Are we stuck with the grand company once we choose one?

I've been wondering, once we make our initial decision for choosing a grand company do we then have no option to change?

For example: why would I not choose ul'dah right now? Everyone is there and it would cost me way less anima to do it, but in reality I'd very much like to do the limsa grand company but I don't see how that will ever happen since the game doesn't make that an appealing decision.

Someone let me know if they can figure out the answer =(.

Most likely you'll be able to.

Have you even read this?

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...1ed5b0f3720e00

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As recruits are not yet bound to an organization, adventurers are encouraged to use this opportunity to discover firsthand with which company's ethos they most closely identify.

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It was answered on the 6th post of the second page, wonder if I should copy and paste this

Did you even bother reading the whole thing or not? It clearly states that you can try them all out for their recruit missions but for the more advanced ones you'll have to stick with one.

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Originally Posted by Colino

Did you even bother reading the whole thing or not? It clearly states that you can try them all out for their recruit missions but for the more advanced ones you'll have to stick with one.

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We only have missions for recruit rank in 1.18, so it will be atleast until 1.19 you can change

Well it states you are "not yet bound" so it sounds like eventually we won't have an option to change companies

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Originally Posted by Ventus

Well it states you are "not yet bound" so it sounds like eventually we won't have an option to change companies

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That's exactly what it says.

You get one (possibly more?) recruit quest per company, during which you can "try them out" and see which one you prefer.

The more advanced quests will ask you to pledge to one of them and that's pretty much what they've been saying since the start of the whole Grand Company tease.

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Originally Posted by Colino

That's exactly what it says.

You get one (possibly more?) recruit quest per company, during which you can "try them out" and see which one you prefer.

The more advanced quests will ask you to pledge to one of them and that's pretty much what they've been saying since the start of the whole Grand Company tease.

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Well if things continue the way they are, the ul'dah grand company will have 90% of the people in it on every server.

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Originally Posted by Ventus

Well if things continue the way they are, the ul'dah grand company will have 90% of the people in it on every server.

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It wont, BW leves will die soon and Yoshida is gonna encourage us to spread out, one way is guild marks will only be obtained in the region the guild is in.

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Originally Posted by Delsus

It wont, BW leves will die soon and Yoshida is gonna encourage us to spread out, one way is guild marks will only be obtained in the region the guild is in.

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I hope you're right, I wanna go back home to limsa but it's a ghost town at the moment =(

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Originally Posted by Ventus

I hope you're right, I wanna go back home to limsa but it's a ghost town at the moment =(

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^THIS! Being that we are on the same server, I was in Limsa last night and it was practically empty! There was only 1 guy sitting in the adventurer's guild. Limsa used to be the second most populated city in the game, but lately it has been more sparse than Gridania on Bodhum.

Actually i think company reward are bound to guilds in the city-state, meaning if you are cnj and looking for cnj reward you might choose gridania.
I can't say for sure, but i'm confident will be like that

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Originally Posted by Ventus

I hope you're right, I wanna go back home to limsa but it's a ghost town at the moment =(

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Was in one of Yoshida's letters, just found it

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Imbuing Rewards with Regional Identity
Guildleves won’t simply offer fuss-free adventuring. We also intend to make it so that through guildleves, adventurers will be able to experience the richness and diversity of the world of Eorzea. To achieve this, we will accentuate the uniqueness of rewards for each region. For instance, if it’s metal armor or Blacksmiths’ Guild marks you’re after, you’ll want to make a beeline for Limsa Lominsa.

Levequests yielding guild marks will be limited to city-states hosting the corresponding guild only. In compensation, we will make it easier for players to amass the guild marks they desire.

Skill Points: Introduction and Balancing
In light of guildleves’ repositioning as solo-oriented content, leve link bonuses will be reduced. To make up for this reduction, skill points will be added as a new reward for the benefit of solo adventurers.

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Source Letter From the Producer XII

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Originally Posted by Ventus

Well if things continue the way they are, the ul'dah grand company will have 90% of the people in it on every server.

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Just from looking around here, I'm getting the feeling that the Immortal Flames will actually be the least popular company. Call it a hunch, but people might be getting bored with Ul'dah....

I think easy way beat boring way lol
Unless reward are better on others cities, lot of ppl will choose Ul'dah.
Gridania's jungle are so boring, even when you come there for 5min.
Limsa-Lominsa is to far from Gridania without teleportation.

As for me i'll probably follow my linkshell and they'll probably choose Ul'dah, and i think everyone will do the same.

Unless Kan-E-Senna is super hot, like Lion in FFXI, that everyone will want her on their CS, so i'd say in that case, it'll be 50~50

If they want people to spread out, they have to combine all the market wards in to one big market ward, otherwise people will just stay in Ul'dah, regardless of Grand Companies and what else they throw at us to make the other city-states appear more useful.

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Originally Posted by DurtiMonkeyToe

^THIS! Being that we are on the same server, I was in Limsa last night and it was practically empty! There was only 1 guy sitting in the adventurer's guild. Limsa used to be the second most populated city in the game, but lately it has been more sparse than Gridania on Bodhum.

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LL is not empty but it is horrid on besaid, same with gridania... sad.

I am going to see these grand company npc's it depends which one I will do though that is it pretty much :).

Well if its any thing like the campaign system from xi, you will probably be able to bounce around a bit, though doing so to much would come at the cost of dramatic loss in rank.

Actually the more i think about it, and the more info that comes out about the grand company's. The more and more its sounding like campaign. Don't get me wrong i absolutely adored the system. It was one of my most favorite things from late life ffxi. but there do seem to be some hefty similarity's.