[dev1080] Those who defeat Ifrit in a party formed exclusively of members from...

[Meow_Zedong]

But the fact of the matter is, we WON'T always find seven more people of our company to party with. It's a hard enough time finding seven people to party with at all!

The game is unbalanced towards Ul'dah, everyone knows this. If "greater rewards" means an exclusive drop, good luck getting it if you belong to anything other than Immortal Flames. Say everyone joins the company of the city they spend the most time in. For every 100 Immortal Flames members, you'll find 10 or so Maelstrom and maybe 2 Twin Adders members.

That's why we want to know. If I join Twin Adders, and then find out this means I'll never be able to get that exclusive drop because I can't find anyone to party with, I'll have to re-roll. That's rage inducing.

[Adol]

It's not like you have to do every single thing with your linkshell.
So what if your LS is torn between which GCs to join? There are other people playing the game, you know.

This is a good opportunity to break free from the 'club members only' attitude many people have playing this game.

[Renshi]

But the fact of the matter is, we WON'T always find seven more people of our company to party with. It's a hard enough time finding seven people to party with at all!

The game is unbalanced towards Ul'dah, everyone knows this. If "greater rewards" means an exclusive drop, good luck getting it if you belong to anything other than Immortal Flames. Say everyone joins the company of the city they spend the most time in. For every 100 Immortal Flames members, you'll find 10 or so Maelstrom and maybe 2 Twin Adders members.

That's why we want to know. If I join Twin Adders, and then find out this means I'll never be able to get that exclusive drop because I can't find anyone to party with, I'll have to re-roll. That's rage inducing.

Fact is... you'll have the same exact problem with the Immortal Flames, no matter how many players are in a grand company =)

[AlexNiculaie]

You do realize they have already stated that different combinations will achieve different bonuses? All one company, get bonus A. One member from each company, get bonus B. Two of two companies, get bonus C. So it's not like everyone has to be in the same company. In fact there are reasons to have members of different companies in your party.

[Isaaru]

I bet it's just a seal bonus.

[Deceptistar]

This is a good opportunity to break free from the 'club members only' attitude many people have playing this game.

many pple have that choice in RL too and its not fun being forced to play with strangers when your friends are just a call away

[polyhedral]

Grid and LL will have NOBODY to play with. Thanks for the BS SE?!??

[AlexNiculaie]

For f'ks sake, you don't have to have all from the same company. You CAN still get bonuses by having different combinations. Eventually, you will be able to join any company you want. Chill out, people.

[whoopeeragon]

I'll just put this here. Translation courtesy of reinheart, sourced from Yumi_hibiki's post.

Grand Company
- There isn't much difference on which country you enlist in, just varies in how the event is viewed (cut scene)
- To avoid one country getting too much enlistment, making it so depending on number of enlistee the company bonus changing.
- It doesn't mean you can't switch (grand company) later on, later we are looking to adding "Free Company" where you can join optionally
- When everyone from same company you get bonus as well as when you have 3 different countries grand company members
- Adding a content where you can obtain company seals over time, however if you don't get a higher rank the amount (CS) you obtain will not increase.
- Rank: Once obtaining award, must take a test to rank up, currently it's hard to go higher than warrant officer?
- after 1.20 be able to trade company seals for chocobo gear, planning to release in future chocobo gear which crafters can make.
- If you work hard in grand company it will effect in Lodestone

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

It's not like you have to do every single thing with your linkshell.
So what if your LS is torn between which GCs to join? There are other people playing the game, you know.

This is a good opportunity to break free from the 'club members only' attitude many people have playing this game.

Sorry, but I only like to do events with LS because they are skilled. People who only do pick up often are not skilled nor team players. Otherwise they'd have a LS or event group of their own.