Greysky Expedition

Hey Folks! I am a liar apparently, but a completely unintentional one. On the 23rd I created this long post, largely in my head as a justification to why I was not leading a Company going into New World. I tried extremely hard to follow that plan, but something just didn’t feel right. I am certain that everyone over in what is intended to be the East Aeternum Trading Company is great, but I just could not go through with it. Part of this is that I am old and stuck in my ways, and part of this is due to the fact that after hanging out in discord for a while I started to question if it really was my scene after all. I adore Grakulen, and thought that I would be joining a company lead by him… someone I trust. Instead, it was lead by someone that I had significantly less faith in after quietly watching them in chat for a few days.

I am sure they are probably a lovely person, but PVP crowds tend to be a little rough around the edges and I just am not terribly used to that anymore. It was very clear that there was a difference in focus, with all of the discussion going on about rushing to get money and claim the territory as fast as we could and making sure that we had a strong PVP team at the ready to defend it. So much so that they locked new membership yesterday in part because you can only have one hundred members in a company and partly because they needed to make sure those last few key invites were PVP-focused. Then there was a discussion about everyone needing to rush and make 1000 gold and donate it to the Company on that first day so that they could acquire said territory.

The cold reality is… not a single bit of that interested me. I want to be a super chill casual in this game, break rocks, beat zombies, and skin all of those bodies that people are leaving behind. I played New World completely by myself in several Alpha and Beta phases and had a grand ole time. The major benefit of the launch was the idea of being able to hang out and be dumb casuals with my friends. However, if I was part of a Company that already was locked against new players… what about my friends that don’t feel the need to rush around on day one? What about those friends who purposefully askew the concept of launch day, and the hustle of trying to fight for mob spawns. Are those friends just going to be permanently left out in the cold?

Instead, I am going to do my own thing, and with that comes an invite to anyone who is interested. I am still rolling on Minda and going Syndicate, but instead of joining up with the main force of folks… I am quietly forming the Greysky Expedition. I took the Greysky bit from Greysky Armada our Final Fantasy XIV Free Company and tried to set the name in this world. It is the age of sail, and I figured we would be the expeditionary force of the Greysky Mercantile Company looking for new exotic goods to ship back to the old world and sell. The fact that we are also a front for the Illuminati aka Syndicate is just a coincidence because I have a feeling that we are going to be spending most of our time exploring Aeternum and looking for new and interesting things.

Do I feel bad that I am abandoning Grak and his company? Yeah, a little bit. However, my dreams did not align with their dreams. I was not really into the whole funding the war effort thing, and I am more about roaming around aimlessly and picking daisies… in between smashing zombie skulls. I am on the same server which still makes me available for nonsense at a later date, but I am just not super interested in the territory game or honestly being super serious about the game in general. I want my chill crafting game with combat and to occasionally run some of the expeditions, but also don’t want to do it in a super organized manner. I am hoping that as soon as the servers are live I see lots of territory held by that group because I wish them all of the luck in the world. However, I am going to be over here doing my own thing, and now that I have rushed ahead to create a company… I plan on chilling the hell out.

I could not have wished for a better start to the game. I ended up with Windsward as my starting zone, which is ultimately where I was planning on migrating to eventually. It is one of the zones that end up being the most active as far as the market goes. Given that I want to focus on crafting and PVE, it makes for a pretty solid base of operations especially as it is also close to the higher level areas. As far as the company I am going to open it up to any friends and their friends and family. Basically, the sort of thing that House Stalwart started out as and Greysky Armada is. If you are interested in being casual as hell, then hit me up in-game on Belghast. However to summarize I am going to bullet point all of the important bits below.

  • Name: Belghast
  • Server: Minda NA East
  • Faction: Syndicate aka Team Purple
  • Company: Greysky Expedition

Ping me over various social channels if you want more information. I wish Grak and the East Aeternum Trading Co. the best of luck. I hope to see lots of territories taken for the Syndicate in their name, and with me bowing out that makes room for them to recruit more folks to help support their initiatives. For now, I am just going to be a chill dude hanging out on the sidelines of the larger conflicts.

3 thoughts on “Greysky Expedition”

  1. Agh, US East. I might still hop in and see what my ping is like anyway, but typically speaking US East is not a good time for an New Zealand based player.

    Given haven’t really had the chance to join you in FFXIV either though, if it’s remotely tolerable, will probably jump in with you here. 🙂

    Not sure when, yet, though! Maybe this weekend if I can wangle it!

  2. One thing I might add… if anyone was on the “Roster” for Grak’s company it is probably good form to let them know to take our names off so they can free up slots for more PvP-oriented players.

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