Equipping retainers needs some improvement

Hi all,

I just wanted to make a minor suggestion, in regards to changing your retainers equipment. Currently, when you equip your retainer with a different piece of equipment, the previous piece goes into your armory inventory. Which forces the player to have to move it to the inventory. If other players are anything like me, there's very little reason for these items to stay in the the armory chest.

I think it would be a small added convenience if these pieces went directly into the inventory automatically. I'm hoping that improvements to the retainer interface are already in the works (including this one), but I thought to bring it up.

Thanks :)

A further improvement would be to just equip retainers with items in the retainers' inventory.

I thought it was odd that items would come out of and go into the armory chest, especially when I have it set so that new equipment goes into my inventory (so I can't sort it all out later, if it goes into my chest, I forget about it). I've had a couple times where I was cleaning out my armory chest and seeing mid-level gathering equipment, because I never went to remove it. It shouldn't be using the armory chest at all in my opinion, especially if you have multiple classes with unique gear. I like the retainer inventory idea as well, since that is usually where I keep future gear, but then realize I have to take it out to equip.

Now that I've finally gotten my retainers to 50 the disparity between gear requirements really bugs me. Needing an i70 tool to get the best DoL ventures isn't anywhere near equivalent to needing an i70 weapon for a DoW or DoM, the Forager tools are more on the level of the Atma weapons.

How about, when I have my inventory or armoury open, the highlighted and greyed out items are based on my retainers class/level and not my own? I've been saving dungeon drops for my retainers but it's a pain in the ass to determine what they can equip or what they will be able to equip in the future (red/blue x's). I also agree with unequipped items going into my inventory if I have the "put items in inventory instead of armoury" option enabled.

Also don't like it. I made my settings so that everything goes into my inventory but the retainers bypass the settings. Not cool. And my armoury is sometimes a mess because I like spirit bonding so new items can go by unnoticed....

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Originally Posted by sanosuke001

How about, when I have my inventory or armoury open, the highlighted and greyed out items are based on my retainers class/level and not my own? I've been saving dungeon drops for my retainers but it's a pain in the ass to determine what they can equip or what they will be able to equip in the future (red/blue x's).

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Not quite sure what you mean here. When you go to your armory chest or inventory from the retainer's equipment screen, it already does use the retainer's class/level in determining what to grey out.

But anyway, I agree with the OP. My armory chest is filled with my own stuff. I want to keep my retainer's equipment in inventory (either my inventory or theirs).

I would like it if when my retainer is equipped with something I'm not able to sell it. Or at least have an small icon showing its equipped. I dont how many times I've been selling old equipment and accidently sold thier stuff. I cant always remember what they have on them and its not asking much to make not just retainers but your equipment unsellable if its equipped on any of your classes.

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Originally Posted by Prieto3rd

I dont how many times I've been selling old equipment and accidently sold thier stuff.

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I do know - ZERO times. You can't "sell" gear items equppied to your retainers as they're not anymore in your inventory. Otherwise you'd be unable to wear / own the unique items and at the same time equip them to both retainers as well (like foragers hats and tools for example).

Also - why would you even bother selling the (partially) spiritbonded gear to NPC for dump prices? Much better to complete the spiritbonding and convert it to materia to either use later or sell.

Since we're on the subject of retainers, It would be extra convenient if we could check the sales status, of what we have on the market board, via the start menu. Four retainers is starting to become a bit of a chore to manage. I can only imagine how it'll be once they start adding the option for more.