The Lodestone's Grand Companies page is updated!

[nRosenberg]

I'm sure this is one of the ways for dev to bring more people into the game AND to LL as well as Gridania. It's stated that you will undergo through some sort of a trial (personality quiz? lol) to decide which company suits you best. IMO it'll be good for SE to give some incentives to those players who join a company recommended by the trial.

Or, put on a temporary recruitment cap for a Company with too many players, like they do with World servers lol

And make it so that Company missions are City-state based, meaning missions from the Company in Gridania will only be around the Black Shroud and its surrounding areas, and so forth for Ul'dah and Limsa Lominsa. This will definitely help to spread people.

[northernsky]

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com.../gc01.html#gc1

I'm excited about this part here:

"Company members will be assigned missions vital and diverse in nature, ranging from skirmishes with Garlean forces and savage beast tribes to supply replenishment and manufacturing."

Finally the long awaited engagement with some Garleans! And a possible DOW/DOM-DOL/DOH joint operations? Let's hope.

Discuss?

I liked these parts too:

To ensure the optimal allocation of manpower, a trial enlistment system will be established whereby individuals can discover firsthand with which company's ethos they most closely identify—it matters not wherefrom one hails.

Upon induction, you will be awarded the initial rank given to all new recruits, and may count yourself among elite.

Prove your worth by unfailingly completing the tasks assigned, and you will climb the ranks and be entrusted with missions of greater import and issued powerful equipment befitting your prowess.

An additional way of progressing in this game is always a good plus. See you in the Maelstrom!

[nRosenberg]

"An additional way of progressing in this game is always a good plus. See you in the Maelstrom!"

I completely forgot that indeed a Company can be a new way to progress! I think it's a grand idea if they can implement a kind of Mark-hunting missions like in FFXII/FFXIII tied to the Grand Companies, with gear & gil as rewards, as well as having our own rank/title depending on many missions completed / mark killed.

[nRosenberg]

oops double-posted

[Renshi]

No from the sounds of it we'll be sent to kill Garleans and Machines.

You said Killing Machines.

Excited like everybody here! That's gonna be bacon to my eyes =D

[Leowilde]

Yes! I am thrilled about this, this concept is getting better and better.
And though I started out in Ul'dah, I will be with the Twin Adders of Gridania when the time comes.

[Jinko]

Boring, damn it SE give us a teaser video, all the decent MMO's have teaser videos to promote their content.

They cold have easily done a shaky cam/Blair witch style video, so disappointing.

[Starlord]

Boring, damn it SE give us a teaser video, all the decent MMO's have teaser videos to promote their content.

They cold have easily done a shaky cam/Blair witch style video, so disappointing.

/facepalm... Nothing SE does satisfies Tastebuds... When they actually gave alot more information, only like 5 people noticed it off the bat by actually reading it :/

[northernsky]

Boring, damn it SE give us a teaser video, all the decent MMO's have teaser videos to promote their content.

They cold have easily done a shaky cam/Blair witch style video, so disappointing.

Yeah that would be fair to expect once the dungeons are completed and a release date has been announced.

Here they just threw an update to keep us informed on a regular basis because apparently some fans can't wait more than one week to get their fix (hell there are even some threads with the sole purpose of asking for when will the new info be available).

[Elexia]

Boring, damn it SE give us a teaser video, all the decent MMO's have teaser videos to promote their content.

They cold have easily done a shaky cam/Blair witch style video, so disappointing.

* Screenshots depict content under development.

"Other MMOs" show off content post development in teaser videos lately.