Letter from the Producer Vi

[TheVedis]

Actually he does give a bit of info, while very vague.

info yes, but about the video is the main thing i was pointing at, the fact that the video wasnt about companies but something totaly different.

and saying they will be involved, they are coming, we will give info soon
really isnt info in itself, which is what those interviews basicaly said

[Abriael]

info yes, but about the video is the main thing i was pointing at, the fact that the video wasnt about companies but something totaly different.

Oh yeah, that video is 100% unrelated, and even during that part of the presentation at the ebisu event (from which that video is from) no mention whatsoever was made of companies.

It MIGHT have something to do with the now obsolete concept of player companies envisioned by Tanaka, since they were supposed to own ships, and that viseo shows the creation of a boat and a cannon, but there's no confirmation of that anywhere. Any link between the two things is just assumption.

and saying they will be involved, they are coming, we will give info soon
really isnt info in itself, which is what those interviews basicaly said

The main info is what they will NOT be. Which is what Tanaka previously envisioned and (vaguely) explained as player run companies.

[Nephera]

To me grand companies sound like a possible few things

A) glorified guilds, possibly with things you can work towards as a guild (which is always nice)

B) Giant joinable factions that'll encourage a little competition and also give people a reason to band together outside of their linkshells (I'm thinking this is most likely)