Companies - You're Locked in for Life!

[Jynx]

I'm glad there is finally a choice in the game that has some damn consequences. People might actually have to think before choosing.

Damn...

[darkstarpoet1]

I'm glad there is finally a choice in the game that has some damn consequences. People might actually have to think before choosing.

Damn...

the question is what is there to think about at this point? say the companies when they start releasing class specific gear for each city. if grid started with the original release on thm gear i may want to drop my alliance with uldah and switch to grid because thm/blm is my main.

that's like getting 3 letters from colleges you have never heard of saying you have been accepted, but not give you even a listing of what classes they offer. they all charge you 80k, but you have to make a decision off no information.

i know yoshi stated that each company would have comparable gear in the future, but right now we don't know if each will come out with the same class gear within a reasonable time frame of each other. my fear is with a thm main i took uldah because that's where the guild was, but they also stated the guilds had no relevance on where the gear went first nor did the gear already in the companies. it's hard to justify a single choice when you are not making an informed decision.

[Oscillate_Wildly]

the question is what is there to think about at this point? say the companies when they start releasing class specific gear for each city. if grid started with the original release on thm gear i may want to drop my alliance with uldah and switch to grid because thm/blm is my main.

that's like getting 3 letters from colleges you have never heard of saying you have been accepted, but not give you even a listing of what classes they offer. they all charge you 80k, but you have to make a decision off no information.

i know yoshi stated that each company would have comparable gear in the future, but right now we don't know if each will come out with the same class gear within a reasonable time frame of each other. my fear is with a thm main i took uldah because that's where the guild was, but they also stated the guilds had no relevance on where the gear went first nor did the gear already in the companies. it's hard to justify a single choice when you are not making an informed decision.

I think at this point it'd be safe to assume that they will start releasing all gear in every state. Or at the very least, make the costs double for buying from a different company while still making Company unique gear (like the over coat sets, patriots chokers, and in later updates chocobo equipment unique to the companies with the emblems. But as they don't quite release anything too worthwhile (aside from the coats which have a pretty badass model) I don't think it's that much of an issue. But if it becomes one, then I'm all for the ability to change at least once.

Or you know, just like XI, make the equipment sellable. Why must everything that pops out of that goddamn place that isn't craftable, why is it all Rare/ex? Good lord.

[Jynx]

if grid started with the original release on thm gear i may want to drop my alliance with uldah and switch to grid because thm/blm is my main.

Allow the purchase of other guilds gear for inflated seal prices, boom problem solved.

[Oscillate_Wildly]

Allow the purchase of other guilds gear for inflated seal prices, boom problem solved.

Yes, seems to be the popular alternative.

Seeing as the gear isn't exactly all-that I don't see why the gear itself is Unique/Untradeable (rare/ex, whatever you want to call it) at all. Is it still all rare/ex? Because that's a bit ridiculous. I get that gear that drops from Ifrit is Rare/ex, but a level 20 robe from Ul'dah? lol

[Altera]

[QUOTE=darkstarpoet1;377509]the question is what is there to think about at this point? say the companies when they start releasing class specific gear for each city. if grid started with the original release on thm gear i may want to drop my alliance with uldah and switch to grid because thm/blm is my main.

I have no idea what class of Con / Thm gets Blm job. But considering BLM in all previous FF and even Lost Odyssey. The magic listed in Black has always been elementals. Light and Dark magic has been listed in Prismatic or something else to my knowledge. And Con have Ancient Magic. Taking this into consideration, i wouldnt be surprised if Thm turns out to be a Whm/Rdm. And Con becomes Blm/Whm. Unless Square Enix turns a 180 on us and disregards years of what has been a mainstay in their Final Fantasy series.

Just my thoughts on this issue and the reason I chose Twin Adder for having Con gear/guild.