[dev1034] News about Public Companies later this month...

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

Personally, the fact that Yoshi-P has said that we would be getting news, FINALLY, about the public company system later this month is what I am looking forward to most.

What does the community think we will get out of this system? When do you think it will be fully implemented? What are your hopes? What are your fears?

[SilvertearRen]

It'll probably be implemented between April and August. We'll probably get company crafting quests, company combat quests, and other storyline quests that would be part of the main story...

[InuraBera]

Hmm. It is intriguing but I feel it will have quests and the ability to 'publish' what are, in effect GuildLeves but not counted towards that limit. For example, Linkshell wants logs, posts Leve for set amount of Gil (As in, set fee for the posting) - Botanist takes it finds trees, gains Skill and some cash.

I say this as currently Leves tell you whom you received them from, but what does that matter when you activate them at the Crystals anyhow, and only have the three Adventures Guilds handing them out. Probably totally off, but look forward to finding out.

*Edit* What also points me that way is the referencing them consistently as 'Public Companies' instead of just 'Companies'. I forsee some kind of player interaction at least.

[Rimmer]

I do feel Companies are going to end up playing a massive role during this game, they talk about it being a very large aspect of it within the entire community, im thinking that its going to be something that the entire server population has a chance to affect through various actions regarding the future of Eorzea and the 3 City States.

As well as forcing linkshells to communicate with each other, join forces, and set out to do a job. Perhaps with Company Buildings it will end up being a new type of player run guild/organisation dedicated to a cause, as well as a place for your linkshell/company to hang out, customise and make their own, i have visions of linkshells coming together under one banner to fight the oncoming struggle, i feel as if im thinking on too grand a scale here though haha...

Possibly many linkshell crafters will have to get together and invent/create something new together that will radically change the way Eorzea is, like Culinary wonders(Giant Cakes), or the creation of a philosophers stone by a group of alchemists, carpenters, lacksmiths, armorers, weavers to create ships to tackle a threat at sea (Sahagin army).

Just a few of my many thoughts about the company system

[Krausus]

I'm wondering as well what public companies are, on one hand it could be like a guild system other games have (or a better LS system), on the other it could be some sort of faction system as well. Some things make it sound more like a faction system. Its hard to tell if this is what most people refer to as companies (completely player ran)

[God]

Large scale PVE

[Krausus]

oh btw what does {dev1034} mean on your thread title.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

oh btw what does {dev1034} mean on your thread title.

We're discussing about this thread here in the In Development Forums > http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...blic-companies

[gifthorse]

I do feel Companies are going to end up playing a massive role during this game, they talk about it being a very large aspect of it within the entire community, im thinking that its going to be something that the entire server population has a chance to affect through various actions regarding the future of Eorzea and the 3 City States.

As well as forcing linkshells to communicate with each other, join forces, and set out to do a job. Perhaps with Company Buildings it will end up being a new type of player run guild/organisation dedicated to a cause, as well as a place for your linkshell/company to hang out, customise and make their own, i have visions of linkshells coming together under one banner to fight the oncoming struggle, i feel as if im thinking on too grand a scale here though haha...

First of all, you are confusing Public companies with Player Companies, and second of all, you must have forgotten that this is SE. They will never let you have the freedom or control to affect the game world. They are way too close-minded for that.

[Abraxai]

I'm of the opinion that the Public company system will be resemblant of the FFXI Conquest system. I'm probably wrong but I should hope that it brings in tactical and strategic gameplay into action, as well as quests, hunts and PvE events that would pit Players against waves of monsters to defend hamlets, or aetheryte's, or even random blips on the map.

More over than that I just hope it brings a new alternative to the Guildleve System..!