[dev1034] What ARE companies, though?

[Nyaku]

here's my take on it, cause this whole company thing has been bugging me for a while. if you read all the interviews and notes about companies very carefully, you can pick up on some things. First, in an interview, it seemed like there will be 2 different kinds of companies; player run, and public (grand companies). Yoshida-san, i believe, said that private would be held off until there was more content, because having a large group of people to do nothing would be pointless. Grand companies seem to be a faction type system for each nation. Although SE seems to refuse to give ANY real info about this all, which has lead most of the players to believe that this is a guild system, but reading all the very small bits on info made since Yoshida-san came in, it doesn't sound anything like that... but if it is a faction type thing, what will it let us do? i hate that ANY info about that is being withheld. People have drawn a picture of what this should be because of the lack of info, and many may be very angry when it turns into something completely different.

Also the letter from yesterday, if you look closely, does NOT say companies would be released today, it says quests related to companies will be released. Which they have been, they seem to be leading into it... but still giving no real info besides the story and background.

So to SE, please give us something here. Companies have turned into one of the biggest mysteries and points of interest in this game, and have been mentioned since alpha, but in a year's time their release, nor the slightest bit of real info has been given. We are told over and over that they are coming soon, and they will be discussed soon... and it feels like they may actually be released soon but... this month? 6 months? :/ please give us something, its become more irritating than intriguing.

[Prestige]

here's my take on it, cause this whole company thing has been bugging me for a while. if you read all the interviews and notes about companies very carefully, you can pick up on some things. First, in an interview, it seemed like there will be 2 different kinds of companies; player run, and public (grand companies). Yoshida-san, i believe, said that private would be held off until there was more content, because having a large group of people to do nothing would be pointless. Grand companies seem to be a faction type system for each nation. Although SE seems to refuse to give ANY real info about this all, which has lead most of the players to believe that this is a guild system, but reading all the very small bits on info made since Yoshida-san came in, it doesn't sound anything like that... but if it is a faction type thing, what will it let us do? i hate that ANY info about that is being withheld. People have drawn a picture of what this should be because of the lack of info, and many may be very angry when it turns into something completely different.

Also the letter from yesterday, if you look closely, does NOT say companies would be released today, it says quests related to companies will be released. Which they have been, they seem to be leading into it... but still giving no real info besides the story and background.

So to SE, please give us something here. Companies have turned into one of the biggest mysteries and points of interest in this game, and have been mentioned since alpha, but in a year's time their release, nor the slightest bit of real info has been given. We are told over and over that they are coming soon, and they will be discussed soon... and it feels like they may actually be released soon but... this month? 6 months? :/ please give us something, its become more irritating than intriguing.

I 100% agree, it seems many of us are on the same page. The "secretive" mindset that once dominated FFXI was OK at the time, but please do not do that this time around, people love to feel in the loop, and a part of what is happening to their current MMO. Hell, I hate to bring this game up... but take a look at WoW. They come up with an idea that they aren't 100% sure about, release the information to the public, and after judging the responses, decide if it needs to be withdrawn or not.

Keep us in the loop!