By Odin.Liela 2011-04-10 13:09:51
It does suck. :-( I started playing with a husband, brother-in-law, and 4 rl friends, then made a few (about 4) really good friends in-game at first. Now the only ones of those folks left still playing is me and my husband.
We made some more friends, lost most of them when we switched linkshells, made some more. One of our closest pals recently sold his account while another has been hinting that he'll quit soon for a couple weeks. It's going to be down to just me and my husband again soon.
The hard part is, we've been on 4 or 5 different ls's and have had mostly bad experiences with them, so we're taking a break from ls's for now. But without a shell, we're not going to meet new people. We're just not. Besides, I still miss folks from my first set of pals. Making new friends doesn't make up for losing old ones.
The good news is I still keep in contact with most of them. Thank goodness for Facebook, I suppose. xD