New guy. Help please

[Urthdigger]

Automatic, similar to rested bonus.

[Amzz]

Can someone please explain grand companies ? Like for the rankings and quests you do. Really whats the point of it. What u do for it and rewards i guess. Thanks guus

[Rinari]

Can someone please explain grand companies ? Like for the rankings and quests you do. Really whats the point of it. What u do for it and rewards i guess. Thanks guus

Most of the ranks are gained from buying promotions with GC seals. A couple of the ranks require filling out the grand company hunting log (ie, monster hit list) and some of those monsters only dwell in optional dungeons. It might change by which GC you pick. For Maelstrom, I had to visit Sunken Temple of Qarn and Aurum Vale. The last rank requires building a squad and taking on a lv 40 mission. The Grand Company squad mechanic will be introduced to you when you reach the requisite rank.

The point is that higher ranks give you access to more things you can buy with GC seals. The gear is useful while you're leveling in the 20-40 range I've found, but isn't going to cut it at lv 50 for sure. There are some furniture and vanity items you can buy. can buy retainer ventures. The big thing is materials you can buy. Those are used for a lot of things. You can buy them with seals and sell them in the market for a good price. There is a cheap item to reset your attribute points and an expensive one that resets chocobo companion's skill selections.

[Frizze]

For storyline purposes, youre asked to join a company. They give you a few things(access to your first mount for instance), and thats it. You dont have to put any more effort into it if you dont want to. However, they do offer certain things to higher ranked company members. As Rinari mentioned, they sell some gear that can be useful at the mid levels. They sell some crafting and quest materials that can be tough to obtain otherwise. They can provide ventures to keep your retainers busy. And one of the requirements to buy a house is having a certain rank in one of the companies(you also have to be high enough level, and find one for sale - easier said then done on many servers). If you do decide to rank up, youll get most of them just through buying the next rank. A couple also require clearing the hunting log(which provides extra seals anyway), or clearing specific dungeons. If you ask the quartermaster of the company you joined, theyll tell you what the next rank requires.

Im sure im leaving some stuff out, but that feels like a good start. Did you have any specific questions i didnt answer? If so, post em and someone from the community will answer.

[Amzz]

No that seems to cover all of it up for now. Thanks again. Im sure ill be back though as usual haha

[Amzz]

For grand company seals what are all the ways to earn them. Ive seen supply and provision but u get such little seals from it. Whats the best way to earn them ?

[Holy-chan]

For grand company seals what are all the ways to earn them. Ive seen supply and provision but u get such little seals from it. Whats the best way to earn them ?

-As far as supply/provision missions are concerned, the amount of seals you get is based on the level of the item you turn in (and thus, based on the level of your crafter/gatherer classes).
-FATEs all give seals, based on the medal (gold, silver or bronze) and the FATE level. Gold is typically easy to obtain. Note that if a FATE fails, you still get company seal and experience rewards, so long as the progression remained intact. (If it was a boss FATE and its health went back to full after it lost aggro on all players, progression is reset.)
-Guildhests and the guildhest roulette.
-Grand company levequests.
-Grand company hunting log. (This is very limited.)

I hope I did not forget anything. I probably did.

[Amzz]

What are guildhets and guild roulettes where can i find the guild hunting log

[Holy-chan]

I don't recall exactly how to unlock guildhests exactly, but I *think* it was by undertaking a levequest from your starting city-state, which leads you to a nearby town in a field map (Bentbranch Meadows in Central Shroud if you're from Gridania, Horizon in Western Thanalan if you're from Ul'dah, not a clue about Limsa Lominsa), which then has an NPC in there that unlocks guildhests. They are sort of a mini duty of sorts, far shorter than a dungeon, lasting between something like 30 seconds for the shortest ones, to maybe five minutes for the longest. In retrospect, I don't think guildhests give company seals. I believe that only the guildhest roulette does. The guildhest roulette is unlocked after completing either the first, or the first two guildhests, I forget exactly.

I apologize for the unclear information. Would be easier for me to confirm some things if Aether was not down. x_x

[Amzz]

Its alright thanks ill make sure to doublr check what youre saying