Grand Company Pride is non existent.

The grand companies in this game feel very outdated and irrelevant. It is like they just stopping being important after Stormblood.

What would be interesting is having some sort of events surrounding the grand companies, perhaps even pvp oriented ones? Additionally, why is Ishgard still not an option for a grand company? I feel like the grand companies are a very untapped segment of this world and should be expanded upon because right now they do not seem anywhere near as important as a military body should be.

This is even more the case with the storyline of Endwalker unfolding. So will there be any additional relevance added to grand companies or are they just going to be a thing to be forgotten about in Dawntrail?

All I am saying is it would be nice if the grand company I chose to be a part of in ARR still inspired pride in being a part of something greater. That feeling is slipping away.

I'd really like to see some more grand company stuff added, especially since they teased the higher ranks ever since the game was released. It made more sense back in the day but nowadays it would be weird to be affiliated with a GC again like we've used to as new adventurer rather than super hero and Eorzea itself just being a tiny fragment of the planet

There's a lot of potential they just didn't have enough resources to built on past contents

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Originally Posted by Rainbows

What would be interesting is having some sort of events surrounding the grand companies, perhaps even pvp oriented ones?

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Like the Frontline roulette that people queue for throughout the day or Rival Wings?

The event I found interesting that we don't have was the Grand Melee that happened in the MSQ.

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Additionally, why is Ishgard still not an option for a grand company?

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That would make sense. There are also the other regional governments such as the ones in Gyr Abania, Othard or Ilsabard and most likely more in future expansions.

The main issue with putting them into PvP would be if some of those governments did not exist prior to MSQ events and that would be a spoiler for new players who can PvP at level 30.

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Originally Posted by Shikiseki

I'd really like to see some more grand company stuff added, especially since they teased the higher ranks ever since the game was released.

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Yoshi-P used to say he could add more ranks but it must come with greater responsibility. He didn't want to increase the rank to captain without going through the effort of building a squadron system so that you are actually a captain of something. It took a very long time and seemed to be a side project but it released in a Heavensward patch with a further update in Stormblood.

So if you were to be a Commander or Marshal you would probably need to oversee multiple squadrons and coordinate an entire war. In their mind they would probably have to create some sort of RTS system for it and I don't think the player interest is there to even justify it.

Ishgard has its own standing army. They don't need a gc. The other city states don't have standing armies, hence the gcs.

I actually enjoyed the Grand Companies too... well kinda. They really needed to upgrade the healer AI on those, because they were kinda lacking.

But I actually really liked the Grand Company I built and would have liked doing those things with the Grand Company more than the Trust... though admittedly then they'd probably have to put advanced classes on them. I actually maxed out my GC at 60th. It was really fun when it worked correctly.

Honestly I felt more sense of achievement with the GC than I ever felt with the Trust.

It sickens me that a MAELSTRONG! enjoyer like me is forced to freelance for the Twin Badder and Immortal Shames in PvP.

Make grand companies grand again!

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Originally Posted by Rainbows

The grand companies in this game feel very outdated and irrelevant. It is like they just stopping being important after Stormblood.

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The Grand Companies were formed in response to the Garlean invasion.
With the Garlean Empire gone, and with it the threat of invasion, there is not much reason to keep the Grand Companies around anymore.
They did indeed stop being important, and are somewhat outdated and irrelevant now.

One thing that would be nice to have is a grand company chat channel.

I know about frontlines, that one person mentioned them with a tone that implies I have a grape for a brain which isn't that case. I figured frontlines go without saying since they have existed for so long.

It would be nice if say there were certain rare resources that spawned out in the world, with a system-wide notice for where and what spawned and the grand companies compete in pvp to secure the resources for their company.

A grand melee tournament that happens once a week between the companies that grants a 1 week buff to a faction like a free company buff, but more rare and more impactful.

A way for non-pvpers to be able to spectate and wager against or for a company that is competing.

I will probably cook up a bunch of other ideas as well.

I'd like to see Conquest from XI implemented, with maybe some cool timed rewards for the top GC of the week. Could be done in seasons like CC, with different rewards for each region controlled.

Yea when can I become second storm commander?

It's hard to feel anything close to pride in the Grand Companies; since the beginning they've been portrayed as oppressive, colonizing forces: double-crossing territorial deals with the various tribes, enslaving certain tribes, treating them as less than human while throwing around slurs, etc.

It's good that in the lead-up to Endwalker the Grand Companies have finally started down the path towards a more unified Eorzea, but I still feel like I need to see a lot more progress before I can feel anything approaching pride for my Grand Company. There are decades of wrongs in need of righting, and so far the Grand Companies have only taken the first small step towards that. Redemption is possible, but it must needs include proper amends.

Personally I think the beast races should go back to being oppressed so I can lord my superiority as a 3 foot tall midget over them.

And another thing, why aren't the gc salutes a photo option in the adventurer plates?

I was very confused at the start of Endwaker when some of the "garlean" soldiers were wearing Maelstrom DoW gear

Its almost as if the devs themselves forgot it was Maelstrom gear...

I would be all for a GC of Eorzea unification. In hindsight however, it would make pvp kind of difficult to do... Maybe I wouldn't be all for that...

Probably because your grand company has absolutely zero relevance to your character and the story, other then what city you go to for seals and stuff.

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Originally Posted by Rainbows

I would be all for a GC of Eorzea unification. In hindsight however, it would make pvp kind of difficult to do... Maybe I wouldn't be all for that...

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PvP basically already is war games between the GCs so they could continue as is.

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Originally Posted by Rolder50

Probably because your grand company has absolutely zero relevance to your character and the story, other then what city you go to for seals and stuff.

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You touch on my point exactly, it SHOULD have relevance! If you are going to go to the trouble of making the selection of your grand company part of the MAIN STORY QUESTS then it is a decision that should MEAN SOMETHING! Additionally, as you have said it currently doesn't at all, it isn't a meaningful choice, there are so many things they could do to expand on grand companies and they just don't!

Honestly, I think we're overdue for a big faction system revamp. Squadrons have been almost wholesale replaced by the Trust system in an almost comically short amount of time, and narratively the individual companies have been made obsolete as of Endwalker by the fact that all the primal threats and Garlemald have been completely neutralized. The joining of your Grand Company in 2.0 seemed to happen for no practical reason, since after you join you quite literally do not ever interact with them as one of their soldiers in the main story, only as a Scion collaborator (barring some flavor lines from some characters identifying you by rank). I think it would be really great for roleplay to also be able to join some kind of Ishgardian or Ala Mhigan (or, dare we dream, Doman or Hannish or Sharlayan) faction with the same general progression but different flavor as the GCs, and be able to play with Squadrons the same way we do with Trusts/Duty Support to get some fancy gear and weapons.

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Originally Posted by Vallavia

Honestly, I think we're overdue for a big faction system revamp. Squadrons have been almost wholesale replaced by the Trust system in an almost comically short amount of time, and narratively the individual companies have been made obsolete as of Endwalker by the fact that all the primal threats and Garlemald have been completely neutralized. The joining of your Grand Company in 2.0 seemed to happen for no practical reason, since after you join you quite literally do not ever interact with them as one of their soldiers in the main story, only as a Scion collaborator (barring some flavor lines from some characters identifying you by rank). I think it would be really great for roleplay to also be able to join some kind of Ishgardian or Ala Mhigan (or, dare we dream, Doman or Hannish or Sharlayan) faction with the same general progression but different flavor as the GCs, and be able to play with Squadrons the same way we do with Trusts/Duty Support to get some fancy gear and weapons.

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I agree with you 100%