Grand Company - Seperation does not equal fun!

[Asiaine]

It would be nice to have access to the gear from each GC though. I was kinda gutted when the santion on my limsa axe gave +40 VIT and another company gave +40 atk power I think? I would use both of these in different situations however I'm stuck with just the +VIT.

They should add something where the other GC will give you their weapons but for a higher exchange of your GC seals, or the same amount and some gil, could even have it at a shady npc like the qiqirn, who will take the same amount of seals from your GC; along with a bribe of gil to smuggle the other GC gear out for you. I like shady things like that in games, makes it more fun and good for RP, a fantasy world isn't complete without a black market!

This could lead to a serious unbalance however. For example:
Ul'Dahn Officer's Cap : Magic Oriented
Ul'Dahn Officer's Overcoat: Magic Oriented
Ul'Dahn Officer's Gloves: NOT Magic Oriented, however Gridanian Officer's Gloves: Magic Oriented
Ul'Dahn Officer's Boots: Tiny Magic, however: Lominsan Officer's Boots: Magic Oriented

Therefore, by picking: Ul'Dahn Officer's Cap & Overcoat, and Gridanian Officer's Gloves with Lominsan Officer's Boots you would have a very powerful Magic Oriented outfit, more so than sticking with your own grand company.

Combinging form 3 GC will yield an outfit that is more powerful than from 1 GC, and this may not have been taken into consideration while creating these items. Which would mean it would lead to an unbalanced state.

Which is a shame, as some of those Lominsan outfits are very attractive (beauty wise, not stat wise), but i'm in Immortal Flames.

[BlueMage]

This could lead to a serious unbalance however. For example:
Ul'Dahn Officer's Cap : Magic Oriented
Ul'Dahn Officer's Overcoat: Magic Oriented
Ul'Dahn Officer's Gloves: NOT Magic Oriented, however Gridanian Officer's Gloves: Magic Oriented
Ul'Dahn Officer's Boots: Tiny Magic, however: Lominsan Officer's Boots: Magic Oriented

Therefore, by picking: Ul'Dahn Officer's Cap & Overcoat, and Gridanian Officer's Gloves with Lominsan Officer's Boots you would have a very powerful Magic Oriented outfit, more so than sticking with your own grand company.

Combinging form 3 GC will yield an outfit that is more powerful than from 1 GC, and this may not have been taken into consideration while creating these items. Which would mean it would lead to an unbalanced state.

Which is a shame, as some of those Lominsan outfits are very attractive (beauty wise, not stat wise), but i'm in Immortal Flames.

You're not taking into account set bonuses.

[Asiaine]

You're not taking into account set bonuses.

The items in my example are excempt from set bonuses (i.e., they are not 'flame' gear but 'Ul'Dah' gear which does not contribute towards set bonus).