Must I join the Eternal Flame?

[Zantetsuken]

I'll join the Gridanian company

I don't care if no one going to do quests with me

if SE has no plan to fix the Uldah centric issue then... I may quit playing

Ishgard will be the main fix, but that's down the road.

Half the issue revolves around players being stubborn and not leaving Ul'dah. If everyone who complained about Ul'dah being overpopulated would just stay away from it and set up shop in one of the other cities, the problem would solve itself.

I hang out in Limsa ~75% of the time and the rest in Grid. I only visit Ul'dah when I absolutely have to.

[Teknoman]

Ishgard will be the main fix, but that's down the road.

Half the issue revolves around players being stubborn and not leaving Ul'dah. If everyone who complained about Ul'dah being overpopulated would just stay away from it and set up shop in one of the other cities, the problem would solve itself.

I hang out in Limsa ~75% of the time and the rest in Grid. I only visit Ul'dah when I absolutely have to.

Agreed, even though Ul'dah is my hometown, and i'm joining the flames just because I like their backstory/rewards. Just join the company you want, because if not...you'll just end up adding to whats seen as "the problem". S-E really cant make players not congregate in certain cities, but they can make it easier to spread the population, which is exactly what they are trying to do with Grand Company and Airships.

Regardless, you CAN do normal Grand Company quests with members from different companies, just not specific things like Caravan Escort.