Do we need a petition to make it possible to change the starting city-state?

[Tsukino]

Hello,

When starting the game and selecting a starting class, you will be assigned to the city-state where that class resides. However, we understand that some users wish to belong to a different city-state even though they started with a specific class. We are currently looking into a system that will allow you to change your city-state affiliation, and we are doing our best to have this ready for patch 2.1.

This is all I wanted, thank you. I don't care about the starting quests; I just didn't like that my character profile in game and on the Lodestone was forever branded with whatever city-state matches the class I decided to start with.

[Fuma]

This is all I wanted, thank you. I don't care about the starting quests; I just didn't like that my character profile in game and on the Lodestone was forever branded with whatever city-state matches the class I decided to start with.

AGREED I don't like that I was branded with not the city-state I had wanted from 1.0. If i had been more aware I would have just started with one of the Limsa jobs but I wasn't and I hope I can get this corrected.

[Koldhara]

great...now every guild will have to build an embassy in all the starting city states. because you know, every 10 minutes you will hear someone asking where they can do their class quests....at level 5....just watch.

[Kraggy]

What benefit would there be to change your city-state

Utterly and totally the wrong question: the correct question is WHY NOT ALLOW IT?

As usual, you approach it from the perspective of someone who doesn't want to do something arguing that there's no reason to allow it and therefore the devs shouldn't take the time to do it.

However, to answer your question, each city has a different set of quests before they merge. It's nothing to do with 'RP' it's everything to do with seeing the WHOLE STORY.

[Highlanderx]

great...now every guild will have to build an embassy in all the starting city states. because you know, every 10 minutes you will hear someone asking where they can do their class quests....at level 5....just watch.

Except they didn't say that they will let you pick your city when you create a new character. What they said was "We are currently looking into a system that will allow you to change your city-state affiliation" Which I think they are saying about allowing you to change it for currently made characters.

Hopefully this will also let you complete those city unique quests.

[Fuma]

I could careless about the quests to be honest I just want my character profile corrected with the city I want to be from and was from in 1.0

[Tivonna]

I thought there could be a representative for each guild at the adventurer's guild to start anyway. Start as no profession. Walk up talk to the guild reps and then choose. City state based on job is silly. Who gets to see the orders head boss at lvl 1 anyway. Later quests could lead you to the guild hall at the request of the guildmaster.

[SpringLeaf]

Thank you Camate! I'm glad this issue is getting some light shine on it by you.

I've been needing this. I want nothing to do with Ulsan. Having Ul'dah in my profile, tarnishes me and I'm ashamed to even be apart of that city.

It's ugly, the city is crowded, and no color whatsoever.

[jdlswan]

Once you do the 2nd lieutenant rank quest (should be the last quest for your GC) it allows you to switch to whatever GC your heart desires...

[Riko_Futatabi]

Starting State/City should just be removed from profiles and only display the current Grand Company you're affiliated with. You can think of your GC as the city you wish to be apart of and I'm sure a lot of those that care have the same GC as the City state they wanted to be apart of.

Just simply remove the little bit of text and icon on The Lodestone and people won't have to have this problem of the stigma of a starting city icon they don't want to see. You don't have to go through hoops to think up a way to make everyone pick the starting city they wish to be apart of, keep it simple Dev. team! And move on to more important things.