Company seal items

Should we be able to purchase items from other Grand Companies but for higher seal costs?

With the new patch adding quests that talk about the uniting of Grand Companies it seems perfectly viable that companies would start offering items to adventurers from other companies albeit at a higher price. Just as random numbers, if a belt costs around 5k seals from one company, if you're in another company you could still buy the belt but it would cost 7.5k seals.

I feel there is a decent enough 'lore' reason for this to take place and ultimately Yoshi said we should pick our Grand Company based on the company we like not the equipment, if we weren't 'locked out' of certain equipment by joining a Grand Company then I think people wouldn't factor in the equipment each company offers at all.

As usual, discuss and stuff...

the items will rotate as to which are better from which company, so no, we shouldnt be able to buy them from other companys

No. For the same reason the American military will never use AK47s. Uldahn forces should use Uldahn arms.

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

No. For the same reason the American military will never use AK47s. Uldahn forces should use Uldahn arms.

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But the American air force uses British made Harriers.

But I do agree Ul'dahn arms > Pirate and treehugger arms.

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Originally Posted by Wevlum

Yoshi said we should pick our Grand Company based on the company we like not the equipment, if we weren't 'locked out' of certain equipment by joining a Grand Company then I think people wouldn't factor in the equipment each company offers at all.

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Yes, for this reason. Say if a specific company gets an awesome item for a particular job, and you weren't from that company, wouldn't you rather take the time to farm those extra seals as opposed to going to the forums to QQ about it not being available to you? Granted, I know some would still pick the latter because that's just what they do...

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Originally Posted by Delsus

But the American air force uses British made Harriers.

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Fair enough, but I still think they should stay as they are in favor of GC uniqueness.

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Originally Posted by Delsus

But the American air force uses British made Harriers.

But I do agree Ul'dahn arms > Pirate and treehugger arms.

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Correction, Harriar is a British design purchased by the U.S. Marine Corp. for the vertical take off was well suited for launch off LPD, and similar ships, which transported marines and could support helicopters before.

It won't happen til the forces actually unify, right now they are all pretty much going at the beat of their own drum though with the introduction of hamlet they are starting to put their forces together. So perhaps by the next big VU they will unite under one flag and you'll be able to purchase from any company for that limited amount of time, or they'll be unique items offered under that one flag that will only be available til 2.0 is released.

No not really. I like how can differ people storm people from their awesome lookign red bliaud, or adders from their commonly used shield. Idk flames, they seems lame.

I think what is more likely to happen is that once the GCs unify there will be universal rewards, which will be created via a collective effort on the companies behalf lore-wise, and members of each GC will be able to purchase them with their own seals. By the time this happens, the current GC items will be out-dated and so making them cross-GC wont have very much importance.

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Originally Posted by Delsus

But the American air force uses British made Harriers.

But I do agree Ul'dahn arms > Pirate and treehugger arms.

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Actually the US Marine Corps uses AV8, which are based on the British Harriers...but they are American built...

hope not, it'd be nice to be able to visually recognize company mates based on their clothes once company vs company events release

No, even though some gear from other companies might be more ideal, I like the uniqueness and sense of identity the Grand Company gears give.

Besides, it's hard enough to farm seals as it is.

There is already a black market vendor in place that sells a very select few items from other grand company for an increased price. No reason that can't be expanded upon.

Though the majority seem to be in favor of not going for that idea, I personally, would like to see it happen. XI did the same thing (inb4 "Stop trying to make it XI-2!!!") But you could purchase items that the NPC guards at the nations sold for I believe it was double the price if you werent allied to that particular nation. And as seals arent really a difficult thing to acquire anymore, its not as though it would really hurt.

SE could put some company gears to the black market npc. Of course overpriced ^^

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Originally Posted by Akujin

Though the majority seem to be in favor of not going for that idea, I personally, would like to see it happen. XI did the same thing (inb4 "Stop trying to make it XI-2!!!") But you could purchase items that the NPC guards at the nations sold for I believe it was double the price if you werent allied to that particular nation. And as seals arent really a difficult thing to acquire anymore, its not as though it would really hurt.

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There's also the idea that you need to be a higher GC rank than the item in question before you can buy it off the black market for inflated prices. It'd be a nice compromise between "let people buy other GC gear" and "GC gear should be unique." The newest gear would be restricted, but once it stops being the shiny new thing, people from other companies would be free to have it too. Think of it in the same vein as them making older content easier but also replacing it with new content, except with GC items instead of raid/primal items.

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