, that's fine.. it still looks like it was because you were close to her, because even she didn't deny it.

POIDH?

[Thorny]

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I didn't take canti's stuff since it's not mine, but 'long gone' is suddenly an excuse to keep something stolen? This whole argument is pointless, a mod will just delete it, but there was never any reasonable doubt that she ganked the mercurial kris. Backstory is that a couple years ago when I had to start over, I did a dyna run with ~7 people and sold profit to buy 3 merc krises. We kept them around because a lot of us were returning/starting over and didn't have proper gil.. made doing baha2 much easier and saved us the hassle of forcing people into buying their own. Nowadays, all of our DRKs have octave/kraken clubs(not that we even use DRKs any more).. she was lent one to zerg with and kept it. Nobody else used them at the time, they aren't worth much, the point was that they denied it to their teeth to defend her even though dozens of people knew she did it. Canti's stuff is seperate, he's not a reliable source, can't vouch for what happened with her and him but she also had ~10m of items that were previously his at the time she joined Dryroot and never returned it. Knowing him, he may or may not have actually given them to her, so it's understandable there was doubt regarding that.

[Dazusu]

Edit:

You know what Thorny, I sympathise with the situation. But whether there was theft or not, I don't really care at this point. It's completely unreasonable to post this shit in a recruitment thread. It has no bearing on me as a person or as a leader, nor my Linkshell as a whole. Keep this shit where it belongs and post a player warning like most other people would.

I've asked Solanis to clear this issue up. As I said when we first spoke about this months ago, and as I'm saying again now - this drama doesn't concern me, nor do I care for it.

[Thorny]

Someone else posted regarding your treatment of them, people in your linkshell have stated that stealing isn't taken lightly and the general impression is that anyone else would have been kicked. Maybe you have reasonable doubt, but honestly, it was obvious at the time and denying it to keep her just makes you look like there was something else going on or you were desperate for members. You have no reason to answer to me, just to your actions for future recruits. If you have a problem with that, let it die and mods will delete it anyway.