Why must I complete the quests of all three companies to be accepted into the one that I want? It's pointless. The three quest lines are nearly identical, that mage guy's dialogue is even recycled. In fact, if you want to join the Maelstrom, you have to sabotage an operation that you later are sent to oversee, after you've already sabotaged it, creating a weird time-space contradiction. The whole thing is maddening! I've been trying to power through it because I want my chocobo, but the gauntlet of boring identical quests makes me want to claw my eyes out. Please everyone sign this thread. Make this madness stop!