SE - Default 3rd Retainer before Fees

[Felis]

How about no.

Third retainer seems fair, since inventory expansion upgrades have been put behind a cash shop's pay wall.

The free inventory upgrade have already happened.
FF XIV 1.0 started with 180 item slots (character (80) + character bazaar (10) + 1 retainer (80) + 1 retainer bazaar (10))
ARR started with 815 item slots (character (100) + armory chest (325) + 2 retainer (350) + 2 retainer bazaar (40))

If people complain about not enough space with 815 slots, then a 3rd retainer would be also not enough and they would start to complain that the 4th and 5th cost a fee.

^this.

Also, I wouldn't mind so much if the Armoire could actually hold the Seasonal Gear in a timely manner (Dream/Kabuto's/Valentione's... looking at you).

Dream suits and Usagi kabuto are tradeable, still obtainable after the events (in the MB) and therefore would never go into the armoire.

[Gesser]

Dream suits and Usagi kabuto are tradeable, still obtainable after the events (in the MB) and therefore would never go into the armoire.

a) it was still collected from a seasonal event, b) it's purely vanity equipment, & c) it really ought to be allowed into the armoire as an 'exception' if you will.

[Felis]

a) it was still collected from a seasonal event, b) it's purely vanity equipment, & c) it really ought to be allowed into the armoire as an 'exception' if you will.

a) it was originaly collected from a seasonal recipe, to be correct ^^
Hey, all my dream suits I crafted as HQ during 1.0 ^^

Dream Tunic recipe from 1.0:
Dream Tunic Materials 1 (event mats)
Dormouse Fur 2
Cotton Yarn 1

And even in ARR it is still craftable in some way. Only that a NPC craft it for you now. You give him as example a Dream Tunic Material and he give you a Dream Tunic. And because it is tradeable, it was also already be able to get it before the event. At least on legacy servers, who people sold dream gear and the leftover event mats.