Retainer names

I'm trying to hire a new retainer on my server, and it seems like all the names I want to use for her are taken. I'd like to ask why retainer names have to be unique, given they aren't PC names and don't appear for anyone but the user that hired them. Requiring unique names for player characters makes perfect sense, to prevent users from impersonating one another, but it makes no sense why retainer names have to be unique.

Honestly, I'd like to see that requirement abolished. Even if it does have some nebulous benefit, somewhere in the aether, surely there are ways to make it work that don't limit players in something they're primarily experiencing on a one-on-one basis.

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Originally Posted by Zenica

I'd like to ask why retainer names have to be unique, given they aren't PC names and don't appear for anyone but the user that hired them.

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That is indeed incorrect - next time you're passing Market Board have a look again - every single item sold there is listed under the retainer's name ;)

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Originally Posted by HEC-

That is indeed incorrect - next time you're passing Market Board have a look again - every single item sold there is listed under the retainer's name ;)

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This. It's used, but I don't even know the reason, they could put the player names in it, sometimes I want to negociate stacks or prices and can't... Only if the item is crafted and have the name of the crafter.

And it's good like that. I do not need Stalkers who tell me my price is too high, too low or whatever.

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Originally Posted by TomTom1968

And it's good like that. I do not need Stalkers who tell me my price is too high, too low or whatever.

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If you want gil you will not care at all. Also, people will never PM you if they're too low, they will simply buy it. I laughed at your comment :P

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Originally Posted by TsubasaHana

If you want gil you will not care at all. Also, people will never PM you if they're too low, they will simply buy it. I laughed at your comment :P

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They might ask him to increase his prices if he was pricing too low, and if they were unable/afraid to buy him out. And crafted items have crafter tags on them, so hoping for some anonymity is hopeless.

Well, here's another question then. If the purpose of naming retainers instead of naming characters is meant to provide anonymity, then why even name the retainers? What good does it really do someone to know who they're buying from if they don't get to know who they're actually buying from?

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Originally Posted by TsubasaHana

If you want gil you will not care at all. Also, people will never PM you if they're too low, they will simply buy it. I laughed at your comment :P

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the people you are competing with to sell can and in some cases will harrass people that they consider to be "undercutting". really, there is no established price, and the market is essentially decided by what someone thinks an item is worth. if i make an item, and its simple enough for me to gather, no matter what the actual level of said item is, i will sell it at a low price. if it takes me 30 minutes to gather and craft the item, im not going to sell it for 100k. people will harrass for under selling, and it can get very nasty.

most of my sales go htrough 1 retainer, and my overpriced items go on a second or third retainer.

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Originally Posted by TsubasaHana

If you want gil you will not care at all. Also, people will never PM you if they're too low, they will simply buy it. I laughed at your comment :P

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Great that I make you laugh. I didn't laugh when some months ago a douchebag sent me whisper messages till I blacklisted him because I dared to produce the same stuff as he did but wasn't really up for the moon prices he used so I offered mine cheaper. He didn't just buy it out but got back to me telling me very strange things to put it diplomatically.