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Originally Posted by Laughlyn

The Company:
Work as a team (Company) to build something together using the members crafting skills perhaps.
Battling monsters for area control, Company rank etc.


Company Houses:
Well, dosent take a rocket scientist to figure this one out.
I dare to say this is the new "MH", but diffrent ofc, i just hope it get's more interesting.
Possibilty to have Company Meetings, share crafted items,
gear etc in a Company Bank-vault or something.(Much like WoW guildbank)
But not just for sharing, but maybe collecting building materials for a "Company ship" etc.


* Company Banner (With Company Name on it, for the Company House)
* Some kind of Company "Tabard" / "Cape" (not like WoW's Tabard, they just lame)
* Company Vault / Bank
* Craftable furnitures. (obviously for the Company House)
* Some sort of in-game Calendar to set up Company events so members can sign up for ingame.
* Company Chocobos + Lance = CHARGE !!!! :p

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It a company could combine it's crafting skills to build a large project that would be amazing! I would LOVE to build a boat with my guild and go sailing.
Also the guild representation is a very cool idea.

Something I'm curious about, is everyone has assumed the company system to be a large scale linkshell/guild system (including myself). Although, looking back on the small amount of info SE has given about it, it looks like a one group per city thing. I can't quote the location of where this was said cause... don't wanna look for it >.> sure it was put somewhere on these forums, but Mr. Yoshi-P worded it saying there would be company leaders in each city and companies would be established in each city.

This has me slightly worried about what these actually are and that a large amount of people are going to be let down after hyping themselves up about what they are. I realize that the director said info will be released before the patch but, could info on this point be established, at the very least? It would be very good to know in advanced if this was to be a guild type system or just a 3 company (one per city) type of system, cause the latter option would seem to be less interactive but just more depth on the game world. As to where a guild system would greatly expand on actually person to person interaction and group gameplay.

I think company is being use more in a military sense. Perhaps you declare your allegiance to one of the city-states and become a member of their "company". Therefore I think we'll see some kind of Conquest or Campaign type system.

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Originally Posted by Kiko

so what u mean companie could be something like where your group will be a LS... do stuffs together like how laughlyn explain it... lets say a lil bit of PVP action? i mean when i was playin XI back on 05, we used to have ballista... where we used to kill our self lol... idk now... but hey if it something like that oh man i cant wait for it!! i mean that give us a great deal on working together as a group... or with ur group lets just say "linkshell"... lol i mean a lil of pvp action wont hurt u know hehehe

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well, i suppose there could be some pvp, but if these so called company "quests" is a major part of it im guessing it
would be more PvE im afraid, to gain control over certain areas etc.
(If we had some kind of faction control system in place i guess PvP could be perfect for this)

But who knows, 2-3 companies "fighting" over control for a specific "Hamlet" could be possible,
but im not sure this would be considered as PvP. >.<

lol it's so hard to actually make any sense of what could be,
with what we currently have & what SE might add,
when there's so little information out there about Companies.

I guess im thinking back to the old FFXI's "Dynamis" runs when people
changed from Main social LS to their "Dynamis" LS.

But...instead of calling it "Dynamis LS", call it company instead. (Cuz Dynamis was an area not the group)
So ya, large-scale battles with a company.

I find it really strange if this "Companies" are only based upon high level classes, because what good is EXP/SP as reward at rank 50?

So the rewards must be something really new, or based upon some sort of "Company" growth system, like special currency perhaps.

anywayz, these are just random ideas.

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Originally Posted by Nyaku

Something I'm curious about, is everyone has assumed the company system to be a large scale linkshell/guild system (including myself). Although, looking back on the small amount of info SE has given about it, it looks like a one group per city thing. I can't quote the location of where this was said cause... don't wanna look for it >.> sure it was put somewhere on these forums, but Mr. Yoshi-P worded it saying there would be company leaders in each city and companies would be established in each city.

This has me slightly worried about what these actually are and that a large amount of people are going to be let down after hyping themselves up about what they are. I realize that the director said info will be released before the patch but, could info on this point be established, at the very least? It would be very good to know in advanced if this was to be a guild type system or just a 3 company (one per city) type of system, cause the latter option would seem to be less interactive but just more depth on the game world. As to where a guild system would greatly expand on actually person to person interaction and group gameplay.

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They also did say, when first introduced, that there were public and private (LS-owned) companies.

What intrigued me as well was how it was mentioned your private companies would have LS specific goals and the ships would "allow access to multiplayer areas".

However that was under the previous management, so who knows how much that has changed.

Either way I'm more anxious to find out the details.

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Originally Posted by Nyaku

Something I'm curious about, is everyone has assumed the company system to be a large scale linkshell/guild system (including myself). Although, looking back on the small amount of info SE has given about it, it looks like a one group per city thing. I can't quote the location of where this was said cause... don't wanna look for it >.> sure it was put somewhere on these forums, but Mr. Yoshi-P worded it saying there would be company leaders in each city and companies would be established in each city.

This has me slightly worried about what these actually are and that a large amount of people are going to be let down after hyping themselves up about what they are. I realize that the director said info will be released before the patch but, could info on this point be established, at the very least? It would be very good to know in advanced if this was to be a guild type system or just a 3 company (one per city) type of system, cause the latter option would seem to be less interactive but just more depth on the game world. As to where a guild system would greatly expand on actually person to person interaction and group gameplay.

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Hm, interesting reading here.

Like you said, companies /city... so we might look at something much in comparisson to FFXI's "Nation" control, but well more kinda "City" controlled areas in FFXIV.
(not sure the general term of "Nations" applies to this game)

If so i hope it offers a little bit more than just plain city "Control", or that would get boring real fast.

I can't wait to find out what companies are! I hope they add some really fun activities to do.

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Originally Posted by Laughlyn

Hm, interesting reading here.

Like you said, companies /city... so we might look at something much in comparisson to FFXI's "Nation" control, but well more kinda "City" controlled areas in FFXIV.
(not sure the general term of "Nations" applies to this game)

If so i hope it offers a little bit more than just plain city "Control", or that would get boring real fast.

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I have a feeling it will be like this.

So if Grand Companies are the pseudo-corporate para-military groups .... what are Factions then?? How will the two be different?

What would be incredibly disappointing to me is if Grand Companies turn out to effectively just be another 3 Factions.

Well, we'll be getting a sneak peak of upcoming features next week so I think we'll see info on companies then.

I severely hope the next 1.17 patch is something big. They're releasing a statement about Auto-attack this week and some stuff that was answered in Players Poll: The Second should start surfacing in updates now, as well of course, as Grand Companies of Eorzea..

I really do think the next few updates are gonna be substantial and pretty pivotal in shifting the balance of the game into something great...

Let's just hope the delays haven't make them miniscule and insufferable, ala 1.15b

I hope the developers write a huge article explaining this company business to us. I am soooooooooooo anxious to get some info regarding it. :)

I am also Really excited to know what companies are about. I've been excited for so long now, I can't wait until mid( or late) April!

Ya I agree, I can't wait to read what Grand Companies are about !

I refuse to look forward to anything. I've had my hopes dashed too many times so far. I'll keep a wary eye and judge it once I get my cheeto-stained fingers on it

MY expectations for Grand Companys are pretty low, they are npc runned at least that is what I gathered from the letters. So all the cool ideas I had about the things SE could do with player runned ones are pretty much out the window for now.

So I expect community based events such as besieged and Campaign like events where you join the company get a pearl and glows when you are needed. You show up kill some mobs, get some sp and gil and it ends.

Honestly that is all I expect from them, nothing else.

I all honesty I expect a lot of people to quit after the release of them due to massive overhype and them being nothing real special at all. Lets see if Yoshi and the rest of devs prove me wrong... I sure hope they do. I wish they would just release what the crap they are already... postponing the info to not ruin the surprise will only make people rage more when it is not the most innovative awesome thing a mmo has ever seen.

I have no idea what to expect. I'm pretty excited though.
Will it be something specific to combat or all the DoH and DoL also involved?

A ls member of the shell I'm in hit it right I think, it's gonna be a good concept, the design will be solid.. but the end fights are just gonna be like.. A sheep, or a Puk.. There's a theme going with end-leve/behest mobs being weaker than the stuff you fight normally..

I dearly hope this isn't the case as I think FFXIV has its entire future riding on this next bit of content.

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Originally Posted by Abraxai

I dearly hope this isn't the case as I think FFXIV has its entire future riding on this next bit of content.

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I don't know how they really could blow our minds with content that a) is overshadowed by the core game feature rehauls that take most of the dev team's time and b) needs to work with a pseudo-combat system that is a bastard child of the old and new concepts.

If it's mildly interesting and somewhat entertaining, that's good enough. The rehauls of existing features have a lot more weight at the end of the day.

We need more linkshell controls right now, or something to let current linkshells that they sucks. On my sever theres two linkshells and lot of people don't want to be in either one of them since they're kinda of elitist now, in a game where there's nothing worth being elitist about, and I'm not on a dead server I'm on selbina lol.

An option to be able to kick people that arent online/in the same area would be nice. Same with promotions.

Hmm, well it's a day before the 1.17 patch now and still no info. They have been "readying" the Lodestone page for almost a month now. I hope they'll stick to their word and give us an update today or tomorrow, but I doubt it.

Well, there's a lodestone maintenance scheduled for a little before the game maintenance tomorrow. If the info is larger than an article on the front page they'd probably have to do a maint. to prepare the site for the additional information.

Or then they're just doing something else entirely. We shall see tomorrow.

Yoshida is usually very careful with his words using terms like "hoping to", "aiming for" etc, but this time he didn't. Chances are things got lost in translation, but this time he simply said we would get the info before the patch. So I'll be a little miffed if it doesn't happen.

I really hope you're right though, and they do add the page tomorrow. FFXIV has made me very cynical, so I always expect the worst lol.

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Originally Posted by Betelgeuzah

Well, there's a lodestone maintenance scheduled for a little before the game maintenance tomorrow. If the info is larger than an article on the front page they'd probably have to do a maint. to prepare the site for the additional information.

Or then they're just doing something else entirely. We shall see tomorrow.

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Damn you're right.. That is a possibility! I hadn't even considered that.. Omgomgomg exciting..

HOWEVER.

I'm skeptical.

But here's to hoping. Because 1.17 sounds pretty bloody good in contrast to past updates and it has given me a bit of hope that it's only 70% of the update. The other 30%? Well who knows.

It would be great if Companies come in 1.17a. That means the rest of the team is still in schedule (aside from the tsunami delay of course) and only the taskforce working on companies is lagging behind.

Well, next patch will be introducing the first batch of companies' quest (at patch outline we have dev1003 listed at new quest note).

So lets expect some fun OTW ^^

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Originally Posted by Lienn

Well, next patch will be introducing the first batch of companies' quest (at patch outline we have dev1003 listed at new quest note).

So lets expect some fun OTW ^^

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Oh wow! Nicely spotted! You're right. So in other words it looks like we'll be getting quests involving Companies tomorrow. Wondeful, wonderful! ^^

Wee, Yoshida just reconfirmed in his letter that we'll be getting both Grand Companies and the Lodestone page tomorrow. Tis a fine day, tis! =D

Looks like its a new day for Final Fantasy XIV :D

grand companies update on the lodestone!! but still very little info

interesting back story though. <3 the art in it

Yep, that art's sweet, reminiscent of WoTG teasers, although the lore on the page they just introduced has me thinking more of a conquest/signet system (which is just as sweet IMO!)

I hope the following questions will be answered or made clear soon:
1. Can I as character from Ul'dah still join The Maelstrom?
2. Are their benefits for DoL to be a botanist in The Order of the Twin Adder or a miner in the Immortal Flames?
3. And will it also change quest content and possible other future content for my character, if yes how much?
4. Is the company of your choice a permanent decision?
5. What will the role of companies be against the Garlean Empire and are there notable differences in the roles of the companies?
6. Will the companies equally affect the gameplay and content of the DoH and DoL aside from the DoW and DoM?

Personally I would like the choice of company to be a permanent decision since it could lead to a bit more diversity in players.
I really hope the questions I have above can be (partially) answered or made clear in the near future.

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very practical questions. im more interested in your first q.
also, i remember, vaguely, that companies will be like a larger, goal oriented, trophy recognized, Linkshell group with a headquarters. i remember reading this, i cannot provide a link unfortunetly.

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Originally Posted by Innes

very practical questions. im more interested in your first q.
also, i remember, vaguely, that companies will be like a larger, goal oriented, trophy recognized, Linkshell group with a headquarters. i remember reading this, i cannot provide a link unfortunetly.

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I really wish they would clarify this but I'm under the impression that Grande Companies are different than Companies run by linkshells.

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Originally Posted by Thsscks

I hope the following questions will be answered or made clear soon:
1. Can I as character from Ul'dah still join The Maelstrom?
2. Are their benefits for DoL to be a botanist in The Order of the Twin Adder or a miner in the Immortal Flames?
3. And will it also change quest content and possible other future content for my character, if yes how much?
4. Is the company of your choice a permanent decision?
5. What will the role of companies be against the Garlean Empire and are there notable differences in the roles of the companies?
6. Will the companies equally affect the gameplay and content of the DoH and DoL aside from the DoW and DoM?

Personally I would like the choice of company to be a permanent decision since it could lead to a bit more diversity in players.
I really hope the questions I have above can be (partially) answered or made clear in the near future.

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they are all very good question!
I want to know it too. This may even need to be FAQ.

Looks likes there are lots of questions to be answered...
Companies has to be a main thing of the game (aside the Twelves Path). I think its time for Square Enix to launch Ishgard and new places in Eorzea and, also, time to create new events like Battleing the Empire or something like that...

We were also supposed to get Hamlet Defense. It sounded similar to Campaign from FFXI and would be a much needed and appreciated addition to the game play. Even more so if it was another alternative to getting SP/XP. Right now the companies sound like they have changed from a guild thing into a WoW-esque Faction thing ever since Yoshi-P took over. We need more info to know for sure.