Linkshell

Linkshells are groups from the community that can be created by anyone using an items called a linkshell. These linkshell items may be obtained from different NPCs located around Eorzea.

Creating a Linkshell
Once ou have obtained a linkshell item from an NPC you need to give the Linkshell a name. The name can be between 3 and 20 alphanumeric characters in length.

Restrictions

 * You cannot use a space at the beginning of the name
 * You cannot use a space at the end of the name
 * You cannot use double spaces

Administation
Linkshell ranks are Masters, Leaders and Members. Although ontl Masters and Leaders admin the Linkshell.

Masters
The following is what Masters can do;
 * Invite new members to the Linkshell
 * Disband the linkshell
 * Remove Members and Leaders from the Linkshell
 * Promote Members to Leaders and Demote Leaders back to Members
 * Remove Members and Leaders from the Linkshell

Leaders

 * Invite new Members to the Linkshell
 * Remove Members from the Linkshell

Chatting and Messaging
To chat in the Linkshell you need to either set your default chat to Linkshell or use /linkshell or /l before your message. When you send out a message anyone with the Linkshell equiped will recieved.

Glitches (1.0)
There were a few very rare glitches that occured with the linkshells in the 1.0 version of FFXIV.
 * Leadership may change between players or may vanish all together.
 * Some player's linkshell text appeared as grey with no names or numbers in the Chat log. The glitch could be fixed by relogging. This only appeared after a couple of patches.