Will we see more GC ranks before expansion?

[Felis]

I'd love to see them sell shards. Almost every single base crafting material is available dirt cheap from NPC vendors. There are very few that are not. Then of course shards are used for almost all low level crafts. I've thought about this a lot actually.

I have no idea if this is a good idea or not. And I cannot answer your question. I hope they do?

Shards should be sellable from Rowena with the newest token

[HakuroDK]

Shards should be sellable from Rowena with the newest token

That made me cringe, reading that. Please no.

Shards should be sellable by the Beast Tribes based on element, with Ice Shards being sold either by the Ixal along with Wind Shards, or by a vendor in Coerthas (since Shiva has no associated Beast Tribe).

As for the primary topic, I'm sure they will gradually unlock each set of ranks with every level increase. That way, with Heavensward, we'll get First Lieutenant and Captain (lv60). 4.0 will get the Commander ranks (lv70), 5.0 will get up to Vice Marshall (lv80), 6.0 will let you get up to Grand Marshall (lv90), and 7.0 will finally let you reach Champion rank (lv99/100).

You can see images of all of the ranks in the game here: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...company_ranks/