Not to mention the fact having your criminal organization sitting in a building that simply says something like "Eorzean Fellowship of Assassins and Kitten Thieves" is probably a bad idea for any criminal operating in a law-abiding nation. Not to mention, owning a legitimate business gives you a solid way to launder money.
In real life, criminal organizations with legitimate fronts are extremely common, and have been for years. Al Capone owned an antique shop. John Gotti owned a couple of clubs. The Cali Cartel (in an amusing piece of irony) owned a major chain of successful drug stores. With Stormblood, we're seeing a lot more eastern-inspired RP groups, including a few Yakuza-inspired groups, but you have to understand that the Yakuza are an exception to the rule in that they don't hide themselves.
So you're seeing lots of crime organizations with front businesses among FCs? It's honestly as it should be. Working as designed.
In real life, criminal organizations with legitimate fronts are extremely common, and have been for years. Al Capone owned an antique shop. John Gotti owned a couple of clubs. The Cali Cartel (in an amusing piece of irony) owned a major chain of successful drug stores. With Stormblood, we're seeing a lot more eastern-inspired RP groups, including a few Yakuza-inspired groups, but you have to understand that the Yakuza are an exception to the rule in that they don't hide themselves.
So you're seeing lots of crime organizations with front businesses among FCs? It's honestly as it should be. Working as designed.
