Retainer Clarification

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Originally Posted by ManuelBravo

It's $2 actually -.-/ , had to do research and well pic has been posted and link, not to mention I have 9 retainers tota, l 7 being charged,and my CC statement does match up with fees described.

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Have you ever had a scenario where you couldn't pay your subscription? does it affect the items in your extra retainers? or Just unable to play until paid, like normal.

Edit: currently reviewing the retainer FAQ...

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Originally Posted by CainCrimson

Have you ever had a scenario where you couldn't pay your subscription? does it affect the items in your extra retainers? or Just unable to play until paid, like normal.

Edit: currently reviewing the retainer FAQ...

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I had a month free time added(I had bought ARR for PC while primarily playing on PS4), I just couldn't access those retainers until the paid time started up again. Nothing on them changed though.

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Originally Posted by Avatre

Do legacy players get a discount on them?(Not even sure if Nephthys is a legacy player, but if so that might be why?)

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No just on main subscription. 7.99 up to 40 characters. max 8 per server.

http://support.na.square-enix.com/fa...la=1&kid=64539

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Originally Posted by CainCrimson

Have you ever had a scenario where you couldn't pay your subscription? does it affect the items in your extra retainers? or Just unable to play until paid, like normal.

Edit: currently reviewing the retainer FAQ...

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had an issue with fraud on my CC once, items were still there I just could not access until I made a payment.

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Originally Posted by ManuelBravo

Not sure I understand, I'm reading it to be on the safe side as I write this. My understanding, as I'm reading this...

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...onal_retainer/

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I don't think we're on the same page (literally). You're looking at the retainer guide listed on the Lodestone. We're talking about the chart that's presented on the Mog Station when you go to hire more retainers.

https://i.imgur.com/jScNcne.png

Without the context of the initial text the table could be possibly be misconstrued to imply you get two extra retainers on top of the free ones because the table says "Additional Retainers" for whatever reason. There would be less confusion if it said "Total Retainers" or something similar. Or it shouldn't mention the two free ones at all.

Even with the poorly chosen label, the table is clear enough in context. But if viewed in a vacuum I guess I could understand how it might be confusing.

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Originally Posted by ElHeggunte

I don't think we're on the same page (literally). You're looking at the retainer guide listed on the Lodestone. We're talking about the chart that's presented on the Mog Station when you go to hire more retainers.

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This one gets it. I woulda included pictures, but image sharing isn't my strong suit.

Simply struck me as odd that they'd point out "your sub gets you 2 retainers to start with," and then seemingly imply you can buy 2 "additional" for no fee.

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Originally Posted by Ryaz

Yep. I have 4 retainers. Only 2 free, the other two I have to pay for. You can pay for up to 7 more right now, for a total of 9, and once the app comes out, you can pay $5 so you an spend another $2 to hire a 10th retainer.

Yes, you now need to pay microtransactions just so you can buy more microtransactions.

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The 10th retainer is actually apart of the $5 premium package, no separate additional 2 dollar charge.

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Originally Posted by Vivi_Bushido

The 10th retainer is actually apart of the $5 premium package, no separate additional 2 dollar charge.

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I'm afraid not. Not according to the Live Letter anyway:

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Originally Posted by Fazraye

The premium plan adds various additional features such as inventory management between retainers, the ability to purchase an additional retainer on the Mog Station, and also doubles the capacity of the saddlebag.

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Apparently (according to Reddit) Yoshida was also quite insistent on stream that it didn't include the retainer, just the ability to hire.

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Originally Posted by QueenSophie

Nope i didnt. All they are talking about is the mogstation portion of adding additional retainers. Nothing was mentioned about app by OP. #reading

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So you're simply misunderstanding the guy's post, then.

The last part of Ryaz's post talks about paying microtransactions (the premium fee for the app) to be able to pay microtransactions (being able to purchase another retainer above the current cap of 9 retainers).

Allow me to reiterate: Nothing about this thread is in regards to the app. All discussion of the app and how it may or may not pertain to retainers in the future is a topic for another thread.

Or this one I guess. Topic resolved anyway.