Quote Originally Posted by Camate View Post
We hope players will enjoy creating back stories for the items found by their retainers.
Okay, let's reason this out.

We all know that our retainers often come back with roofs, walls, furniture and other odds and ends. Once in a while they'll come back with an Ifrit weapon, a mog weapon, or a HQ crafted weapon. I'm pretty sure my level 20ish thaumaturge (at the time) didn't have the ability to defeat Ifrit Hard, and he definitely couldn't HQ a 2-star alchemist weapon. I'm also fairly certain he hasn't done enough PVP to get Warwolf gear. All this in a 1-hour venture, at that.

Therefore, they must be stealing them from other characters (PCs? or maybe there are NPC adventurers). Oh, I know there are plenty of jokes about this, but what other explanation is there? You know how there are rumors that the Thieves' Guild is coming? Actually, they've been here the entire time, under our very noses. The Retainers' Guild is really a front for the Thieves' Guild. That's how they roll.

Sorry to let the coeurl out of the bag.