30 days grand company lock in - A cautionary tale.

[RyuujinZERO]

When the recruitment guy tells me I'm locked into my grand company for 30 days, is he talking about in game days, or real world days?

Because, I've barely played the game for 30 days, a whole real world month is a huge time investment for something that has no warning whatsoever. I don't really want to be locked into my new GC for 30 days, I don't want to be locked into it at all.


To explain...


I started out Immortal Flames - and today, I finally unlocked the ability to transfer. I decided I'd go with Twin Adder for a while and try to get their chocobo barding (which is super ossum), the recruitment guy explains if i transfer I won't be able to use my Immortal Flame gear, but that's no big deal I only plan to stick around long enough to get the barding and be gone - then I can switch to Maelstrom and be with my free company buddies. However I quickly find you can only equip barding for your active company anyway, and I can't be bothered ranking a second company to Lt to unlock the ability to use my iLvl 55 gear, in fact the whole thing seems to be more effort than it's worth. So i go back to the Immortal Flame office.

The recruitment officer then tells me "Oh hey, didn't you just change company/ - We can't file another transfer for another 30 days".


...what?


Don't you think that might've been something you should've told me in advance, because compared to not being able to use my old company gear, this is a pretty big deal - gamechanging in fact (I'd never have switched if I'd known that). I'd like to ask for a transfer back but, if the GM's can't be bothered to ban bots, and support doesn't want to take peoples subscriptions I suspect I'm doomed to be stuck with the Tree Hugger Corps until 2.1...


You've been warned! - If you switch Grand Company, you're there for a full month!