Have You ever Changed Grand Companies? And if so, Why?

[qaija]

Relatively recently, primarily as a result of all the crafting I do, I came to the realization that there are quite a few advantages to being a member of the Ul'dah GC as opposed to the one in Gridania, (which is the one I am presently a member of) or the one in La Noscea. Among these advantages are:

A MB right next to the retainer's summoning icon, the ability to travel to other worlds much more easily (which is quite handy for searching for the cheapest prices to buy something that is expensive), and the ability to easily access the GC HQ.

If I understand everything I have googled about changing GC's, not only do I have to reach the rank of 2nd lieutenant to do so (I am presently the lowest rank required to make special deliveries (Sgt 2nd class), but, once I do, I have to start out all over again, just as I did when I joined the GC I am in now, completing hunting logs, and doing leves and fates to gain the seals necessary to once again reach the rank of Sgt 2nd class.

Which leads me to this post. If the above is correct, why would anyone undertake the time consuming process of joining a different GC than the one they are currently a member of?

[SilverObi]

Just did yesterday in fact because I'm getting the achievements for each GC. It took all of 45 minutes to get the seals and hunt logs finished to rank back up. People might change because they were dissatisfied with their GC's style.

As for layout of retainer bells and market boards, you can idle in Limsa regardless of your GC and have the best of all worlds.

I do plan on returning home to Ul'dah once I finish getting all the goodies from each GC though.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

yes, maxed rank and gc seals on all 3.

[Drkdays]

For the cool seal outfits I switched to Maelstrom. I like the ocean city better too.

[Raskbuck]

I've been considering switching to the other GCs for achievements, but then I remember how lazy I am and decide to just stay in my current one.

[ItMe]

Nope.
I started in Limsa. Now it has a special place in my heart so I won't be switching. Also, I don't wanna abandon Merlwyb.
I also have a super nifty pirate glam using grand company pieces that I don't wanna lose access to.

[RokkuEkkusu]

I was in each grand company only to get their achievements of hunting log, GC seals, and a few other achievements. After that, I returned my GC loyalty back to the Immortal Flames since Uldah was my first city state of my first character and Raubahn.

[Vahlnir]

I maxed all of them back in ARR for the minions and stuff. Did swap between the 3 trying to get better luck in Frontlines but that never panned out for any GC. So...Maelstrom is my default.

[DrWho2010]

i moved around GC's so i could get all minions/pvp mounts/max rank. Now that i've done that i went back to the one I started with because i liked it.

[glitteringcosmos]

I switched between them all to max them out for the minions, but couldn't be bothered trying to do it for the pvp mounts. An attempt was made.... but I ended up switching back to Adder because I like them most. As for the MB right next to the retainer bell, that's all city states lol they're all within a few steps of the MB. There are usually multiple retainer bells too in case the main one is too crowded.

The extra hunting logs are good for exp, and the nice thing is that your squadron goes with you no matter which GC you're in, so you don't have to start from scratch with them.