Just wondering if, since I'm still working on my first class at level 22, it'd be worth it to have my retainers gather mats for later. Or would there be some detriment to this?
Just wondering if, since I'm still working on my first class at level 22, it'd be worth it to have my retainers gather mats for later. Or would there be some detriment to this?
This would not work as your retainer can only gain levels in class you yourself have leveled, for example in order for your retainer to get to level 20 as miner you need to have leveled miner to level 20. Also your retainers (miner/botany) can only gather mats that you yourself have gathered.
This.
Plus, your own mining or botany skill needed is minimized, because shards are a lvl 1 item, and your retainer can gather shards, which can help fund your character while leveling up.
Shards go for around 150 apiece on my server at least. minimum geared retainers can collect 20 an hour. 3000 gil per hour is nothing to scoff at at low levels, although the numbers get bigger at higher levels.
I believe once you equip them with basic gathering gear, they go from getting 20 shards an hour to getting 60 shards an hour. haven't tested minimum amount of equipment, but lvl 10 gathering gear gets 60.
Additionally, at a certain point the time needed for getting 60 shards goes from 50 mins to 40 mins. not sure when that baseline is.