Rumor or not? 3rd free retainer with 3.0.

Heard about it but can't find a source. Like the last few times I heard 3rd retainers brought up...
As much as I'd like for it to be true, I doubt it. Can anyone confirm?

I'd like to see them add actual inventory space as well as retainers. But no, never heard this rumor. There's probably no truth behind it.

If they suddenly offered a third free retainer it would piss off a lot of people unless that actually gave us a potential total of five per character.

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Originally Posted by Sakuraluna

I'd like to see them add actual inventory space as well as retainers. But no, never heard this rumor. There's probably no truth behind it.

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Just because you haven't heard it doesn't mean there isn't any truth behind it.


To answer the OP, yes in some interviews it's been mentioned we'll be getting access to another/more retainers. Unfortunately it's not clear on if everyone is getting another free retainer, or if we'll just be able to pay for more in the mog station.

MassivelyOP has an interview here which mentions it. http://massivelyop.net/2015/03/07/pa...naoki-yoshida/

While it'd save me one euro, it'd not give me more space as I'm already using four of them.

T_T Please increase the amount of retainers we can hire.

Increase the reitaner and our inventory as well as adding more retainer.

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Originally Posted by ElHeggunte

If they suddenly offered a third free retainer it would piss off a lot of people unless that actually gave us a potential total of five per character.

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Yeah. Not raising the total to 5 would definitely make a lot of people think twice about ever buying any additional service. It's hard to judge the actual impact but definitely some of us will put off buying.

And your signature is big. Is it really necessary to leave it at that size? :3

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Originally Posted by Zfz

Yeah. Not raising the total to 5 would definitely make a lot of people think twice about ever buying any additional service. It's hard to judge the actual impact but definitely some of us will put off buying.

And your signature is big. Is it really necessary to leave it at that size? :3

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would hope for more retainer inventory space, would solve alot of issues! :)

(as for her signature, would much prefer a large ,lighthearted sig. to a size 1 font , untrue statement ...just saying)

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Originally Posted by synesthetic

Heard about it but can't find a source. Like the last few times I heard 3rd retainers brought up...
As much as I'd like for it to be true, I doubt it. Can anyone confirm?

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In one of the last couple live letters, they said they were looking into a few possibilities to free up storage for players, be it retainer, expanded armoire, and others. They were entirely non-committal on all of the ideas they suggested.

TL DR: It is confirmed as... not yet confirmed.

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Originally Posted by ElHeggunte

If they suddenly offered a third free retainer it would piss off a lot of people unless that actually gave us a potential total of five per character.

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Even offering 5 per character wouldn't make up for it; one of the best benefits to having a 3rd retainer is that you get to sell stuff in each city. Even if 3.0 adds ishgard as a seperate market that's doable as is.

Another free retainer would be very nice atm I have 4 (paying for number 3 and 4). And we really Need more space. Maybe a chest in our private room? Think I am not the only one that stores many Items for Glamour :)
Maybe something like a wardrobe for Equiptment XD that would be nice.

Maybe they change it from "have 2 retainers for free, pay for 2 extra retainers" to "have 3 retainers for free, pay for 2 extra retainers"

This way who pay already for 1 or 2 extra retainers will still have 1 or 2 extra retainers more then those who only use the free retainers.

Or they change it to " have 2 free retainers, pay for 1-3 extra retainers"

I don't understand how people can fill up even 3 retainers let alone 4. I for one do not have a problem with inventory space, we get so much of it as it is and I do a heck of a lot of crafting. It's surprising how much junk some people hold onto, a stack of 5 iron ore which can be purchased from an NPC at any time for peanuts, a stack of 20 kukuru beans that costs 15gil each on the MB, then there's the small number of people that have 2-4 glamor sets for all 15+ jobs, why oh why?!

Recently, I do not recall where, it was stated that the game backs up every 15 seconds to prevent rollbacks if a server crashes, and that by increasing inventory size they risk increasing the 15 second backup time to the point where a crash can result in a rollback (and lost items, quests having to be redone etcetera). With that in mind, I would find it highly unlikely that they'd give everyone a free 3rd retainer and or increase inventory space to the amount the minority of players seem to need for their hoarding.

it's quite easy to fill up 4 retainers I have most of my retainers full of gear and crafting items some of it I don't use but why not hold on to it in case it's needed for future use.

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Originally Posted by Darra

I don't understand how people can fill up even 3 retainers let alone 4.

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It doesn't really take much.

We're collectors. We don't judge you for discarding gear. Don't judge us for hoarding.

http://cdn.guildwork.net/albums/imag...58738d7123.jpg

I store a lot of crafting materials on my retainers. One holds all my food, food ingredients, fish, and fishing lures. One holds all my goldsmithing and metal stuff. One holds all my leatherworking and cloth stuff. And one is basically my gear closet. I try to keep all four retainers selling 20 items each, because that's how you make money in this game.

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Originally Posted by Bluevann

It doesn't really take much.

We're collectors. We don't judge you for discarding gear. Don't judge us for hoarding.

http://cdn.guildwork.net/albums/imag...58738d7123.jpg

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I'd not judge you for hoarding, if you didn't demand game resources and dev time be wasted on catering to the few of you that are incapable of managing your inventory properly. "Oh oh, I need more bag space so I can collect another 10 low level items, you know, not because I need that crap, but because I'm a collector!"

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Originally Posted by Alistaire

Even offering 5 per character wouldn't make up for it; one of the best benefits to having a 3rd retainer is that you get to sell stuff in each city. Even if 3.0 adds ishgard as a seperate market that's doable as is.

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Okay, I may have missed something, but has there been ANY point to where your retainer sells his or her wares since 2.0 launched? I know in 1.0 there were tax rates per city, but those were removed, weren't they? Is there any reason to have your retainers in different cities other than for the fun of it?

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Originally Posted by Darra

I'd not judge you for hoarding, if you didn't demand game resources and dev time be wasted on catering to the few of you that are incapable of managing your inventory properly.

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This is called judging with unsubstantiated claims.

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Originally Posted by Moonleg

I know in 1.0 there were tax rates per city, but those were removed, weren't they? Is there any reason to have your retainers in different cities other than for the fun of it?

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Tax rates per city still exist. Two taxes are paid.

When you list something in Ul'dah for 100 gil, and someone buys it, you receive less than 100 gil, this is across-the-board tax.
Then, at the time of purchase, if the buyer was at Gridania or Limsa, the buyer pays an additional fee.

So if you look at an item listed at the same price from three different sellers based in each of the three cities, then buying from the seller that is in the same city as you are, will be cheaper. This in effect is extra profit or price advantage for the seller.