Coming back after 4 months of absence!

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

Ok. And if I dismiss it, will it return back to it's original city?

If you summon at a bell it doesn't return to what it was doing in the wards. It doesn't matter if the retainer was in a city other than Ul'dah. No one shops or does business in them.

[darkstarpoet1]

Ok. And if I dismiss it afterwards... after "wards"..., will it return back to the ward it was originally placed in? Now that's a good change! (If a little ...strange... that retainer does have to have really good ears to hear the Gridania Bell in Limsa Lominsa... oh well.)



Well, at least it would have saved me the Teleport to Limsa, yes.

no if you summon a retainer that has a bazaar open once you dismiss it the retainer does not go back to the other city and set up shop again. it closes shop until you put it back up. you can call one that is selling in grid to limsa for you though, but once done it does not go back to grid. you can, however, just leave it in limsa selling until you return to grid and summon it there again.

[Rinsui]

If you summon at a bell it doesn't return to what it was doing in the wards.

Well, but then this feature is (almost) useless. Because it will mean that you lose your auction house / ward spot, and have to manually set up the retainer again later anyway!?

[Molly_Millions]

Well, but then this feature is (almost) useless. Because it will mean that you lose your auction h... ward spot, and have to manually set up the retainer again later anyway!?

It's not useless to those trying to get their retainers in a specific ward that happens to be full. It creates a natural rotation of retainers in the wards that we wouldn't have otherwise. You even pointed that out in your OP.

[syntaxlies]

Nono. I found the items all right (although I have to admit it took me some time to realize aktons were not classified as robes but as battle gowns and then find the right akton in the long list of that ward). That feature was already implemented 4 months ago. the problem was that once I had found an item, I had to search the (marked) retainer in the appropriate ward among his 500 brothers and sisters (50 of which shared the red star). For every equipment slot. And then, i had to search for the next item by running back to the end of the ward. For every equipment slot. Try it. Takes some time -.^/

Unless, of course, you mean literally:

Is there a new "warp-to-seller" feature I don't know about? O.o/?



Oh. I thought it would not appear if it was still selling something in another city? Did they change that?

haven't played in 4 months and your retainer was still up in another city, luuuckyyy.
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oh and to solve the problem of to many retainers in the wards, implement an AH and have retainers as a secondary form of sales.

SE had this great idea that retainers would make it look like a real life market area, ha, what a joke. Looks like a bunch of zombies bunched up shoulder to shoulder. Go ahead and tell me how awesome the wards are and ill tell you now in advance, your wrong.

[Cendres]

You can summon your retainer in any city-state...

With a bell, ding a ling! This is also why I don't set up shop in Ul'dah or anywhere really, the markets are a giant waste of time right now imo with a broken crafting system and is really not a very good replacement for an AH... :/

[SuzakuCMX]

Nono. I found the items all right (although I have to admit it took me some time to realize aktons were not classified as robes but as battle gowns and then find the right akton in the long list of that ward). That feature was already implemented 4 months ago. the problem was that once I had found an item, I had to search the (marked) retainer in the appropriate ward among his 500 brothers and sisters (50 of which shared the red star). For every equipment slot. And then, i had to search for the next item by running back to the end of the ward. For every equipment slot. Try it. Takes some time -.^/

Remember the name of the cheapest seller. That's what I do.

And I actually find running around the wards fun >.> It lets me look at other retainers' equipment and go "OH MY GOD I WANT THAT ... " and then cry because I can't afford it.

[Greencactaur]

Welcome back.

[Rinsui]

Thanks for the replies - at least for the kind ones.

After the torture of buying new equipment in the zombie wards
I actually had a blast doing some missions. While the rewards
were negligible, having NPCs actually tell you a background
story (not just a wall-o-text like in guildleves) sure had a
much more personal feel to it!

SE is slower than a slug on sandpaper,
but at least the slug seems to crawl in the right direction now!

[Chinook]

Welcome back !

Had to post in your thread because I can understand how you feel. I crashed 3 times while looking for a free ward, which I found on my 17th attempt ...