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I want to know if we will be having reputation grinds in FFXIV ARR. I know with gc ranks this sounds the same but it is quite different. In other games you have content you can do once a day (per 24hr period) where you can do missions or quests and get reputation leveled up. This allows you to spend money (gil) (gold) (whatever) and use that to buy goods or items you can use. In some cases I have seen it used to by special mounts. Reputation seemed to me a good way to earn as you go along. Something a few people have said they like when discussing the token scenario.

This content in no way would over power what you get from dungeons nor be the same gear. For example I don't see you getting a mount in a dungeon but who knows. I would like this to be something you can do daily. No way do I see this anything more then giving you a chance at some items that may not be readily available in a dungeon (heroic) setting.

One other example was from a game where I was able to get a rights to buy a fishing pole with really good stats for having max fame. It gives some of us middle of the row goals that don't require us to be dungeon grinding but still have something fun to do each day.

Would this be something possible in ARR? Is this already being considered?
I think I know what you're getting at.

Say The Woodwailers become kind of like a faction within Gridania, and you can help their efforts by running errands for them to start you off, work your way up to deal with more serious issues the Woodwailers have, and once you get to max rep you can get something like a unique mount, special chocobo barding or even a unique set of gear (say the WW have a heavy armor set, a light armor set, and a caster set, which would work nicely with the in-the-works vanity slots).

The real challenge would be in updating rewards and progression within them, as the most common issue with factions/rep is that they become outdated once new content comes out. I wouldn't lose sleep over it, but I know some who would.