[DEV REQUEST] Grand Company Goodies

The GC update is coming (THANK YOU!!!) and I was wanting to make a few requests in the hopes someone sees this and can pass it on to the DEVs.

1. GC Glamours
There are a number of outfits worn by NPCs belonging to the various GCs that cannot be gotten or made. Some of the gear is similar to exisiting gear, but not it you know? Would only take a few pallet twerks to make it happen. For an example, see the Flames in Bluefog.

2. More Minions!
I collect them, and while the Mammets and Baby Chocobo warm my heart, a Moogle in a GC hat or something would be fun.

3. A Flying GC Mount
I would love a modded Magitek mount in the company colors with a company emblem brazened on it. That would be cool.

4. Don't Forget Achievements, Titles, and Items
The last achievement stops at III where as the others go to IV and grant a glamour item. How about a neck item, like an awarded medal or something? And we need a title or two added, would love something like "Soldier of the [GC]" or something like that.

I would enjoy Grand Company quest chains that really make you feel you are part of a Grand Company/City State that you belong too. Right now the Grand Companies don't add anything but another form of currency which is very lame. Oh I guess we could count pvp......

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Originally Posted by bass9020

I would enjoy Grand Company quest chains that really make you feel you are part of a Grand Company/City State that you belong too. Right now the Grand Companies don't add anything but another form of currency which is very lame. Oh I guess we could count pvp......

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IKR that would be amazing.

We're getting the next set of GC ranks in 3.4 along with a new tier of GC rewards and quests so to some extent your request is already in the works.

3.4 is apparently dropping quite a lot of additional GC content as well, including the ability to recruit and train your own squad to use for something. Details are still sparse but they clearly have big plans for the GCs going forward now, I think they were just waiting for the Heavensward arc to be over.

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Originally Posted by Alberel

We're getting the next set of GC ranks in 3.4 along with a new tier of GC rewards and quests so to some extent your request is already in the works.

3.4 is apparently dropping quite a lot of additional GC content as well, including the ability to recruit and train your own squad to use for something. Details are still sparse but they clearly have big plans for the GCs going forward now, I think they were just waiting for the Heavensward arc to be over.

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I think its great that they are giving it a lot of thought(hopefully!) and adding it all in like a mini patch. We really need some GC love all around.

I hope we have option for pre-generated names.

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Originally Posted by Alberel

We're getting the next set of GC ranks in 3.4 along with a new tier of GC rewards and quests so to some extent your request is already in the works.

3.4 is apparently dropping quite a lot of additional GC content as well, including the ability to recruit and train your own squad to use for something. Details are still sparse but they clearly have big plans for the GCs going forward now, I think they were just waiting for the Heavensward arc to be over.

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I would be so happy if we can customize the squad with glamour and things.

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Originally Posted by ErikMynhier

And we need a title or two added, would love something like "Soldier of the [GC]" or something like that.

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I actually think that every GC rank we earn should be available as a title for our character. (Flame Private, Flame Sergeant, Second Flame Lieutenant, etc.)

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Originally Posted by Khalithar

I actually think that every GC rank we earn should be available as a title for our character. (Flame Private, Flame Sergeant, Second Flame Lieutenant, etc.)

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You know there are some GC with <CAPTAIN> as a title. A Maelstrom captain can be found across from the aetherite in Aleport for example.

I would love a title for every rank.... if only one for <Flame Captain>. Would make my rp heart sing.

I generally don't care about glamor, but I do think the entire FC system has been a giant missed opportunity. There is no battle content in this game truly meant for FC participation, and the social rewards/benefits are lacking as well.

The ability to craft FC gear/uniform glamors would actually be pretty dang cool though.

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Originally Posted by Alberel

...including the ability to recruit and train your own squad to use for something...

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I have concerns about this. I know some people basically want them to be fully usable for dungeons to get XP with instead of using DF for many valid reasons.

I hope they do not do this. There is very little social interaction in this game as it is. This would be another nail in that coffin. I know what trusts did to XI. I don't want to see that here. I would like to see them be like our path companions from 1.0 though.

Overall, I am curious as to what is coming for GCs.

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Originally Posted by Istaru

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I agree with you about not letting them replace players in dungeons. Seeing that happen in SWTOR (where most of the time you're better off kicking someone and bringing in a healer NPC instead) is definitely not in the least bit fun, short explanation: SWTOR changed nearly all of it's dungeons to role neutral like PotD but did not balance the content assuming no healer. As a result if you get a bunch of dps, it's better to kick a player and have one person bring out their strongest healer NPC who could very easily replace a player in that content.

That being said, I also don't want the GC squad to be as meaningless as the chocobo ends up being story wise. We're supposed to be the really powerful WoL whose risen high enough in our faction that they're entrusting the lives of others to our command, so yes, I want there to be interesting quests and group content to do with them. The very last thing I want them to be is another set of retainers or just a chocobo with a palette swap. Even if their personalities end up cliche (the hot headed rookie, scarred grizzled veteran, etc.) I still want them to have a personality of some kind and something that makes them memorable. Maybe I'm too idealistic, but I want a reason to care, I want to be excited to go out and quest with them to see them grow as characters, gain new abilities and armor, and so on and so forth.

agree. npcs shouldn't replace players in regular DF and raids, if they allowed them, it would kill duty roulette and what little social interaction we have in dungeons. what they can instead do is that they can allow these npc companions to accompany us if df is set to undersized party or special instances like diadem

I would like to see you train 2-3 npc units, with the ability to select job type as well as look. And I would like to run solo content with them, but only have that option in special "Grand Company Missions". I would see these as special dungeons that allow you to bring any combinations of humans NPCs (including our chocobos) equaling 4 characters. These would be under their own tab and would maybe drop tokens or something for fun items like minions and such.

I DO NOT want them to replace humans in normal content. But some separate special content like PotD is a special form of content would be nice.

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Originally Posted by Istaru

I have concerns about this. I know some people basically want them to be fully usable for dungeons to get XP with instead of using DF for many valid reasons.

I hope they do not do this. There is very little social interaction in this game as it is. This would be another nail in that coffin. I know what trusts did to XI. I don't want to see that here. I would like to see them be like our path companions from 1.0 though.

Overall, I am curious as to what is coming for GCs.

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Given how much they use things like the relic quests and such to force players to rerun old content to keep it lively for lower levels I doubt they would give us something that would remove the need for other players in group content. Knowing this dev team they likely have an entirely unique type of new content for these to be used in. If I were to guess, it may be related to the coming Eorzean Alliance military campaign against either Ala Mhigo or Garlemald.

That said, I do believe this evolved from the desire to take Chocobo companions into dungeons... so who knows.

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Originally Posted by Istaru

I know some people basically want them to be fully usable for dungeons to get XP with instead of using DF for many valid reasons.
I hope they do not do this. There is very little social interaction in this game as it is. This would be another nail in that coffin.

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In most cases, I'd agree with you, except for the fact that Castrum and Praetorium are basically broken. You can't solo them (especially not on-level when you first get to them), but you also can't fully complete them unless you can solo them. If NPC followers who can run dungeons with you enable soloing those two, it would mean people are finally able to run them in their entirety and find out how the hell the 2.0 story ends. Rescuing those two dungeons could be worth ruining DF for everything else.

But I think it would be possible without ruining DF. Make a DF mode that allows these GC NPC companions to go with you, but which gives no XP and no completion rewards except for quest progression. So basically, just like we can already solo low-level content by going unsynced, we could also solo on-level content by filling out the team with NPCs. But for roulette, leveling, or tome farming, it's players only.


But then I'd also like to see other content that's really geared towards these GC squads, like the "Grand Company Missions" Erik mentioned.

What social interaction? Whole of my game time I never speak to japanese on df. Only happen with english ls. So IMO it doesn't impact much to me.

It'll probably end up as something like the retainer ventures where you can send them to dungeons and they'll bring back drops from chests, mobs, and bosses. I hope it's more than that, but I just have a sinking feeling.

the glamours what the introduced in one of the dev blogs would be awsome if they add those in, and add some form of quest chain for character development ranking up higher into the higher grand company ecshelons, from captain and up, higher you get, slightly harder quests.

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Originally Posted by Brady672

It'll probably end up as something like the retainer ventures where you can send them to dungeons and they'll bring back drops from chests, mobs, and bosses. I hope it's more than that, but I just have a sinking feeling.

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o god i hope not :( - i atleast want to be able to fight alongside them even if it's just limited content or MSQ/special instances. but given what they did with company airships (ie. glorified retainer ventures) the possibility is there...