Just started going after allied seals, and my first thought is "Why is the i100 gear cheaper than the i70 gear?" Is it just because it's your GC?

I even started going after the seals because I saw there was a difference in gear between the GC's, so I switched GCs and started hunting! I was thinking "Go with the pirates" when the choice first came up, but went with Ul'dah because I started there! *sigh* If I had only known they had gear that wasn't basically the same!