Player Run Companies: a Rallying Cry

[Caidryn]

I was excited when it was still player ran companies ..I figured it would have been 3 LS's made up a comapny and you would work together to get ur company buildings, ships, and boats up.

Things like that sound wonderful to me, having a large group work on huge projects like that. Further, from what they showed in those old videos, it would have been the release of likely difficult team crafts, at last giving a sense of comraderie to the long neglected crafters. To have 100+ of my members out in the field gathering materials whilst my crafters were working on making company housing and vehicles would be a great way to bring us together while giving us all something to work towards.

It has been done on occasion in other MMO's where such things give very real benefits. Company buildings could be stocked with merchants that sell some items other merchants do not and the items others do at discounted prices. There, we could have a company bank, perhaps display trophies of our achievements as a group, provide specialized support for our crafters, and if we're lucky, even have a company shop NPC which functions like the craft guild npc's from XI, wherein the goods sold to it can be bought by other members of the company, giving us a place for excess mats.

Of course, this isn't even to speak of the battle content, wherein I'd love to see specialized large fights take place. Of those I've imagined, it'd be great to build Company Boats and airships and engage in battle with Garlean forces upon them, along with some specialized NM fights. What I believe would make this shine is opening claim in such a way that any riding upon the boat or airship can attack the mob and receive benefit in the end, essentially making it your entire company vs. a specific challenge, which would be amazing in my eyes. (Think company-specific Besieged) Even more fun would be had if they placed a storyline of challenges for your company to progress through, in the manner of missions from XI just on a grander scale.

All of these dreams are a long way off, of course, and I have no delusions that they're working on them right now. I simply wish to know if they are working on them, or if I should simply abandon my dream.