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I am a Gridanian resident since 21.09.2013 and they accepted me. Miounne's breakfast is fantastic and helped me over my rough start. I enjoy the green and brown tones of a lush forest which is also more of a Plainsfolk Lalafell thing in general. I adore Kan-E-Senna and would do everything to keep the shrouds safe. Also, Elezen are great and also have pointy ears!!1!

Purchased a condo on the Lillyhills and every morning I get out of bed and ready to dress myself in my RDM uniform, I look out of the window and know I chose the right place. My Chocobo also likes the the muddy paths and mossy grass more than the sandy and hot environment when visiting Ul'Dah... (You know how long it takes to remove all the sand out of my Chocobo's RDM barding armor??)

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention the flying cabbage Sylphs. They are only a 5-minute ride away too and I like them!

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I went with Gridania because that's where I started. However, there's a lot to be said about convenience, between that and a few other things.

Ul'dah: GC is very close to main tp. Inn and MB both a loading screen.

Gridania: GC one sprint away from main TP, as is the inn. MB is a loading screen.

Limsa: GC and inn are loading screens, but MB is right there.

Gridania is my home base, my /return, and my GC. However, if I'm server hopping and shopping, I'll do that out of Limsa.

So I just got to the point in the game where I am being asked to join one of the three Grand Companies, which I knew was coming just not when it was. Since I knew I was going to have to choose at some point I'd looked into their gear for glamour purposes. However, I'm not really sure which to join. I still have to go to all the remembrance ceremonies so that might influence my decision but I'm already leaning more heavily towards two of them.

The Maelstrom has the coolest looking stuff from what I saw in a couple imgur albums but I don't know if I'd ever actually use any of it for Glamour purposes because the second I get my Dragoon stuff it's probably never coming off. I also quite like the Admiral. Overall I like Limsa Lominsa a lot as well. They also seem to have the best color scheme on everything.

The Twin Adders is the other one that I'm leaning towards even though I'm not a huge fan of the gear or color scheme. I bounced around a lot via starting over between servers and classes because I have a problem with doing that in games. I've seen all 3 cities 1-15 stuff but Gridania's was the first thing I saw in game as my original character was a Conjuerer. Even now that I've finally stopped bouncing between Servers and restarting to change class instead of just swapping once hitting 10, it was still Gridania where I started as I'm a Lancer. I think the entire place is absolutely beautiful and it feels like it's probably the best choice because it just feels like joining the Adders is the proper thing to do, if not for gear like the Maelstrom, because it was where I started both on my current character and with FFXIV overall. But I'm still not really sure.

The Flames I haven't really looked into all that much. They interest me less than the other two because I just really hate Ul'dah. It looks fine but it's corrupt as all hell.

I'm at the point in my story on my first character where I have to choose a Grand Company. I've looked up various things about them, but I'm missing a few details here.

So I've heard from multiple sources that choosing based on gear isn't too much of a good idea, since they aren't so different. (Correct me if I'm wrong. I play a PUG btw)

I'm looking to choose based on story and environment. Immortal Flames is out of the question, as they simply do not interest me, and I like their zones the least. I like Limsa Lominsa's zones sofar the most I think. I like Gridania's surrounding zones too, and the Twin Adder's pugilist weapon looks cool, (I know it's just a green, but maybe the upcoming glamour system would come in handy this way?) plus afaik their gear suits monks best. I'm not sure about the story, I heard the Twin Adder's story is the best, that'd seal the deal for me. Any confirmation on this?

Responses would be appreciated :) cheers!

The only correct answer to this is:

It doesn't matter.

Back in 1.0 and 2.0, arguably up to 2.1, it did matter because leveling still took a good while longer, making money was hard, and sometimes you needed good equipment for lower levels, which is where the GCs came in.

Nowadays, you should decide by a few, select points:

1. Do you like their glamour weapons/armor for Hunt/GC Seals?

2. Do your like their style/story/leaders

3. Your town preference. Do you want a short trip to the counter? Do Flames, do you prefer the Harbour Town feel of Limsa? Go with Maelstrom, etc.

That's really all there is to it. As for the lore reasons, the questline before you actually pick a GC is supposed to clue you in to who they are and what they do. Personally I chose Maelstrom 'cause Pirates. Unfortunately, they're a bit underutilized. Then again, anyone besides flames is.