[Request] Free Companies need some updates

[Xatsh]

Are Free Companies still relevant?

With crossworld linkshells etc?

As a FC leader, I'd rather SE move away from tying more features to FCs.

Buffs can and should be obtainable from the Grand Companies.

Things like the Airships/Submarines/Workshop etc should be made available for individual player access. For example:

Skysteel Manufactory in Ishgard for Airships
Kugane/Limsa for Submarines

Anecdotally, having played on Tonberry,Levi,Cactuar and now on Balmung, I don't think that besides the FC leader and their inner circle, normal FC members get the benefits of things like Airships or can actively participate in such FC content.

I disagree greatly on this one.



Are Free Company relevant... Hell no they are pointless and that is one of the biggest problems in ffxiv. If anything SE should be adding things to Free Companys (guilds) to encourage people to join into them and grow them. Honestly there should be some endgame elements tied directly too free company that are actually relevant. Things in a Free company should add direct benefit to members, be it accessing restricted content, rare buffs, or accessing special bosses. Atm FC's are literally only chat channels with pointless buffs, which is not what a guild should be in any mmo. Basically you have a choice of being a social guild, or a very social guild, or an ultra social guild. There is no event guilds, endgame guilds, and so on. Guilds are way too 1 dimensional.



Out of all the mmos I played when I ran guilds. FFXI, WoW, Aion, AA, ffxiv has the worst guild support of any mainstream mmo I played, it does need to be addressed. But not by removing stuff or letting it rot entirely.. that is the exact opposite of what should be done.