Quote Originally Posted by Holland View Post
What I'm trying to get at is: The city-state can not grant us ranks through normal means as we are not actual citizens. We need to buy ourselves those ranks.
It confused me when you compared it to Saleems' Sentinels who were mercenaries and were not part of Aht Urghan Empire.

If we were supposed to buy them, then they could sell them to us for gil and not have any other currency.

I guess they don't have currency conversion in Eorzea. Well, we will with Guild Marks. Still doesnt change the fact that it is Military Rank and we are supposed to pay them with money (GC seals) that they give us.