So this 1 year anniv. event.

[EmeraldHill]

EmeraldHill this is not the One year anniversary event (If they even have one planned in the first place) this is just encouragement for players who have just started playing to know about grand companies and players who have joined only one, to go ahead and try the others with a 1k seals bonus to purchase to their hearts content and have a taste of the items being offered.

Keep in mind item rewards for GC's will not stop at the list we have now, it will keep growing, so the extra 1k seals is very welcomed.

Foundation day is very close to anniversary in terms of meaning. And it happens to be near the 1 year anniversary.

That's too much coincidence.

[Teknoman]

Foundation day is very close to anniversary in terms of meaning. And it happens to be near the 1 year anniversary.

That's too much coincidence.

Its just because in the next patch we're going to need alot of seals. Chocobo insurance forms, ranking up in the company itself, new grand company story quests, and quests in general. A free 1000 seal booster and public service announcements about the companies are great for a precursor to that. There are still people in game that have no idea how to join/where the companies are.