It seems there is one quest directly related to each company in each city. They all involve running around and basically recruiting people (which i kinda liked, gave a lot of info). Beyond that, i don't believe anything else company related was released... And to avalonstormm, i really agree with you that discovering things like that is one of the best parts of something new. Its the same reason i try to learn as little about some games before i buy them XD (which is why birth by sleep blew my mind).

However... i think the reason that so few are seeing it that way at this point, is just because the game started, and is still in such a state, that people NEED to know about something that can keep them interested. Otherwise, that long wait with no information, no matter how great the content may end up, is just not worth it. I'm personally confused as to how they could've had this company system in mind since alpha, but are just now even giving any sign of its actual existence.

Now i'm all for this game, i truly can't wait to see how amazing it can end up, and i plan to wait it out and enjoy it as much i can until it is really polished off. But these big shrouded mysteries looming around with no real content actually being added over time besides constant fixes, gets annoying... Tanaka-san gave a large outline of where the game was going before he had to step down, it would at least be reassuring to be told if all of those things (like the parts referring to company) are still gonna happen, if not I'd like to have Yoshida-san's own content outline.

Unveiling and discovering the aspects of companies would be great... but if that's how it HAS to be, i would really appreciate at least a approximate release date, instead of a constant "in the near future". If that can't be done or it'll come very far in the future... then just give us some interesting teasers, what are these company buildings? boats? what exactly is something we can do? anything is better than silence :/