Why does everyone decide to overlook the fact that they have added a serious consequence to a decision you already made that had no consequence at all at first.

I chose my GC because I happen to be in Limsa at the time.

Now it decides if I can play with my friends.
Thats just poor game play planning.

As for the Lore aspect, yeah we are already buying in to riding a giant chicken,
I'm sure they can figure some intrigue of why a mixed group of bandits would be fighting each other.
They have people they pay for that.