Retire from faction option...

[MagicofGaia]

I'm not complaining by any means. There were obvious points that made it seem permanent and It would be foolish to complain afterwards. This was simply a matter of curiosity.

I know no one wants to get into a "Well xi did this" topic. but it was nice to change city states to experience different storylines later on.

[Madrox]

I had a very hard time deciding between immortal flames and the maelstrom, wish I could experience the story of all 3 lol.

Regardless of either I would pick there would always be a tiny feeling of regret for not choosing the other.

[Zenaku]

For all we know the only way to change faction would be paying for it.

Name Change $.$$
World Change $.$$
Race Change $.$$
Faction Change $.$$

90days time limit before change again.

I mean if they want to make money i see that being the best way.

[Estellios]

For what its worth, in 2.0 we get multiple characters so if you want to see the storylines that badly you can just make extra characters for that purpose.

[Duelle]

For what its worth, in 2.0 we get multiple characters so if you want to see the storylines that badly you can just make extra characters for that purpose.

This is what I was thinking, too. We could afford to have alts without them being the pain they were in FFXI.

[Esk]

Tbh I really think their should be a lot more meaningful choices like this that do lock out other content, or effect it, or changing it should be a huge, huge effort to undo that if you can..

But then id also love to see all the other story from a outside point of view before 2.0.
- Meeting someone who was around to see the UL/LL/Grid openings and story that isn't where you started, an more story around them, same as seeing the other GC things from an outside PoV ect...


Personally I'm hoping the GC's are still about in a changed form, maybe related to world events and PC's are more PvP orientated in style (that's not saying forced PvP).
So we still have links to the past, but they are no longer the focus of it.

[Asiaine]

With the new quests we now work more closely with other grand companies and can participate in each other's caravan runs.

I do not see it beyond the realm of reason that one day we would engage in a quest that would have our grand company 'lend' us to aid the other grand company (and therefore engage in all its quests).

(Although the rewards may still be of our own GC so that shopping is GC exclusive).

[MagicofGaia]

For what its worth, in 2.0 we get multiple characters so if you want to see the storylines that badly you can just make extra characters for that purpose.

To this: no. For someone to experience 'as much' of the game as possible on their one avatar/character, this is not a feasable option. And 'until' 2.0 we are restricted to 1 character due to billing at a normal subscription fee with no add-ons. When you take the broad scheme of achievements, completion of content, etc.. xi really did set the bar for being able to complete game content for story, and classes/jobs all one one character. xiv is more restricted by player choice currently to dissalow experience of all game content on one character, but as it currently stands you have to pay extra for another slot to play other stories and invest time into leveling a different character for really only that one purpose.

With the new quests we now work more closely with other grand companies and can participate in each other's caravan runs.

I do not see it beyond the realm of reason that one day we would engage in a quest that would have our grand company 'lend' us to aid the other grand company (and therefore engage in all its quests).

(Although the rewards may still be of our own GC so that shopping is GC exclusive).

I know there are naysayers who would quickly dismiss this theory, and I am aware I speak to some enlightened souls, and the occasional troll... However, I don't think this is a bad idea. I would hate to see them fall down the path that wow laid down to pay for faction changes every so many days. Even if there was a penalty of losing all rank should you retire and having to start from scratch I'd see it a fair compromise for getting to experience all of the game content.

But the topic of 'if they did this/that' at this point is moot. It's far too late for content development considering no one truly knows what the future holds post 2.0. Things could be the same, they could be similar, they could be struggling, or they could be completely ripped up and not even matter.

[Ruisu]

Was being bombarded by 20 messages before joining the Grand Company not enough for you? Christ. You made a decision, one which Yoshi-P stressed would be a permanent on numerous occasions. Reroll a character if it means that much to you, or deal with it.

[MagicofGaia]

Was being bombarded by 20 messages before joining the Grand Company not enough for you? Christ. You made a decision, one which Yoshi-P stressed would be a permanent on numerous occasions. Reroll a character if it means that much to you, or deal with it.

read the entire thread before leaving trash talk. I've said multiple times I'm not upset.. This is theorycrafting talk, not bickering or bi**hing.