Ive been looking around and haven't seen anything. Im assuming with the expansion you would get more ranks (and possible some awesome new GC Gear :) ) but ive seen no news....Also with what has happened story wise, how would you rank up your GC if youre in Ishgard???? Excuse me, ima take a break of defending Ishgard to go be a Flame Champion for an Immortal flames who have no control over Uldah anymore.....
Any word on more GC Ranks?
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04-30-2015, 05:51 AMVoltron_HDAny word on more GC Ranks?
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04-30-2015, 05:56 AMsciondar
I'd imagine there will be an increase since they already have the icons on the grand company vendors for higher ranks. Whether they implement it at launch or shortly after is to be seen. My hope is at launch since we'll have new fates to tackle. It is surprising they haven't mentioned it though.
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04-30-2015, 06:03 AMHakuroDK
I'm willing to bet that there'll be more GC ranks every time the level cap increases.
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04-30-2015, 07:05 AMVoltron_HD
That would be pretty sweet!, so I guess by the looks of it we have 3 expansions left (if we were to go by that)(sounds good to me)
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04-30-2015, 08:48 AMChiiSoSeriouzThis^, The ranks are already there. I'm hoping 1LT and CPT will be made available for the expansion. The next tier after that should be MAJ, LTC and COL. But considering how long we've been capped at 2LT, that will be awhile.Quote:
Originally Posted by sciondar
I think story wise a rank increase is due. You already report directly to the General/Admiral, in most cases a 2LT wouldn't do that. With how directly involved you are with everything, main story and also the beast tribe relations, 2LT is really a lower rank. It's an officer yes, but the lowest one. CPT or MAJ at this point would be more fitting.Quote:
Also with what has happened story wise, how would you rank up your GC if youre in Ishgard???? Excuse me, ima take a break of defending Ishgard to go be a Flame Champion for an Immortal flames who have no control over Uldah anymore.....
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04-30-2015, 09:12 AMNaria
I've been a 2nd Serpent Lt. since before the 1.0 servers went offline. I kept hoping they would add more ranks each update of ARR, but at this point I think the GCs have joined musketeer in development hell.
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04-30-2015, 10:26 PMNalienDon't forget Free Company Primal Summoning... That exciting piece of content has been in development limbo for far too long now...Quote:
Originally Posted by Naria
At this point I don't think I really mind though... I mean they're not doing anything with Grand Companies anyway... I'd like more Ranks, sure, but I'd still much rather have something along the lines of Conquest (FFXI) or Campaign (FFXI: Wings of the Goddess) to actually give Grand Companies and their Ranks some form of purpose... Instead Ranks have just been a fairly easy quest with Seal grind, it's actually kind of pathetic...
Very least I'd like is for them to overhaul Grand Company Levequests to the point where they're worth doing... In my opinion the Grand Company Levequests should have been "endgame" Levequests, not more of the same but with Seal rewards instead... Worse still the Seal reward isn't even worthwhile, it's pathetic compared to virtually every other piece of content you could do instead to farm Seals... -
04-30-2015, 10:28 PMVoltron_HDLOL well heres to hoping new ranks come out. Im really just wanting more GC gear. I may be the only one, but I like glamouring it on occasionally and if its coming out so late, maybe its ilevel will be 110 or higher.Quote:
Originally Posted by Naria
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04-30-2015, 11:37 PMChihaya
All the ranks are in game already... just whether when they want to release them
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05-01-2015, 01:51 AMaerialrave
Been waiting a long time for this as well.
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05-01-2015, 02:37 AMHakuroDKAgreed. especially with crafting mats. They're dropping in dungeons at really high rates, so much so that it's not lucrative at all to buy mats with GC seals when I could actually--and this is true on my server--buy mats for almost 1/10 the price in gil what I would pay for them in GC seals. Emery especially sells on the Balmung Market Boards for about 300-500 gil and sell for 9000 GC seals. Scheelite sells for 1100-something gil. It's crazy!Quote:
Originally Posted by aerialrave
The only thing reasonably priced, imo, are the Lucis mats at 600 GC seals. That's fine. I would personally like to see Moonstones take a 50% drop from 2000 to 1000, but I wouldn't be outraged if they didn't.
But seriously. 9000 GC seals for crafting mats? Get out of here. The ONLY way I would be okay with that is if I could turn in those same crafting mats for even 50% of the GC seals required to buy them in the first place. -
05-01-2015, 03:15 AMFelisThe newest info about this:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nalien
http://www.bluegartr.fr/threads/1254...284-25-4-26%29Quote:
There is still an implementation plan for the summoning system where adventurers can call a primal. Since there's currently a lot of content already planned to be implemented, it's been moved to the back of the list for now.
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05-01-2015, 03:24 AMNalienOh I know it is still planned, but this isn't the first time I've seen them push it back, and I doubt it'll be the last. Much like Grand Companies they don't really have any content that can really use the system. There's nothing like Campaign where a Free Company with Ifrit can come in and turn the tide and prevent the Yagudo from taking Sarutabaruta, for example.Quote:
Originally Posted by Felis
As much as I've enjoyed 2.0, it really has killed my hopes for any substantial open world content, they just really don't seem interested in providing such content. Without that I can't see Grand Companies making a significant comeback (although for them to have a comeback I suppose they'd have to have been significant to begin with, which was never the case) and I certainly can't see Free Companies summoning Primals in anything but a "Thanks for one shotting the Hunt mob you jerks" kind of way...
I expect we'll get new Ranks at 60 though, but I don't think they'll be anything interesting. Perhaps some Elite style gear to cover other Jobs (Twin Adders DPS set only really fits Bards and Dragoon should really be on that Tank set...), but I doubt there will be anything significant to make Grand Companies relevant outside vanity or anything to change the current Seal grind they offer. Wasted potential in my opinion, but eh, I'm still enjoying the game, it's just the difference between "Great!" and "Amazing!". Feel free to surprise me with Heavensward Yoshida, I'd love to be wrong on this, but so far all I've heard is more of the same with talk of new Maps/Hunts/etc. -
05-01-2015, 03:55 AMNariaI really enjoy the GC gear as well. I love the Elite sets, but hate hunting so I've only been able to collect pieces slowly. I really wish they would release these for purchase with GC seals. It seems from the stats that they were suppose to be part of the next GC rank up at some point but were given to hunting instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Voltron_HD
I loved Besieged and Campaign. With Ishgard in at war with the dravanians, I think events of this type would work well in Heavensward. I doubt they will actually implement them though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nalien
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05-01-2015, 06:09 AMCynthis
I also really hope they increase the rank with the expansion. I have some achievements left for doing leves for each GC and I would love to work on those while I leveled up.
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05-01-2015, 07:12 AMKirohTo be fair, what open-world content exists that justifies summoning a primal?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nalien
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05-01-2015, 07:49 AMMaethusXion
I remember it being mentioned that GC Promotions are coming in 3.0, but I don't remember where. Probably one of the Letter from the Producer... but I don't exactly feel like going through them and finding which one it was in...
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05-01-2015, 07:53 AMNalienQuote:
Originally Posted by Kiroh
/shrugQuote:
Originally Posted by Nalien
I'm thinking perhaps the Airships might offer some justification though. It sounds like a series of "open" world zones (open, but accessing them sounds complicated) since they said you could arrive at an island while another group is fighting a NM, or something along those lines.
To be honest though, I'm cautious about getting my hopes up for Airships and the Islands they let us access. Will probably be fun, but also probably just another glorified glamour vendor. -
05-01-2015, 09:13 AMGenJoeand Addons.... and House sharing between eternal bonded... and etc.. etc. etc..Quote:
Originally Posted by Nalien
SE should never have announced their intention of implementing these features, then at least we wouldn't be waiting for years without any news on the progress -
05-01-2015, 09:44 AMNaria
^ Personally I'd rather know that they are at least planning to do something than to have no word at all, such as with musketeer, etc.
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05-08-2015, 06:40 PMZohar_LaharSo apparently we could theoretically outrank Eynzahr Slafyrsyn after a few expansions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chihaya
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05-08-2015, 07:02 PMmyahele
Lol, I never bothered with looking at ranks, but it seems like we can outrank GC leaders 2nd in command O__o
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05-09-2015, 07:04 AMVTannerBit like being the saviour of the realm by defeating Ultima, killing an uncountable number of nasty monsters, all seven Primals (inc Odin), most of the Garlean army and generals then going and getting a job to be a mail man from a Moogle :/Quote:
Originally Posted by myahele
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05-09-2015, 07:08 AMDarkStarWell, after doing all that, you gotta find SOMETHING to occupy your time while waiting for the next Coils run.Quote:
Originally Posted by VTanner
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05-09-2015, 07:31 AMWaeksyn
I want them to add the rank of Imperial Grand Poobah!