Quote Originally Posted by Kiote View Post
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.
You don't have to be 25 to join a company.

You do have to be 22 tho.

Imagine that these are horses, and we're talking about an army. You don't fight, you don't get a horse. Not a difficult concept.

Plus, airships will be up and running for those crafters who need to get between towns...