Can we PLEASE get a GC Re-Assignment?

[Catapult]

Nothing in game said I would be punished for doing Ifrit with my friend, and nothing in game told me that I would not be able to do Chocobo Caravans with my friend.

You're not being punished. You're simply not getting bonus seals for doing it all inside the same Grand Company.

[Holy_Dragoon]

Chocobo Caravans are divided by Grand Company, and you are specifically told you can not change Grand Companies. We were told many times when Grand Companies were implemented that once you pick one, you are stuck with it. Rewards are comparable across each GC, so join the one you want.

Also, in the FFXIV Play Guide under the Grand Company Guide:

Caravan Escort Duty

Caravans hauling materials borne on the backs of chocobos support the bustling economies of the city-states. Safely escorting these caravans is one of the Grand Companies’ most important duties.
NPCs near aetheryte at the locations listed below periodically recruit adventurers for caravan escort duty. Speak to an NPC recruiter to participate and then head over to the caravan. A maximum of four adventurers can participate in a single escort.
Once the caravan leaves, enemies will target the cargo. You will need to protect the caravan from ravenous enemies while issuing appropriate commands to the chocobos in order to arrive at the destination before time runs out.

* Recruits cannot undertake caravan escort duty.
* Vanquishing large numbers of enemies while on duty may result in rewards and bonuses upon duty completion.
The Maelstrom Camp Bloodshore / Eastern La Noscea (36, 20) Friont
The Order of the Twin Adders Camp Tranquil / South Shroud (38, 49) Marquaile
The Immortal Flames Camp Horizon / Western Thanalan (13, 29) Mourelz
* Adventurers cannot accept caravan escort duty from other Grand Companies.

[Belial]

Like everyone else has said many times, the warnings were there to pick based off what you -wanted- and not what was available from the vendors. The devs have said the ability to switch grand companies could be considered after the overhauls.

In short, deal with your choices for the next year, or play after they change it.

[Kiote]

There is absolutely no reason for our not being aloud to change company. It was a Horrible design decision that has come back to haunt people constantly. There may not be GC group quests, yet, but there are GC achievements and Bonuses that we were not warned about.

Allowing us to change companies would not hurt this game in any way. If anything it would serve only to extend the life of what little content we have by letting you earn your ranks in every company.

There may not be GC group quests, but there are GC specific Quests.

Finally, there any many people who Chose the GC that appealed to them most only to find out absolutely no one else joined that company. On Saronia, it is next to impossible to find another person in The Order of the Twin Adder.

[Atoli]

There is absolutely no reason for our not being aloud to change company. It was a Horrible design decision that has come back to haunt people constantly.

Allowing us to change companies would not hurt this game in any way.

Yes it would.
One thing this game seriously needs is something definite, something different from the "you can do everything you want but since that is kind of impossible everything is kind of the same".
I'm not happy with the choice to make CNJ and THM into pre-white and black mage because I liked them before, but it was needed to define their roles.
GCs are kind of the same:
If you were able to hop from one GC to the next all the time, there would be no sense of belonging to something.
It would also be the opposite of what a GC actually is - an army of rival cities.
I doubt they'd just let you go and join their rivals..

[Kinseykinz]

It's a shame you and your friend choose different cities. But there were plenty of warnings that new items and drops would come from each city etc. and to not pick one based on the current rewards. Besides, once we get jobs and time goes by, maybe the very city you are both in now IS the city you want to fight for.

I think that it is a GOOD thing people can't change their Guild Company. We need some pride/competition events and game play added to this game and these companies are one way to do it. Guild Companies might even be a way of building friendships and creating teamwork between people who would otherwise never meet in game. Also good.

If and it's a BIG If, they ever allowed for a guild company change it should be one HECKA quest to betray your current city to join the ranks of the other. After all, who wants a traitor on their team :P

This being said: I wouldn't expect being able to change companies until sometime WAYYY after 2.0 comes out. However, in time yes, it will probably be added. But it's not something as simple as letting you swap companies by answering a couple menus. If it was, we'd all think 'boy, that was lame.' Properly setting it up that we can switch guild companies will require quests, storylines, punishments etc. that all take time to plan, create, write, localize, test, etc. ...time SE is spending doing other, more important things. (Again, they warned us MANY times Company Choice is forever)

[Nakiamiie]

My best friend who I play the game with and I both chose our respective Grand Companies entirely based onclass specific weapons, thinking the weapons in each GC were what each one favored in terms of overall rewards.

ONLY to find out once we both made said choices that we are now unable to participate in all the GC group related quests together.

Now with the new items beign released, it further kicks both o fus in the pants with how the player segmentation works.

Can we please be allowed to re-choose our CG for the duration of this patch now that the entire reason we has made out choices has been made obsolete?

Also my 2 cents: Creating more and more ways to segment your already rediculously small and soon to be dwindling player base is the worst idea I have ever heard of in a cooperative non faction based MMO. Bonus seals on Ifrit for a full party in the same GC, and quests that are only do-able within yoru GC makes this game that much more lonely to play.

Yoshi-P told us so many times, even in official posts, to NOT choose your grand company based on the rewards but to choose it based on your personal preference. That's what you get for not listening, shame on you.

As for your 2 cents, I threw them away.

[Kiote]

Yoshi-P told us so many times, even in official posts, to NOT choose your grand company based on the rewards but to choose it based on your personal preference. That's what you get for not listening, shame on you.

As for your 2 cents, I threw them away.

He did not tell us there would be other benefits to joining the same company..

[Nakiamiie]

He did not tell us there would be other benefits to joining the same company..

He did, at least, community reps brought us the words.

[Coglin]

It is not a priority. It will be changed with added quest in the fututre for betraying companies I am sure. But for now its not a need, must have, or even a priority.

In other words, I think patients untill they do add it is the key.