Quote Originally Posted by TwistedTea View Post
Are Free Companies still relevant?

With crossworld linkshells etc?

As a FC leader, I'd rather SE move away from tying more features to FCs.

Buffs can and should be obtainable from the Grand Companies.

Things like the Airships/Submarines/Workshop etc should be made available for individual player access. For example:

Skysteel Manufactory in Ishgard for Airships
Kugane/Limsa for Submarines

Anecdotally, having played on Tonberry,Levi,Cactuar and now on Balmung, I don't think that besides the FC leader and their inner circle, normal FC members get the benefits of things like Airships or can actively participate in such FC content.
Maybe my Free Company is an outlier but we actively involve the members with the Subs and Airships and do weekly raffles for the items they bring back. Some of them we even just give away or put in the chest for members they take as they please. Is that really so odd?