Any word on more GC Ranks?

[HakuroDK]

Been waiting a long time for this as well.
I hope they overhaul the GC shops too. Right now the prices seem out of whack.

Agreed. especially with crafting mats. They're dropping in dungeons at really high rates, so much so that it's not lucrative at all to buy mats with GC seals when I could actually--and this is true on my server--buy mats for almost 1/10 the price in gil what I would pay for them in GC seals. Emery especially sells on the Balmung Market Boards for about 300-500 gil and sell for 9000 GC seals. Scheelite sells for 1100-something gil. It's crazy!

The only thing reasonably priced, imo, are the Lucis mats at 600 GC seals. That's fine. I would personally like to see Moonstones take a 50% drop from 2000 to 1000, but I wouldn't be outraged if they didn't.

But seriously. 9000 GC seals for crafting mats? Get out of here. The ONLY way I would be okay with that is if I could turn in those same crafting mats for even 50% of the GC seals required to buy them in the first place.

[Felis]

Don't forget Free Company Primal Summoning... That exciting piece of content has been in development limbo for far too long now...

The newest info about this:

There is still an implementation plan for the summoning system where adventurers can call a primal. Since there's currently a lot of content already planned to be implemented, it's been moved to the back of the list for now.

http://www.bluegartr.fr/threads/1254...284-25-4-26%29

[Nalien]

http://www.bluegartr.fr/threads/1254...284-25-4-26%29

Oh I know it is still planned, but this isn't the first time I've seen them push it back, and I doubt it'll be the last. Much like Grand Companies they don't really have any content that can really use the system. There's nothing like Campaign where a Free Company with Ifrit can come in and turn the tide and prevent the Yagudo from taking Sarutabaruta, for example.

As much as I've enjoyed 2.0, it really has killed my hopes for any substantial open world content, they just really don't seem interested in providing such content. Without that I can't see Grand Companies making a significant comeback (although for them to have a comeback I suppose they'd have to have been significant to begin with, which was never the case) and I certainly can't see Free Companies summoning Primals in anything but a "Thanks for one shotting the Hunt mob you jerks" kind of way...

I expect we'll get new Ranks at 60 though, but I don't think they'll be anything interesting. Perhaps some Elite style gear to cover other Jobs (Twin Adders DPS set only really fits Bards and Dragoon should really be on that Tank set...), but I doubt there will be anything significant to make Grand Companies relevant outside vanity or anything to change the current Seal grind they offer. Wasted potential in my opinion, but eh, I'm still enjoying the game, it's just the difference between "Great!" and "Amazing!". Feel free to surprise me with Heavensward Yoshida, I'd love to be wrong on this, but so far all I've heard is more of the same with talk of new Maps/Hunts/etc.

[Naria]

Im really just wanting more GC gear. I may be the only one, but I like glamouring it on occasionally and if its coming out so late, maybe its ilevel will be 110 or higher.

I really enjoy the GC gear as well. I love the Elite sets, but hate hunting so I've only been able to collect pieces slowly. I really wish they would release these for purchase with GC seals. It seems from the stats that they were suppose to be part of the next GC rank up at some point but were given to hunting instead.

There's nothing like Campaign where a Free Company with Ifrit can come in and turn the tide and prevent the Yagudo from taking Sarutabaruta

I loved Besieged and Campaign. With Ishgard in at war with the dravanians, I think events of this type would work well in Heavensward. I doubt they will actually implement them though.

[Cynthis]

I also really hope they increase the rank with the expansion. I have some achievements left for doing leves for each GC and I would love to work on those while I leveled up.

[Kiroh]

Don't forget Free Company Primal Summoning... That exciting piece of content has been in development limbo for far too long now...

To be fair, what open-world content exists that justifies summoning a primal?

[MaethusXion]

I remember it being mentioned that GC Promotions are coming in 3.0, but I don't remember where. Probably one of the Letter from the Producer... but I don't exactly feel like going through them and finding which one it was in...

[Nalien]

To be fair, what open-world content exists that justifies summoning a primal?

Oh I know it is still planned, but this isn't the first time I've seen them push it back, and I doubt it'll be the last. Much like Grand Companies they don't really have any content that can really use the system..

/shrug

I'm thinking perhaps the Airships might offer some justification though. It sounds like a series of "open" world zones (open, but accessing them sounds complicated) since they said you could arrive at an island while another group is fighting a NM, or something along those lines.

To be honest though, I'm cautious about getting my hopes up for Airships and the Islands they let us access. Will probably be fun, but also probably just another glorified glamour vendor.

[GenJoe]

Don't forget Free Company Primal Summoning... That exciting piece of content has been in development limbo for far too long now...

and Addons.... and House sharing between eternal bonded... and etc.. etc. etc..

SE should never have announced their intention of implementing these features, then at least we wouldn't be waiting for years without any news on the progress

[Naria]

^ Personally I'd rather know that they are at least planning to do something than to have no word at all, such as with musketeer, etc.