More information please

[Griss]

The only thing that we do know about companies is that there coming.

There i just compiled all the collective knowledge that we have on the subject. Discuss

[origamikitsune]

It was easy to infer a little more than that. It seems to me at least, companies are likely to be NPC controlled entities.

[Wild]

I would really like to see all of this crafting/harvesting combined into a large scale project for companies... like making our own boats/mog houses, etc...

[Xatsh]

I agree with others that I would like information released sooner, like atm it is apparent the devs know what company are going to be if they are going to be released soon. Why not tell the playerbase, give us something to look for, prevent over hype which has outraged parts of the community almost every update. That and the devs can get player feedback before it is even released.

I do not see any real positive of not releasing information to the community as soon as possible at this point, the letter are great but seeing something like "Side Quest", "Grand Company", or "4-8 man dungeons" does not really tell us anything about the content except a very very broad sense of what it will be. Player do not know what to expect so them make stuff up which ends up becoming the expectation of what it will really be or it leads to pointless fear of it being something they think will ruin the game, and then it turns into a real negative.

[Shikyo]

I agree with others that I would like information released sooner, like atm it is apparent the devs know what company are going to be if they are going to be released soon. Why not tell the playerbase, give us something to look for, prevent over hype which has outraged parts of the community almost every update. That and the devs can get player feedback before it is even released.

I do not see any real positive of not releasing information to the community as soon as possible at this point, the letter are great but seeing something like "Side Quest", "Grand Company", or "4-8 man dungeons" does not really tell us anything about the content except a very very broad sense of what it will be. Player do not know what to expect so them make stuff up which ends up becoming the expectation of what it will really be or it leads to pointless fear of it being something they think will ruin the game, and then it turns into a real negative.

I agree why hold back info from the community, it does make alot of ppl to start assuming, rumoring and over hyping the content due to a simple lack of info then when it comes out it ppl are dissapointed because its not as omg cool! as it was thought to be.. =/

[Poppa]

From what I have read in a past posting to Lodestone (http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...f018ec5fb504d2) companies will be player ran. I am not sure if they will do what they said they will do, but I am curious how they will implement them into the game. Like other players I would like to see DoL and DoH involved in making these companies and boats. Imo DoL and DoH are very boring and this would make for some excitement.

[Betelgeuzah]

From what I have read in a past posting to Lodestone (http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...f018ec5fb504d2) companies will be player ran. I am not sure if they will do what they said they will do, but I am curious how they will implement them into the game. Like other players I would like to see DoL and DoH involved in making these companies and boats. Imo DoL and DoH are very boring and this would make for some excitement.

Can't really judge anything based on that update schedule anymore.

I think at least initially the Company system will be NPC-run.

[Abraxai]

Patch 1.17 is due at the end of March I believe, and I also believe Companies were to be talked about just beforehand. So I'd assume it'll be sometime next week.. God I hope so.

Also..


The new development team changed the entire direction of companies..

They're not player-run anymore.. This has been announced in a past post somewhere.

"Grand Companies of Eorzea".

Sounds epic.

[Betelgeuzah]

Patch 1.17 is due at the end of March I believe

That was the plan before the earthquake hit. Now its 1-2 weeks late.

We might see 1.16a at that time though.

[Bayohne]

Greetings everyone!

We know you're all anxious to learn just what this whole "Companies" thing is all about, and I know the dev. team is just as excited to tell you!

In "Letter from the Producer, VI" Yoshida stated:

I had intended to announce this in a future letter, but we will release information regarding the Grand Companies of Eorzea (what were referred to as “public companies” in previous posts) just before patch 1.17 goes live. We are currently readying a page dedicated to this exciting new feature, and hope to have it up on the Lodestone shortly.

With that in mind, we appreciate your patience leading up to the release of info! We can't wait to hear what you all have to say about Companies once we announce all the juicy details!