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    When can I switch Grand Companies

    I chose Maelstorm, but I think Flames would be better. From what I hear, I have to reach a certain rank to make this possible.
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    Need to be 2nd Lieutenant, i.e. max rank, then I think you can just go and talk to the recruitment officer for the GC you want to switch to.
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    The first switch costs nothing, every switch after costs 50k gil and 15 day cooldown.

    All your maelstrom rank & seals will be stored and can be used if you switch back.
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    I want to ask though, why do you feel Flames would be better?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Urthdigger View Post
    I want to ask though, why do you feel Flames would be better?
    Probably pvp, though it may be fleeting. People tend to swarm to the GC currently winning the most consistently, and change again when the pendulum swings.
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    (whispers don't leave the best GC)

    cough ANYWAY yes you need to be 2nd Lieutenant. You can switch every fifteen days, I believe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Duuude007 View Post

    All your maelstrom rank & seals will be stored and can be used if you switch back.
    That's good to know. It'd be ridiculous that we'd have to reach the Max level for a chance to switch over...at the cost of losing everything and starting over

    Quote Originally Posted by Urthdigger View Post
    I want to ask though, why do you feel Flames would be better?
    It's not that Flames are better, but I should have chosen them over Maelstorm. There's a reason for this, but it's rather "complicated" to say the least.
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    Quote Originally Posted by REPROBEAN_CHILD View Post
    That's good to know. It'd be ridiculous that we'd have to reach the Max level for a chance to switch over...at the cost of losing everything and starting over



    It's not that Flames are better, but I should have chosen them over Maelstorm. There's a reason for this, but it's rather "complicated" to say the least.
    Well, it's mostly that back in 1.0, the gear obtained from second lieutenant were some of the best in the game situationally, mostly since back then we didn't have the ilvl system that made certain gear just have better str/mnd/dex/int, and instead a lot of choices between gear were based on situational stats like earth magic potency, enhancing magic potency, and so on and so forth. Since gear from grand companies weren't equivalent, and they could give stats you were hard pressed to find elsewhere in some cases, this did mean that certain GCs were much better for certain classes.

    Granted, now in A Realm Reborn, we have the item level system. While grand company gear can still be useful for a new endgame player, it's quickly eclipsed by items that have higher main stats, weapon damage, etc, and made useless.

    Anyhow, there's a lot of old guides out there that still have 1.0 information. I just wanted to make sure you weren't doing it for the gear.
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