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[Kiko]

Sure does sound exiciting.

So, ever since i first read about "Companies" imma throw out some of my
speculations and thoughts about this.

I think companies will be something for High level classes,
this however seems rather odd because obviously rank 50 isnt the final level cap.

So ya i base my specualtions on high level classes, if it's for Mid/low level classes
im sure there would be some rewards of EXP /SP aswell, but for now im excluding that option.

So what could Companies possibly reward / offer high level players? (something to discuss)

Some ideas... - Possible Spoiler Alert -

Terratorial control?
Company rank / status?
Rare gear / items / materials?

Something tells me im getting close because of SE's previously
announcements saying something like Company owned houses / ships.

Besides that what do "Companies" usually do?

The Company:
Work as a team (Company) to build something together using the members crafting skills perhaps.
Battling monsters for area control, Company rank etc.

Company Crafting:
With the current crafting system in place, i see no reason for what i just wrote
above would not be connected with "Companies".
This might include craftable "Furnitures" for the "Company House",
maybe even Cannons for the "Company Ships" for example.

Company Battles:
Companies in Battlefield could be anything from offense to defense using ships (possibly sea battles)

Hamlet's:
And then there's "Hamlet's", im pretty sure those Stone-structures (Forts) in
Coerthas are "Hamlet's" and serve a purpose for defence, possibly for area-control.

Company Houses:
Well, dosent take a rocket scientist to figure this one out.
I dare to say this is the new "MH", but diffrent ofc, i just hope it get's more interesting.
Possibilty to have Company Meetings, share crafted items,
gear etc in a Company Bank-vault or something.(Much like WoW guildbank)
But not just for sharing, but maybe collecting building materials for a "Company ship" etc.

But hey...these are just pure speculation & ideas.

Now some of what i'd like to see:

* Company Banner (With Company Name on it, for the Company House)
* Some kind of Company "Tabard" / "Cape" (not like WoW's Tabard, they just lame)
* Company Vault / Bank
* Craftable furnitures. (obviously for the Company House)
* Some sort of in-game Calendar to set up Company events so members can sign up for ingame.
* Company Chocobos + Lance = CHARGE !!!!

Edit: Sorry for bringing up some WoW ideas, but it did have some great features.
And no i dont play WoW anymore, it got boring fast after 3 years.

Ninjarrrr Edit:
i hope my speculations didnt spoil anything, cuz hell i know as much as anyone else. lol

so what u mean companie could be something like where your group will be a LS... do stuffs together like how laughlyn explain it... lets say a lil bit of PVP action? i mean when i was playin XI back on 05, we used to have ballista... where we used to kill our self lol... idk now... but hey if it something like that oh man i cant wait for it!! i mean that give us a great deal on working together as a group... or with ur group lets just say "linkshell"... lol i mean a lil of pvp action wont hurt u know hehehe

[Laughlyn]

so what u mean companie could be something like where your group will be a LS... do stuffs together like how laughlyn explain it... lets say a lil bit of PVP action? i mean when i was playin XI back on 05, we used to have ballista... where we used to kill our self lol... idk now... but hey if it something like that oh man i cant wait for it!! i mean that give us a great deal on working together as a group... or with ur group lets just say "linkshell"... lol i mean a lil of pvp action wont hurt u know hehehe

well, i suppose there could be some pvp, but if these so called company "quests" is a major part of it im guessing it
would be more PvE im afraid, to gain control over certain areas etc.
(If we had some kind of faction control system in place i guess PvP could be perfect for this)

But who knows, 2-3 companies "fighting" over control for a specific "Hamlet" could be possible,
but im not sure this would be considered as PvP. >.<

lol it's so hard to actually make any sense of what could be,
with what we currently have & what SE might add,
when there's so little information out there about Companies.

I guess im thinking back to the old FFXI's "Dynamis" runs when people
changed from Main social LS to their "Dynamis" LS.

But...instead of calling it "Dynamis LS", call it company instead. (Cuz Dynamis was an area not the group)
So ya, large-scale battles with a company.

I find it really strange if this "Companies" are only based upon high level classes, because what good is EXP/SP as reward at rank 50?

So the rewards must be something really new, or based upon some sort of "Company" growth system, like special currency perhaps.

anywayz, these are just random ideas.