Quote Originally Posted by TirionCrey View Post
you did nothing special to get those marks, so why would you deserve anything special in exchange?...
It's not so much expecting something special than a complete lack of creativity there. I'm disappointed they're getting rid of Guild Marks for good, they could have a special use later on. One suggestion I made a long time ago were special missions you could undertake by spending marks from a given guild. Reward could be a boosted amount of gil, or special items not obtainable by other means.

Hell, there's mention of special class specific gear being released in the future, why can't we just use marks to buy those? Marks are specifically mentioned as being a form of currency for special goods and services from those respective guilds, offering class (not job) specific gear via marks would suit that. Guild marks have so much potential but telling us "Oh you can have shards, crystals, or some clusters for these. Maybe some materia too." seems so lacking. Right now I have over 5-8K of every kind of shard, so I really have no reason to waste my marks on these. With the new job equipment being so much better than crafted double/triple melded gear there's not much use for materia. Even now the market wards tend to be overstocked with materia that people just don't want. So unless they offer some absolutely amazing materia (Something better than just stat boosting/aliment resistant materia.) in exchange, you're still better off not really wasting your time.