Retainer quick venture rewards, plz fix?

Hello!

Ever since the recent patch my retainers have been NON STOP bringing me the same items repeatedly. I don't know why i would need 5+ Alexander miniatures and 6 million stuffed Alpha's. It's a bit much.
I don't know what exact changes were made to them recently as far as loot is concerned, but i saw nothing wrong with them prior to this patch, please change it back!!!
And yes, my retainers are max lvl in 80 armor.


i beg.

Anyway, thank you!

TLDR; Why are my retainers just repeating loot so much, its ridiculous. Plz fix.

Certain things seem to be higher on the list than others, Stuffed Alpha being one of those things. I have one, thanks. They sell for next to nothing, too, at this point. So...I'd like to see something adjusted somewhere.

Better than a single crystal. New ventures are way better.

At least Alpha desynths into Fieldcraft Demimateria. Which ... is also now worthless, since everyone gets at least 2 Alphas a day.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

Better than a single crystal. New ventures are way better.

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Funnily enough, that is what one of my retainers has brought me pretty regularly for the last few days.

"Hi, I know you pay me well, and I had an hour...but I couldn't be bothered to do anything. Here's...a crystal? Found it on your lawn, too. Easy! Yay!"

I never got an alpha, just some crafting stuff and 490 tome gear lol

But yes, they improved, but way overdid it... now most stuff is worthless due endless desynthesis or straight out selling for less then vendor price lol.

I suspect the general item level range of the gear you equip to your retainers goes some way to determining the sort of item your retainers bring back - one of my retainers I fitted with a sword and shield from Holminster that I didn't need anymore and now has started bringing me back random ShB main scenario dungeon gear, including from Amaurot (she's level 80), where as all the others have lower level gear and just bring me the same level 50-70 gear, some from dungeons and trials, some that was from currency like augmented Skavean gear.

There doesn't seem to be any specific parameter behind it, just the general level range of the gear you've equipped to them.

So many Alphas!

i noticed my retainers were getting things very differently than they used to. (I came back after a year of not playing)
Now all they keep bringing me is Lv60-79 leveling gear. Mostly just NIN, MNK/SAM, or aiming.
I cant sell it, and im tired of going to the grand company to trade them in for seals, as they fill up my inventory real fast. now im pretty much parked in limsa, unable to leave, due to constant same leveling gear from the ventures. (kinda dont even want to do any more ventures)

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Originally Posted by Claire_Pendragon

i noticed my retainers were getting things very differently than they used to. (I came back after a year of not playing)
Now all they keep bringing me is Lv60-79 leveling gear. Mostly just NIN, MNK/SAM, or aiming.
I cant sell it, and im tired of going to the grand company to trade them in for seals, as they fill up my inventory real fast. now im pretty much parked in limsa, unable to leave, due to constant same leveling gear from the ventures. (kinda dont even want to do any more ventures)

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Mine bring me lvl 80 dungeon gear sometimes. Usually nothing I actually want though.

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Originally Posted by Vahlnir

Mine bring me lvl 80 dungeon gear sometimes. Usually nothing I actually want though.

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They’ve started bringing me 490 crystarium gear. Which is actually good for most of my alts still. More of this please

Hey, I brought you this fish.... - Begins eating said fish. -

One of mine likes to bring me Neo Ishgardian gear. Which, at least, still sells for a decent amount.

The other brings me random pastel dyes most of the time.

Better than junk fish, at least.

The worst part of this for me is the dyes. I get very few venture coffers and when I do it's been the same metallic blue dye 75% of the time, and I have yet to get a single black or white dye.

Black and white dye shouldn't be so damn hard to come by, but SE has to get a constant flow from the cash shop I guess....

I still remember the day my retainer brought me a genji naginata when I wasn't even level 70 dragoon, that was a huge shock

since the changes this patch I seem to be getting nothing but single crystals or single crafting materials with one crystarium item which was useful

I agree about the metallic dyes. why no black/white or some of the fancy ishgard ones

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Originally Posted by Gokuhan

The worst part of this for me is the dyes. I get very few venture coffers and when I do it's been the same metallic blue dye 75% of the time, and I have yet to get a single black or white dye.

Black and white dye shouldn't be so damn hard to come by, but SE has to get a constant flow from the cash shop I guess....

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AGREED

those venture coffers arent too clear, i actually deleted about three of them before i realized they held dyes. In addition to this they literally are always metallic yellows, blues, or lame thing like that, not once have i see a black or white. I get they need cashshop money but i'm not payin real cash for a 1 time use item like that. NOPE.

The whole system with retainer missions needs to be looked at. There's no reason to keep equipping your retainer if all they do is bring the same things to us. The point of gear was for them to have higher % success on rare items. I think someone forgot that part of the code.

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Originally Posted by Greyhawk

The whole system with retainer missions needs to be looked at. There's no reason to keep equipping your retainer if all they do is bring the same things to us. The point of gear was for them to have higher % success on rare items. I think someone forgot that part of the code.

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I think by "higher % success" they mean maybe 1-2%. lol

"Higher percent chance" appears to mean "You know that crafting material for level 60 4-star items that goes for like 7gil on the marketboard, that your retainer brings back every single time? Now you get two of them. AND they're HQ."

I'd like a crystal at this point. I've nothing but mansion roofs.

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Originally Posted by LisSquid

I'd like a crystal at this point. I've nothing but mansion roofs.

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This is why I steadfastly refuse to agree with calls to make retainers summonable as battle companions - they're clearly raiding places like building sites for their ill-gotten swag, and so because of these uncontrollably kleptomanic tendencies I wouldn't trust them in battle any more than I would trust an Ascian. ;)

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Originally Posted by Claire_Pendragon

i noticed my retainers were getting things very differently than they used to. (I came back after a year of not playing)
Now all they keep bringing me is Lv60-79 leveling gear. Mostly just NIN, MNK/SAM, or aiming.
I cant sell it, and im tired of going to the grand company to trade them in for seals, as they fill up my inventory real fast. now im pretty much parked in limsa, unable to leave, due to constant same leveling gear from the ventures. (kinda dont even want to do any more ventures)

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desynthesis the gear.
but yea not a huge fan of all the deep shadow gear and amnesia gear they continuously bring me.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

This is why I steadfastly refuse to agree with calls to make retainers summonable as battle companions - they're clearly raiding places like building sites for their ill-gotten swag, and so because of these uncontrollably kleptomanic tendencies I wouldn't trust them in battle any more than I would trust an Ascian. ;)

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Hmm...I'd like to take them to Eureka- maybe they can steal me some of Lamebrix's dice or something

Mine run a shirogane demolition company I swear, or just give me single crystals