Other Grand Company Ranks when?

So I just reached Storm Captain, but I noticed in the character box it shows higher ones. What are the plans on those?

If feels like the devs only add a single promotion per expansion as an obligation and not much else.
But if they can add more military uniforms, that'd be great.

https://i.imgur.com/YkHY72n.png

they're not going to just hand out higher promotions just because, now that we're "getting up there" they will want to make sure giving those promotions make sense and so will have to create something appropriate and meaningful to justify those promotions.

sometimes I still wish to be a Flame Hero

They've literally only added new ranks once in the games whole 7 year lifetime. The Highest up until mid-stormblood (so for about 5 years) was first lieutenant. Pretty sure they have no plans any time soon to add more.

The rollout on higher GC ranks has been *incredibly* slow. I would not expect to see the highest rank become available until the point in time the game is receiving its final content updates, if ever.

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Originally Posted by VenKitsune

They've literally only added new ranks once in the games whole 7 year lifetime. The Highest up until mid-stormblood (so for about 5 years) was first lieutenant. Pretty sure they have no plans any time soon to add more.

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Twice, actually. Once per expansion so far. At launch it only went up to Second Lieutenant. First Lieutenant was added in mid-HW and Captain in mid-SB. Maybe we'll see another rank next patch. Who knows?

It's part of the log jam. They want new gc content associated with those ranks but they hardly ever get time to work on it because of all the other stuff they give a higher priority. So there's no time frame for implementation, just somewhere on the to do list.

Our Grand Company membership has been almost entirely irrelevant since ARR. Maybe they can actually make them meaningful again, then we'll have a reason to rank up.

I just hope they’ll increase the Squadron ranks with new dungeons, expand the squadron roster from 8 to 12 at least and add the new races into the squads. Just leveling them up from 60 to 70, should get us a new rank, maybe.

with the work put into the trust system, i don't think the squadron system will be receiving anymore updates.

I've been flame captain for 2 years

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Originally Posted by Rufalus

It's part of the log jam. They want new gc content associated with those ranks but they hardly ever get time to work on it because of all the other stuff they give a higher priority. So there's no time frame for implementation, just somewhere on the to do list.

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This exactly. From their point of view it's not as simple as letting you have another rank. That rank has to mean something. If you are to be a captain you must have a squadron to command. So if you are a commander I am going to guess you need to command multiple squadrons.

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Originally Posted by DrWho2010

with the work put into the trust system, i don't think the squadron system will be receiving anymore updates.

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The squadron system was designed without AI on purpose because you are supposed to "command" them and tell them what to do.

Trusts have AI because you don't command them. They are your friends with their own personality and decision-making.

That's the reason we were provided for why squadrons worked so differently.

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

This exactly. From their point of view it's not as simple as letting you have another rank. That rank has to mean something. If you are to be a captain you must have a squadron to command. So if you are a commander I am going to guess you need to command multiple squadrons.

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

The squadron system was designed without AI on purpose because you are supposed to "command" them and tell them what to do.

Trusts have AI because you don't command them. They are your friends with their own personality and decision-making.

That's the reason we were provided for why squadrons worked so differently.

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Originally Posted by DrWho2010

with the work put into the trust system, i don't think the squadron system will be receiving anymore updates.

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hmmmmm. fair points. but it seems reasonable that, after the present level, the Trust System could take over. Then they wont need to work on two systems. Maybe individual members have to be ranked up.

For multiple squadrons, well that's a way to reuse Alliance Raids with some added content.
Additionally or alternatively, it could be a direction for Variant Dungeons to merge with, featuring more iconic GC members as you rank up.

Would be nice, really.

The only question I would have is what would they really put behind it? A rank for the sake of a rank is no good, really. Sure, you get an emblem change. Could they create an adventurer plate portrait?

Especially in a meaningful sense, without already causing an uproar from people about squadrons, etc.,

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Originally Posted by Kaurhz

The only question I would have is what would they really put behind it? A rank for the sake of a rank is no good, really.

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Yeah. IIRC, the last time the question of GC ranks came up in a Q&A the answer was something along the lines of "since GCs don't really do much right now there's no point in adding new ranks until we decide how to better utilize them."