Retainer Amount Increase

[2.0] Players can now hire up to eight retainers.
* Players are normally limited to two retainers per character. To hire additional retainers, please use the optional retainer service (NA: http://sqex.to/4Aq / EU: http://sqex.to/nLj ) available on the FINAL FANTASY XIV: Mog Station.


So...they aren't giving us a free one instead allowing us to purchase 4 more additional retainers?

Please tell me I am reading this wrong....lol

nope a good ol money grab lol

According to many your have read it right. And from the sounds of it, it is very disappointingly true.

Why can't they announce these kinds of things BEFORE people preorder? =/

Someone mentioned that the note is for 2.0 and that maybe in 3.0 you'll get a 3rd one free.
Although that was just someones personal thought and as things are right now it sounds more that you're stuck with 2 free ones.

The way I see it, it's no different than it is currently. *shrugs*

I don't see what the big deal is.

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Originally Posted by Evergrey

Someone mentioned that the note is for 2.0 and that maybe in 3.0 you'll get a 3rd one free.
Although that was just someones personal thought and as things are right now it sounds more that you're stuck with 2 free ones.

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The "[2.0]" beside it simply means you don't have to purchase the expansion to access it.

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Originally Posted by Ashkendor

The way I see it, it's no different than it is currently. *shrugs*

I don't see what the big deal is.



The "[2.0]" beside it simply means you don't have to purchase the expansion to access it.

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Probably because Yoshi as good as promised a third free retainer to deal with the inventory problems predicted to arise in 3.0.

However, we still don't have full patch notes. He says in hope.

Instead of offering a free retainer they should just fix things like fishing baits that need their own storage for free. If your a heavy crafter, gatherer, and glamour person you use up all of the 2 retainers they give you. This game often encourages the bad lady syndrome so to speak. I'm not saying they owe us more space but many mmos often run into similiar issues with storage and the answer isn't always to charge the customer more for it. If the game encourages hoarding then why are we being fiscally challenged because of it?

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Originally Posted by VoltaAsura

Why can't they announce these kinds of things BEFORE people preorder? =/

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What difference would it have made? Would you really not order the expansion pack just because of that?

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Originally Posted by Ashkendor

The way I see it, it's no different than it is currently. *shrugs*

I don't see what the big deal is.

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If there are so many new items that they can't list them in the patch notes, what does that say about our far more limited inventory space as of the moment?

The amount of space may be no different, but the amount of things to fit in that space has grown.

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Originally Posted by Atlaworks

If there are so many new items that they can't list them in the patch notes, what does that say about our far more limited inventory space as of the moment?

The amount of space may be no different, but the amount of things to fit in that space has grown.

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He understands the inventory situation he posted

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Originally Posted by Ashkendor

I cried tears of joy for my retainers' inventory space.

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in another thread.

Not sure why he's feigning ignorance here.

Edit: I've seen in other threads claiming the Japanese notes say we will have 3 free retainers (with the option to purchase additional retainers for a maximum of 8) when the expansion rolls out.

They need to add some kind of discount if you buy all 6...

Well all I have to say is.

All those players who wanted fantasia to be sold in a cash shop opened this box up. When the mount was put up forsale folks said well its just cosmetic who cares. No one complained much for the 2 retainers when they was added. This will only continue with cash shop items.

You get what you ask for and more everytime. So enjoy and stop whinning!

Wish they would do like in ffxi. Have quest's you can do to gradually increase your inventory space, and just keep expanding it over time.

Well, it's good for the hoarders who don't like letting anything go incase it will ever be needed (such as myself ; ; ).

See http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ventory./page3 for more information/original thread.

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Why can't they announce these kinds of things BEFORE people preorder? =/

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I'm sorry. I couldn't help it lol. But seriously though, no marketer would want to do something that silly. Release info that could influence sales = leave it to the last moment. As an another example, still no dev response on the entire Au Ra horns linked to face type.

Yes, most of us would still buy it. But bad publicity can still lower sales by a small margin.