The Grand Companies Are Coming! (07/15/2011)

[Sephr]

I imagine it'll be largely like the campaign system of FFXI eventually. We'll be getting hamlet defence in the end, and chocobo escorts etc which is all likely to be related to this company system. We'll also have these things coming for recruits in 1.18, which I imagine will fit the role of campaign ops.

Looking good!

[Munba]

I imagine it'll be largely like the campaign system of FFXI eventually. We'll be getting hamlet defence in the end, and chocobo escorts etc which is all likely to be related to this company system. We'll also have these things coming for recruits in 1.18, which I imagine will fit the role of campaign ops.
Looking good!

And Beast-tribes Stronghold assault. I think they should also put Empire patrols (normal and NM) around, with guarded checkpoints.

[Starlord]

Hope so!

I'd Imagine this could be it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBgqv...eature=related

[Gidonoidon_Sur]

Thing that has me a little worried about Grand Companies is that Yoshi never lists FFXI in his list of games he has played, which is fine, but I guess I am personally hoping to see more FFXI-esque or -inspired content (e.g., Assault, Salvage, Nyzul). I am afraid, given his experiences, he might go more the WoW, Rift, that-type-of-mmo route for content. You could argue, "Well some content is better than no content (which is the current case)". And you would be right, but I don't want any content, I want good content. To me the latter isn't good. I rather wait longer for something inspired then churned out go-fetch quests with over-powered rewards (reminds me of when I did first Burning Crusades quests and the armor was 20xs stronger then the stuff I had).

Anyway, those are my concerns, I hope my instincts are wrong and they end up creating an awesome new system.

Everyone keeps mentioning/hoping it will be similar to past FFXI content but based on Yoshi's experiences I don't think it will.

[Zanfire]

hopefully they do more with this, i think FFXI did it interestingly, having a constant reason to help out your country (opens up some shops and outposts for warps) I want to see this be more then just a glorified quest system with tokens.

[Munba]

I'd Imagine this could be it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBgqv...eature=related

Very triumphal indeed and probably suitable.

Or maybe this (one of the first in the official site): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8doI-...eature=related

[Arcell]

Gonna have to be Limsa for me. Nothing like working under a strong woman with authority In all seriousness though it's where the Musketeer's guild is and they have boat magic. What else could one want?

As far as "Will it be like XI?" goes, from how people are explaining it I don't see how it could be different. There are many games that do similar things though so it's not just from XI. Join faction, do missions for faction, accrue currency and renown in said faction, redeem for stuff, do more missions, etc.... It's not exactly a new thing though there are a variety of ways to handle it I suppose.

At any rate it doesn't sound like bad content so to me that's good content.

[Eekiki]

Im a Botanist so hope there is stuff for me to do.

You can hand out flowers while the Miqo'te in the granny panties dances in front of a goobbue.

[NefarioCall]

If they're REALLY smart, they will pace these Grand Company storyline missions slowly from Rank 22 - 50+

From a content perspective, i'd rather see thirty main storyline missions at one per level,
Than a 22 one, 32 one, 42 one, and 27 top rank ones,
as the former would create a legitimate content based progress to rank 50.

But hey, in any case, i am looking forward to this.

[Starlord]

Very triumphal indeed and probably suitable.

Or maybe this (one of the first in the official site): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8doI-...eature=related

That could very well be as well... or maybe both plays 1 as the actual theme, and one plays when you come back from a Succeeded mission? =)