Quote Originally Posted by R0ssdaddy View Post
Guys, the Empire is attacking!
That's the whole reason for the resurrection of the Grand Companies in the first place.

If you consider yourself a full time Miner, and a Garlean Soldier comes to slaughter your family, are you saying you WOULDNT swing your pickaxe at his face? Its a VERY small stretch to lvl up MRD.

But dont get me wrong...Pickaxes and Hatchets should definitely be able to hurt things.
The point of the Grand Companies as supported by ALL of the lore in the game including the lore that Yoshi just put in is to unite the Warriors Crafters and Gathers to build a Great army.

By forcing Crafters and Gatherers to Hit 25 to join they are essentially recanting on all of the lore about GCs up to this point.