Let Us Play Other City/Grand Company Quests Please

[Cybernetic_Empire]

From the Technical Support Forum thread "Adding a new character?"
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/58306-Adding-a-new-character

Thanks for the clarification Junnichi. As it stands now reactivation for FINAL FANTASY XIV has been suspended. You'll need to wait until the servers come back up before you'll be able to reactivate character options and play. At this time we do not have an estimated time as to when this would occur but you'll want to keep an eye on the Lodestone and FINALFANTASYXIV.com for updates to this status. Thanks again.

If the ability to add new characters isn't reactivated, would it be possible to open up the other cities' quest lines (and possibly other Grand Company quests) to existing characters? I feel like this shouldn't be a problem now that FFXIV 1.0 servers being up is in direct contradiction with the lore of 2.0. I'd really like to play through the other story missions from the other towns/Grand Companies but I only had one character at the time the servers went down.

[Gramul]

I'd be fine with letting people switch companies.

With a penalty for desertion.

[rina_inverse]

meh, this topic again

Let 1.0 rest in peace please

[Forgo]

I'd be fine with letting people switch companies.

With a penalty for desertion.

shooting squad or beheading?

[Majidah]

I'd be fine with letting people switch companies.

With a penalty for desertion.

losing your rank is penalty enough if you ask me

[Gramul]

shooting squad or beheading?

Open season. Lets take PvP to a new level.

losing your rank is penalty enough if you ask me

That could work too.

[Forgo]

lol Yay pvp if your team wins you get to change if not...well yeah...oh well >.>

[Reinheart]

JP Rep replied to one of the forums where they asked if it was OK to delete their existing Lv50 character without losing their character at the time ARR is launched.
Rep said it wont affect the ARR so it's OK to delete your current character to start a new one.

Now although the rep said this and I'm sure 99.9% safe to do... I don't have the courage to delete my character... lol

[Duuude007]

Old news. They already said in 2.0 you can switch companies freely.
*Since you were a lowly recruit in the other 2 companies when you joined your's, you will still be a recruit when you join them. aka Private 3rd Class.
* Due to the Dalamud event being over, many quests tied to "pre-7th umbral era" are no longer accessable.
*If you switch back to your old grand company, you will hold the rank and seals you had when you left that old GC. The same works in reverse. (aka you can switch from Twin Adder to Immortal Flames and back again if you wish).
* GC specific gear like chocobos/barding and officer gear, special accessories are GC unique. If you are a mismatched GC they cannot be equipped.

[Felis]

already confirmed for ARR

Guten Nachmittag,
Good afternoon,

ich habe neue Informationen zum Wechsel staatlicher Gesellschaften für euch. Es wird euch möglich sein, eure staatliche Gesellschaft zu wechseln. Natürlich ist das mit einigen Einschränkungen verbunden. Ihr werdet zum Beispiel nur die Gegenstände eurer aktuellen staatlichen Gesellschaft ausrüsten können.
I have new information for you about changing Grand Companies. It will be possible for you to change your Grand Company. Naturally this has a few restrictions. For example, you will only be able to equip gear from your current Company.

Außerdem wird euer Rang nicht von eurer alten auf eure neue staatliche Gesellschaft übertragen, sondern ihr fangt wieder beim untersten Rang an. Allerdings wird euer alter Rang gespeichert, so dass er nicht verloren geht.
In addition, your rank from your previous company will not be carried over, and instead you will begin from the lowest rank. Your old rank will be saved though, so it doesn't get lost.

Einzelheiten können sich natürlich noch ändern aber das oben genannte ist der aktuelle Plan.
Specifcs can still change, but this is the current plan.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post841942