Changing City-State.

[Bagufudooo]

I tried looking around the forums to see if I could find anything on this topic but I could only find things from reddit. but it was from 2015ish. and not sure if the project to change it was just scrapped or not

I was just wondering if we could eventually change our City-State. Granted I understand that this has very little to do with the story and some cut scenes will have variations based on what city you first started the game on. I was just wondering if this would be come a possibility in the future. was wondering if it could be tied into the New Game+ feature . or even a paid service.

[Rongway]

You can't change your starting city. It might be nice to have the option to choose a ng+ city though, since the MSQ from 1 to 15 is different for each city.

This is probably a Quests discussion or General discussion though.

[MercuryD]

I tried looking around the forums to see if I could find anything on this topic but I could only find things from reddit. but it was from 2015ish. and not sure if the project to change it was just scrapped or not

I was just wondering if we could eventually change our City-State. Granted I understand that this has very little to do with the story and some cut scenes will have variations based on what city you first started the game on. I was just wondering if this would be come a possibility in the future. was wondering if it could be tied into the New Game+ feature . or even a paid service.

If you mean to change your Grand Company then yes, once you get to lieutenant first or second (i can't remember which...) class with GC then you can go to another GC to request a change. After you do so you cannot change again for 30 real life days

[kaynide]

Truth be told, this is one of a few bits in the game that can/should just be removed from character creation/status menu.

Sure, choosing your first job and having the first chunk of content in that city is fine, but there need not be any reason your can’t NG+ the others, or that your starter city be recorded anywhere.

(The other bits I’m referring to removal are your character’s birthday and god)

My point being, if there is going to be stored data for something like that, I’d prefer them to just add a text area we can fill in ourselves like LOTRO that other players can read.

[Iscah]

(The other bits I’m referring to removal are your character’s birthday and god)

My point being, if there is going to be stored data for something like that, I’d prefer them to just add a text area we can fill in ourselves like LOTRO that other players can read.

Replacing a simple "choose from this list" setting with a section for free text is not an equal swap. There are more possibilities in a single typed letter than in your choice of guardian deity. And your search info already provides that space for free typing.

[Vyrerus]

Seems kinda like a request that's a bit too little for the effort it'd require of them? Like, you can just start a new character and play it for a couple hours, and you'll have seen everything that's different between the City-State starts.

Doesn't the base paid package for FFXIV offer 8 character slots? I mean... all that's really different is how you go about meeting your city-state leader, which Scion you meet first, and the ride in featuring different beastmen/a boat if you're Limsa. Every single one of them features a wave of lesser monsters with your Scion(s) holding off the real threat monster, they all feature a fight against a golem(which has never been so sorely tested!!!!), a fight against an Ascian and their voidsent Gargoyle, and finding the Water Crystal of Light and receiving Hydaelyn's will/blessing.

[Lihtleita]

honestly wouldnt mind having such an option as a paid service. sure its tiny and cosmetic, but about on the same level as changing your birthday or parton god, something fantasia already lets us do.

not high priority but would be cool

[kaynide]

Replacing a simple "choose from this list" setting with a section for free text is not an equal swap. There are more possibilities in a single typed letter than in your choice of guardian deity. And your search info already provides that space for free typing.

Data storage-wise, sure, assuming we are counting bytes of data. Useless, wasted data. I mean, what else could we get out of what.. 4 bit string for my god.. 9ish for my birthday?

It’s a lot more bits than are being used to reference which hairstyle my character is using. My meaning is, if we need to make a choice in character creation that sticks to our status menu, it should have some kind of meaning.

[Iscah]

Data storage-wise, sure, assuming we are counting bytes of data. Useless, wasted data.

It might as well be my characters favorite food or color.

And it also might as well be your guardian deity and birth date.

It's world-building. Birth date not so much (though personally I use it to track character creation date) but making you choose your guardian is basically an excuse to fit the basic lore about the Twelve into the game without having to find somewhere to fit it in dialogue.

I like it being a question.

[DPZ2]

City state is determined by your first job. Period. It's where you spend your time learning the ropes. Other than that, it has no more bearing in-game than choosing your nameday. It is inherent in the completion of your first in-game quest, so no "additional" data storage is required to keep it in mind.

The time city states make a difference occurs when you choose a Grand Company or create a new retainer. Those choices are deliberate. They can also be modified at will (well, GC requires 2nd Lieutenant and [if I recall correctly] 50,000 GC seals. The first change is free.)